Enhancement and Optimization of a Mobile iBCI for Veterans With Paralysis

Status: Not_yet_recruiting
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Intervention Type: Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

VA research has been advancing a high-performance brain-computer interface (BCI) to improve independence for Veterans and others living with tetraplegia or the inability to speak resulting from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal cord injury or stoke. In this project, the investigators enhance deep learning neural network decoders and multi-state gesture decoding for increased accuracy and reliability and deploy them on a battery-powered mobile BCI device for independent use of computers and touch-enabled mobile devices at home. The accuracy and usability of the mobile iBCI will be evaluated with participants already enrolled separately in the investigational clinical trial of the BrainGate neural interface.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 80
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Inclusion criteria are extensive and are determined by the associated BrainGate IDE(clinicaltrials.gov # NCT00912041)

• Informally, participants will be tetraplegic or anarthric with little or no functional use of the arms and legs

Locations
United States
Rhode Island
Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI
Providence
Contact Information
Primary
Kate J Barnabe, MHA
Kate.Barnabe@va.gov
(401) 273-7100
Time Frame
Start Date: 2026-01-16
Completion Date: 2026-06-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 2
Treatments
Experimental: Evaluation of an enhanced iBCI
Performance of new decoding algorithms and methods will be developed and embedded in a small, mobile neural processor. The utility of these will be assessed separately with participants in the BrainGate pilot clinical trial, IDE.
Sponsors
Leads: VA Office of Research and Development

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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