RECRUITINGINTERVENTIONAL

Virtual-reality Exercises for Alleviating Attention Deficits in Patients With Acquired Brain Injury

About This Trial

Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability with an increasing incidence, especially in young adults. Among the cognitive difficulties following brain damage, deficits in attention are frequent and pervasive, affecting between 46% and 92% of stroke survivors. The current project targets patients with acquired brain injury, including stroke, traumatic brain injury, and brain tumor. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the use and the efficacy of a training program targeting attention and executive function difficulties, using gamified and digitized versions in virtual reality of standard cognitive exercises for patients with brain lesions.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: - Time from stroke onset \< 1 month - Objective pathological performance on at least one standardized test or subtest on attention during standard neuropsychological evaluation - Brain injury documented by routine neuroradiological examination (computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging scan) - Able to give willing to sign a consent form as documented by signature - Age \>= 18 years old Who Should NOT Join This Trial: - Epilepsy - Inability or contraindications to undergo the investigated intervention - Major psychiatric co-morbidity - Major neurocognitive deficits (e.g. dementia) - Incapacity to discriminate colors - General cognitive state preventing to understand and perform the tasks - Decision to not be informed of incidental findings Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: * Time from stroke onset \< 1 month * Objective pathological performance on at least one standardized test or subtest on attention during standard neuropsychological evaluation * Brain injury documented by routine neuroradiological examination (computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging scan) * Able to give informed consent as documented by signature * Age \>= 18 years old Exclusion Criteria: * Epilepsy * Inability or contraindications to undergo the investigated intervention * Major psychiatric co-morbidity * Major neurocognitive deficits (e.g. dementia) * Incapacity to discriminate colors * General cognitive state preventing to understand and perform the tasks * Decision to not be informed of incidental findings

Treatments Being Tested

OTHER

Immersive virtual reality gamified cognitive activities

This intervention will include 20 sessions of training with the experimental rehabilitation program using immersive VR cognitive gamified activities, in addition to the standard of care.

OTHER

Double neuropsychological standard activities

This intervention will include 20 sessions of training using a standard neuropsychological rehabilitation program, in addition to the standard of care.

Locations (1)

University of Lausanne Hospitals

Lausanne, Switzerland