Clinical trials: Brain Injuries
Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Executive Functioning in TBI From Rehabilitation to Social Reintegration: COMPASS
Interventional, controlled clinical trial with two arms, 110 Veterans with TBI and PTSD
- Trial name
- COMPASS (NCT01816061)
- Testing
- Experimental - COMPASS, Control - COMPASS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Chemotherapeutic Agent Toxicity, Cognitive/Functional Effects
Rituximab, Methotrexate, Vincristine Sulfate, Procarbazine Hydrochloride, and Cytarabine With or Without Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as rituximab, can block cancer growth in different ways. Some find cancer cells and help kill them or carry cancer-killing substances to them.
- Conditions
- Chemotherapeutic Agent Toxicity, Cognitive/Functional Effects, Lymphoma, Neurotoxicity
- Trial name
- NCT01399372
- Testing
- Rituximab, Cytarabine, Methotrexate
- Where
- 45 sites in United States, Israel
- Volunteers
- 91 people
- Sponsor
- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Transcranial Electrical Stimulation for mTBI
mTBI is a leading cause of sustained physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral deficits in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans and the general public.
- Trial name
- TESmTBI (NCT03244475)
- Testing
- TES
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Traumatic Brain Injury, Suicidality
Executive Dysfunction and Suicide in Psychiatric Outpatients and Inpatients
Those with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at increased risk for suicidal behavior, and suicidality is associated with executive dysfunction.
- Trial name
- NCT01043432
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 133 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Postdural Puncture Headache, Post-Lumbar Puncture Headache
Incidence of Headache Following an Unintentional Dural Puncture
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of intrathecal morphine administration following an unintentional dural puncture, to decrease the incidence of post dural puncture headaches (PDPH) in obstetric patients.
- Conditions
- Postdural Puncture Headache, Post-Lumbar Puncture Headache, Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks
- Trial name
- NCT01977898
- Testing
- Morphine, Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Traumatic Brain Injury
Adjunctive Pregnenolone in Veterans With Mild TBI
Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common among veterans who have served in OEF/OIF (Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan/Operation Iraqi Freedom) and other theatres.
- Trial name
- NCT00623506
- Testing
- Pregnenolone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Durham VA Medical Center
Traumatic Brain Injury
TBI MR Study 3 Houston Methodist
This hypothesis-generating feasibility study to determine potential associations between a broad range of clinical neurological symptoms and Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI), data, and clinical findings involved in mild traumatic…
- Trial name
- NCT02218216
- Testing
- MRI Diagnostic
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- GE Healthcare
Cognition Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder
Dopamine Receptor Imaging to Predict Response to Stimulant Therapy in Chronic TBI
Deficits in memory, attention, cognitive, and executive functions are the most common disabilities after traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- Conditions
- Cognition Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- DAPET-TBI (NCT02225106)
- Testing
- Methylphenidate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression
Trauma Survivors Outcomes and Support Study IV
After traumatic injuries some people have difficulty returning to the routine of their everyday activities and may experience physical and emotional pain.
- Conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Suicide, Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- TSOS IV (NCT01625416)
- Testing
- Stepped Care Management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Cerebral Palsy
Stand-on Ride-on Power Mobility Devices for Children With Cerebral Palsy
The goal of this interventional study is to learn about the biomechanical factors underlying the beneficial changes in children with cerebral palsy after using individually-adapted stand-on ride-on power mobility devices (PMD).
- Trial name
- NCT06455930
- Testing
- Stand-on ride-on power mobility device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Florida
Brain Cancer
A Comparison of MRI Perfusion and FDG PET/CT to Distinguish Between Radiation Injury and Tumor Progression
This study will examine if MRI perfusion and PET/CT can tell growing tumor and radiation injury apart. MRI perfusion looks at the blood vessels in the tumor. PET/CT looks if the tumor cells are actively growing.
- Trial name
- NCT01604512
- Testing
- MRI perfusion and PET/CT scans
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 148 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Concussion, Mild, Concussion, Brain
Concussion Prevention in Female Soccer Athletes
The purpose of the study is to monitor longitudinal changes in brain structure and function between the preseason and postseason, in a population of soccer playing athletes wearing the Device and compared to a similar population…
- Trial name
- NCT03014492
- Testing
- Q Collar
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Caregivers
Improving Outcomes for Care Partners of Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury
Care partners of persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are often faced with considerable physical and emotional stress resulting from their caregiver role.
- Trial name
- NCT04570930
- Testing
- Just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI), Control
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 257 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Post-operative Craniotomy Patients, Carotid Endarterectomy and Carotid Artery Stenosis Patients
Effect of IV Acetaminophen on Patients in the Neurocritical Care Unit
To assess the efficacy of an intravenous nonnarcotic pain medication on controlling patient pain. To assess the effect of an intravenous nonnarcotic pain medication on patient sedation levels in neurocritically ill patients.
- Conditions
- Post-operative Craniotomy Patients, Carotid Endarterectomy and Carotid Artery Stenosis Patients, Post-op Spine Patients Admitted to the NCCU, Endovascular Patients Undergoing Intracranial Intervention
- Trial name
- NCT01948505
- Testing
- Intravenous acetaminophen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 210 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Alcohol Drinking, Alcohol Use Disorder
Effect of Theta Burst Stimulation on Alcohol Cue Reactivity
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is prevalent, devastating, and difficult to treat. The intransigence of AUD is readily apparent in the Trauma Unit of Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital, wherein 23% of trauma related admissions…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Drinking, Alcohol Use Disorder, Trauma Injury, Alcohol Dependence
- Trial name
- NCT04223154
- Testing
- Real iTBS to the dlPFC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences