Home Tele Rehabilitation Therapy for Vascular Dementia

This study is testing a home telerehabilitation therapy for people who have had a stroke and may also have vascular dementia (a type of dementia caused by problems with blood supply to the brain). The therapy involves occupational therapist-prescribed hand and arm exercises that you would do at home. Researchers want to see if this home therapy is practical and if it helps reduce the burden on caregivers. To join, you need to be 18 to 110 years old, have had a stroke at least 6 months ago, and have some movement in your affected arm. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 120 participants.

Study design
This is a controlled study with 120 participants, comparing remote rehabilitation therapy to usual care. Researchers will not know which treatment each participant is receiving.
What's involved
You would receive usual care for one month, followed by one month of remote telerehabilitation treatment. There will be a baseline evaluation and an evaluation one month after treatment ends.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your caregiver burden and any side effects will be measured at 3-4 months after the study begins.

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NCT06289569

Home Tele Rehabilitation Therapy for Vascular Dementia

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
~120 participants
Updated 2026-03-02 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Home telerehabilitation therapy

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Burden Scale for Family Caregivers
Measured over 3-4 months
+1 more outcome measured
Dementia, Vascular
Stroke Sequelae
1 sites across 1 states
Texas1
  • Timea Hodics, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Symptomatic ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke verified by computerized axial tomography or magnetic resonance imaging
at least 6 months post stroke
At least some active movement in the affected upper extremity (MRS 1 or more in shoulder elbow or wrist)
Ability to provide informed consent, or LAR able to provide consent
Expressed willingness to comply with all study procedures and attend all study-related visits for both the patient and at least one caregiver.
Age ≥ 18.
Ability to follow one-step commands.
Community-dwelling with transportation to evaluation sessions.
Ability to operate the therapy system with minimal assistance, including sufficient corrected vision to perceive objects from a distance of 5 feet.
Modified Ashworth Scale Score 3 or less in the involved upper extremity
Passive range of motion within functional ranges at the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand

Exclusion

Patients with history of severe alcohol or drug abuse, psychiatric illnesses like severe depression, poor motivational capacity, or severe language disturbances, particularly of receptive nature or with serious cognitive deficits (defined as unable to follow study instructions even with help from caregiver).
Patients with bilateral paresis, or weakness or sensory damage due to peripheral causes (e.g. peripheral nerve injury, muscle or orthopedic injury etc.)
Patients with severe uncontrolled medical problems that would render intensive rehabilitation unfeasible or unsafe (e.g. cardiovascular disease, unstable cardiac arrhythmia, severe rheumatoid arthritis, active joint deformity of arthritic origin, active cancer or renal disease, any kind of end-stage pulmonary or cardiovascular disease, or a deteriorated condition due to age, epilepsy or others).
Concurrent participation in other experimental upper extremity rehabilitation trials that would interfere with results.
Non-English-speaking individuals will only be eligible if they can provide the appropriate translator for all the sessions of the study as no funding is available to pay for such services. However, we plan to include them once funding has been secured in the subsequent larger trial.
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  • Burden Scale for Family Caregivers3-4 months

    Burden Scale for Family Caregivers BSFC-s\[8\] Subjective caregiver burden 10-item short version of the questionnaire.

  • Adverse events3-4 months

    Prospective record of adverse events including dropouts