Clinical trials: Brain Injury, Coma
Postcomatose Unawareness State, Minimally Conscious State
Eye Tracking Technology in the Diagnosis of Neurological Patients
Demonstrating that diagnostics of the state of consciousness and cognitive functions of patients with consciousness disorders performed using C-Eye X (based on eye-tracking technology) allows a more objective assessment of state…
- Conditions
- Postcomatose Unawareness State, Minimally Conscious State, Vegetative State, Disorder of Consciousness
- Trial name
- NCT05536921
- Where
- 5 sites in Poland
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- AssisTech Sp. z o.o.
Acute Brain Injury Coma
Circadian Rhythmicity During Coma Awakening
Acute brain injury is a major cause of admission to intensive care units, as well as of mortality and morbidity, worldwide and for all age groups.
- Trial name
- COMARHYTHM (NCT06245434)
- Testing
- Repeated behavioural assessment, Act-Pass paradigm, Biological measures of circadian and monoamines biomarkers
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Consciousness Disorders, Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury
Ultrasound Stimulation for Patients in a Disorder of Consciousness
The overall aim of this study is to develop an intervention that can help recovery in patients surviving severe brain injury but failing to fully recover.
- Trial name
- tFUS (NCT06939348)
- Testing
- The Brainsonix BX Pulsar 1002 was designed to deliver low-intensity focused ultrasound pulsations (LIFUP) to the human brain.
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Traumatic Brain Injury, Coma
The Efficacy of Familiar Voice Stimulation During Coma Recovery
The purpose of the study is to determine whether familiar vocal stimulation, provided during coma recovery, improves outcomes for persons who are unconscious after severe TBI.
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Coma, Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State
- Trial name
- FAST (NCT00557076)
- Testing
- Familiar Auditory Sensory Training
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Stroke, Acute, TBI
Tracheostomy With Bedside Simultaneous Gastrostomy Vs Usual Care Tracheostomy And Delayed Gastrostomy Placement
There is currently no prospective study analyzing the effect of tracheostomy with bedside simultaneous gastrostomy versus tracheostomy with delayed gastrostomy placement (TSG versus TDG) on the outcomes of neurocritically-ill…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Acute, TBI, Neuromuscular Diseases, Status Epilepticus
- Trial name
- BEGASTON (NCT04758052)
- Testing
- Timing of placement
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
VIDAS® TBI Real Life Performance in Subjects With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)
Decision Rules for an initial CT-scan in patients arriving to Emergency Department (ED) and presenting a mild traumatic brain injury could be optimized by the use of an objective parameter easily and rapidly measured.
- Trial name
- NCT06449183
- Testing
- VIDAS® TBI Test [GFAP and UCH-L1 assays]
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 903 people
- Sponsor
- BioMérieux
Traumatic Brain Injury With Loss of Consciousness
Effect of Early Coma Arousal Therapy on Conscious Level Recovery and Cognition in Traumatic Brain Injury
PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of early coma arousal therapy on conscious level and cognitive function in sever traumatic brain injury patients.
- Trial name
- NCT05521815
- Testing
- Coma arousal therapy, Selected physiotherapy program
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Aortic Dissection, Stroke
Neurological Complications and ICU Workload After Emergency Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Single-center retrospective cohort at China Medical University Hospital (Taichung, Taiwan) using fully de-identified electronic health records.
- Conditions
- Aortic Dissection, Stroke, Paraplegia, AKI - Acute Kidney Injury
- Trial name
- ATAAD-ICU (NCT07167628)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 274 people
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury
Minimal Sedation Versus Standard Continuous Sedation After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Most patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remain comatose on hospital admission and are routinely managed with continuous sedation.
- Conditions
- Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury, Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT07895771
- Testing
- Minimal sedation, Standard continuous sedation
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Traumatic Brain Injury, Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Patients in Comatose State
Some patients with severe traumatic brain injury cannot respond at the bedside, yet about 1 in 4 may be aware but unable to show it - a hidden state called cognitive motor dissociation.
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury, Coma, Traumatic
- Trial name
- NCT07719595
- Testing
- Dual-Site Transcutaneous Auricular Nerve Stimulation (taVNS + taTNS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Sima Mofakham
Consciousness Disorders
Validation of the Russian Version of Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R)
The purpose of this study is to validate Russian version of Coma Recovery Scale - Revised and to assess its psychometric properties.
- Trial name
- NCT03060317
- Testing
- Examination with neurological scales.
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Research Center of Neurology, Russia
Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury, Disorders of Consciousness
fNIRS for Disorders of Consciousness
The goal of this observational study is to learn whether functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) can measure brain activity in healthy adults and in people with disorders of consciousness (DoC) in the neuro-intensive care…
- Conditions
- Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury, Disorders of Consciousness, Coma, Minimally Conscious State
- Trial name
- NCT07485361
- Testing
- Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Monitoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Brain Death
Non-randomized, Open-labeled, Interventional, Single Group, Proof of Concept Study With Multi-modality Approach in Cases of Brain Death Due to Traumatic Brain Injury Having Diffuse Axonal Injury
This is the proof of concept study with multi-modality approach (using intra-thecal bioactive peptides, stem cells, laser and transcranial IV laser and Median Nerve stimulation as adjuvants) in cases of brain death due to…
- Trial name
- NCT02742857
- Testing
- BQ-A Peptide Extract, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Transcranial Laser Therapy
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bioquark Inc.
Disorder of Consciousness, Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome
Behavioral Assessment of Nociception on NCS-R
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between behaviorally assessed consciousness levels and responsiveness to nociception in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC)
- Conditions
- Disorder of Consciousness, Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome, Minimally Conscious State
- Trial name
- NCT04137497
- Testing
- The Coma Recovery Scale-Revised and the Nociception Coma Scale-Revised (NCS-R)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Hangzhou Normal University
Traumatic Brain Injury
Sodium Lactate in Severe TBI
This is a safety phase 2 clinical trial of intravenous infusion of sodium lactate in patients with severe TBI. This study is intended for patients in the acute setting in an intensive care unit at centers that have been selected…
- Trial name
- NCT06701760
- Testing
- Sodium Lactate
- Volunteers
- 264 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Median Nerve, Coma
The Safety and Efficacy of Median Nerve Electrical Stimulation for Improving Neurological Function Prognosis in Patients With Cardiac Arrest
Median nerve stimulation (MNS), a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, has been widely adopted in clinical arousal therapies and multiple clinical investigations have attested to the efficacy of this technique; nevertheless…
- Conditions
- Median Nerve, Coma, Post Cardiac Arrest Brain Injury
- Trial name
- NCT06696690
- Testing
- MNS
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Tang Ziren
Cardiac Arrest, Brain Injuries
A Combined Microdialysis and FDG-PET Study for Detection of Brain Injury After Cardiac Arrest
Brain injury remains the leading cause of death in comatose patients resuscitated from OHCA. One of the most challenging aspects in the treatment of a post-cardiac arrest patient is the assessment of the extent of brain damage.
- Trial name
- COMA-PROTECT (NCT04774055)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital
Brain Death, Brain Injuries
Resting Energy Needs in Brain Dead Patients (reSting EneRgy nEeds iN brAin DEad Patients)
The study will examine the resting energy need (REE) in patients suffering from brain damage. For the measurement of REE will be used a metabolic computer (which with continuous recording of breath-to-breath volume (Vt)…
- Conditions
- Brain Death, Brain Injuries, Brain Edema, Brain Hemorrhage
- Trial name
- SERENADE (NCT05070182)
- Testing
- REE - Resting Energy Expenditure, Transcranial Doppler
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury
Validation of the FOUR Coma Scale in Russia.
The purpose of this study is to examine the validity of the Russian version of the FOUR Full Outline of UnResponsiveness (hereafter FOUR) scale in adult ICU patients with an acute cerebral insufficiency clinic (hereinafter…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Trial name
- FOUR-RUS (NCT04018989)
- Where
- 3 sites in Russia
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- Russian Federation of Anesthesiologists and Reanimatologists
Consciousness Disorders, Persistent Vegetative State
Multimodal Assessment and Prognosis in Disorders of Consciousness After Severe Brain Injury (CyDoC-MAP)
After a severe brain injury some patients survive but cannot communicate, and deciding early which of them are likely to recover consciousness remains one of the hardest problems in neurocritical care.
- Conditions
- Consciousness Disorders, Persistent Vegetative State, Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome, Minimally Conscious State
- Trial name
- CyDoC-MAP (NCT07736820)
- Where
- Cyprus
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Nicosia General Hospital