Clinical trials: sponsored by Kessler Foundation
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Feasibility and Safety of a Virtual-Reality Based Job Interview Training Tool in Teenagers With High-Functioning Autism
The current project involves the application of a VR job training software. We propose to use an interactive VR job interview practice system, Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT), in youths with ASD at the highschool…
- Trial name
- NCT04773548
- Testing
- VR-JIT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis
WEBCAMS: Walking Exercise for Brain and Cognition in Adults With Multiple Sclerosis
This study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that compares the effects of two different 12-month aerobic walking exercise programs on cognitive processing speed (CPS), brain MRI, and other functional outcomes in 32 adults…
- Trial name
- NCT05755061
- Testing
- GEMS Plus, GEMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Autism
A Strength-Based Employment Maintenance Program for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum
The investigators are looking to evaluate how effective a training program that focuses on character strengths may be in improving job maintenance skills in young adults.
- Trial name
- NCT06255925
- Testing
- KF-STRIDE® Into Work!
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
ADHD, Dyslexia
A Strength-Based Intervention to Improve Job Interview Skills in Neurodiverse Young Adults
the investigators are looking to evaluate the effectiveness of a strength-based program in improving job interview skills in neurodiverse young adults.
- Conditions
- ADHD, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities
- Trial name
- NCT06479850
- Testing
- KF-STRIDE®
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Autism Spectrum Disorder
A Strength-Based Intervention to Improve Job Interview Skills in Young Adults in a Community Setting
The investigators are looking to evaluate how effective a strength-based intervention may be in improving job interview skills in young adults.
- Trial name
- NCT06380569
- Testing
- KF-STRIDE®
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Autism Spectrum Disorder
KF STRIDE to Improve Job Interview Skills
The goals of the current study are to evaluate the preliminary effectiveness and feasibility of Kessler Foundation-Strength Identification and Expression (KF-STRIDE) in an 8-week randomized controlled trial comparing the…
- Trial name
- NCT04820647
- Testing
- KF-STRIDE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Traumatic Brain Injury
Improving New Learning and Memory in School Aged Children
The currently proposed study addresses a critical need in the clinical care of school-aged children with TBI through the modification of an existing, proven efficacious treatment protocol for learning and memory deficits in…
- Trial name
- NCT04741360
- Testing
- Modified Story Memory Technique
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism
Examining the Effects of a Job Entry Intervention
The current study will examine the efficacy of a virtual reality (VR) intervention as well as a newly developed Kessler Foundation STRength IDentification and Expression tool (VR-STRIDE) with adolescents diagnosed with autism…
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, ASD
- Trial name
- IMPRESSIVE (NCT04771338)
- Testing
- VR-JIT/KF-STRIDE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Traumatic Brain Injury
Study to Improve Ambulation in Individuals With TBI Using Virtual Reality -Based Treadmill Training
The purpose of this research study is to test the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) based treadmill training on walking ability.
- Trial name
- NCT05130658
- Testing
- Virtual reality treadmill training, Treadmill Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Traumatic Brain Injury
Assistive Soft Skills and Employment Training (ASSET) in TBI Injury
Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is often associated with difficulties in social functioning. Loss of social contacts and difficulties maintaining social connections is common after pediatric TBI, extending into adulthood.
- Trial name
- NCT05705817
- Testing
- Assistive Soft Skills and Employment Training (ASSET)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Traumatic Brain Injury
Emotional Processing Intervention for Children With TBI
Investigating an emotional processing program, that is modified for use with children, is effective for children with a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- Trial name
- NCT04826068
- Testing
- Emotional Processing
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Brain Injury
Biofeedback Gait Retraining for Stiff Knee Gait Correction
The research team has developed a visual kinematic biofeedback system which is designed to help children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) correct a pattern of reduced knee extension in terminal swing and early stance.
- Trial name
- NCT05105763
- Testing
- Sequential switched feedback training on the knee and the hip (Condition A), Feedback training on the knee alone (Condition B)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy
Dual Joint Visual Feedback Gait Retraining in Pediatric Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy
This study aims to assess the feasibility of a visual feedback system designed to augment treadmill-based gait training for children with gait disturbances related to hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
- Trial name
- NCT05011201
- Testing
- Dual Joint Visual Feedback without Scoring, Dual Joint Visual Feedback with Scoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Psychosocial Problems
Advances in Treatment: Examining the Effectiveness of a Behavioral Intervention.
The purpose of this research is to investigate the influence a mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) intervention will have on internalizing and externalizing problems in children and adolescents that have suffered a…
- Trial name
- NCT03282500
- Testing
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Traumatic Brain Injury
Cogmed for Working Memory After TBI
This study will examine a cognitive rehabilitation protocol targeted at working memory deficits for adults and children with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
- Trial name
- Cogmed (NCT02305212)
- Testing
- Cogmed
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Stroke, Drop Foot
Pairing Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and Volitional Effort Training Promotes Neuroplasticity and Motor Gain
The goal of the study is to explore the effect of combined training involving functional electrical stimulation (FES) of the ankle dorsal flexor with simultaneous maximal-effort voluntary contraction of the same muscle to correct…
- Trial name
- NCT02797886
- Testing
- FES + VOL, FES, VOL
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Stroke
Saeboflex Dynamic Hand Orthosis for Inpatient Rehabilitation Stroke Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine what the potential utility of the Functional Tone Management (F.T.M) Arm Training Program using the SaeboFlex in an inpatient stroke rehabiliation hospital
- Trial name
- NCT00485641
- Testing
- SaeboFlex Dynamic Hand Orthosis, Saebo F.T.M. Arm Training Program
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 222 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation