Clinical trials: Brain Injured Patients
Intra Cerebral Hypertension, Lactate Sodium Solution
Sodium Lactate Versus Hypertonic Saline Solution in the Treatment of Intracranial Hypertensive Episodes in Severe Brain Injured Patients
Brain oedema is a major complication of brain injury (TBI). It increases the risk of intracranial hypertension (ICH) and brain hypoxia, leading to an increase in mortality and poor neurologic outcome.
- Trial name
- SLHYSS (NCT06110429)
- Testing
- Lactate, Sodium, Hypertonic saline
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Brain-injury, Stroke
Mechanical Ventilation in Brain-injured Patients
Protective ventilation (association of a tidal volume < 8 ml/kg with a positive end expiratory pressure) is poorly used in severe brain-injured patients.
- Conditions
- Brain-injury, Stroke, Subarachnoid Haemorrhage, Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- BI-VILI (NCT01885507)
- Testing
- Pass recommendations on ventilation factors and extubation
- Where
- 22 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 560 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Fever, Ischemic Stroke
Impact of Fever Prevention in Brain Injured Patients
This study will assess the impact of fever prevention on fever burden and short- and long-term neurologic outcomes in brain injured patients.
- Conditions
- Fever, Ischemic Stroke, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Trial name
- INTREPID (NCT02996266)
- Testing
- Targeted Temperature Management, Standard Care
- Where
- 40 sites in United States, Australia and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 686 people
- Sponsor
- C. R. Bard
Cerebral Blood Flow
Prone Positioning for Brain-injured Patients With Severe ARDS (ProBrain)
Prone position (PP) is a key component to treat hypoxemia in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, most studies evaluating PP effects in patients with ARDS exclude those with brain-injuries…
- Trial name
- ProBrain (NCT05050838)
- Testing
- Transcranial Doppler (TCD)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
ESWT as a Treatment for Chronic NHO in TBI Patients
Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Chronic Neurogenic Heterotopic Ossification in Traumatic Brain Injured (TBI) patients Chronic Neurogenic Heterotopic Ossification (NHO) - Heterotopic ossification is a well known…
- Trial name
- NCT02331628
- Testing
- ESWT - Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Loewenstein Hospital
Traumatic Brain Injury, Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Feasibility and Safety of Targeting Neutral vs Liberal Fluid Balance in Traumatic Brain Injured Patients- LIMIT-TBI Trial
The LIMIT-TBI trial is a multicenter, international, randomized, phase II clinical trial designed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of targeting a neutral fluid balance compared to standard care in critically ill adult…
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Acute Brain Injury, Neurocritical Care
- Trial name
- LIMIT-TBI (NCT07625995)
- Testing
- Neutral Fluid Balance Strategy
- Where
- 3 sites in Belgium, Italy
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Erasme University Hospital
Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebral Edema
Trial of Dexamethasone for Traumatic Brain Injured Patients With Brain Contusions and Pericontusional Edema
The DEXCON-TBI trial is a multicenter, pragmatic, randomized, triple-blind, placebo controlled trial to quantify the effects of the administration of dexamethasone on the prognosis of TBI patients with brain contusions and…
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebral Edema, Head Injury Trauma
- Trial name
- DEXCON-TBI (NCT04303065)
- Testing
- Dexamethasone Oral
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Jon Pérez Bárcena
Stroke, Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Descriptive Analysis of Near Infrared Spectroscopy in Critically Ill and Injured Pediatric and Neonatal Patients
This study involves looking at Cerebral oximetry measurements in pediatric and neonatal patients who are experiencing a critical illness. Such as Altered mental status, seizures, trauma, sepsis, etc.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Increased Intracranial Pressures, Altered Mental Status
- Trial name
- NIRSCI (NCT02950181)
- Testing
- NIRS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 299 people
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Brain Injuries
Construction of a Prognostic Model for Severe Brain-Injured Patients Based on Integrated Metabolic-Neurological Monitoring
This is a prospective, observational cohort study aimed at constructing a machine learning-based prognostic model for severe brain-injured patients.
- Trial name
- CPM-Brain (NCT07198490)
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Xingui Dai
Brain Injuries
Clinical Pilot Study to Evaluate a New Multi-parameter Neuromonitoring Device in Brain-injured Patients
Clinical pilot study to evaluate a new multi-parameter neuromonitoring device that allows the measurement of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF), intracranial pressure (ICP), brain temperature monitoring and ventricular…
- Trial name
- CBMS FIH (NCT03249220)
- Testing
- Placement of the CBMS Probe
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Carag AG
Traumatic Brain Injury, Intracranial Hypertension
Cerebral Hemodynamic Effects of Hypertonic Solutions in Severely Head-Injured Patients
This is a clinical study comparing the physiologic effects of two hypertonic solutions (mannitol, hypertonic saline) with a particular emphasis on changes in cerebral blood flow in patients with intracranial hypertension…
- Trial name
- NCT00125229
- Testing
- Mannitol, Hypertonic Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Acute Brain Injury, Blood Transfusion
TRansfusion Strategies in Acute Brain INjured Patients
To compare a "liberal" and a "restrictive" strategy to administer blood transfusions in critically ill patients with a primary brain injury.
- Trial name
- TRAIN (NCT02968654)
- Testing
- Restrictive Transfusion Strategy, Liberal Transfusion Strategy
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 850 people
- Sponsor
- Erasme University Hospital
Disorder of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State
Two Intensities of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Improve Consciousness in Severely Brain Injured Patients
Limited treatments are available to improve consciousness in severely brain injured patients. Transcranial Direct Current stimulation (tDCS) is one of the few therapeutics that showed evidence of efficacy to increase level of…
- Conditions
- Disorder of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State, Vegetative State, Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- STIMCOM (NCT03007784)
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) / Comparison of current intensities
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere
Traumatic Brain Injury
Combinated Cues and Virtual Spatial Navigation
Many patients suffer from a topographical disorientation after a traumatic brain injury. Virtual Reality settings allow us to develop navigational cues, in order to rehabilitate patients or to help them in daily life.
- Trial name
- CombiVirtual (NCT03534128)
- Testing
- Evaluation of the effect of cues on virtual spatial navigation using a virtual district
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Ressources Francilien du Traumatisme Crânien
Disorders of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State
Aiming for a Better Understanding and Improvement of the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Patients With Disorders of Consciousness Through Multimodal Observations
Improved treatment of severe brain injuries has resulted in increased survival rates. While some of these patients regain consciousness after a transient state of coma, others may develop a disorder of consciousness (DoC).
- Conditions
- Disorders of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State, Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome, Caregivers
- Trial name
- PerBrain (NCT04798456)
- Testing
- Coma scales, Imaging, electrophysiology, body signals, and brain stimulation, Questionnaires
- Where
- 4 sites in France, Germany and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Paris Brain Institute (ICM)
Trauma, Brain
Artificial Intelligence Analysis of Initial Scan Evolution of Traumatic Brain Injured Patient to Predict Neurological Outcome
We assume that an early iterative automatic CT scan analysis (D0, D1 and D3) by different AI approaches will allow an early differentiation of the tissues evolution after TBI.
- Trial name
- RADIOMIC-TBI (NCT04058379)
- Testing
- CT scan
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Intubated Brain Injured
Psychometric Measurements of Three Nociception Assessments Methods in Intubated Brain Injured Critical Care Patients
Nociception in intensive care unit is frequently evaluated with some tools such as BPS (Behavioral Pain scale) and NCS (Nociception coma scale). These scales were not validated in intubated and brain injured ICU patients.
- Trial name
- D co réa (NCT02830256)
- Testing
- NCS-I (Nociception Coma Scale adapted intubated patients)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Traumatic Brain Injury
Assessment of Noninvasive Neuromodulation in a Group of Traumatic Brain Injured Patients and Healthy Volunteers
Background: Severe traumatic brain injury, particularly diffuse axonal injury (DAI), often leads to lasting neurological issues.
- Trial name
- NCT07373366
- Testing
- Subjects in the intervention group receive low-frequency radioelectric therapy
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Severe Brain Injury
Evaluation of Risk Factors Regarding Extubation Failure in Severe Brain Injured Patients.
Severe brain-injured patients require prolonged mechanical ventilation. Weaning these patients from mechanical ventilation is challenging.
- Trial name
- NCT02426242
- Testing
- Collection of medical data from ICU patients
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Brain Injury, Acute Lung Injury
Respiratory Mechanics in Brain Injured Patients
The hypothesis is that brain injury patients have alterations of the respiratory system related to intraabdominal pressure. Furthermore application of moderate levels of PEEP may improve respiratory function in these patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00639990
- Testing
- PEEP
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Università degli Studi dell'Insubria