NCT00718497

Comparing The Cyberlink Control System to the Manual Letter Board for Communication Purposes in the ALS Patient Population

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 25 (actual)
• Sponsor: Drexel University College of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

New technologies are giving people with motor disabilities alternative communication and control channels. The investigators are interested in using the Cyberlink Control System as a hands free means to access a computer for people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The goal of this project is to determine whether this device is a practical and realistic means for ALS patients to communicate with only the use of facial muscle, brainwave, and eye movements. The benefit of this study may be of substantial value to many people with severe motor impairment. Additionally, it is hoped that some of the study subjects may benefit by incorporating hands-free computer use into their daily lives. This study is intended to evaluate the effectiveness of the cyberlink as a tool for daily communication compared to the standard manual letter board.

Conditions

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Neurodegenerative Disease
• Motor Neuron Disease

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-08-01
• Primary completion: 2012-05-01
• Completion: 2012-05-01
• First posted: 2008-07-18
• Last updated: 2013-03-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States