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Status unknownNCT03431025Updated Mar 2, 2021

Wrist-worn Sensors for Tele-Rehabilitation of the Hemiparetic Upper Extremity

An interventional study of Wearable sensors and biofeedback in Stroke and Hemiparesis, sponsored by BioSensics. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 21 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-03-02.

Sponsored by BioSensics · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Feb 2021), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
21 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 1,991 studies in Stroke with a site in United States — 394 open to participants now, 490 under way, 17 of them phase 3. Stroke · United States.

Planned enrollment
584th of 1,617
60 · median 40
Started
2019
with 116 others
No phase
1,121 of 1,991
272 open now
Registered
1,025th of 1,991
by date

Among the 1,991 studies in Stroke with a site in United States, this one is the 584th largest by planned enrollment of the 1,617 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 117 that started in 2019, is one of 1,121 with no phase, and was the 1,025th registered.

Stroke

8,255 studies on the registry are indexed under Stroke; 2,056 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 60 is above the median of 49 across 6,024 interventional studies indexed under Stroke.

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Open to participants now

394 of the 1,991 studies in Stroke with a site in United States are open now, in 12 countries. Each count lists the studies.

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Who these studies take

Of the 1,415 Stroke studies recruiting now, 697 (49%) set no upper age limit and 280 (20%) stop at 75 or younger; 77 take children under 18; 196 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 21 Years to 80 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

Stroke and other causes of central nervous system damage can result in debilitating loss of motor control that is often more pronounced in one limb than the other. Using or attempting to use the affected limb during activities of daily living, despite considerable difficulty, stimulates neuroplasticity and motor function recovery. The investigators are conducting a clinical study to test the efficacy of wrist-worn sensors that encourage affected limb use during activities of daily living.

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Conditions studied

  • Stroke
  • Hemiparesis

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
21 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke at least 3 months prior to study enrollment
  • Mild-to-moderate to severe upper-limb motor impairments (as measured by a score between 21 and 50 on the arm section of the Fugl-Meyer scale).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Cognitive impairments that would significantly interfere with their ability to follow instructions (as measured by a score lower than 23 on the scale)
  • Severe attention deficits or hemispatial neglect (as measured by the Mesulam Cancellation test and the Line Bisection test);
  • Severe range-of-motion limitations (as measured via physical examination) or severe spasticity (as measured using the Modified Ashworth scale) that would prevent safe performance of home-based exercises;
  • Proprioceptive deficits that impair their ability to process feedback (as measured using the Fugl-Meyer Assessment-upper extremity; sensory section).
  • Implantable medical devices that are not compliant with the ISO 14117:2012 and/or ANSI/AAMI PC69 standards for Bluetooth compatibility. We will ask subjects to provide us with their medical device record card and verify that the device complies with the above-mentioned standards. If not, they will be excluded from the study.
  • Participation in upper-extremity rehabilitation program (i.e. outpatient occupational therapy, research study, ...).
  • Recent (\< 3 months) Botox injection in the upper-extremity or plan to undergo injections during the study timeline.
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MMSE and MoCA

Short tests of memory and thinking, each scored out of 30. Lower scores suggest more difficulty; criteria give a range, either to include people with memory problems or to leave them out.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    Control

    Participants in the Control Arm will wear sensors to monitor their upper limb movement but will not receive feedback from these sensors to encourage usage of the impaired limb during activities of daily living.

  • Experimental
    Intervention

    Participants in the Experimental Arm will wear sensors to monitor their upper limb movement and will receive feedback from these sensors to encourage usage of the impaired limb during activities of daily living.

    Device: Wearable sensors and biofeedback

Interventions

  • DeviceWearable sensors and biofeedback

    Participants in the Experimental Arm will wear sensors to monitor their upper limb movement and will receive feedback from these sensors to encourage usage of the impaired limb during activities of daily living.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Fugl-Meyer during intervention

    Change in Fugl-Meyer Upper Extremity Assessment Scale score from baseline (measure of upper extremity impairment, score range from 0 to 66 points, higher values are considered a better outcome).

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  2. Change in Motor Activity Log Quality Score during intervention

    Change in Motor Activity Log Quality Score from baseline (measure of hemiparetic upper extremity use in daily life, score range from 0 to 5 points, higher values are considered a better outcome)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  3. Change in Motor Activity Log Quantity Score during intervention

    Change in Motor Activity Log Quantity Score from baseline (measure of hemiparetic upper extremity use in daily life, score range from 0 to 5 points, higher values are considered a better outcome)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  4. Change in Fugl-Meyer during washout

    Change in Fugl-Meyer Upper Extremity Assessment Scale score from end of intervention to follow-up (measure of upper extremity impairment, score range from 0 to 66 points, higher values are considered a better outcome).

    Time frame: 12 weeks (end of intervention), 20 weeks (follow-up)

  5. Change in Motor Activity Log Quality Score during washout

    Change in Motor Activity Log Quality Score from end of intervention to follow-up (measure of hemiparetic upper extremity use in daily life, score range from 0 to 5 points, higher values are considered a better outcome)

    Time frame: 12 weeks (end of intervention), 20 weeks (follow-up)

  6. Change in Motor Activity Log Quantity Score during washout

    Change in Motor Activity Log Quantity Score from end of intervention to follow-up (measure of hemiparetic upper extremity use in daily life, score range from 0 to 5 points, higher values are considered a better outcome)

    Time frame: 12 weeks (end of intervention), 20 weeks (follow-up)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Wolf Motor Function Test time-subscale during intervention

    Change in Wolf Motor Function Test time-subscale score from baseline (measure of upper extremity function, score range from 0 to 120 seconds, lower values are considered a better outcome)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  2. Change in Wolf Motor Function Test quality-subscale during intervention

    Change in Wolf Motor Function Test quality-subscale score from baseline (measure of upper extremity function, score range from 0 to 5 points, higher values are considered a better outcome)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  3. Change in Wolf Motor Function Test time-subscale during washout

    Change in Wolf Motor Function Test time-subscale score from end of intervention to follow-up (measure of upper extremity function, score range from 0 to 120 seconds, lower values are considered a better outcome)

    Time frame: 12 weeks (end of intervention), 20 weeks (follow-up)

  4. Change in Wolf Motor Function Test quality-subscale during washout

    Change in Wolf Motor Function Test quality-subscale score from end of intervention to follow-up (measure of upper extremity function, score range from 0 to 5 points, higher values are considered a better outcome)

    Time frame: 12 weeks (end of intervention), 20 weeks (follow-up)

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
    Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, United States
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Mar 2019 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Aug 2021, 29 months after the start.

Of 144 industry-sponsored interventional studies with no phase under Stroke, half reached primary completion within 24 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 43. This study's planned 29 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 3,252 studies reached it within 23 months; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 46.

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Registered
Jan 23, 2018
First posted
Feb 13, 2018
StartActual
Mar 28, 2019
Primary completionEst.
Aug 31, 2021
CompletionEst.
Aug 31, 2021
Last update
Mar 2, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 2, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03431025
Lead sponsor
BioSensics
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 13, 2018
Start date
Mar 28, 2019
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 31, 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 2, 2021

Study contacts

Catherine Adans-Dester, PT
Contact
cadans-dester@partners.org
617-952-6321
Joseph T Gwin, PhD
principal investigator · BioSensics
Paolo Bonato, PhD
principal investigator · Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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