Clinical trials: Spinal Cord Injury, Acute, open to volunteers
Communication Barriers
Understanding Communication Barriers in Acute Care: A Mixed-Methods Needs Assessment Among Healthcare Providers Caring for Non-Verbal Patients With Spinal Cord Injury and Tracheostomy in the ICU
Communication impairment is common among critically ill patients who are mechanically ventilated, have tracheostomies, or have neurological injuries such as spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- NCT07796035
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Acute Spinal Cord Injury, Acute Spinal Paralysis
"SCRIBBLE" Spinal Cord Injury Blood Biomarker Longitudinal Evaluation
Prospective, single center study designed to assess blood biomarkers for classifying injury severity and predict neurologic recovery in traumatic spinal cord injured (SCI) patients.
- Conditions
- Acute Spinal Cord Injury, Acute Spinal Paralysis, Spinal Cord Injuries, Trauma, Spinal Cord
- Trial name
- SCRIBBLE (NCT05244408)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Spinal Cord Injury, Delayed Admission
Complications Associated With Delayed Admission to Spinal Injury Unit
The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of complications including PUs at time of admission to a regional spinal injury rehabilitation unit (MCSI), the relationship between wait time to admission for specialist SCI…
- Trial name
- NCT07015099
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people
- Sponsor
- Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District NHS Trust
Spinal Cord Injuries
Acute and Chronic Repercussion of Spinal Cord Stimulation After Spinal Cord Injury
The purpose of this research is to learn about how the participant's body is able to balance changes in blood pressure, and how spinal cord stimulation affects these changes as well as immune \& cardiovascular function in…
- Trial name
- NCT07210411
- Testing
- Tests of sympathetic inhibition, Tests of above level sympathetic activation, Testing of below level sympathetic activation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Spinal Cord Injury, Acute Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Guided Laminectomy With Augmented Duroplasty for Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether expansile duraplasty can improve neurological recovery in adult patients with acute severe traumatic spinal cord injury, as well as evaluate the safety of this surgical…
- Trial name
- GLAD (NCT07733401)
- Testing
- Expansile duraplasty
- Where
- 13 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
Spinal Cord Injuries, Incomplete
Protocol for Rapid Onset of Mobilization in Patients With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury III (PROMPT-SCI III) Trial
This longitudinal cohort study will investigate the clinical benefits of early acute exercise therapy after mild spinal cord injury (SCI).
- Trial name
- PROMPT-SCI III (NCT07798310)
- Testing
- Cycling
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 107 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Integre Universitaire de Sante et Services Sociaux du Nord de l'ile de Montreal
Spinal Cord Injuries
Locomotor and Bladder Function in Individuals With Acute Spinal Cord Injury
The loss of movement and walking ability significantly affects quality of life after spinal cord injury. In addition, bladder dysfunction consistently ranks as one of the top disorders affecting quality of life after spinal cord…
- Trial name
- MC-PP-3 (NCT04879862)
- Testing
- Epidural stimulation + Stand Training, Epidural stimulation + Step Training, Epidural stimulation + Bladder Capacity Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Claudia Angeli
Spinal Cord Injury, Chronic, Spinal Cord Injury Cervical
Non-Invasive Interventions for Respiratory Recovery in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injuries (SCI) can seriously affect a person's ability to breathe. This happens because the injury can damage the nerves that control the muscles used for breathing.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury, Chronic, Spinal Cord Injury Cervical, Spinal Cord Injury Thoracic, Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
- Trial name
- Combinatorial (NCT07135583)
- Testing
- Active Comparator: Single Intervention 1, Active Comparator: Single Intervention 2, Respiratory Resistance Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)
Dose Optimization Study of Acute Intermittent Hypoxia in Spinal Cord Injury
This study aims to evaluate how different doses of acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) affect lower-limb strength, reaction time, and responsiveness in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).
- Trial name
- DOSA-SCI (NCT07739992)
- Testing
- Acute Intermittent Hypoxia (AIH) 15, Acute Intermittent Hypoxia (AIH) 23
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Milap Sandhu
Acute Spinal Cord Injury
The Use of Functional Electrical Stimulation in Conjunction With Respiratory Muscle Training to Improve Unaided Cough in Individuals With Acute Spinal Cord Injury
The overall objective of this study is to improve unaided cough with abdominal and latissimus dorsi functional electrical stimulation in conjunction with respiratory muscle training in individuals with acute spinal cord injuries.
- Trial name
- AFES and RMT (NCT05745298)
- Testing
- Xcite Clinical Station
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Spinal Cord Injury Cervical, Spinal Cord Injury, Acute
Upper Limb Rehabilitation Using Non-invasive Spinal Cord Stimulation
The goal of this RCT study is to evaluate if combining activity-based therapy (ABT) with transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) can improve recovery of arm and hand movement in people with cervical spinal cord injury…
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury Cervical, Spinal Cord Injury, Acute, Spinal Cord Injury (Quadraplegia)
- Trial name
- CIME_upperlimb (NCT07361627)
- Testing
- Protocol 2: Combination of activity-based therapy and facilitatory transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal
Respiratory Support
The ACCESSIT Study
The study is designed to characterize and monitor the structure, degree of activation and function of the different respiratory muscles during mechanical ventilation after spine trauma and spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- ACCESSIT (NCT05207046)
- Testing
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound in the Treatment of Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) often suffer from spinal cord swelling inside the thecal sac, which contains the spinal cord and surrounding fluid, leading to increased pressure on the spinal cord tissue and…
- Trial name
- NCT06654804
- Testing
- Perflutren lipid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Spinal Cord Injuries
BioFLO for Respiratory Recovery in SCI
Acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) involves brief (1 min), repeated episodes (~15) of breathing low oxygen air to stimulate spinal neuroplasticity.
- Trial name
- NCT06011876
- Testing
- Acute Intermittent Hypoxia (AIH), Acute Intermittent Hypercapnic-Hypoxia (AIHH)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Acute Spinal Cord Injury
PMZ-1620 (Sovateltide) in Patients of Acute Spinal Cord Injury
This was a prospective, multicentric, randomized, double blind, parallel, saline controlled Phase II clinical study to compare the safety and efficacy of PMZ-1620 (INN: Sovateltide) therapy along with standard supportive care in…
- Trial name
- NCT04054414
- Testing
- Normal Saline along with standard treatment, PMZ-1620 along with standard treatment
- Where
- 5 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Pharmazz, Inc.
Fecal Incontinence
Acute Genital Nerve Stimulation for Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction in Individuals Living With Spinal Cord Injury
Bowel issues occur in nearly all people after spinal cord injury (SCI) and one major complication is fecal incontinence (accidents).
- Trial name
- NCT05626816
- Testing
- Genital Nerve Stimulation, Clinical exam, Collection of SCI common data elements
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- MetroHealth Medical Center
Spinal Cord Injury, Acute, Spinal Cord Injury at C4 Level With Complete Lesion
Safety and Exploratory Efficacy of Transplantation Therapy Using PSA-NCAM(+) NPC in AIS-A Level of Sub-acute SCI
This study intends to evaluate the safety and exploratory efficacy of transplantation therapy using neural precursor cells (PSA-NCAM(+) NPC) derived from the human embryonic stem cell line for the treatment of paralysis and other…
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury, Acute, Spinal Cord Injury at C4 Level With Complete Lesion, Spinal Cord Injury at C5-C7 Level With Complete Lesion
- Trial name
- SB-SCI-001 (NCT04812431)
- Testing
- Neural precursor cells derived from human embryonic stem cell line
- Where
- 2 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- S.Biomedics Co., Ltd.
Acute Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Spinal Cord Diseases
NG004 in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Patients
This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, multicenter trial of NG004 in patients with acute traumatic incomplete cervical SCI.
- Conditions
- Acute Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Spinal Cord Diseases, Spinal Cord Injuries, Trauma Nervous System
- Trial name
- SPROUT-2 (NCT07840196)
- Testing
- NG004
- Where
- 10 sites in Germany, Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- NovaGo Therapeutics AG
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Autonomic Recovery in Inpatient Rehabilitation After Acute SCI
This study is a randomized, single-blind, two-arm sham-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) over the lower thoracic and upper lumbar spinal cord segments…
- Trial name
- NCT06540859
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Acute Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Acute Spinal Cord Injury of Traumatic Origin (tSCI)
Safety of Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation Potentiating Recovery in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Syndromes
The goal of this study is to test whether electrical stimulation from the skin surface starting 3 days after spinal cord injury (SCI) is safe and may help patients recover their movement.
- Trial name
- STEP-RAISE (NCT07090473)
- Testing
- transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco