Measuring how people look at faces with facial palsy using eye-tracking

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

Researchers will use eye-tracking while participants view video sequences to quantify where and how long observers and patients look at the affected side of faces with peripheral facial palsy. The study enrolls adults with peripheral facial palsy of any grade as well as healthy volunteers without major facial sequelae. Unlike earlier work that used static photos, this protocol uses dynamic video stimuli and captures both outside observers' gaze and the patient's own gaze. Data will be compared between groups to describe attention patterns related to facial asymmetry.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* for patient with facial paralysis:
* Patient with peripheral facial palsy, irrespective of grade, whether or not previously treated
* Patient providing written informed consent
* Patient aged ≥ 18 years
* Patient affiliated to a social security system
* for Healthy voluntary subject :
* Subject without major facial sequelae
* Subject who provided written informed consent
* Major subject ≥ 18 years old
* Subject affiliated to a social security system

Exclusion Criteria:

* for Patient with facial paralysis:
* Patient with recent peripheral facial palsy whose total recovery is possible
* Patient unable to provide written informed consent
* Patient with difficulties to follow instructions and especially to stand in front of a computer screen
* Minor patient \<18 years
* Patient under guardianship or curators or judicial safeguard
* for Healthy voluntary subject :
* Subject with major facial sequelae
* Subject not able to provide written informed consent
* Subject presenting difficulties in following instructions and in particular in standing still in front of a computer screen
* Minor subject \< 18 years old
* Subject under guardianship or curators or judicial safeguard

Where it's running

• CHU Amiens
  Amiens, France Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Stéphanie DAKPE, PR
• Email: dakpe.stephanie@chu-amiens.fr
• Phone: 03.22.08.90.50

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.