Spinal Cord InjuriesSCI-VIPNCT00117806
Spinal Cord Injury Vocational Integration Program (SCI-VIP)
A study testing Arm 1 and Arm 2 in people with Spinal Cord Injuries, run by VA Office of Research and Development at 5 sites in United States.
Trial summary
This study involves research about how to help Veterans with spinal cord injury (SCI) gain employment. During the first couple of years following SCI, many people are concentrating on their rehabilitation and are unable to afford the time for return to work. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 65 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- What is being tested?
- Arm 1 and Arm 2
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 249 participants
- Where
- 5 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- Apr 2006to Sep 2011
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 65 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Between the ages of 18 and 65 years old - Spinal cord injured as a result of trauma or disease
- Medically and neurologically stable
- Lives within the metropolitan area that is proximal to the VAMC (Cleveland, Dallas, Houston, San Diego, St. Louis)
- Has access to transportation
- Expresses an interest in competitive employment as an outcome of participation
- Willingly signs a consent form indicating voluntary and informed participation in the study
Who cannot join
- Medically and/or surgically unstable
- Unwilling to complete the consenting process
- Mentally impaired such that independent reasoning and judgment jeopardize safety of self and others
- Currently involved in untreated alcohol and/or drug dependency
- Employed in a compensated job at the time of recruitment and earning above SGA ($940/month in 2008) - Lives more than approximately 100 miles from the participating VAMC SCI Center
Trial locations and contacts
5 sites in 1 country.
5 sites in 1 country
United States5 sites
VA Medical Center, Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio, 44106
VA North Texas Health Care System Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Dallas, Texas, 75216
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (152)
Houston, Texas, 77030
VA Medical Center, St Louis
St Louis, Missouri, 63106
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL
Tampa, Florida, 33612
About this study
Official title: A Spinal Cord Injury Vocational Integration Program: Implementation and Outcomes
This study involves research about how to help Veterans with spinal cord injury (SCI) gain employment. During the first couple of years following SCI, many people are concentrating on their rehabilitation and are unable to afford the time for return to work. However, studies have shown people often regain the necessary strength and function about two years after SCI to resume activities of daily living very similar to what they experienced prior to the SCI. Even though many social and legal efforts have been made in the last decade to improve chances for people with disabilities to return to work, Veterans with SCI are sometimes hindered in finding employment because of age, past work history, and many other factors. Other Veterans with SCI are very successful at finding employment either working for themselves or working for a company. The investigators know very little about what issues Veterans with SCI face when they attempt to find employment after SCI. The study will analyze both quantitative and qualitative measures to maximize its findings.
Read the detailed description
Legal mandates, such as the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, have been implemented to improve employment opportunities for disabled persons and yet the proportion of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) who are employed remains about 9%. For the Veteran population with SCI, the return to work rate is most likely much lower. This study will be conducted to evaluate whether a vocational rehabilitation program patterned after the VA Community Employment and Support approach improves rehabilitation outcomes for the SCI Veteran population as compared with vocational rehabilitation practices currently used in most Veteran Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs). The vocational rehabilitation program developed for the SCI Veterans is referred to as SCI-VIP and it will be implemented at the Dallas VA Medical Center (VAMC), Houston VAMC, San Diego VAMC, and Cleveland VAMC. A five year evaluative research will be conducted to test the following hypothesized outcomes (HO) from the subjects who participate in the SCI-VIP program and a control group of subjects who receive conventional methods of vocational rehabilitation:
Primary HO: Veterans with SCI who participate in the SCI-VIP will demonstrate significantly greater changes in vocational rehabilitation after twelve months than those who do not receive this intervention. Vocational rehabilitation will be a measure of change from baseline to one-year in the subject's scores on instruments which measure employment indices, perceived barriers to employment, level of handicap, quality of life, depression, and sustaining care needs.
Secondary HO 1: Veterans with SCI who participate in the SCI-VIP will exhibit lower VA and non-VA costs for medical, non-rehabilitation treatment, offsetting the higher SCI-VIP program costs.
Secondary HO 2: The program fidelity will be equally adequate in terms of accomplishing program objectives relative to operations, cost-benefit balance, subject and stakeholder satisfaction, and outcomes when comparing the four SCI-VIP programs and when comparing conventional vocational rehabilitation approaches applied at six different VAMCs.
Program evaluation and cost-benefit analysis will be conducted using a fidelity instrument developed by the researchers and patterned after fidelity instruments conventionally used to evaluate psychiatric rehabilitation programs. Veterans at each VAMC who express an interest in vocational rehabilitation and consent to participate in this study will be randomized to either the experimental or the control group. It is expected that at least 96 subjects will participate in the SCI-VIP approach to vocational rehabilitation and 144 Veterans who receive conventional vocational rehabilitation will form the control group.
Data will be collected from subjects upon enrollment into either the experimental or control group and every three months for one year. Descriptive analysis will be used to compare differences between groups of subjects drawn from each VAMC and to compare participants in the experimental and control groups. Analysis of variance will be computed to determine degree of difference between experimental group and control group subjects' scores on each dependent variable. The study hypotheses will be tested using the Mann-Whitney U, Chi-square, and odds ratio statistical procedures. The Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel along with relative risk scores will indicate the likelihood that any change in performance between baseline and program completion for ether experimental or control group subjects could be attributed to the subjects' degree of participation in the SCI-VIP, which VAMC vocational rehabilitation services were received, SCI factors, and age.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Being tested
- Arm 1, Arm 2
- Keywords
- Adult, Depression, Employment, supported, Health Service/ut, Humans, Outcomes, Quality of life, Veterans/rh (rehabilitation), Workplace, Spinal Cord Injuries
- Medical subject headings
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Depression
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Arm 1Behavioural
SCI-VIP: Supported employment implemented for veterans with spinal cord injury.
Arm 2Behavioural
Standard Care: varies slightly between participating VA SCI centers, however, usually involves referral outside SCI center
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Arm 1 | Experimental | SCI-VIP: Supported employment implemented for veterans with spinal cord injury Receives: Behavioral: Arm 1 |
| Arm 2 | Placebo comparator | Standard Care: varies slightly between participating VA SCI centers, however, usually involves referral outside SCI center Receives: Behavioral: Arm 2 |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Competitive Employment-Total Jobs
Competitive employment (a job in the community paying minimum wage ) during year 1 among those subjects obtaining employment.
Measured: 12 months
Competitive Employment-Participants With Competitive Employment
Competitive employment (a job in the community paying minimum wage ) during year 1 among those subjects obtaining employment.
Measured: 12 months
Competitive Employment-Percentage of Participants With Competitive Employment
Employment outcomes during year 1 among those subjects obtaining competitive employment.
Measured: 12 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted8 Jul 2005 (estimated)
- Study startApr 2006
- Primary completionSep 2011
- Study completionSep 2011
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Publications (12)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Spinal Cord InjuriesStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by VA Office of Research and DevelopmentThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 249 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Sponsor type
- US federal agency
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Lisa Ottomanelli, PhD, Principal investigator, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00117806
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- B3773-R
- Acronym
- SCI-VIP
- Status last verified
- Feb 2016
- First submitted
- 1 Jul 2005
- Last updated
- 3 Mar 2016
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Publications
Ottomanelli L, Goetz LL, McGeough C, Kashner TM. Building research capacity through partnerships: Spinal Cord Injury-Vocational Integration Program Implementations and Outcomes inaugural meeting. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2007;44(1):vii-xii. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2006.06.0072. No abstract available.
PubMed 17551852Ottomanelli L, Lind L. Review of critical factors related to employment after spinal cord injury: implications for research and vocational services. J Spinal Cord Med. 2009;32(5):503-31. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2009.11754553.
PubMed 20025147Ottomanelli L, Goetz L, McGeough C, Suris A, Sippel J, Sinnott P, Wagner TH, Cipher DJ. Methods of a multisite randomized clinical trial of supported employment among veterans with spinal cord injury. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2009;46(7):919-30. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2008.10.0145.
PubMed 20104414Thomas FP, Goetz LL, Dixon T, Ho C, Holmes SA, Sandford P, Smith S, Ottomanelli L. Optimizing medical care to facilitate and sustain employment after spinal cord injury. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2014;51(6):xi-xxii. doi: 10.1682/JRRD.2014.05.0119. No abstract available.
PubMed 25479192Ottomanelli L, Goetz LL, Suris A, McGeough C, Sinnott PL, Toscano R, Barnett SD, Cipher DJ, Lind LM, Dixon TM, Holmes SA, Kerrigan AJ, Thomas FP. Effectiveness of supported employment for veterans with spinal cord injuries: results from a randomized multisite study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2012 May;93(5):740-7. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.01.002.
PubMed 22541306Ottomanelli L, Barnett SD, Goetz LL. A prospective examination of the impact of a supported employment program and employment on health-related quality of life, handicap, and disability among Veterans with SCI. Qual Life Res. 2013 Oct;22(8):2133-41. doi: 10.1007/s11136-013-0353-5. Epub 2013 Jan 24.
PubMed 23345022Ottomanelli L, Barnett SD, Goetz LL. Effectiveness of supported employment for veterans with spinal cord injury: 2-year results. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Apr;95(4):784-90. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.11.012. Epub 2013 Dec 4.
PubMed 24316325Sinnott PL, Joyce V, Su P, Ottomanelli L, Goetz LL, Wagner TH. Cost-effectiveness of supported employment for veterans with spinal cord injuries. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Jul;95(7):1254-61. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.01.010. Epub 2014 Jan 31.
PubMed 24486426Smith-Morris C, Lopez G, Ottomanelli L, Goetz L, Dixon-Lawson K. Ethnography, fidelity, and the evidence that anthropology adds: supplementing the fidelity process in a clinical trial of supported employment. Med Anthropol Q. 2014 Jun;28(2):141-61. doi: 10.1111/maq.12093. Epub 2014 Apr 21.
PubMed 24752942Ottomanelli L, Barnett SD, Toscano R. Individual placement and support (IPS) in physical rehabilitation and medicine: the VA spinal cord injury experience. Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2014 Jun;37(2):110-2. doi: 10.1037/prj0000079.
PubMed 24912059LePage J, Ottomanelli L, Barnett SD, Njoh EN. Spinal cord injury combined with felony history: effect on supported employment for Veterans. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2014;51(10):1497-504. doi: 10.1682/JRRD.2014.02.0045.
PubMed 25856266Ottomanelli L, Barnett SD, Goetz LL, Toscano R. Vocational rehabilitation in spinal cord injury: what vocational service activities are associated with employment program outcome? Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil. 2015 Winter;21(1):31-9. doi: 10.1310/sci2101-31.
PubMed 25762858
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 3 Mar 2016. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Spinal Cord Injury Vocational Integration Program: Implementation and Outcomes
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00117806
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- SCI-VIP / B3773-R
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Keywords
- Adult, Depression, Employment, supported, Health Service/ut, Humans, Outcomes, Quality of life, Veterans/rh (rehabilitation)
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 249 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- VA Office of Research and DevelopmentUS federal agency
- Study start
- Apr 2006
- Primary completion
- Sep 2011 (actual)
- Study completion
- Sep 2011 (actual)
- First posted
- 8 Jul 2005 (estimated)
- Results
- Posted 1 Jan 2015
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study involves research about how to help Veterans with spinal cord injury (SCI) gain employment. During the first couple of years following SCI, many people are concentrating on their rehabilitation and are unable to afford the time for return to work. However, studies have shown people often regain the necessary strength and function about two years after SCI to resume activities of daily living very similar to what they experienced prior to the SCI. Even though many social and legal efforts have been made in the last decade to improve chances for people with disabilities to return to work, Veterans with SCI are sometimes hindered in finding employment because of age, past work history, and many other factors. Other Veterans with SCI are very successful at finding employment either working for themselves or working for a company. The investigators know very little about what issues Veterans with SCI face when they attempt to find employment after SCI. The study will analyze both quantitative and qualitative measures to maximize its findings.
Detailed description
Legal mandates, such as the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, have been implemented to improve employment opportunities for disabled persons and yet the proportion of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) who are employed remains about 9%. For the Veteran population with SCI, the return to work rate is most likely much lower. This study will be conducted to evaluate whether a vocational rehabilitation program patterned after the VA Community Employment and Support approach improves rehabilitation outcomes for the SCI Veteran population as compared with vocational rehabilitation practices currently used in most Veteran Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs). The vocational rehabilitation program developed for the SCI Veterans is referred to as SCI-VIP and it will be implemented at the Dallas VA Medical Center (VAMC), Houston VAMC, San Diego VAMC, and Cleveland VAMC. A five year evaluative research will be conducted to test the following hypothesized outcomes (HO) from the subjects who participate in the SCI-VIP program and a control group of subjects who receive conventional methods of vocational rehabilitation:
Primary HO: Veterans with SCI who participate in the SCI-VIP will demonstrate significantly greater changes in vocational rehabilitation after twelve months than those who do not receive this intervention. Vocational rehabilitation will be a measure of change from baseline to one-year in the subject's scores on instruments which measure employment indices, perceived barriers to employment, level of handicap, quality of life, depression, and sustaining care needs.
Secondary HO 1: Veterans with SCI who participate in the SCI-VIP will exhibit lower VA and non-VA costs for medical, non-rehabilitation treatment, offsetting the higher SCI-VIP program costs.
Secondary HO 2: The program fidelity will be equally adequate in terms of accomplishing program objectives relative to operations, cost-benefit balance, subject and stakeholder satisfaction, and outcomes when comparing the four SCI-VIP programs and when comparing conventional vocational rehabilitation approaches applied at six different VAMCs.
Program evaluation and cost-benefit analysis will be conducted using a fidelity instrument developed by the researchers and patterned after fidelity instruments conventionally used to evaluate psychiatric rehabilitation programs. Veterans at each VAMC who express an interest in vocational rehabilitation and consent to participate in this study will be randomized to either the experimental or the control group. It is expected that at least 96 subjects will participate in the SCI-VIP approach to vocational rehabilitation and 144 Veterans who receive conventional vocational rehabilitation will form the control group.
Data will be collected from subjects upon enrollment into either the experimental or control group and every three months for one year. Descriptive analysis will be used to compare differences between groups of subjects drawn from each VAMC and to compare participants in the experimental and control groups. Analysis of variance will be computed to determine degree of difference between experimental group and control group subjects' scores on each dependent variable. The study hypotheses will be tested using the Mann-Whitney U, Chi-square, and odds ratio statistical procedures. The Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel along with relative risk scores will indicate the likelihood that any change in performance between baseline and program completion for ether experimental or control group subjects could be attributed to the subjects' degree of participation in the SCI-VIP, which VAMC vocational rehabilitation services were received, SCI factors, and age.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Arm 1 | Experimental | Behavioral: Arm 1SCI-VIP: Supported employment implemented for veterans with spinal cord injury |
| Arm 2 | Placebo comparator | Behavioral: Arm 2Standard Care: varies slightly between participating VA SCI centers, however, usually involves referral outside SCI center |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 65 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Between the ages of 18 and 65 years old - Spinal cord injured as a result of trauma or disease
- Medically and neurologically stable
- Lives within the metropolitan area that is proximal to the VAMC (Cleveland, Dallas, Houston, San Diego, St. Louis)
- Has access to transportation
- Expresses an interest in competitive employment as an outcome of participation
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Medically and/or surgically unstable
- Unwilling to complete the consenting process
- Mentally impaired such that independent reasoning and judgment jeopardize safety of self and others
- Currently involved in untreated alcohol and/or drug dependency
- Employed in a compensated job at the time of recruitment and earning above SGA ($940/month in 2008) - Lives more than approximately 100 miles from the participating VAMC SCI Center
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Arm 1SCI-VIP: Supported employment implemented for veterans with spinal cord injury. | Behavioural | Arm 1 |
| Arm 2Standard Care: varies slightly between participating VA SCI centers, however, usually involves referral outside SCI center | Behavioural | Arm 2 |
Primary outcome
Competitive Employment-Total Jobs
Time frame: 12 months
Competitive employment (a job in the community paying minimum wage ) during year 1 among those subjects obtaining employment.
Competitive Employment-Participants With Competitive Employment
Time frame: 12 months
Competitive employment (a job in the community paying minimum wage ) during year 1 among those subjects obtaining employment.
Competitive Employment-Percentage of Participants With Competitive Employment
Time frame: 12 months
Employment outcomes during year 1 among those subjects obtaining competitive employment.
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 3 Mar 2016.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Background: PubMed 17551852Ottomanelli L, Goetz LL, McGeough C, Kashner TM. Building research capacity through partnerships: Spinal Cord Injury-Vocational Integration Program Implementations and Outcomes inaugural meeting. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2007;44(1):vii-xii. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2006.06.0072. No abstract available.
- Background: PubMed 20025147Ottomanelli L, Lind L. Review of critical factors related to employment after spinal cord injury: implications for research and vocational services. J Spinal Cord Med. 2009;32(5):503-31. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2009.11754553.
- Background: PubMed 20104414Ottomanelli L, Goetz L, McGeough C, Suris A, Sippel J, Sinnott P, Wagner TH, Cipher DJ. Methods of a multisite randomized clinical trial of supported employment among veterans with spinal cord injury. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2009;46(7):919-30. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2008.10.0145.
- Background: PubMed 25479192Thomas FP, Goetz LL, Dixon T, Ho C, Holmes SA, Sandford P, Smith S, Ottomanelli L. Optimizing medical care to facilitate and sustain employment after spinal cord injury. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2014;51(6):xi-xxii. doi: 10.1682/JRRD.2014.05.0119. No abstract available.
- Results publication: PubMed 22541306Ottomanelli L, Goetz LL, Suris A, McGeough C, Sinnott PL, Toscano R, Barnett SD, Cipher DJ, Lind LM, Dixon TM, Holmes SA, Kerrigan AJ, Thomas FP. Effectiveness of supported employment for veterans with spinal cord injuries: results from a randomized multisite study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2012 May;93(5):740-7. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.01.002.
- Results publication: PubMed 23345022Ottomanelli L, Barnett SD, Goetz LL. A prospective examination of the impact of a supported employment program and employment on health-related quality of life, handicap, and disability among Veterans with SCI. Qual Life Res. 2013 Oct;22(8):2133-41. doi: 10.1007/s11136-013-0353-5. Epub 2013 Jan 24.
- Results publication: PubMed 24316325Ottomanelli L, Barnett SD, Goetz LL. Effectiveness of supported employment for veterans with spinal cord injury: 2-year results. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Apr;95(4):784-90. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.11.012. Epub 2013 Dec 4.
- Results publication: PubMed 24486426Sinnott PL, Joyce V, Su P, Ottomanelli L, Goetz LL, Wagner TH. Cost-effectiveness of supported employment for veterans with spinal cord injuries. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Jul;95(7):1254-61. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.01.010. Epub 2014 Jan 31.
- Results publication: PubMed 24752942Smith-Morris C, Lopez G, Ottomanelli L, Goetz L, Dixon-Lawson K. Ethnography, fidelity, and the evidence that anthropology adds: supplementing the fidelity process in a clinical trial of supported employment. Med Anthropol Q. 2014 Jun;28(2):141-61. doi: 10.1111/maq.12093. Epub 2014 Apr 21.
- Results publication: PubMed 24912059Ottomanelli L, Barnett SD, Toscano R. Individual placement and support (IPS) in physical rehabilitation and medicine: the VA spinal cord injury experience. Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2014 Jun;37(2):110-2. doi: 10.1037/prj0000079.
- Results publication: PubMed 25856266LePage J, Ottomanelli L, Barnett SD, Njoh EN. Spinal cord injury combined with felony history: effect on supported employment for Veterans. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2014;51(10):1497-504. doi: 10.1682/JRRD.2014.02.0045.
- Results publication: PubMed 25762858Ottomanelli L, Barnett SD, Goetz LL, Toscano R. Vocational rehabilitation in spinal cord injury: what vocational service activities are associated with employment program outcome? Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil. 2015 Winter;21(1):31-9. doi: 10.1310/sci2101-31.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Lisa Ottomanelli, PhD principal investigator
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL
5 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Arm 1 and Arm 2 in people with Spinal Cord Injuries, run by VA Office of Research and Development at 5 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Mar 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 5 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 1 Jan 2015). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Competitive Employment-Total Jobs (time frame: 12 months). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00117806, which also lists 12 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Mar 2016.