Clinical trials: Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound
Stroke
CLOTBUST Hands-Free: A Phase I/II Pilot Safety Trial
The purpose of CLOTBUST-HF is to determine the safety of a novel, external Hands-Free transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound system in healthy volunteers and ischemic stroke patients.
- Trial name
- CLOTBUST-HF (NCT01240356)
- Testing
- 2-MHz transcranial Doppler ultrasound, 2-MHz transcranial Doppler ultrasound insonation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Traumatic Brain Injury
Translational Research Examining Acupuncture Treatment in Traumatic Brain Injury
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of acupuncture on cerebral blood flow (CBF) and blood biomarkers during the acute 10-day window following traumatic brain injury, to determine if those changes correlate with…
- Trial name
- TREAT-TBI (NCT02623218)
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease
Cerebral Haemodynamic Changes During Cognitive Testing: A fTCD Study
850,000 people live with dementia in the UK, with that number expected to rise to more than 1 million within the next 5 years. The most common type of dementia (55%) is Alzheimer's dementia, and vascular dementia is the second…
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease, Vascular Dementia, Healthy Controls
- Trial name
- NCT03134963
- Testing
- Transcranial doppler ultrasonography, Blood pressure monitoring, Heart rate monitoring
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leicester
Diabetes
UTLight-transcranial Doppler Assessment of Regional Cerebral Autoregulation
Cerebral autoregulation (CA) is a complex mechanism that serves the essential and vital purpose of controlling cerebral blood flow and metabolism. A stable and optimal brain blood flow is imperative for normal brain function.
- Trial name
- UTLight (NCT02178787)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center