Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Richard Greenwood
ORCID ID
Contact details
Regional Neurorehabilitation Unit
Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust
Homerton Row
London
E9 6SR
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 8510 7970
richard.greenwood@homerton.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0024053961
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
We are currently developing a virtual reality of the Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit which can be used for cognitive retraining purposes. Areas which are being reconsidered for retraining are memory, in particular topographical memory, and executive functions. The aims of the project are to investigate the clinical utility of VR with a brain damaged population and to evaluate whether VR shows better generalisation of skills than traditional methods of cognitive retraining using computers.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Memory disturbance
Intervention
Randomised controlled trial:
1. Virtual reality treatment
2. Standard care
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
1. Measurement of clinical outcome within clinical service
2. Development of systems to measure clinical outcome within clinical service
3. Development of new clinical guidelines
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/03/1995
Overall trial end date
28/02/2005
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
30 stroke patients
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
30
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not match inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/03/1995
Recruitment end date
28/02/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Regional Neurorehabilitation Unit
London
E9 6SR
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust (UK) (NHS R&D Support Funding)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
Stroke Association (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
private sector organisation
Funding Body Subtype
professional associations and societies
Location
United Kingdom
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
1. 1999 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10608651
Publication citations
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Results
Rose FD, Brooks BM, Attree EA, Parslow DM, Leadbetter AG, McNeil JE, Jayawardena S, Greenwood R, Potter J, A preliminary investigation into the use of virtual environments in memory retraining after vascular brain injury: indications for future strategy?, Disabil Rehabil, 1999, 21, 12, 548-554.