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Light Therapy in Disorders of Consciousness: Behavioral, Neuroimaging and (Neuro)Physiological Assessments.

NCT03174119 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2018-10-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In this randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled project, the investigators would like to assess the effect of a specific light, as compared to placebo light, on wakefulness (circadian rhythms, homeostasy, sleep-wake cycle), awareness (perceptual and self consciousness), cognition (attention, memory) and underlying brain activity (electrophysiology and neuroimaging)

Conditions

  • Disorder of Consciousness

Interventions

DEVICE

Light therapy - active

Active light will be used for one week, as compared to placebo light.

DEVICE

Placebo light

Placebo light will be used for one week, as compared to real light exposition.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Liege

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Steven Laureys, 1 · University of Liege

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-28
Primary Completion
2021-01-31
Completion
2021-01-31

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