Clinical trials: Coma, open to volunteers
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
Continuous Jugular Venous Oxygen Saturation (SjO2) Measurement After Cardiac Arrest
Patients successfully resuscitated from sudden cardiac arrest are often comatose, having suffered a period of low blood flow and oxygen delivery to the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT06511999
- Testing
- Continuous SjO2 monitoring with a PediaSat Oximetry Catheter, Intermittent SjO2 monitoring with a PediaSat Oximetry Catheter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Byron Drumheller
Brain Death, Adults
Pupillometric Evaluation in Patients Declared Brain Dead - a Prospective Quality Control Study
The aim of the study is to verify the reliability of the current purely clinical examination of the pupils (without the support of a pupillometer) in the context of clinically suspected brain death, compared to the results of a…
- Trial name
- INSPECT (NCT06279975)
- Testing
- non-invasive device-supported, automated pupillometry
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Neurocritical Care, Traumatic Brain Injury
Safety and Efficacy of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in Neurocritical Care
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is a strategy of perioperative management aimed to accelerate the rehabilitation of patients through various optimized perioperative managements as well as ongoing adherence to a…
- Conditions
- Neurocritical Care, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebrovascular Disease, Moderate or Severe Coma
- Trial name
- NCT06241482
- Testing
- Enhanced recovery after surgery, Conventional therapy
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai 6th People's Hospital
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
Traumatic Brain Injury
Deployment of a Novel National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Clinical, Biomarker, Imaging, and Modifiers (CBI-M) Classification Framework for Emergency Department Patients With Glasgow Coma Scale 15 Traumatic Brain Injury (PIONEER-Prognosis)
This study is being done to learn how information from blood tests, medical records, and wearable devices that track sleep, activity, and heart rate can help predict how people recover after a concussion.
- Trial name
- NCT07858266
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Patients, Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
SeeMe: Using Automated Facial Tracking to Detect Voluntary Behavior in Brain Injury
Objective: This prospective interventional study introduces "SeeMe," an automated, high-resolution computer vision platform designed to objectively quantify microscopic, auditory command-evoked movements in patients with…
- Trial name
- NCT07560631
- Testing
- SeeMe Multimodal Auditory Command Protocol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook University
Brain Injury, Acute
Non-Invasive Monitoring Methods in Patients With Acute Brain Injury
Life-threatening mass effect (LTME) arises when brain swelling displaces or compresses crucial midline structures subsequent to acute brain injuries (ABIs) like traumatic brain injury (TBI), ischemic stroke (IS), and…
- Trial name
- NIMABI (NCT06504238)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 720 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
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
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
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
Caregiver Anxiety, Acquired Brain Injury
Comprehensive Assessment of Rehabilitation Experience Using the SAFE Scale
Patients with severe acquired brain injury (sABI) and disorders of consciousness (DoC) require intensive interdisciplinary rehabilitation involving healthcare professionals, patients, and family caregivers.
- Conditions
- Caregiver Anxiety, Acquired Brain Injury, Caregiver Satisfaction and Connectedness to Clinic, Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury
- Trial name
- CARE-SAFE (NCT07912372)
- Testing
- Caregiver training and administration of SAFE scale, Standard clinical care
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ETS
Cardiac Arrest, Post-cardiac Arrest Care
Neuroprotection Bundles For Comatose Survivors Following Cardiac Arrest
The investigators designed LAPTOPS to determine the effectiveness of a goal-directed neuroprotection bundles of active management including body temperature,PaCO2,PaO2,position,Blood glucose ,blood sodium,Blood pressure and…
- Trial name
- LAPTOPS (NCT06992843)
- Testing
- Goal-directed care bundle for neuroprotection, Usual Care
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,008 people
- Sponsor
- Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Cardiac Arrest, Post-Anoxic Coma
QUality Of Life and surviVAl in carDIac arreSt Patients
QUO VADIS is a national observational study with the aim to describe clinical intervention and utilization of neuroprognostication tools in the management of patients admitted to ICU following cardiac arrest
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest, Post-Anoxic Coma, Central Nervous System Diseases
- Trial name
- QUOVADIS (NCT04129073)
- Testing
- Intensive care treatment
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people
- Sponsor
- Gruppo Italiano per la Valutazione degli Interventi in Terapia Intensiva
Neurocritical Conditions, Traumatic Brain Injury
Protein Intake Dosage on the Prognosis of Neurocritical Patients
This study investigates the effect of different early protein supplementation levels (1.0-2.0g/kg/d, divided into three groups) on the prognosis of neurocritical patients, focusing on the 28-day Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score…
- Conditions
- Neurocritical Conditions, Traumatic Brain Injury, Ischemic Stroke
- Trial name
- NCT07295301
- Testing
- Low-Dose Enteral Protein Supplementation (Enteral Nutrition Formulas + Whey Protein Powder), Moderate-Dose Enteral Protein Supplementation (Enteral Nutrition Formulas + Whey Protein Powder), High-Dose Enteral Protein Supplementation (Enteral Nutrition Formulas + Whey Protein Powder)
- Volunteers
- 216 people
- Sponsor
- Wenshan City People's Hospital
Disorders of Consciousness, Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Recovery of Consciousness After Surgery for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Disorders of consciousness are common after surgery for severe spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage and are associated with high mortality, disability, and long-term dependence.
- Trial name
- TAVNS-SICH (NCT07761507)
- Testing
- Active Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Cerebrovascular Event, Stent Stenosis
Atorvastatin Pretreatment in Cerebrovascular Events (APICES) After Flow Diverter Implantation
APICES trial is an investigator-initiated, multicenter, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial that plans to enroll 396 patients with a 1-year follow-up, including a neurovascular imaging…
- Conditions
- Cerebrovascular Event, Stent Stenosis, Ischemic Stroke, Hemorrhagic Stroke
- Trial name
- NCT06308952
- Testing
- Atorvastatin 20mg
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 354 people
- Sponsor
- Duan Chuanzhi
Coma, Stroke
Short-term Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Disorders of consciousness (DOC) refers to the persistent loss of consciousness after 28 days in patients with brain injury caused by trauma, stroke, or hypoxia. It includes coma, vegetative state, and minimally conscious state.
- Trial name
- SCS-ICH (NCT05922644)
- Testing
- SCS, Conventional
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 344 people
- Sponsor
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Mechanical Ventilator Weaning, Acute Brain Injury
Brain-injured Patients Extubation Readiness Study
The BIPER study is a stepped wedge cluster randomised clinical trial aiming to decrease extubation failure in critically-ill brain-injured patients with residual impaired consciousness using a simple clinical score.
- Conditions
- Mechanical Ventilator Weaning, Acute Brain Injury, Altered Level of Consciousness, Mechanical Ventilation
- Trial name
- Biper (NCT04080440)
- Testing
- Extubation readiness clinical score, Usual Care
- Where
- 21 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 660 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Disorder of Consciousness
Emotional and Neutral Sounds for Neurophysiological Prognostic Assessment of Critically Ill Patients With a Disorder of Consciousness
The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of emotional sound as subject own name (SON) pronounced by a familiar voice (FV) compared to SON pronounced by a non-familiar voice (NFV) during event related potential (ERP)…
- Trial name
- ExpressComa (NCT05740735)
- Testing
- Use of "expressive" sounds, Having benefited from a prognostic evaluation by event related potentials (without sound research methods, only neutral sounds)
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris