VR-based Dexterity Training in MS

Starting soon · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Multiple Sclerosis

In brief

The aim of the study is to investigate if a specifically developed home-based dexterity training intervention using a Virtual Reality (VR) Headset (Meta quest 2) improves impaired manual dexterity in persons with multiple sclerosis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07193602

Run by

Christian Kamm

People needed

60

Starts

2026-05-01

Expected to finish

2028-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• MS patients with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), secondary-progressive MS (SPMS) or primary progressive MS (PPMS) according to the revised McDonald's criteria (Thompson et al. 2017)
• Age between 18 and 75 years
• Written informed consent signed by the subject must be obtained prior to study start
• Patient must complain about MS related impaired manual dexterity negatively affecting ADL and/or QoL
• Patients must have Arm function in multiple sclerosis questionnaire (AMSQ) score >41

You may not qualify if…

• A relapse that started within 60 days prior to screening
• Rapidly progressive disease
• Any disease/condition that impaired manual dexterity besides MS
• Any disease other than MS that could possibly explain the patient's signs and symptoms
• Medical or psychiatric conditions that compromise the ability to comply with the protocol, or to complete the study
• History of epilepsy or epileptic seizures
• A history of drug abuse in the 12 months prior to screening

Where it is running

• MS Centre, Neurology, University hospital Basel — Basel, Basel, Switzerland
• Lucerne Cantonal Hospital — Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.