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RecruitingNCT07598695Updated May 22, 2026

Sensory Feedback and Hand Motor Adaptation

An Early Phase 1 interventional study of Visual ROM augmentation and Visual ROM reduction in Stroke, sponsored by The Catholic University of America. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 70 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-22.

Sponsored by The Catholic University of America · Early Phase 1, Interventional, and Basic science

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 7 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Oct 2025, registered May 2026).
  • Started Oct 2025; still recruiting 1 year 1 month later.
Phase
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
20 Years to 70 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
909th of 1,617
30 · median 40
Started
2025
with 107 others
Phase 1
126 of 1,991
18 open now
Primary completion
2026-10
later than 135 of 488 live
Registered
1,935th of 1,991
by date

Among the 1,991 studies in Stroke with a site in United States, this one is the 909th largest by planned enrollment of the 1,617 interventional ones, is one of 108 that started in 2025, is one of 126 in phase 1, reaches primary completion later than 135 of the 488 other live ones, and was the 1,935th registered.

By phase

1,991 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.

No phase1,121 · 272 open
Observational364 · 60 open
Phase 2162 · 21 open
Phase 1this study126 · 18 open
Phase 3100 · 8 open
Phase 1/247 · 5 open
Phase 443 · 5 open
Phase 2/326 · 5 open
Other kind2 · 0 open

By the year they started

First in 1980; this study’s year is marked. 108 started in 2025.

Size and results

Median enrollment 40 across the 1,617 interventional studies, 153 across the 363 observational. Of the 1,327 that completed or were terminated, 561 (42%) have results posted.

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Study summary

The following experiment will be conducted with 15 chronic stroke survivors and 15 control subjects. Subjects will perform hand movements in the virtual reality environment using a head-mounted display. Quest's onboard cameras allow real-time tracking of hand motion, estimating joint angles of the finger and the thumb. For each feedback manipulation condition (i.e., movement amplification or reduction), the estimated joint angles will be multiplied by a factor greater than 1 (amplification) or a factor smaller than 1 (reduction). Then the newly-estimated hand posture will be displayed in the VR environment. Subjects will be randomly assigned into two groups (A and B), who will receive the assistance in a different order. Subjects will perform finger extension under three conditions: no sensory modulation, movement visual feedback (VF) amplification, and movement VF reduction (error augmentation), while their movement muscle activation patterns are recorded.

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Conditions studied

  • Stroke

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Keywords

  • Stroke
  • Muscle coordination
  • Visual feedback
  • Hand
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Age: 20 - 70 years old
  • First-ever unilateral cortical stroke with resultant hemiparesis at least 6 months prior to the experimental testing
  • Fugl-Meyer Upper Extremity Section 31 - 55

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria for both groups:

  • Presence of concurrent severe medical illness
  • Pain in hand or arm with movements
  • Loss of voluntary control of fingers and thumb
  • Inability to provide
  • Musculoskeletal injuries (e.g., fracture) or medical complications (e.g., severe cardiovascular disease).
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Study design

Phase
Early Phase 1
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Visual ROM augmentation followed by visual ROM reduction

    Device: Visual ROM augmentation · Device: Visual ROM reduction

  • Experimental
    Visual ROM reduction followed by visual ROM augmentation

    Device: Visual ROM augmentation · Device: Visual ROM reduction

Interventions

  • DeviceVisual ROM augmentation

    Finger joint ROM is amplified.

  • DeviceVisual ROM reduction

    Visual feedback of finger joint ROM is reduced.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Joint range of motion (ROM)

    range of motion of individual finger joints under each condition, measured by embedded cameras that digitize individual finger segments

    Time frame: Periprocedural

Secondary outcomes

  1. Muscle activation

    Activation level of hand muscles will be measured using surface EMG electrodes attached to the major hand muscles including extensor digitorum communis, flexor digitorum superficialis, and first dorsal interosseous.

    Time frame: Periprocedural

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — The investigators do not plan to share IPD but the de-identified data will be shared.

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 Oct 2025 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Oct 2026, 12 months after the start.

Of 71 non-industry phase 1 interventional studies under Stroke, half reached primary completion within 29 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 45. This study's planned 12 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 97 studies reached it within 20 months; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 38.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
May 5, 2026
First posted
May 20, 2026
StartActual
Oct 1, 2025
Primary completionEst.
Oct 1, 2026
CompletionEst.
Dec 31, 2026
Last update
May 22, 2026
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 May 22, 2026, 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
NCT07598695
Lead sponsor
The Catholic University of America
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 20, 2026
Start date
Oct 1, 2025
Primary completion
Oct 1, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
May 22, 2026

Study contacts

Sang Wook Lee, PhD
Contact
leesw@cua.edu
202-319-6218

Oversight

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