Clinical trials: Chronic Consciousness Disorders
Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Degeneration
Advancing Understanding of Transportation Options
This Stage II randomized, controlled, longitudinal trial seeks to assess the acceptability, feasibility, and effects of a driving decision aid use among geriatric patients and providers.
- Conditions
- Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Trial name
- AUTO (NCT04141891)
- Testing
- Driving Decision Aid, Older Drivers Website
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 529 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Disorder of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State
Simultaneously PET/MRI in Prolonged DOC Patients
Recently introduced hybrid PET/MR scanners provide the opportunity to measure simultaneously, and in direct spatial correspondence, both metabolic demand and functional activity of the brain, hence capturing complementary…
- Conditions
- Disorder of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State, FDG-PET, Rs-fMRI
- Trial name
- NCT04164680
- Testing
- Multimodal Neuroimaging
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hangzhou Normal University
Brain Injury, Chronic
Investigating the Role of the Premotor Cortex in Higher Cognitive Functions
This project aims at understanding better the role of the frontal lobe of the brain in our capacity to perceive visual information consciously, and also, in our capacity to perceive others' actions.
- Trial name
- NCT00842413
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Dementia, Persistent Vegetative State
A Study to Tailor Advance Directives
In this study, hospitalized patients will first be surveyed regarding their interest in a traditional advanced directive (AD) and then in a modified AD.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Persistent Vegetative State, Terminally Ill
- Trial name
- NCT00121004
- Testing
- Advance Directive Selection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Disorders of Consciousness
Beneficial Effects of Preference on Behavior in DOC Patients (COGNICOMA)
Preferred music improves cognitive function in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC). However, it is still unknown whether it is a general effect of music (because of its acoustic features) or an autobiographical effect…
- Trial name
- COGNICOMA (NCT02759068)
- Testing
- sounds and odors
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Disorder of Consciousness
Proteomics for Chronic Disorder of Consciousness
Following severe traumatic brain injury, patients may remain unconscious for many years. It is the first proteomic analysis comparing differentially expressed proteins between patients with chronic disorder of consciousness and…
- Trial name
- NCT03611166
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University
Disorder of Consciousness, Comatose
Prognostication of Recovery in Early Disorders of Consciousness Study
The goal of this study is to determine the extent to which neuroimaging metrics (e.g., functional MRI) are associated with the current level of consciousness, and future consciousness recovery, in patients with disorders of…
- Conditions
- Disorder of Consciousness, Comatose, Coma; Prolonged, Vegetative State
- Trial name
- PREDICT (NCT07074678)
- Testing
- Functional MRI (fMRI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Anhedonia, Depressed Mood
Depressed Mood and Anhedonia in Healthy Adults
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of nutraceutical supplement on depressed mood and anhedonia in volunteers after 8 weeks of consumption.
- Trial name
- MOOD5 (NCT05306093)
- Testing
- Nutraceutical, Maltodextrin
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 94 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur de Lille
Coma, Disorder of Consciousness
Development of a Point of Care System for Automated Coma Prognosis
Electroencephalogram/event-related potentials (EEG/ERP) data will be collected from 50 participants in coma or other disorder of consciousness (DOC; i.e., Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome [UWS] or Minimally Conscious State…
- Conditions
- Coma, Disorder of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State, Vegetative State
- Trial name
- NCT03826407
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Disorder of Consciousness
A Promising Tool for Predicting Consciousness Evolution in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness
The research contains two parts. Part 1: To explore whether EEG responses to zolpidem can assess consciousness circuit integrity and predict the evolution of consciousness in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness…
- Trial name
- NCT02948660
- Testing
- Zolpidem Tartrate Tablets
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xijing Hospital
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
Vasovagal Syncope, Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
Hypnosis in Autonomic Function
This study will investigate the relationship between susceptibility to hypnosis and regulation of the autonomic nervous system (nerves that control involuntary body functions, such as heart rate and sweating).
- Conditions
- Vasovagal Syncope, Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, Hypnosis
- Trial name
- NCT00061009
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Loneliness, Anxiety
Is Signposting to Online Peer Support Helpful in Decreasing Loneliness in Parents of Children With Long-term Conditions and Disabilities?
The present study aims to evaluate whether signposting to online peer support will be associated with a significant decrease in self-reported loneliness for parents of children with long-term conditions and disabilities.
- Conditions
- Loneliness, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT05373121
- Testing
- Online Peer Support
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Disorder of Consciousness
Metabolic Abnormalities and Intestinal Microecology in Patients With Chronic Disorders of Consciousness
Following severe traumatic brain injury, patients may remain unconscious for many years. It is the intestinal microbiome and metabolomics analysis comparing differentially intestinal microflora and metabolites between patients…
- Trial name
- NCT04530968
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University
Coma
Beneficial Effects of Music on Cognition and Consciousness Level
Exposure to music improves cognitive function in 'healthy' participants and in brain-damaged patients. However, it is still difficult to understand what precisely in music causes a positive effect : are they emotional components…
- Trial name
- MUSICOREVEIL (NCT02742506)
- Testing
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Persistent Vegetative State
18F-FDG PET/CT in Diagnostic Patients of Disorder of Consciousness
Clinical examinations are difficult to discriminate between vegetative state and minimally conscious state. the diagnostic and prognostic usefulness of neuroimaging methods has not been established in a clinical setting.
- Trial name
- NCT02999490
- Testing
- 18F-FDG
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command
Disorders of Consciousness
Clinical Evaluation of Chronic Consciousness Disorders Using Resting-state EEG and ERP
Currently, there are significant challenges in the clinical assessment of patients with consciousness disorders, such as distinguishing between vegetative state (VS) and minimally conscious state (MCS), and predicting patient…
- Trial name
- NCT05949528
- Testing
- no intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University
Mood
Sub-chronic Effects of 5-hydroxytryptophan on Mood and Emotional Processing in Healthy Volunteers
5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) is a nutritional supplement sold in many health food stores, and is taken in order to raise levels of serotonin in the brain. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that is involved in the regulation of mood.
- Trial name
- NCT01514409
- Testing
- 5-Hydroxytryptophan, Pharmaceutical grade silica
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northumbria University
Persistent Vegetative State
Emotion Assessment to Study Consciousness in Awakening Patients
After a coma, one important challenge is the detection of awareness with patients with disorders of consciousness. For some patients, the only behavioral manifestation indicative of awareness is an appropriate emotional response.
- Trial name
- EmotiCones (NCT03706170)
- Testing
- Physiological recording in response to different types of stimuli, EEG recording in response to different types of stimuli
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Tourette Syndrome, Tic Disorders
Timing of Voluntary Movement in Patients With Tourette Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorder
This study will examine how the brain controls movement in people with Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorder to determine if the timing of movement is important in whether someone feels "in control" of their movements.
- Trial name
- NCT00081419
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)