Video game exercise over telehealth for children with cerebral palsy
Tests active video games delivered remotely in inactive children with cerebral palsy.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Where
- Birmingham, United StatesSee the 2 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Leveraging Extended Reality Exergaming and Telehealth to Improve Physical Activity and Health in Children With Disabilities
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 2
- People taking part
- 130 people, planned
- Starts
- 1 Dec 2026
- Expected to end
- 31 May 2031
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Extended Reality Exergaming
- Record updated
- 14 May 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for children aged 10 to 17 with cerebral palsy who are not physically active. They will do a home exercise video game program using a headset, guided by telehealth.
- Age
- 10 to 17 years
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- A medical diagnosis of cerebral palsy. Children at GMFCS level V (the most severe movement level) cannot join.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Already physically active: 150 minutes or more per week of moderate-to-vigorous exercise
- Prone to seizures triggered by light or flashing images
- GMFCS level V
- Complete blindness or deafness
- Child or caregiver cannot communicate in English
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- medical diagnosis of cerebral palsy
- between the ages of 10-17 years (10 years of age is the minimum requirement of the Meta Quest 3s headset, as noted by the manufacturer)
- physician clearance to participate in moderate-intensity exercise
- access to a Wi-Fi Internet connection in the home
- a caregiver that is committed to supporting the child with setting up and assisting with the prescribed exergaming and managing the study activities
Who cannot take part
- prone to photosensitive seizures
- physically active (defined as ≥150 minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous intensity exercise in a typical week)
- a classification of GMFCS level V, which we have found to preclude the ability to use the Oculus Quest hand-held controllers
- complete blindness or deafness
- unable to communicate in English (participant and caregiver)
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 10 and 17 years old?
Where in United States
- Children's of AlabamaBirmingham, United StatesContact: Byron Lai, MS, PhDNot yet recruiting
- University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, United StatesContact: Byron Lai, MS, PhDNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This phase II RCT evaluates the efficacy of a telehealth-delivered extended reality (XR) exergaming intervention on physical activity, cardiometabolic health, and physical fitness in physically inactive children with cerebral palsy (ages 10 to 17). A total of 130 participants will be randomized to either a 12-week XR exergaming intervention with behavioral coaching or a non-intervention control group, followed by a 24-week sustainability phase. Aim 1 examines immediate and sustained effects on physical activity levels. Aim 2 tests effects on cardiometabolic health indicators including blood lipids, blood pressure, and glycemic markers. Aim 3 explores effects on physical fitness and perceived health. All procedures are conducted remotely via telehealth.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Extended Reality Gaming (XRG)Treatment being tested
Immediate start of extended reality exercise program for 36 weeks.
Treatment: Extended Reality Exergaming
- Non-intervention ControlNo study treatment, for comparison
Continue habitual activities for 36 weeks.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Leveraging Extended Reality Exergaming and Telehealth to Improve Physical Activity and Health in Children With Disabilities
- Plain-language title
- Video game exercise over telehealth for children with cerebral palsyGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07564934, who can take part
- Record updated
- 14 May 2026