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Development and Needs Assessment and Efficiency of Smart Communication System for Patients With ALS.

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03787420
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified October 2018 by Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan.
Recruitment status was:  Recruiting
First Posted : December 26, 2018
Last Update Posted : December 26, 2018
Sponsor:
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
This project aims to develop a smart communication system for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), especially for stage 3 and stage 4 (late stage). Patients with ALS will be able to communicate with outer environment by means of mental control or eye tracking control, which would increase their life quality. This integrated research project includes experts from different domains and proposes a solution for smart communication system.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Other: communication system Not Applicable

Detailed Description:
A multi-function brain- computer interface (BCI) communication system will be developed by combining a BCI system (subproject 1) and a 3D electro-cap (subproject 3). Then, this system and an eye-controlled device (subject 2) are further integrated to a smart communication system. The outputs of the system are presented with the original voice the ALS patients, which will be achieved by using the voice reconstruction technology (subproject 4) in this project. All the user-interfaces of the BCI and eye tracking systems will be re-deigned by employing human factors engineering to increase the usability of the proposed smart communication system for ALS. Finally, the validity of the system in improving the life quality of ALS will be assessed through clinical study.
Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 60 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Other
Official Title: Development and Needs Assessment and Efficiency of Smart Communication System for Patients With ALS
Actual Study Start Date : September 1, 2018
Estimated Primary Completion Date : August 31, 2019
Estimated Study Completion Date : December 31, 2019

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Active Comparator: traditional communication system Other: communication system
We will use the questionnaire "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Supportive Care Needs ,Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Specific Quality of Life Instrument-Revised, Beck Depression Inventory and Caregiver Burden Scale.
Experimental: intelligent communication system Other: communication system
We will use the questionnaire "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Supportive Care Needs ,Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Specific Quality of Life Instrument-Revised, Beck Depression Inventory and Caregiver Burden Scale.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Part 1- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Supportive Care Needs [ Time Frame: 30mins ]
    To comprehensively assess the perceived supportive care needs of patients with ALS.

  2. Part 2 - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Specific Quality of Life Instrument-Revisedclinical study [ Time Frame: one week ]
    We try to understand the validity of the system. This measurement can help us know that our system could be beneficial or not on the quality of life in patient with ALS.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Part 2 - Beck Depression Inventoryc [ Time Frame: one week ]
    We try to understand the validity of the system. This measurement can help us know that our system could be beneficial or not on the degree of depression of life in patient with ALS.

  2. Caregiver Burden Scale [ Time Frame: one week ]
    We try to understand the validity of the system. This measurement can help us know that our system could be beneficial or not on the burden in patient's caregiver.


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   20 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Part one:

Inclusion Criteria:

  • ALS diagnostic criteria (Brooks et al., 2000).Must have the following characteristics:

    1. Degeneration of motor neurons (LMN) by clinical, electrophysiological or neuropathological evidence.
    2. Degeneration of upper motor neurons (UMN) is demonstrated by clinical examination.
    3. According to the medical history or examination, the symptoms or signs gradually disappear in a certain part.

Also, there are no features:

  1. Electrophysiological or pathological evidence of other diseases that may explain signs of LMN and/or UMN degradation

  2. Neuroimaging evidence of other diseases that may explain the observed clinical electrophysiological signs.

    • Use Mandarin as the main language.
    • Age limits minimum is 20

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Concomitant other central nervous disorders that interfere with their cognitive function, such as dementia, severe depression, and psychosis.
  • The questionnaire cannot be completed without the assistance of others.

Part two:

Inclusion Criteria:

  • ALS diagnostic criteria (Brooks et al., 2000).
  • Use Mandarin as the main language.
  • Age limits minimum is 20
  • In everyday oral communication, people who are consciously difficult.
  • Ability to perform equipment wear and system operators.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Concomitant other central nervous disorders that interfere with their cognitive function, such as dementia, severe depression, and psychosis.
  • After correction, the visual acuity cannot see the communication board.
  • The scalp is sensitive or there is deep brain stimulation, etc. It is not applicable to brain wave measurement.
  • -The questionnaire cannot be completed without the assistance of others.
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Contacts
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Contact: Cheng Liang Chou +8862-28757296 cl_chou@vghtpe.gov.tw
Contact: SI-HUEI LEE +886938591985 leesihuei@gmail.com

Locations
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Taiwan
Cancer Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Recruiting
Taipei, Taiwan, 11217
Contact: Cheng Liang Chou    +8862-28757296    cl_chou@vghtpe.gov.tw   
Contact: SI-HUEI LEE    +886938591985    leesihuei@gmail.com   
Sponsors and Collaborators
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
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Responsible Party: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03787420    
Other Study ID Numbers: 107-3011-F-027-002-
First Posted: December 26, 2018    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: December 26, 2018
Last Verified: October 2018

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Motor Neuron Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
 Spinal Cord Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
TDP-43 Proteinopathies
Proteostasis Deficiencies
Metabolic Diseases