Testing Standard Vestibular Rehabilitation with for peripheral vestibular disorder
Official title: Effect of Peripheral Vestibular Disease Location on Outcomes Following Home-based Virtual Reality Vestibular Therapy
Effect of Peripheral Vestibular Pathology Location on the Ability of Home-based Virtual Reality to Improve Symptoms of Peripheral Vestibular Disorders
- 2 groups
- One site, in Vancouver
- Recruiting
Interventions
- Behavioural therapy
Standard Vestibular Rehabilitation with Adjunct At Home Virtual Reality Vestibular Rehabilitation
The virtual reality intervention will involve standard vestibular rehabilitation as described above and adjunct at home virtual reality video game. This video game will be projected on an android or apple device accommodated into a VR headset for 20 minutes daily until the vestibular rehabilitation is complete. This video will be congruent to current vestibular rehabilitation program exercises. Point-of-view games compatible with both Android and iOS devices will be evaluated by professionals to determine the game that is most representative of current evidence based exercises.
- Behavioural therapy
Standard Vestibular Rehabilitation with Adjunct Auditory Intervention
The control intervention will involve standard vestibular rehabilitation as described above and adjunct audio intervention while wearing the VR headset for 20 minutes daily until the vestibular rehabilitation is complete.
Canadian Sites (1)
1 of 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
Eligibility Criteria
See who this study is looking for7 criteria
The trial’s own eligibility text, word for word from the registry. Only the trial site can say who takes part.
Inclusion
- +Participants diagnosed with chronic (≥3 months) unilateral or bilateral peripheral vestibular disorders such as vestibular neuritis, labyrinthitis, Ramsay Hunt syndrome, ischemic lesion and trauma.
- +Diagnosis made using caloric testing (≥25% reduced vestibular response) and either ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential (oVEMP) or cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP) testing.
- +Participants prescribed vestibular rehabilitation
- +Participants ≥18 years of age
- +Access to an android or iOS smart phone
Exclusion
- −Participant diagnosed with a central vestibular disorder
- −Pregnant participants
In plain language
Assembled directly from this trial’s registry record. Every sentence traces to a field below — nothing here is generated or interpreted.
What this study is
This study is testing a treatment for a condition.
This study is not organised into the usual phase numbers — that is common for device, behavioural, and diagnostic research.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- designModule.designInfo.primaryPurpose
- designModule.phases
Who receives what
There are 2 groups in this study.
Group A receives Standard Vestibular Rehabilitation with Adjunct At Home Virtual Reality Vestibular Rehabilitation.
Registry label: A: Virtual Reality Group
Group B, the comparison group, receives Standard Vestibular Rehabilitation with Adjunct Auditory Intervention.
Registry label: B: Control Group
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].label
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].interventionNames
How the study is run
Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.
One group of people involved — usually the participants — is not told which treatment is which.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- designModule.designInfo.allocation
- designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
Is there a placebo?
This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.
One group receives an existing treatment, so the two can be compared.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].interventionNames
Who the study is looking for
The study lists a minimum age of 18 years, with no upper limit given.
The study is open to people of any sex.
The study accepts healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more → as well as people with the condition.
These are the criteria the study lists. Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- eligibilityModule.minimumAge
- eligibilityModule.sex
- eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How big and how long
The study aims to enrol about 50 people.
The study is currently expected to finish around September 2026.
The main measurement is taken over: Change from baselineBaselineYour starting measurements, taken before treatment begins.Read more → DHI score at 2 weeks post-intervention will be recorded for each patient.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
- statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
What the study measures
Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) score — measured over Change from baselineBaselineYour starting measurements, taken before treatment begins.Read more → DHI score at 2 weeks post-intervention will be recorded for each patient.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].measure
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
Source: NCT05424302 on ClinicalTrials.gov. The full registry text is further down this page — this summary never replaces it.
Not medical advice. What do these terms mean?
What is being tested — in plain terms
About Standard Vestibular Rehabilitation with Adjunct At Home Virtual Reality Vestibular RehabilitationBehavioural
The virtual reality intervention will involve standard vestibular rehabilitation as described above and adjunct at home virtual reality video game. This video game will be projected on an android or apple device accommodated into a VR headset for 20 minutes daily until the vestibular rehabilitation is complete. This video will be congruent to current vestibular rehabilitation program exercises. Point-of-view games compatible with both Android and iOS devices will be evaluated by professionals to determine the game that is most representative of current evidence based exercises.
From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.
What a behavioural is here: A programme, therapy, education, or lifestyle approach being studied.
Read the full explanation → · in clinical review
About Standard Vestibular Rehabilitation with Adjunct Auditory InterventionBehavioural
The control intervention will involve standard vestibular rehabilitation as described above and adjunct audio intervention while wearing the VR headset for 20 minutes daily until the vestibular rehabilitation is complete.
From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.
What a behavioural is here: A programme, therapy, education, or lifestyle approach being studied.
Read the full explanation → · in clinical review
Common questions
Answered from this trial’s registry record. Where the record doesn’t say, these answers say so rather than filling the gap.
Am I eligible for this trial?
Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part. Concord cannot make that determination, and neither can any tool that has not examined you.
What the study lists: a minimum age of 18 years.
The full inclusionInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more → and exclusion criteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more → are published on this page, exactly as the study team wrote them.
The useful next step is to bring this trial to your doctor. Answering a few questions first gives them something concrete to review.
From the trial registry
- eligibilityModule.minimumAge
- eligibilityModule.eligibilityCriteria
Is there a placebo?
This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.
One group receives an existing treatment so the two can be compared.
From the trial registry
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Would I know which treatment I am getting?
One group of people involved — usually the participants — is not told which treatment is which.
Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.
From the trial registry
- designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
- designModule.designInfo.allocation
Who can join?
The study lists a minimum age of 18 years, with no upper limit given.
It is open to people of any sex.
It accepts healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more → as well as people with the condition.
Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can confirm whether a particular person can take part.
From the trial registry
- eligibilityModule.minimumAge
- eligibilityModule.sex
- eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How long would this take?
The study's main measurement is taken over: Change from baselineBaselineYour starting measurements, taken before treatment begins.Read more → DHI score at 2 weeks post-intervention will be recorded for each patient..
The study as a whole is currently expected to finish around 2026-09.
How long any one person takes part can differ from the study length. The study team can tell you what the schedule looks like in practice.
From the trial registry
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
- statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
How many people are taking part?
The study aims to enrol about 50 people.
From the trial registry
- designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
Where is this happening?
This study lists one location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Sites can open and close during a study, so confirm with the team before travelling.
From the trial registry
- trial_locations
About This Trial
This parallel-group randomized controlled trial aims to determine if the location of the lesion(s) in the vestibular system (unilateral versus bilateral, lateral semi-circular canal versus otolith) impacts the effectiveness of adjunct take-home head-mounted display (HMD) virtual reality (VR) therapy in improving patient symptomatology. Fifty patients meeting inclusion criteria will be recruited from the principal investigator's neurotology clinic. Baseline symptomatology questionnaires will be completed, followed by random allocation to virtual reality and control groups. Vestibular rehabilitation and virtual reality protocols will be adhered to for 4 to 8 weeks, followed by symptomatology questionnaires. Data analysis will be conducted to answer the study's objectives.
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