Clinical trials: Spinal Injuries
Spinal Cord Injuries
Influence of Spinal Stimulation Frequency on Spasticity, Motor Control, and Pain After Spinal Cord Injury
The goal of this study is to identify the effect of different types of noninvasive spinal stimulation on spasticity (involuntary muscle activity), muscle strength, and pain in people with spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- NCT06214208
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Shepherd Center, Atlanta GA
Neuromuscular Disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Efficacy and Usability of the EXPLORER Exoskeleton in Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Natural Environments
Neurodevelopmental disorders often lead to abnormal development of the Central Nervous System (CNS), frequently causing motor dysfunctions such as an inability to stand and walk.
- Trial name
- NCT06765070
- Testing
- EXPLORER
- Where
- 6 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- MarsiBionics
Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injuries
Continuous Passive Motion Versus Heterotopic Ossification
The investigators hypothesize that Heterotopic Ossification (HO) formation can be suppressed if the application of a Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) device can be performed for a substantial amount of time.
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injuries, Stroke
- Trial name
- CPMversusHO (NCT05906056)
- Testing
- Continuous Passive Motion (CPM), Conventional physiotherapy (PT), Zoledronic Acid Injection
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Ioannina
Cardiac Arrest, Stroke
Prevalence of Acute Critical Neurological Disease in Children: a Global Epidemiological Assessment
PANGEA is an international prospective point prevalence study to describe the epidemiology, interventions, and outcomes in children with acute critical brain disease.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Brain Mass
- Trial name
- PANGEA (NCT02381977)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Volunteers
- 922 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Spinal Cord Injury
S-100B and Neuron-specific Enolase (NSE) in Spinal Trauma
The investigators are studying the clinical worth of the serum markers S-100B and NSE in patients with spinal cord injuries e.g. in patients with vertebral fractures.
- Trial name
- WBS (NCT00980434)
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Scoliosis, Acute Kidney Injury
Effects of Goal-directed Fluid Therapy on Post-operative Outcomes in Children Undergoing Scoliosis Repair
Surgery for scoliosis correction, the abnormal curvature of the spine, is a major procedure often undertaken in adolescents. In adult anesthesia, there is a large volume of literature debating how to optimize fluids administered…
- Trial name
- CardioQ-RP (NCT02463175)
- Testing
- Plasmalyte, Goal-directed fluid therapy (GDT)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Spinal Cord Injury at C5-Th10 Level With Complete Lesion, Spinal Cord Transection
Autologous Bulbar Olfactory Ensheathing Cells and Nerve Grafts for Treatment of Patients With Spinal Cord Transection
The purpose of this experimental therapy is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of transplantation of autologous olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) and olfactory nerve fibroblasts (ONFs) obtained from the olfactory bulb with…
- Trial name
- NCT03933072
- Testing
- obtaining of autologous human olfactory bulb, autologous sural nerve preparation, production of Glial Neuropatch, microsurgical reconstruction of the transected spinal cord with autologous Glial Neuropatch-nerve bridges
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation
Spinal Cord Injury
Treatment for Acute Spinal Cord Injury
This clinical trial aims to treat a damaged spinal cord by injecting your own bone marrow stromal cells (autologous bone marrow stromal cells) into cerebrospinal fluid through the lumbar puncture, and assess the safety and…
- Trial name
- NCT00695149
- Testing
- Transplantation of bone marrow stromal cell
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Translational Research Center for Medical Innovation, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Low Back Pain, Stress Fracture
Treatment of Spondylolysisin Pediatric Patients.
A clinical trial comparing healing of unilateral or bilateral spondylolysis in children treated with a Boston thoracolumbar orthosis (brace) or with a soft spinal brace (Porostrap lumbar support) for four months.
- Trial name
- NCT03675152
- Testing
- Soft spinal brace, thoracolumbar orthosis, Excersice restriction
- Where
- 2 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Neuromuscular Diseases (NMD), ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
Invasive Home Ventilation in Denmark
The aim of this study is to describe national trends over the past 10 years in patients receiving invasive home mechanical ventilation (HMV) in Denmark.
- Conditions
- Neuromuscular Diseases (NMD), ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
- Trial name
- HOMEVENT DK (NCT07467187)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Spinal Cord Injury
Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Cycling for Children With Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)
The overall objective of this research project is to examine the clinical efficacy of lower extremity cycling with functional electrical stimulation to improve the health and fitness of children with spinal cord injuries (SCI).
- Trial name
- NCT00245726
- Testing
- FES Cycle, ES therapy, Passive (Motor Assist) Cycle
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Shriners Hospitals for Children
Pain, Traumatic Brain Injury
The NRC Dataset. Developing a Minimum Dataset for Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation: a Modified E-Delphi Study
Several rehabilitation datasets are presently in use for specific patient groups in England. The 'National Clinical Audit of Specialist Rehabilitation for patients with complex needs following major injury' (NCASRI) evaluated…
- Conditions
- Pain, Traumatic Brain Injury, Major Trauma, Multiple Sclerosis
- Trial name
- NCT06726135
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ThomasCorbett
Perinatal Spinal Cord Injury
Understanding Perinatal Spinal Cord Injury
The purpose of this study is to deepen our understanding of children who have a cervical spinal cord injury obtained in utero or at birth and examine the effects of tailored activity-based recovery training (ABRT) in combination…
- Trial name
- NCT06808035
- Testing
- Activity-Based Recovery Training, Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- University of Louisville
Spinal Cord Injury
A Safety Study for Cethrin (BA-210) in the Treatment of Acute Thoracic and Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries
This trial is a multi-center, open-label, dose-escalation study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of Cethrin in two types of spinal cord injury patients: those with a complete cervical injury or a…
- Trial name
- NCT00500812
- Testing
- Cethrin
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Lumbar Vertebral Fracture
Percutaneous Screw Fixation vs. Open Fixation in the Treatment of Thoracolumbar Fractures
In this single-center retrospective study, the investigators will include all patients admitted to Parkland Hospital who underwent surgical fixation of thoracolumbar fractures between the years 2000 and 2017.
- Trial name
- PrecScrew (NCT04495400)
- Testing
- Thoracolumbar Fracture Fixation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 485 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Spinal Cord Injury
Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Patients
The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of autologous expanded mesenchymal stem cells intralesional transplantation as a safe and potentially beneficial treatment for patients with spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- MSC-SCI (NCT01694927)
- Testing
- Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Clínica Las Condes. LIT INNOVA CORFO
Spine Injury
Short Term Outcomes of Fracture Odontoid Management
The aim of this study is to evaluate and assess the short-term outcomes of odontoid fracture cases admitted to trauma unit of Assiut university hospital.
- Trial name
- NCT05042596
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Muscle Injury, Nerve Injury
Extramembranous and Interosseous Technique of Tibialis Posterior Tendon Transfer
Foot drop deformity is a life limiting condition characterized by loss of ankle dorsiflexion and eversion. Main condition leading to drop foot condition include irrecoverable muscle and nerve injuries, poliomyelitis, drug…
- Conditions
- Muscle Injury, Nerve Injury, Poliomyelitis, Leprosy
- Trial name
- NCT01751503
- Testing
- Interosseous route of TPTT, Extra membranous route of TPTT
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Iva Hauptmannova
Cervical Spine Injury, Emergencies
CT C-spine Audit and Feedback
This is a prospective quality improvement study to assess the effect of using an audit-and-feedback process for emergency providers on utilization of computed tomography of the cervical spine.
- Conditions
- Cervical Spine Injury, Emergencies, Trauma
- Trial name
- NCT05711134
- Testing
- Audit and Feedback on Individual Practice Patterns
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Surgical Injury, Back Pain Lower Back Chronic
Spinal Approach for Lumbar Active Discopathy
The study aims to study the impact on different surgical approaches for lumbar active discopathy. This inflammatory disease of the disc and adjacent vertebral endplates can induce low back pain with inflammatory-like features.
- Trial name
- NCT04086199
- Testing
- Lumbar discectomy
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Régional de la Citadelle