VR games aim to reboot attention in brain injury patients
NCT ID NCT05728840
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether virtual reality exercises can improve attention problems in people who have had a brain injury, like a stroke or traumatic brain injury. About 135 participants will either do VR-based cognitive games or standard pen-and-paper exercises for 20 sessions. The goal is to see if the VR approach is more effective at boosting attention and focus.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Immersive virtual reality gamified cognitive activities
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a more engaging way to help people with brain injuries improve their attention and focus.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with only 135 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The benefits of VR over standard exercises are still unproven.
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Study facts
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- 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 135 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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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: * Time from stroke onset \< 1 month * Objective pathological performance on at least one standardized test or subtest on attention during standard neuropsychological evaluation * Brain injury documented by routine neuroradiological examination (computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging scan) * Able to give informed consent as documented by signature * Age \>= 18 years old Exclusion Criteria: * Epilepsy * Inability or contraindications to undergo the investigated intervention * Major psychiatric co-morbidity * Major neurocognitive deficits (e.g. dementia) * Incapacity to discriminate colors * General cognitive state preventing to understand and perform the tasks * Decision to not be informed of incidental findings
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Lausanne Hospitals
RECRUITINGLausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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