Clinical trials: Physical Trauma
Wound Healing
Assessment Of Infrared Photobiotherapy for Improved Wound Healing
The purpose of this study is to examine whether or not Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) can reduce pain and/or improve wound healing in patients with an acute traumatic injury to the upper extremity (wrist, forearm, or elbow).
- Trial name
- NCT00426166
- Testing
- Low Level Laser Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- University of Toledo Health Science Campus
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Effect of Exercise Training on Physical, Cognitive, and Behavioral Function in People With TBI
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) often causes problems with moving and balance, and thinking and emotions. Exercise can improve these things in people with other brain damage.
- Trial name
- NCT02504866
- Testing
- Vigorous exercise, Light to moderate exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Pressure Ulcers
Evaluation of the Effects of HP828-101 Versus Standard of Care in the Management of Partial or Full Thickness Wounds
To compare HP828-101 to standard of care for the management of partial or full thickness wounds
- Trial name
- NCT00971048
- Testing
- HP828-101, Hydrogel/Hydrocolloid
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Healthpoint
Communication Disorders
Adaptive and Individualized AAC
This project will test the feasibility of developing a smart augmentative or alternative communication (AAC) system that is effective in delivering communication capabilities that automatically adapt to the users' physical…
- Trial name
- NCT04247828
- Testing
- Experimental AAC, Generic AAC
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Altec Inc.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Assessment and Treatment of Cognitive Functioning Deficits in Veterans With PTSD
Approximately half a million Veterans receiving services at the VA have Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is strongly associated with cognitive functioning deficits in areas of concentration, attention, memory, learning…
- Trial name
- CCTPTSD (NCT03696225)
- Testing
- Compensatory Cognitive Training (CCT), Treatment as Usual (TAU)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
PTSD, Physical Injury
IT Enhanced Peer Integrated Collaborative Care for US Trauma Care Systems
This study evaluates two readily implementable approaches to the delivery of transitional care for injured patients treated emergently in US trauma care systems.
- Trial name
- TSOS 7 Peer (NCT03569878)
- Testing
- Peer-Integrated Multidisciplinary Collaborative Care, Trauma surgery team notification
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Traumatic Brain Injury, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Assess Safety and Efficacy of Levetiracetam(LEV;Keppra)for Seizure Prevention
To show that the use of intravenous levetiracetam(LEV;Keppra)for seizure prevention in patients in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit will result in fewer side effects compared to the current standard of care anticonvulsant and…
- Trial name
- Keppra (NCT00618436)
- Testing
- Levetiracetam, Phenytoin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
PTSD
Novel EEG Coherence Biomarkers for PTSD Assessment
Current practice for diagnosing and managing PTSD relies primarily on subjective clinical assessments by clinicians as well as patient self-report.
- Trial name
- NCT04209387
- Testing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Improve Social Support for Veterans with PTSD ( ACT-SS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Cardiac Toxicity, Chemotherapeutic Agent Toxicity
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma or Hodgkin Lymphoma Receiving Doxorubicin
RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, may help doctors detect early changes in the heart caused by chemotherapy.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Toxicity, Chemotherapeutic Agent Toxicity, Lymphoma
- Trial name
- NCT00577798
- Testing
- contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Risk Assessment, Parenting
Randomized Controlled Trial of a Risk Reframing Tool to Change Mothers' Parenting Associated With Children's Risky Play
Children's risky play is associated with a variety of positive developmental, physical and mental health outcomes, including greater physical activity, self-confidence and risk management skills.
- Trial name
- NCT03374683
- Testing
- RR Digital Tool, RR In-Person Workshop, Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 451 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Injuries, Injury Arm
Virtual Reality for Pain in Acute Orthopedic Injuries
The goal of this study is to pilot test a skills-based virtual reality (VR) for acute orthopedic injury. It will measure the feasibility, signals of improvement, exploratory pain mechanisms, and user experience of an established…
- Conditions
- Injuries, Injury Arm, Injury;Sports, Injury, Knee
- Trial name
- NCT05552430
- Testing
- RelieveVRx
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Overuse Injury
Throwing Device Tracker for Youth Injury Prevention
The primary objective of this study is to collect motion-capture data on movements common to baseball play in order to develop an algorithm for a wearable device for the prevention and rehabilitation of sports-related overuse…
- Trial name
- NCT04098107
- Testing
- Throwing Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Trauma Patients Requiring Physical Rehabilitation
Impact of the Erigo Machine on Functional Recovery in ICU Patients
This study will assess the effects of the Erigo applied as part of the early mobilization program in the Trauma ICU at the University of Kentucky.
- Trial name
- Mobility (NCT02615990)
- Testing
- Erigo Pro, Standard Physical Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Lisa J. Fryman
Traumatic Brain Injury
The Impact of Yoga-based Physical Therapy for Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury
This study aims to explore if a yoga-based physical therapy session would promote improved (increased) heart rate variability in subjects with traumatic brain injuries.
- Trial name
- NCT03701594
- Testing
- Yoga-based physical therapy group, Seated Rest, Conventional Physical Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Brain Concussion, Blast Injuries
Metacognitive Training to Enhance Strategy Use in Blast-Related TBI
Enhanced Goal Management Training (GMT) is a 10-week group or individual therapy that teaches strategies to improve an individual's ability to complete everyday tasks.
- Trial name
- NCT00857207
- Testing
- Goal Management Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Spinal Cord Injury
Enhancing Quality of Life Through Exercise: A Tele-Rehabilitation Approach
Pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating a Self-Determination Theory (SDT) video-based tele-rehabilitation physical activity intervention aimed to enhance basic psychological needs, motivation, physical activity (PA), and…
- Trial name
- NCT02833935
- Testing
- Physical Activity Intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
Tennis Elbow, Epicondylitis, Lateral Humeral
Treatment Study of Steroid Injection and Physical Therapy for Acute Lateral Epicondylitis
The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical effect of physiotherapy alone or combined with corticosteroid injection in the initial treatment of lateral epicondylitis in a primary care setting.
- Trial name
- NCT00826462
- Testing
- triamcinolone, Lidocaine, Physiotherapy
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 177 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo
Dysphagia, Head and Neck Cancer
Chemo/XRT +/- Amifostine to Assess Outcomes Related to Xerostomia, Mucositis, & Dysphagia
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells.
- Conditions
- Dysphagia, Head and Neck Cancer, Mucositis, Xerostomia
- Trial name
- NCT00503776
- Testing
- exercise intervention, amifostine trihydrate, therapeutic dietary intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Arthralgia
Changes in Knee Articular Cartilage Volume in Women on Aromatase Inhibitors
Many women with breast cancer are treated with a class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors (mainly letrozole or anastrozole), which lowers the amount of estrogen being produced in the body.
- Trial name
- NCT00111241
- Testing
- aromatase inhibitors (letrozole, anastrozole)
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- Monash University
Pressure Ulcers
P400 for Stage II-IV Pressure Ulcers in Home and Extended Care
To assess the efficacy of a pressure ulcer treatment mattress, the P400 mattress, in the treatment of multiple Stage II or one or more large Stage III or IV pressure ulcers in the home care and extended care (nursing home)…
- Trial name
- P400 (NCT01139879)
- Testing
- P400 mattress
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Hill-Rom