Can these glasses cure your dizziness?

NCT ID NCT04678167

Symptom relief Sponsor: University Hospital, Brest Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether wearing Boarding Ring glasses can help people with vestibular neuritis (a sudden, severe vertigo attack) recover their balance more quickly. Researchers will measure changes in balance and eye movements over one week in 51 adult patients. The glasses are designed to provide visual cues that may speed up the brain's compensation for inner ear inflammation.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: Boarding Ring glasses (special eyewear)
What this could lead to: If it works, this could offer a simple, drug-free way to speed up recovery from vertigo attacks.
What could go wrong: This is a small, early-stage study with only 51 participants. The glasses may not provide any benefit over standard care.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 51 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Mar 2021

Expected to finish

May 2029

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * adult patients, * patient with vestibular neuritis defined by appearance of continuous rotating vertigo with nausea * patient with spontaneous horizonto-rotating nystagmus beating towards the healthy ear * patient with a postural deviation towards the affected ear; * vestibular hyporeflexia measured at the caloric tests greater than 25% * patient who has given free, enlighten and written consent Exclusion Criteria: * patient with a history of vertigo of vestibular origin or with vertigo developing for more than 4 days * patient with associated hearing loss or tinnitus * patient with an motor ocular abnormality of central origin * patient refusal or inability to consent

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

vestibular neuronitis

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Vestibular neuritis

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The places running it

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Can these glasses cure your dizziness?

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