NCT05122663

Emergency Department Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy for Dizziness and Vertigo

A Pilot Feasibility Trial of Emergency Department Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy for Dizziness and Vertigo

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 125 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northwestern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

ED-VeRT will enroll up to 125 adult emergency department (ED) patients presenting with a chief complaint of dizziness or vertigo to collect longitudinal outcomes over 3 months of follow-up. This will include 50 patients who were evaluated by an ED physical therapist (ie, vestibular rehabilitation) during their ED visit and 50 patients who received usual care. The aims of this trial are to: (1) obtain initial estimates of participant recruitment and retention, intra-cluster correlation, and between-group outcome differences that will inform sample size calculation for a future randomized clinical trial, and (2) assess feasibility and fidelity of a clinical classification protocol for undifferentiated dizziness among patients receiving ED vestibular rehabilitation.

Conditions

• Dizziness
• Vertigo

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Vestibular Rehabilitation	Vestibular Rehabilitation refers to the specific interventions that physical therapists provide to patients with dizziness and vertigo symptoms. These interventions can involve repositioning maneuvers, habituation exercises, gaze stabilization, and/or balance training exercises, depending on the specific etiology of dizziness and vertigo per an established clinical protocol utilizing a patient's history and exam findings. Physical therapists instruct patients in how to perform these exercises at home and provide instructions and referral for patients to follow-up with an outpatient physical therapist for further care.
OTHER	Usual Care	Usual Care refers to any combination of diagnostic testing, medications, and patient education or counseling provided by a patient's treating ED physician.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-11-16
• Primary completion: 2023-05-01
• Completion: 2023-05-01
• First posted: 2021-11-17
• Last updated: 2024-07-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States