Clinical trials: SCI
Spinal Cord Injuries
Improving Ventilatory Capacity in Those With Chronic High Level SCI
The purpose of this study is to find out if taking the drug Buspar will increase breathing capacity in individuals with spinal cord injuries.
- Trial name
- NCT05041322
- Testing
- Buspirone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Spinal Cord Injury
Testosterone and Long Pulse Stimulation After SCI
Denervation following spinal cord injury (SCI) limits beneficial application of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES). SCI with denervation results in extensive muscle atrophy that is accompanied with several…
- Trial name
- NCT03345576
- Testing
- Testosterone and LPWS, Testosterone and standard NMES
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Spinal Cord Injury, Bone Loss
12 Month Extension Study of the Effect of Teriparatide on Bone in People With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
The purpose of this study is to determine if a second year of exposure to teriparatide in both subjects that received a year of teriparatide or teriparatide-placebo will result in a greater increase in bone mass density (BMD)…
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury, Bone Loss, Osteoporosis
- Trial name
- NCT02025179
- Testing
- Teriparatide, Vibration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Spinal Cord Injury
High Frequency SARS for Neurogenic Bladder and Bowel Emptying
The purpose of this study is to determine if bladder emptying can be achieved using stimulation of the sacral roots at certain frequencies. Neurogenic bladder dysfunction occurs after spinal cord injury (SCI).
- Trial name
- SARS600 (NCT05214378)
- Testing
- Finetech-Brindley Sacral Anterior Roots Stimulation System
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Spinal Cord Injury
Precision Versus Endurance Training to Improve Walking After Chronic Incomplete SCI
The objective of the study was to determine the efficacy of two forms of physical therapy training, one emphasizing precise, visually guided walking over obstacles and on targets (Precision Training), the other emphasizing mass…
- Trial name
- NCT01765153
- Testing
- Endurance, Precision
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Cord Injury Vocational Integration Program (SCI-VIP)
This study involves research about how to help Veterans with spinal cord injury (SCI) gain employment. During the first couple of years following SCI, many people are concentrating on their rehabilitation and are unable to afford…
- Trial name
- SCI-VIP (NCT00117806)
- Testing
- Arm 1, Arm 2
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 249 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Spinal Cord Injuries
Neural Facilitation of Movements in People With SCI
Spinal cord injury leads to long-lasting paralysis and impairment. Re-enabling movement of paralyzed areas is challenging and more information is needed about neurological recovery.
- Trial name
- NCT05354206
- Testing
- Electrophysiology assessment - corticospinal tract, Electrophysiology assessment - reticulospinal tract, Training with some stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Spinal Cord Injury
Blood Pressure, Cerebral Blood Flow and Cognition in Spinal Cord Injury
Following spinal cord injury autonomic regulation of the cardiovascular system is impaired, which results in a variety of measurable abnormalities in blood pressure.
- Trial name
- NCT02307565
- Testing
- Midodrine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Spinal Cord Injury
Efficacy and Safety of Standard Oral Colonoscopic Preparations With or Without Neostigmine Compared to Pulse-Irrigation Colonic Lavage
The annual incidence of colorectal cancer in the US during 2005 was approximately 150,000 cases and this neoplasm claimed 56,000 lives (American Cancer Society).
- Trial name
- NCT00745095
- Testing
- Neostigmine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Diaphragm Pacing in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injuries
This project will evaluate the effects of intramuscular diaphragm stimulation (pacing) and test the hypothesis that diaphragm pacing enhances neuromuscular diaphragm activation and respiratory function in adults with cervical…
- Trial name
- NCT04179799
- Testing
- Diaphragm Pacing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Traumatic Thoracic Acute Spinal Cord Injury
The INSPIRE Study: Probable Benefit of the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold for Treatment of AIS A Thoracic Acute Spinal Cord Injury
This is an HDE probable benefit, open-label, non- randomized, single-arm, multicenter study to evaluate the safety and probable benefit of the poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)-b-poly(L-lysine) Scaffold ("Scaffold") in subjects with…
- Trial name
- NCT02138110
- Testing
- Neuro-Spinal Scaffold
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- InVivo Therapeutics
Spinal Cord Injuries
Non-invasive Cervical Electrical Stimulation for SCI
Most spinal cord injuries (SCI) are anatomically incomplete - some nerve circuits remain intact, even if the individual cannot feel or control them. Activating spared nerve circuits may improve functional recovery.
- Trial name
- NCT03414424
- Testing
- CES at rest, CES plus active hand or wrist movements
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bronx VA Medical Center
Spinal Cord Injury, Constipation
Utility of an Animated Bowel Biofeedback Training Routine to Improve Bowel Function in Individuals With SCI
An injury to the spinal cord results in a number of secondary medical problems, including the inability to voluntarily control the bowels.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury, Constipation, Fecal Incontinence, Neurogenic Bowel
- Trial name
- NCT02406859
- Testing
- Bowel Biofeedback, Anorectal Manometry
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Spinal Cord Injuries
Effect of Vibration Therapy on Bone in Persons With Sub-acute Spinal Cord Injury
The purpose of this research study is to determine the effect of mechanical vibrations on bones of persons with spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- NCT00886145
- Testing
- Vibration: Right Leg and No Vibration: Left Leg.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- William A. Bauman, M.D.
Hepatitis B Vaccines
Immunogenicity and Safety of Sci-B-Vac® to Engerix-B® in Adults
This study is a double-blind randomized controlled trial designed to establish the non-inferiority of Sci-B-Vac® compared to Engerix-B® in adults ≥ 18 years old and the superiority of Sci-B-Vac® compared to Engerix-B® in ≥ 45…
- Trial name
- NCT03393754
- Testing
- Hepatitis B Vaccination
- Where
- 28 sites in United States, Belgium and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 1,607 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VBI Vaccines Inc.
Spinal Cord Injury, Spinal Cord Injury Cervical
Neuromodulation After Spinal Cord Injury to Improve Limb Function
The University at Buffalo (UB) Department of Rehabilitation Sciences is looking for adult volunteers with and without spinal cord injuries for a study on hand movement.
- Trial name
- NCT06815601
- Testing
- rTMS, Motor training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Acute Spinal Cord Injury
AC105 in Patients With Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
The principal aim of this study was to establish the feasibility of rapid administration, safety, and tolerability of AC105 in patients with acute spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- AC105 (NCT01750684)
- Testing
- AC105
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Acorda Therapeutics
Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
Amplify Gait to Improve Locomotor Engagement in Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) affects ~42,000 Veterans. The VA provides the single largest network of SCI care in the nation. The lifetime financial burden of SCI can exceed $3 million. A major cost of SCI is impaired mobility.
- Trial name
- AGILE SCI (NCT04340063)
- Testing
- Gait training performed on a treadmill, Gait training performed in a Movement Amplification Environment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
OSA, SCI/D
Novel by Upper Airway Respiratory Muscle Training to Treat OSA in Chronic SCI
It is estimated that spinal cord injury (SCI) affects approximately 12,000 new individuals every year in the United States, with the majority are cervical and/or upper thoracic injuries.
- Conditions
- OSA, SCI/D, Upper Airway Exercise
- Trial name
- NOURMT-OSA (NCT03664765)
- Testing
- UA and RMT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development