Clinical trials: Traumatic Head Injury
Vascular System Injuries, Concussion, Brain
Sildenafil Treatment for Mild TBI
About 300,000 people are hospitalized for traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year. After TBI, secondary brain injury escalates due in part to heightened levels of oxidant injury, inflammation, and vascular injury.
- Conditions
- Vascular System Injuries, Concussion, Brain, Post-Concussion Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT03598140
- Testing
- Sildenafil Citrate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Concussion, Brain, Motor Vehicle Accident
Research Evaluating Sports ConcUssion Events - Rapid Assessment of Concussion and Evidence for Return
RESCUE-RACER is jointly sponsored by the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The RESCUE-RACER programme evaluates motorsports competitors at baseline (CArBON) and post-injury (CARS).
- Trial name
- RESCUE-RACER (NCT03844282)
- Testing
- Clinical assessment (SCAT5), ImPACT, CANTAB
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cambridge
Concussion, Brain
Role of Rehabilitation in Concussion Management: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Approximately 420 professional and amateur athletes will participate in rehabilitation during recovery after sports-related concussion. Participants will be cluster randomized, by study site, to a specific study arm.
- Trial name
- NCT02988596
- Testing
- Multidimensional Active Rehabilitation, Enhanced Graded Exertion
- Where
- 11 sites in United States, Canada and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Brain Trauma
Plasma Neurofilament Light and Its Relationship With Omega-3 Status and Soccer Heading in Women Soccer Players
The purpose of this study is to (1) assess how a competitive season of purposeful gameplay soccer heading in collegiate women soccer players is related to a blood biomarker for sports-related brain injury, plasma neurofilament…
- Trial name
- NCT05457023
- Testing
- Plasma Neurofilament Light (NF-L), Omega-3 Index, HeadCount Questionnaire
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder, Concussion, Brain
The COSP-RBD Study: Concussions and Contact Sports in RBD vs Controls
The goal of this observational study is to investigate concussions and contact sports practices in REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD).
- Trial name
- COSP-RBD (NCT06270290)
- Testing
- Exposure to contact sports or history of concussions
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Traumatic Brain Injury
Combinated Cues and Virtual Spatial Navigation
Many patients suffer from a topographical disorientation after a traumatic brain injury. Virtual Reality settings allow us to develop navigational cues, in order to rehabilitate patients or to help them in daily life.
- Trial name
- CombiVirtual (NCT03534128)
- Testing
- Evaluation of the effect of cues on virtual spatial navigation using a virtual district
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Ressources Francilien du Traumatisme Crânien
Concussion
Vascular Assessment of Regulation Index Arrays Registry
The objective of this patient registry is to collect and analyze physiological data associated with baseline and brain injury identified in standard clinical practice (Normal Values, Recovery Curves, Correlation between Symptoms…
- Trial name
- VARIA (NCT02435082)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NeuroChaos Solutions, Inc.
Concussion
Primary Prevention of Concussion in Youth Ice Hockey Players
1. Background and Rationale: Little is currently known about intrinsic risk factors for sport-related concussion in youth ice hockey players.
- Trial name
- NCT03360786
- Testing
- Specific intervention, Control intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Elucidate the Mechanisms, Development and Effectiveness of Balance Control and Gait Strategy After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Develop Innovative Design of Computerized Dual-task Balance Module
The purpose of this study is to innovatively design and develop computerized dual-task balance training modules and home modules, and conduct proactive clinical verification to focus on the effectiveness of balance control and…
- Trial name
- NCT05638659
- Testing
- Computerized dual-task balance and home program, Medical consultation and traditional balance training
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Traumatic Encephalopathy, Chronic
Cohort Study of Blood Biomarkers for TES
In this study, high-throughput screening and multi-omics (transcriptomics and proteomics) joint analysis technology will be employed to explore potential CTE/TES biomarkers (RNA and protein) in blood and its exosomes.
- Conditions
- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Traumatic Encephalopathy, Chronic, Traumatic; Encephalopathy, Postcontusional
- Trial name
- NCT04928534
- Testing
- Blood tests, Cognitive function tests, head MRI (plain scan and DTI sequence) examination and head PET (FDG-PET, Tau-PET and Amyloid-PET) examination
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tianjin Medical University
Motor Disorders, Healthy
Non-invasive BCI-controlled Assistive Devices
Injuries affecting the central nervous system may disrupt the cortical pathways to muscles causing loss of motor control. Nevertheless, the brain still exhibits sensorimotor rhythms (SMRs) during movement intents or motor imagery…
- Conditions
- Motor Disorders, Healthy, Spinal Cord Injuries, Muscular Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT05183152
- Testing
- NMES Feedback, Visual Feedback, TESS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Concussion, Mild
Use of 31P MRS to Assess Brain NAD+ in Healthy Current and Former Collegiate Athletes
Can nicotinamide riboside (750 mg/day for 12 weeks) affect the levels of NAD+ in the brain as measured by 31P MRS?
- Trial name
- TRMC-004 (NCT02721537)
- Testing
- Nicotinamide Riboside
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Traumatic Brain Injury
Therapeutic Resources for Attention Improvement With Neuroimaging for TBI
One of the most common symptoms suffered by traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients is disruption in attention. Lack of attention impacts daily life including academic or professional tasks, and interpersonal relationships.
- Trial name
- TRAIN-TBI (NCT02082509)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Chronic Pain and Suicide Attempt Among Veterans
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between attempted and/or completed suicide and reported experience of chronic pain among an adult veteran population.
- Conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Suicide Attempt
- Trial name
- NCT01502436
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
Traumatic Brain Injury, Cognitive Impairment
Rehabilitation of Working Memory and Brain Plasticity After Traumatic Brain Injury: Plastim-MDTC
The aim of this study is to assess the brain correlates, as assessed with multimodal MRI, of working memory training in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Trial name
- Plastim-MDTC (NCT03513133)
- Testing
- working memory training
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre d'Investigation Clinique et Technologique 805
Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke
Remote Neuropsychological Assessment of Patients With Neurological Disorders and Injuries
For the last decades, many aspects of human life have been altered by digital technology. For health care, this have opened a possibility for patients who have difficulties travelling a long distance to a hospital to meet with…
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05819008
- Testing
- Neuropsychological Assessment
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Eye-tracking
EYE-TRAC Advance: Technology Verification (ETA-TV) Cohort 2
This is a prospective multi-center cohort feasibility and exploratory study.
- Trial name
- ETA-TV (NCT02877732)
- Testing
- EYE-SYNC eye-tracking, SCAT-3 subtests, DEM
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Concussion, Mild, Convergence Insufficiency
Spectacles Lens in Concussed Kids
We will be looking at 3 treatment arms in the form of different type of glasses to see if one is superior to helping kids have sustained a concussion and are symptomatic.
- Conditions
- Concussion, Mild, Convergence Insufficiency, Accommodation; Insufficiency
- Trial name
- SLICK (NCT03123822)
- Testing
- Glasses
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury
Multisite RCT of STEP-Home: A Transdiagnostic Skill-based Community Reintegration Workshop
In this proposal, the investigators extend their previous SPiRE feasibility and preliminary effectiveness study to examine STEP-Home efficacy in a RCT design.
- Conditions
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Substance Related Disorders, Depression
- Trial name
- STEP-Home (NCT03868930)
- Testing
- STEP-Home, PCGT
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 221 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Traumatic Brain Injury
The Research for New Clinical Diagnostic Strategy of Specific Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the most common type of nerve injury and it severely endangers the public health. It is necessary to accurately measure the early neurological function of brain injury for monitoring its prognosis…
- Trial name
- NCT03976492
- Testing
- diagnostic of specific biomarkers
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baiyun Liu