Clinical trials: Loss of Consciousness and Recovery of Consciousness
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
Covid19, Coma
Prognostication of Recovery in Early Disorders of Consciousness After COVID-19
The primary aim of this research proposal is to use multimodal metrics (e.g., clinical data and advanced neuroimaging) in the early (i.e., acute hospitalization) phase of recovery from COVID-19-related disorders of consciousness…
- Conditions
- Covid19, Coma, Consciousness Disorder
- Trial name
- PREDICT-COVID (NCT04476589)
- Testing
- Functional MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Disorder of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State
Target Behaviours to Identify Minimally Conscious State Patients
To analyse the frequency of the consciousness behaviour response for patients with minimally conscious state of Coma Recovery Scale-Revised items, as well as the necessary items for obtaining higher accuracy.
- Trial name
- NCT04471753
- Testing
- Coma Recovery Scale-Revised
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 215 people
- Sponsor
- Hangzhou Normal University
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
Brain Death, Liver Disease
Pre-recovery Bedside Liver Biopsy in Brain Death Organ Donors
This study's objective is to obtain preliminary data to test the hypotheses that percutaneous liver biopsy in brain death donors is safe and provides reliable histological information.
- Trial name
- PPB (NCT01810640)
- Testing
- Percutaneous Liver Biopsy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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
Unconsciousness
Performance of Two Different ke0s in the Same Pharmacokinetic Propofol Model
The aim of this study was to assess the clinical performance of two different ke0s (fast and slow) in terms of propofol effect-site concentration (Ce) during the loss and recovery of consciousness, using Marsh's pharmacokinetic…
- Trial name
- NCT01011192
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centro Medico Campinas
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
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
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
Brain Injuries
Refined Nursing in Rehabilitation Training
This study is to explore the clinical effect of refined nursing in rehabilitation training for patients with brain injury during the recovery period.
- Trial name
- NCT06329934
- Testing
- Establishment of a hierarchical monitoring and management team, Assessment of pressure injury, Communication
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Xinxiang Central Hospital
Minimally Conscious State, Vegetative State
Further Psychometric Data for the Reliability and the Diagnostic Validity of CRS-R
This study aims to provide, in a large sample, further psychometric data as regards the internal consistency, the test-retest reliability and the diagnostic validity of the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R).
- Trial name
- NCT03126929
- Testing
- Coma Recovery Scale-Revised and Glasgow Coma Scale
- Volunteers
- 169 people
- Sponsor
- Hangzhou Normal University
Unconsciousness
The Impact of Different Recovery Positions on the Perfusion of the Lower Forearm and Comfort
Introduction: A side-lying recovery position is recommended when victims are unresponsive but breathing normally and, hence, do not require cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Trial name
- NCT05587179
- Testing
- recovery position
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Belgium
Coma
Multimodal Resonance Imaging for Outcome Prediction on Coma Patients
Stroke, traumatic head injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage and cerebral anoxia are main causes of a coma condition implying severe brain damage and thus, poor prognosis.
- Trial name
- MRI-Coma (NCT00577954)
- Testing
- Multimodal MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 417 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Brain Injury, Coma, Cardiac Arrest (CA)
Prediction for Coma Recovery With Comaweb
The general objective of the comaScore project is to provide an external validation of the accuracy of the comaScore, a score derived from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to predict 1 year outcome of patients unresponsive to…
- Conditions
- Brain Injury, Coma, Cardiac Arrest (CA), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhages (aSAH)
- Trial name
- COMASCORE (NCT03874208)
- Testing
- MRI sequence, MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 611 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Disorder of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State
Diagnostic Accuracy of the Vegetative and Minimally Conscious State
The aim of this study was to investigate diagnostic accuracy of the vegetative and minimally conscious state: Clinical consensus versus standardized neurobehavioral assessment
- Trial name
- NCT04139239
- Testing
- Coma Recovery Scale-revision
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Hangzhou Normal University
Coma, Cardiac Arrest
Combined Whole-brain Structural and Functional MRI for the Prediction of Neurological Recovery After Cardiac Arrest
To assess the performance of a predictive model resulting from the analysis of sMRI/fMRI/contrast-enhanced MRI-derived personalized connectomic data, as compared with standard predictors (clinical examination, electrophysiology…
- Conditions
- Coma, Cardiac Arrest, Disorder of Consciousness, Neurologic Disorder
- Trial name
- ARISE (NCT06617377)
- Testing
- advanced whole-brain sMRI/fMRI/contrast-enhanced MRI scan
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 263 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Consciousness Disorders, Brain Injuries
tDCS in Patients With Disorder of Consciousness Due to Severe Acquired Brain Injury
The present observational study is aimed at reporting the short-, mid- and long-term outcomes of patients with Disorder of Consciousness (DOC), in Vegetative State (VS) or Minimally Conscious State (MCS), due to a severe Acquired…
- Conditions
- Consciousness Disorders, Brain Injuries, Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State
- Trial name
- NCT03367078
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS, Usual care
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Montecatone Rehabilitation Institute S.p.A.
Disorder of Consciousness, Consciousness, Loss of
SeeMe: An Automated Tool to Detect Early Recovery After Brain Injury
Early prediction of outcomes after acute brain injury (ABI) remains a major unsolved problem. Presently, physicians make predictions using clinical examination, traditional scoring systems, and statistical models.
- Conditions
- Disorder of Consciousness, Consciousness, Loss of, Trauma, Brain, Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- NCT06083441
- Testing
- SeeMe, Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook University
Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery, Electrophysiology
Analysis of Deep Brain Nuclei LFP and Cortical EEG Signals During the Recovery From General Anesthesia
The correlations of deep brain nuclei firing and cerebral cortex activity during recovery from general anesthesia is unclear. In this study, the local field potential (LFP) from the deep brain nuclei and the scalp…
- Conditions
- Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery, Electrophysiology, General Anesthesia, Consciousness, Loss of
- Trial name
- NCT06400901
- Testing
- No interventions
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Ruijin Hospital