NCT00912041Recruiting
BrainGate2: Feasibility Study of an Intracortical Neural Interface System for Persons With Tetraplegia
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to obtain preliminary device safety information and demonstrate proof of principle (feasibility) of the ability of people with tetraplegia to control a computer cursor and other assistive devices with their thoughts.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 27 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 1 Jun 2009
- Start date
- May 2009
- Primary completion date
- Sept 2038
- Lead sponsor
- Leigh R. Hochberg, MD, PhD.
- Diseases
- ALS (motor neurone disease)
- NCT number
- NCT00912041
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 27
- From May 2009 to the primary completion date, Sept 2038
- 6 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Chronic oral or intravenous steroids or immunosuppressive therapy
Other illness
- Visual impairment such that extended viewing of a computer monitor would be difficult even with ordinary corrective lenses
- Other serious disease or disorder that could seriously affect ability to participate in the study
Other
- (There are additional exclusion criteria)
Who the study is looking for
- Clinical diagnosis of spinal cord injury, brainstem stroke, muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or other motor neuron disorders
- Complete or incomplete tetraplegia (quadriplegia)
- Must live within a three-hour drive of the Study site
- (There are additional inclusion criteria)
Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (6)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Recruiting |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
| Baylor College of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Recruiting |
| Providence VA Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Providence | United States | Recruiting |
| University of California - Davis Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sacramento | United States | Recruiting |
| Stanford University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stanford | United States | Recruiting |
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