Clinical trials: Coma, open to volunteers
Disorders of Consciousness
mindBEAGLE: Unlocking Functional Communication for Patients With Disorders of Consciousness
The goal of this clinical trial is to test how effective the mindBEAGLE device is in allowing people who are unconscious (due to a brain injury or other condition) to communicate using brain waves to answer Yes/No questions.
- Trial name
- NCT06426602
- Testing
- mindBEAGLE daily device use
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Amy Wagner
Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury
Consciousness Prognosis Evaluation Using Olfactory Stimulations in Comatose Patients)
The goal of this observational study is to determine whether the clinical response to olfactory stimulation (known as the "sniff" response) can help predict 3-month neurological outcomes in ICU patients with persistent disorders…
- Trial name
- CEOS (NCT07127224)
- Testing
- Olfactory stimulation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier St Anne
Infarction, Brain
CT-Angiography Versus Angiogram as Ancillary Tests in the Determination of Death by Neurologic Criteria
Diagnostic performance of a novel protocol for computed tomography-angiography, as ancillary test in the determination of complete cerebral infarction, in comparison to four vessel angiography.
- Trial name
- Tadaa (NCT07341490)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Region Stockholm
Caregiver Distress, Emotional Distress
The Coma Family Program (COMA-F): A Resilience Program for Caregivers of Patients With Severe Acute Brain Injury
The purpose of this research study is to determine whether COMA-F is more efficacious at reducing emotional distress in caregivers of patients with severe acute brain injuries, compared to health education control.
- Conditions
- Caregiver Distress, Emotional Distress, Caregivers, Resilience
- Trial name
- COMA-F (NCT07331324)
- Testing
- Coma Family Program 1, Coma Family Program 2
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Disorders of Consciousness, Vegetative State
Effectiveness of tTIs for Improving Consciousness in Patients With DoC
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a new type of brain stimulation called theta-burst patterned temporal interference stimulation (tTIs) works to improve awareness in people with disorders of consciousness (DoC).
- Conditions
- Disorders of Consciousness, Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State
- Trial name
- NCT07539740
- Testing
- Theta-burst Patterned Temporal Interference Stimulation (tTIs)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- Zhujiang Hospital
Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury, Minimally Conscious State
Assessment of Consciousness With CRS-R and SECONDs
Accurately determining the level of consciousness in patients with severe brain injury is essential for treatment planning, prognosis, and ethical decision-making.
- Conditions
- Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury, Minimally Conscious State, Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome
- Trial name
- AssessConsc (NCT07456020)
- Testing
- Simplified Evaluation of CONsciousness Disorders (SECONDs), Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- BDH-Klinik Hessisch Oldendorf
Cardiac Arrest
Neuroprognostication Bias: A Collaboration to Reduce the Impact of Self-fulfilling Prophecy in Cardiac ARrEst
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States. Mortality rates of cardiac arrest range from 60-85%, and approximately 80% of survivors are initially comatose.
- Trial name
- SPARE (NCT03261089)
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Brazil
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
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
Comatose, Prognosis
NEURO - Prognostication Using Late Somatosensory Evoked - Potentials
The main aim of this study is to develop a new technique for the passive diagnosis of cognitive-motor dissociation, with the detection of motor intention in a comatose patient by analysing the EEG signal and in particular the…
- Conditions
- Comatose, Prognosis, Critical Care
- Trial name
- NEURO-PULSE (NCT07506928)
- Testing
- EEGs
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bordeaux
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
Anoxic Coma, Cardiac Arrest (CA)
Assessment of Structural Brain Changes Related to Anoxic Coma Using High-field and Very Low Field Mobile MRI
Standard predictors of outcome after cardiac arrest (CA) have substantial limitations in terms of reliability and generalizability.
- Conditions
- Anoxic Coma, Cardiac Arrest (CA), Anoxia-Ischemia, Brain, Coma
- Trial name
- CUBE (NCT07177755)
- Testing
- High-field and very-low-field MRI acquisitions
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
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
Coma, Traumatic
Dopaminergic Disruption Induced by Traumatic Coma: Dopaminergic Pathways Abnormalities and Biomarkers of Recovery Using MRI and 18F-LBT-999 PET
The neural correlates of consciousness have been studied at the macroscopic level. However, the neurochemical basis of these processes remains poorly understood.
- Trial name
- ComaDopa (NCT06930261)
- Testing
- LBT-999
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Acute Brain Injury Coma, Neurocritical Care
Development and Validation of a Prognostic Model for Neurocritical Patients Using Multimodal Brain Monitoring
This study aims to develop and validate a prognostic model for neurocritical patients using multimodal brain monitoring data. By combining data from various monitoring techniques such as EEG, TCD, and NIRS, this model will help…
- Conditions
- Acute Brain Injury Coma, Neurocritical Care, Cerebral Infarction, Intracranial Hemorrhages
- Trial name
- NCT07115459
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Hemorrhagic Stroke, Intracerebral, Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (SAH)
AI-based Algorithm Development for Improved Diagnostics in the Intensive Care and Acute Stroke Setting Using Electroencephalography
The goal of this observational study is to develop and validate artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that use subhairline EEG (a simplified EEG patch placed on the forehead and behind the ears) to predict neurological outcome…
- Conditions
- Hemorrhagic Stroke, Intracerebral, Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (SAH), Postanoxic Coma
- Trial name
- SMART-EEG (NCT07886957)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 825 people
- Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Traumatic Brain Injury
Music Therapy for Comatose Brain Injured Patients
The goal of this single-arm observational study is to determine whether alpha music therapy, initiated early in the recovery period, can improve cognitive function for severe traumatic brain injury patients when compared to…
- Trial name
- NCT07544602
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Mercy Health Ohio
Sputum
Rapid and Safe Sputum Suction Method Validation
600 comatose patients admitted to the hospital in China from June 2024 to June 2028 were randomly divided into groups A and B. Group A used intermittent negative pressure suction through oral and pharyngeal ventilation, while…
- Trial name
- NCT06508008
- Testing
- continuous negative pressure suction, Intermittent negative pressure sputum suction through oral pharyngeal airway
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 900 people
- Sponsor
- Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University
Chest Trauma
Predictive Value of Chest Trauma Score , Revised Trauma Score , and Glasgow Coma Scale in Patients Presenting With Chest Trauma at Assiut University Emergency Unit.
Thoracic trauma is a critical clinical entity and a major global public health burden, representing the second most frequently occurring unintentional traumatic injury and the third most common cause of death-following head and…
- Trial name
- NCT07812038
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Death, Brain
ICU Management of Brain-Dead Donors Before Multi-Organ Procurement and Factors Associated With the Number of Organs Retrieved
Solid organ transplantation is the treatment of choice for end stage organ failure to improve patients' quality of life and survival.
- Trial name
- DONOR-OBS (NCT06768515)
- Testing
- No interventtion
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Société Française d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation
Cardiac Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital, Hypothermia, Induced
Pediatric Influence of Cooling Duration on Efficacy in Cardiac Arrest Patients (P-ICECAP)
This is a multicenter trial to establish the efficacy of cooling and the optimal duration of induced hypothermia for neuroprotection in pediatric comatose survivors of cardiac arrest.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital, Hypothermia, Induced, Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain
- Trial name
- NCT05376267
- Testing
- Therapeutic Hypothermia
- Where
- 65 sites in United States, Australia and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 900 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan