BrainGate2: Feasibility Study of an Intracortical Neural Interface System for Persons With Tetraplegia
Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (5) locations...
Intervention Type: Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The purpose of this study is to obtain preliminary device safety information and demonstrate proof of principle (feasibility) of the ability of people with tetraplegia to control a computer cursor and other assistive devices with their thoughts.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 80
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Clinical diagnosis of spinal cord injury, brainstem stroke, muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or other motor neuron disorders
• Complete or incomplete tetraplegia (quadriplegia)
• Must live within a three-hour drive of the Study site
• (There are additional inclusion criteria)
Locations
United States
California
University of California, Davis
RECRUITING
Sacramento
Stanford University School of Medicine
RECRUITING
Stanford
Georgia
Emory University School of Medicine
RECRUITING
Atlanta
Massachusetts
Massachusetts General Hospital
RECRUITING
Boston
Rhode Island
Providence VA Medical Center
RECRUITING
Providence
Contact Information
Primary
Leigh R Hochberg, M.D., Ph.D.
clinicaltrials@braingate.org
617-724-9247
Time Frame
Start Date: 2009-05
Estimated Completion Date: 2038-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 27
Treatments
Other: BrainGate
BrainGate Neural Interface System
Authors
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), US Department of Veterans Affairs, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Leads: Leigh R. Hochberg, MD, PhD.