Could a light and motion device ease concussion symptoms?
NCT ID NCT07356167
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing a non-invasive device called PNRT that uses gentle light and motion to help people with lingering dizziness and other symptoms after a mild traumatic brain injury. Researchers will enroll 80 adults to see if the device is safe, tolerable, and can reduce dizziness. The goal is to find a new way to improve recovery without medication.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Passive neurosensory reintegration training (PNRT) device
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new, non-drug treatment to reduce dizziness and other lingering symptoms after a mild concussion.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with only 80 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The device is experimental and its benefits are not yet proven.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: 1. Adults aged 18 or older 2. Clear mechanism of injury (i.e., direct or indirect impact to head), or Any individual presenting with complaints of sudden (\<24h) onset neurosensory symptoms as characterized by hearing a noise, feeling a force, or having an unexpected neurosensory perception and unexplained by any other known etiology ("sudden neurosensory events" or SNEs) 3. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 13-15 at the time of injury 4. Observed or reported focal signs at the time of injury (e.g., loss of consciousness, amnesia, or confusion) or neurosensory symptoms (e.g., dizziness, headaches, photo/phonophobia, fatigue, vision problems, sleep changes, mood changes, cognitive fog) lasting over 4 weeks to 3 months (sub-acute), or over 3 months (chronic) following brain injury Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any of the following: moderate to severe TBI characterized by penetrating head trauma, GCS \<13 at the time of injury, LOC \>30 minutes or PTA \>24 hours, subdural or epidural hemorrhage for most recent occurence 2. mTBI/SNE Group: History of 4 or more clinically diagnosed mTBIs that warranted emergent assessment in a hospital or emergency department setting Control Group: History of mTBI within the last 12 months or presence of mTBI-related symptoms at time of enrollment 3. Presence of severe aphasia 4. History of diagnosed psychiatric disorder or autoimmune/rheumatologic conditions prior to brain injury 1. Uncontrolled autoimmune/rheumatologic conditions including but not limited to Lyme, POTS, EDS, long COVID 2. Psychiatric disorders: including but not limited to severe depression, schizophrenia, lupus) 5. Documented neurological disorders (e.g., epilepsy, stroke, dementia) 6. Legally blind (characterized by a best-corrected visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye or a visual field of 20 degrees or less) 7. History of tumor of the brain or central nervous system 8. Actively receiving vision therapy for current mTBI-related visual-impairment 9. Wards of the state or prisoners
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Miami Miller School of Medicine - Don Soffer Clinical Research Building
RECRUITINGMiami, Florida, 33136, United States
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