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NCT Number: NCT02242994

Data Acquisition Study for a Communication Device for Pediatric Patients With Cerebral Palsy

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a touch screen application designed to help pediatric patients with cerebral palsy communicate. The study will test how well patients type on two different tools: one tool is already on the market , and the second tool is a newly developed App.

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Key information

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy Brain Damage, Chronic Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases

Age range

7 year–21 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Children's National

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients between the ages of 7 years old - 21 years old
  • been diagnosed with spastic or dystonic diplegic or quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
  • are able to communicate through written words
  • are able to follow a 3- steps directions, and follow study directions and procedures.

Exclusion criteria

-

Treatment and study plan

Dynavox Maestro

Device

Receives commercially available communication device Dynavox Maestro to test speed and quality of communication.

Experimental App

Device

Participant receives experimental app to test speed and error rate of communication.

Primary outcomes

  1. Speed of Communication

    Time frame: Immediately

    Measure time (in minutes) to type 3 pre-set sentences

Secondary outcomes

  1. Error Rate of Communication

    Time frame: At time of experiment

    Amount of typing errors per sentence

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Axel Krieger

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Sep 17, 2014
Registry last updated
Dec 14, 2016

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