An interventional study of Experimental group with 100% intensity setting on Apollo Neuro device and Active Comparator group with 10% intensity setting on the Apollo Neuro device in Concussion, Mild, Autonomic Nervous System and Cognitive, sponsored by University of South Carolina. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 35 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-03-28.
Sponsored by University of South Carolina · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
The goal of this clinical trial is to test a wearable device's effect on performance in tactical populations with a history of concussion. The main question it aims to answer is the effectiveness of the device on modulate physiological and cognitive function.
The physiological function will be derived from metrics of heart rate variability and blood-based biomarkers, whilst human performance will be evaluated using tasks that assess cognitive domains of executive function, reaction time, and memory.
This study will compare the effects of two different settings of the ApolloNeuro™ Device on physiological and cognitive function. This device is worn on the wrist and produces silent low-frequency waves that feel like slight vibrations. The purpose of the device is to modulate autonomic nervous system function. There will be a total of 3 laboratory visits, each lasting approximately 3.5 hours, separated by 3-5 days to allow for physiological recovery. The first visit will include an exercise test to determine participants maximum exercise capacity and to familiarize participants with a battery of psycho-motor cognitive tasks. The remaining two visits will be experimental days differentiated by a low or high-intensity setting of the ApolloNeuro™ Device. The experimental order will be randomized. This means that neither the participant nor the research team will know which condition has been assigned. On the experimental days, participants will have blood drawn from their arm and complete psycho-motor cognitive measures before and after a 20-minute interval running workout. This study will help to acquire knowledge of how wearable devices may improve physiological and cognitive function.
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The device will be set to 100% intensity for this group.
Device: Experimental group with 100% intensity setting on Apollo Neuro device
The device will be set to 10% intensity in this group
Device: Active Comparator group with 10% intensity setting on the Apollo Neuro device
The group will have the device set to 100% intensity at one of their two experimental visits.
The group will have the device set to 10% intensity at one of their two experimental visits.
Changes in dopamine
To determine if the device has an impact on dopamine levels
Time frame: Will be assessed at visits 2 and 3 prior exercise (minute 0) , immediately following exercise (about 1.5 hour), and immediately post one hour recovery (at about hour 3) on experimental visits.
Changes in epinephrine
To determine if the device has an impact on epinephrine levels
Time frame: Will be assessed at visits 2 and 3 prior exercise (minute 0) , immediately following exercise (about 1.5 hour), and immediately post one hour recovery (at about hour 3) on experimental visits.
Changes in norepinephrine
To determine if the device has an impact on norepinephrine levels
Time frame: Will be assessed at visits 2 and 3 prior exercise (minute 0) , immediately following exercise (about 1.5 hour), and immediately post one hour recovery (at about hour 3) on experimental visits.
Changes in cortisol
To determine if the device has an impact on cortisol levels
Time frame: Will be assessed at visits 2 and 3 prior exercise (minute 0) , immediately following exercise (about 1.5 hour), and immediately post one hour recovery (at about hour 3) on experimental visits.
Changes in arousal
To determine if the device has an impact on arousal levels measured by the "Felt Arousal Scale". The minimum score is 1 and maximum score is 6. These measures are not indicative of better or worse outcomes.
Time frame: Will be assessed at visits 2 and 3 prior exercise (minute 0) on experimental visits.
Sleep Quality
Index of sleep quality using the Neurology Quality of Life (Neuro-QOL) sleep subscale.
Time frame: Will be assessed at visits 2 and 3 prior exercise (minute 0) on experimental visits.
Changes in fatigue
To determine if the device has an impact on fatigue levels measured by the "Fatigue Scale". The minimum score is 1 and maximum score is 5. These measures are not indicative of better or worse outcomes.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (minute 0), immediately after the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5), post cognitive testing (about 2 hour), and immediately post one hour recovery (about hour 3) on experimental visits.
Changes in Marksmanship Accuracy
Simulated marksmanship using optical targetry
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Marksmanship Reaction Time
Simulated marksmanship using optical targetry
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in cognitive flexibility by local switch cost RT (Switch Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on cognitive flexibility by measuring local switch cost RT within the heterogenous condition when switching rule sets represented as the additional time to respond to switch relative to repeat trials.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in cognitive flexibility by local switch cost ACC (Switch Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on cognitive flexibility by measuring local switch cost ACC within the heterogenous condition when switching rule sets represented as the difference between error rates for switch relative to repeat trials.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in cognitive flexibility by local switch cost IES (Switch Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on cognitive flexibility by measuring local switch cost inverse efficiency scores (IES) represented as dividing RTs by 1 minus the percentage of errors (i.e., percentage of correct responses).
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in global executive function by global cost RT (Switch Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on global executive function by measuring global cost RT represented as the difference between the time required to respond between the heterogeneous and homogeneous conditions.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in global executive function by global cost ACC (Switch Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on global executive function by measuring global cost ACC represented as the difference between error rates between homogeneous and heterogeneous conditions.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in global executive function by global cost IES (Switch Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on global executive function by measuring global cost IES.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in working memory by mixing cost RT (Switch Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on working memory by measuring mixing cost RT represented as the additional time required to respond between the repeat trials in the heterogenous condition relative to the trials in the homogeneous condition.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in working memory by mixing cost ACC (Switch Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on working memory by measuring mixing cost ACC represented as the difference in error rates on repeat trials in the heterogenous condition relative to the trials in the homogeneous condition.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in working memory by mixing cost IES (Switch Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on working memory by measuring mixing cost IES.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in attention (Switch Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on attention measured by the omission errors when an individual fails to respond to a color-switch task trial, and omission error runs when an individual fails to respond to multiple successive trials.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Inhibitory Control (Switch Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on inhibitory control measured by the commission errors when an individual fails to respond correctly to a color-switch task trial, and commission error runs when an individual fails to respond correctly to multiple successive trials.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in attention and cognitive control by ACC (Switch Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on attention and cognitive control by measuring heterogeneous condition ACC.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in attention and cognitive control by RT (Switch Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on attention and cognitive control by measuring heterogeneous condition RT.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in attention and cognitive control by IES (Switch Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on attention and cognitive control by measuring heterogeneous condition IES.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Inhibitory Control (Go/No go)
To determine if the device has an impact on inhibitory control by measuring reaction time to Go targets (hits). To determine if the device has an impact on inhibitory control by measuring errors of commission representing incorrect responses to the target NoGo (false alarm).
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Attention (Go/No go)
To determine if the device has an impact on attention by measuring errors of omission to the target Go (misses).
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Autonomic Nervous System Function (ANS) by linear metrics
To determine if the device has an impact on ANS function by measuring heart rate variability represented by linear (RMSSD, SDNN, CVNN) time domain metrics.
Time frame: This will be continuously assessed throughout the entirety of experimental visits 2 and 3 (minute 0 to about 3 hours)..
Changes in Autonomic Nervous System Function (ANS) by nonlinear metrics
To determine if the device has an impact on ANS function by measuring heart rate variability represented by nonlinear (ApSaEn) time domain metric.
Time frame: This will be continuously assessed throughout the entirety of experimental visits 2 and 3 (minute 0 to about 3 hours)..
Changes in Autonomic Nervous System Function (ANS) by frequency domain metrics
To determine if the device has an impact on ANS function by measuring heart rate variability represented by frequency domain (HF, LF, Coherence Ratio) metrics.
Time frame: This will be continuously assessed throughout the entirety of experimental visits 2 and 3 (minute 0 to about 3 hours)..
Changes in Inhibitory Control by accuracy scores (Flanker Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on inhibitory control measured by the accuracy scores (% of correct answers) for compatible-congruent, incompatible-congruent, compatible-incongruent, and incompatible-incongruent Flanker Task trials.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Inhibitory Control by average response time (Flanker Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on inhibitory control measured by the average response time to incongruent flanker task trials irrespective of compatible or incompatible rule sets.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Inhibitory Control by commission errors (Flanker Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on inhibitory control measured by the commission errors when an individual fails to respond correctly to a flanker task trial, and commission error runs when an individual fails to respond correctly to multiple successive trials.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Attention by accuracy (Flanker Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on attention measured by the accuracy scores for congruent-compatible Flanker task trials.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Attention by average response time (Flanker Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on attention measured by the overall average response time (milliseconds) to compatible and incompatible Flanker task trails irrespective of trial congruency.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Attention by omission errors (Flanker Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on attention measured by the omission errors when an individual fails to respond to a flanker task trial, and omission error runs when an individual fails to respond to multiple successive trials.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Cognitive flexibility by accuracy (Flanker Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on cognitive flexibility by the accuracy scores for incongruent-incompatible Flanker task trials.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Cognitive flexibility by average response time (Flanker Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on cognitive flexibility measured by the average response time to incongruent-incompatible flanker task trials.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Cognitive control by post-error accuracy (Flanker Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on cognitive control measured by post-error accuracy on Flanker task trials following an error.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Cognitive control by sequential congruency effect (Flanker Task)
To determine changes in cognitive control measured by sequential congruency effect when lower interference occurs following an incongruent relative to a congruent flanker task trial reflecting a consciously controlled narrowing of attention to the central target.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Cognitive control by inverse efficiency (Flanker Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on cognitive control measured by inverse efficiency a metric of a speed-accuracy trade-off for Flanker task trials.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in Attentional Inhibition (Flanker Task)
To determine if the device has an impact on attentional inhibition measured by congruency interference representing the costs associated with the interference demands associated with incongruent vs congruent flanker task trials.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30) and immediately following the bout of exercise (about hour 1.5) on experimental visits.
Changes in verbal learning (HVLT)
To determine if the device has an impact on verbal learning by measuring total recall score via combining the word recall score from the three trials.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30), immediately following the bout of exercise (about 1.5 hours), and immediately post one hour recovery (about hour 3) on experimental visits.
Changes in memory recall (HVLT)
To determine if the device has an impact on memory by measuring delayed recall via the delayed recall score.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30), immediately following the bout of exercise (about 1.5 hours), and immediately post one hour recovery (about hour 3) on experimental visits.
Changes in retention (HVLT)
To determine if the device has an impact on memory by measuring retention via dividing the delayed recall trial by the score obtained on the trial prior exercise.
Time frame: Will be assessed prior exercise (about minute 30), immediately following the bout of exercise (about 1.5 hours), and immediately post one hour recovery (about hour 3) on experimental visits.
Changes in memory retention (HVLT)
To determine if the device has an impact on memory by measuring retention via calculating a retention discrimination index by subtracting the total number of false positives from the total number of true positives.
Time frame: Immediately post one hour recovery (hour 3) on experimental visits.
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