BreEStim for Motor Recovery in Chronic Stroke With Severe Impairment (Pilot)

Part of paid clinical trials in Houston, Texas.

Sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Study ID
NCT04750564
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Motor Recovery

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 75 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • BreEStim — DEVICE
    BreEStim will applied for 10 to 20 minutes.
  • EStim — DEVICE
    EStim will applied for 10 to 20 minutes.

Study Details

The overall goal is to investigate the effectiveness of a novel intervention - Breathing-controlled electrical stimulation (BreEStim) on finger flexor spasticity reduction and hand function improvement in chronic stroke with severe impairment.

Key Dates

Start date
Sep 1, 2025
Status verified
May 2026
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2027
Completion
Dec 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
4 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: BreEStim
    BreEStim is voluntary breathing controlled transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.
  • Experimental: EStim
    EStim is transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in finger flexor spasticity measured by Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) [ Time Frame: Baseline, 5 minutes after intervention ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
The University of Texas Health Science CenterHoustonTexas77030
Sheng Li, MD, PhD
[email protected]
(713) 500-5874
Shengai Li, MS
[email protected]
713-797-7561

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