P300 Brain Computer Interface Keyboard to Operate Assistive Technology
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00860951 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 13, 2009
Results First Posted : June 11, 2015
Last Update Posted : July 9, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Healthy Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Neuromuscular Disease Spinal Cord Injury Cerebral Palsy | Device: Brain Computer Interface Keyboard | Phase 1 Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 29 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Health Services Research |
Study Start Date : | September 2008 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 2012 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Brain Computer Interface Keyboard
What effect does the environment (BCI, AT device, Computer) have on the accuracy of typing using a BCI keyboard?
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Device: Brain Computer Interface Keyboard
Subjects will wear an EEG cap for 1-4 hours (1-2 hours typical) per session and use the brain-computer interface to operate assistive technology. Subjects will be asked to participate in 3 sessions. |
- Accuracy of Typing With BCI Keyboard. [ Time Frame: mean score from 3 sessions over 29 days ]
Accuracy for the sentence typed in each environment was calculated as the percentage of characters for which the result character matched the target character. The target characters were determined based on the next character needed to complete the sentence to be copied. In the case of errors, the next character was therefore a backspace to correct the error. The target characters were modified by subject comments to account for errors in selecting the next character.
Once sentence was typed in each environment in each session on a separate day. From the three repeated sessions, there were therefore 9 total sentences per subject with 3 measures for each environment. These were treated as repeated measures for the analysis.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 or older.
- Able to read text on a computer screen
- Able to understand and remember instructions concerning participation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable give informed consent.
- Unable to understand and follow instructions.
- Have abnormal tone or uncontrolled movements in the head-and-neck that would interfere with EEG recordings.
- Known to have photosensitive epilepsy.
- Open head lesions or sores

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00860951
United States, Michigan | |
University of Michigan Direct Brain Interface Project | |
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109 | |
United States, New York | |
Wadsworth Center | |
Albany, New York, United States, 12201 |
Principal Investigator: | Jane Huggins, PhD | University of Michigan |
Responsible Party: | Jane Huggins, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, University of Michigan |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00860951 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
H0002 - AT P300 Keyboard Study 5R21HD054697 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) H133G090005 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Department of Education ) |
First Posted: | March 13, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | June 11, 2015 |
Last Update Posted: | July 9, 2015 |
Last Verified: | May 2015 |
Normal |
Cerebral Palsy Brain Damage, Chronic Brain Diseases Spinal Cord Injuries Motor Neuron Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Neuromuscular Diseases Spinal Cord Diseases |
Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Trauma, Nervous System Wounds and Injuries Neurodegenerative Diseases TDP-43 Proteinopathies Proteostasis Deficiencies Metabolic Diseases |