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The NeuroCatch Platform™ version 2.0 (NCP2.0), an investigational medical device system developed by NeuroCatch Inc., consists of software and hardware that captures brain health information. The platform intends to provide a quick, portable and easy to use solution for the acquisition, display, analysis, storage, reporting and management of electroencephalograph (EEG) and event-related potential (ERP; brain response to a stimulus) information.
The purpose of the study is to understand how reliable and repeatable the ERP metrics elicited by the NCP platform are within participants over multiple sessions.
A new method for creating stimulus sequences was developed for NeuroCatch™ Platform 2.0. Rather than using a set of fixed, predetermined sequences to elicit ERPs this new method draws on a database of candidate word stimuli to generate a different, random stimulus sequence each time a scan is carried out. The goal of this is to reduce habituation to the stimulus sequences which is hypothesized to improve the repeatability of the component measurements. Characterizing how individuals respond to the stimulus sequences is an important step in the validation of the generation method itself. Understanding the degree of variability and prototypical values of each ERP component is crucial to the understanding of typical brain functioning. For this type of technology to be clinically viable in quantifying brain health, the investigators must first quantify the degree to which a healthy brain naturally fluctuates in it processing capability. This study is being carried out to assess how repeatable the ERPs elicited by the new method are while also considering the impact of intraindividual variability observed in previous investigations. Thus, by comparing the results of the scans over time, an assessment of the reliability of the new stimulus sequences can be made.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Control | Experimental | Neurologically healthy individuals will be recruited for the longitudinal study |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| NeuroCatch Platform | Device | To elicit the ERP components of interest in this study (N100, P300, N400), proprietary auditory stimulus sequences will be administered using the NeuroCatch™ Platform version 2.0, an investigational medical device. Each sequence consists of tones and word pairs to elicit the various components of interest. Version 2.0 of the NeuroCatch™ Platform consists of a computerized acquisition software which presents the stimulus, acquires the data and presents the amplitude and latency values of the ERP components (N100, N400, P300) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in amplitudes of the N100 ERP acquired using the NeuroCatch™ Platform over 2 weeks - repeatability | Amplitude (response size) will be measured in microvolts. The statistic being used to measure the repeatability over three time points will be the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Specifically, the two-way mixed single measures absolute agreement type of ICC (denoted as ICC(A,1)) will be used in this analysis. | Baseline, +1 Week, +2 Weeks |
| Change in amplitudes of the N100 ERP acquired using the NeuroCatch™ Platform over 2 weeks - variability | Amplitude (response size) will be measured in microvolts. The statistic being used to measure the variability over three time points will be the group-mean of the individual standard deviations of the measures over the three time points | Baseline, +1 Week, +2 Weeks |
| Change in Latency of the N100 ERP acquired using the NeuroCatch™ Platform over 2 weeks - repeatability | Latency (response speed) will be measured in milliseconds. The statistic being used to measure the repeatability over three time points will be the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Specifically, the two-way mixed single measures absolute agreement type of ICC (denoted as ICC(A,1)) will be used in this analysis. | Baseline, +1 Week, +2 Weeks |
| Change in Latency of the N100 ERP acquired using the NeuroCatch™ Platform over 2 weeks - variability | Latency (response speed) will be measured in milliseconds. The statistic being used to measure the variability over three time points will be the group-mean of the individual standard deviations of the measures over the three time points | Baseline, +1 Week, +2 Weeks |
| Change in amplitudes of the P300 ERP acquired using the NeuroCatch™ Platform over 2 weeks - repeatability |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Collection and evaluation of adverse events and adverse device effects | Evaluation of safety and tolerability of the NeuroCatch™ Platform device | At time of event |
| Change in hours of sleep of the day of scan |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Jan Venter, MD | HealthTech Connex Inc. | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| HealthTech Connex Inc. Centre for Neurology Studies | Surrey | British Columbia | V3V 0C6 | Canada |
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Amplitude (response size) will be measured in microvolts. The statistic being used to measure the repeatability over three time points will be the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Specifically, the two-way mixed single measures absolute agreement type of ICC (denoted as ICC(A,1)) will be used in this analysis.
| Baseline, +1 Week, +2 Weeks |
| Change in amplitudes of the P300 ERP acquired using the NeuroCatch™ Platform over 2 weeks - variability | Amplitude (response size) will be measured in microvolts. The statistic being used to measure the variability over three time points will be the group-mean of the individual standard deviations of the measures over the three time points | Baseline, +1 Week, +2 Weeks |
| Change in Latency of the P300 ERP acquired using the NeuroCatch™ Platform over 2 weeks - repeatability | Latency (response speed) will be measured in milliseconds. The statistic being used to measure the repeatability over three time points will be the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Specifically, the two-way mixed single measures absolute agreement type of ICC (denoted as ICC(A,1)) will be used in this analysis. | Baseline, +1 Week, +2 Weeks |
| Change in Latency of the P300 ERP acquired using the NeuroCatch™ Platform over 2 weeks - variability | Latency (response speed) will be measured in milliseconds. The statistic being used to measure the variability over three time points will be the group-mean of the individual standard deviations of the measures over the three time points | Baseline, +1 Week, +2 Weeks |
| Change in amplitudes of the N400 ERP acquired using the NeuroCatch™ Platform over 2 weeks - repeatability | Amplitude (response size) will be measured in microvolts. The statistic being used to measure the repeatability over three time points will be the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Specifically, the two-way mixed single measures absolute agreement type of ICC (denoted as ICC(A,1)) will be used in this analysis. | Baseline, +1 Week, +2 Weeks |
| Change in amplitudes of the N400 ERP acquired using the NeuroCatch™ Platform over 2 weeks - variability | Amplitude (response size) will be measured in microvolts. The statistic being used to measure the variability over three time points will be the group-mean of the individual standard deviations of the measures over the three time points | Baseline, +1 Week, +2 Weeks |
| Change in Latency of the N400 ERP acquired using the NeuroCatch™ Platform over 2 weeks - repeatability | Latency (response speed) will be measured in milliseconds. The statistic being used to measure the repeatability over three time points will be the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Specifically, the two-way mixed single measures absolute agreement type of ICC (denoted as ICC(A,1)) will be used in this analysis. | Baseline, +1 Week, +2 Weeks |
| Change in Latency of the N400 ERP acquired using the NeuroCatch™ Platform over 2 weeks - variability | Latency (response speed) will be measured in milliseconds. The statistic being used to measure the variability over three time points will be the group-mean of the individual standard deviations of the measures over the three time points | Baseline, +1 Week, +2 Weeks |
Secondary statistical analyses will explore the correlation between hours of sleep on the day of scan with changes in ERP measures (primary outcomes) across the sample
| Baseline, +1 Week, +2 Weeks |
| Change in perceived mood on the day of scan | Secondary statistical analyses will explore the correlation between perceived mood (ranked on a scale of 0-100) on the day of scan with changes in ERP measures (primary outcomes) across the sample | Baseline, +1 Week, +2 Weeks |