Safety and Effectiveness of the BlinkER System in Participants With Facial Nerve Palsy

NCT06542289 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2025-06-10

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Summary

Prospective, single-arm, multicenter, single-masked, pivotal study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Blinker system in Participants with Facial Nerve Palsy.

Conditions

  • Bell's Palsy
  • Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
  • Lyme Disease
  • Facial Palsy

Interventions

DEVICE

BlinkER device.

Participants will use the BlinkER System for 8-16 hours daily (removed during sleep) at approximately 10 blinks/minute. The stimulation cycle will be ON and OFF to achieve the desired blink rate. Participants will receive training on device usage before starting the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Neurotrigger Ltd

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Ran Ben Cnaan, MD · Sourasky Medical Center - Ichilov

  • Alison Rand, MD · Rand Eye Institute

  • Jennifer Tan, MD · Sheffield Teaching Hospital - Royal Hallamshire Hospital

  • David Zadok, MD · Shaarei Zedek MC

  • Bernard Chang, MD · Leeds Teaching Hospital - St. James University Hospital

  • Reza Vagefi, MD · Tufts University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
22 Years
Max Age
120 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-10-01
Primary Completion
2026-10-31
Completion
2026-11-30
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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