Clinical trials: Unconscious
Syncope, Vasovagal, Pain Intensity
Safety/Efficacy Study of Local Anesthetic Prior to Femoral Artery Sheath Removal
This randomized controlled trial will examine the impact of local anesthetic on the frequency of vasovagal reactions and the patients perception of pain during femoral arterial sheath removal after percutaneous coronary…
- Trial name
- NCT00465439
- Testing
- Subcutaneous Lidocaine 2% (Xylocaine) without epinephrine
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Organ Transplantation From Brain-dead Donors
Cooling to Optimize Organ Life in Donor Study
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and safety of mild-to-moderate hypothermia as an in-vivo organ preservation strategy compared to normothermia in 60 brain-dead organ donors.
- Trial name
- COOLDonor (NCT01544530)
- Testing
- Cold isotonic fluid and central venous hypothermia catheter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Stroke
Extern Validation of a Predictive Score of Brain Death in Severe Stroke (DIAPASON1)
There is currently a shortage of organ in France, for patients with chronic diseases who are on the waiting list for an organ. The first source of organ donor in France is patients with brain death.
- Trial name
- DIAPASON1 (NCT03612141)
- Where
- 25 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 650 people
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Islet Cell Transplant for Type 1 Diabetes
City of Hope National Medical Center, located in Duarte, CA, is hosting a clinical study on islet cell transplantation, an experimental procedure being evaluated as a treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes.
- Trial name
- TCD (NCT01909245)
- Testing
- Allogenic Human Islet Cells, Immunosuppressive Agents, Gastrin 17
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Traumatic Brain Injury With Prolonged Loss of Consciousness
Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound on Individuals With Disorder of Consciousness of Traumatic Brain Injury
Low-intensity focused ultrasound can be effective in severe TBI patients with disorder of consciousness. This study is a prospective single arm, open-label and explorative clinical trial to evaluate the therapeutic effect of…
- Trial name
- NCT04306601
- Testing
- Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Vasovagal Syncope
Assessment of Midodrine in the Prevention of Vasovagal Syncope: The Prevention of Syncope Trial IV
About 20% of adults faint recurrently. These patients are often highly symptomatic, have problems with employment and driving and have reduced quality of life.
- Trial name
- POST 4 (NCT01456481)
- Testing
- midodrine hydrochloride
- Where
- 17 sites in United States, Canada and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 134 people
- Sponsor
- Dr. Bob Sheldon
Fatigue, Stress
The U.K. Embryologist Fatigue Study
The purpose of the study is to determine physical and mental health issues of U.K. embryologists related to their occupational characteristics, and how workplace fatigue and burnout may affect their quality of life, cynicism…
- Conditions
- Fatigue, Stress, Burnout, Professional, Musculoskeletal Pain
- Trial name
- FUSE-UK (NCT05708963)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 123 people
- Sponsor
- TMRW Life Sciences
Consciousness Disorders
Measuring Brain Complexity to Detect and Predict Recovery of Consciousness in the ICU
Disorders of consciousness (DoC) caused by severe brain injury affect millions of people worldwide each year. A patient's level of consciousness in the intensive care unit (ICU) significantly impacts the recovery from disability…
- Trial name
- COMPASS (NCT06568536)
- Testing
- Repeated behavioral assessments, functional electroencephalography and brain imagery, TMS-EEG
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Chronic Orthostatic Intolerance
Using Mirabegron to Increase BP in Patients With POTS
This is a pilot dose-finding study to test the hypothesis that mirabegron increases systolic blood pressure (BP), prevents syncope/presyncope, and improves the quality of life (QOL), functional capacity, chest pain, and…
- Conditions
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Chronic Orthostatic Intolerance, Syncope
- Trial name
- RAISE-BP (NCT06133075)
- Testing
- Mirabegron 50 MG, Mirabegron 25 MG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Traumatic Brain Injury, Intracerebral Haemorrhage
The EBC Recovery Study
The purpose of this research study to find out if clinically unconscious acute brain injury patients that show brain activation to music and language on electroencephalogram (EEG) (bedside test) have better outcomes and wake up…
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Intracerebral Haemorrhage, Subarachnoid Haemorrhagic Stroke
- Trial name
- NCT04712591
- Testing
- Auditory stimuli
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Hypoglycemia Unawareness
Restoration of Hypoglycemia Awareness With Metoclopramide
Metoclopramide is a drug approved by the FDA for gastroesophageal reflux and to relieve symptoms in adults with acute and recurrent diabetic gastroparesis.
- Trial name
- NCT03970720
- Testing
- Metoclopramide
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Simon Fisher
Traumatic Coma
Brain Network Disruptions Related to Traumatic Coma
To provide a fine-grained description of the brain network dysfunctions induced by severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) or anoxic encephalopathy, that are responsible for the acute state of unarousable unawareness, named coma…
- Trial name
- Coma3D (NCT03482115)
- Testing
- PET examination with radiopharmaceutical drug [18F] DPA-714, MRI examination, Blood samples
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Syncope, Vasovagal, Neurally-Mediated
Clinical Trial for the Prevention of Vasovagal Syncope
The main question in the study is whether people taking fludrocortisone are less likely to faint than people taking an inactive pill called a placebo. Fludrocortisone is a drug that stimulates the body to retain salt and water.
- Trial name
- NCT00118482
- Testing
- fludrocortisone acetate
- Where
- 14 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 213 people
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
The Effects of Spinal Anesthesia on ED50 and BIS50 of Etomidate for the Loss of Consciousness
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of spinal anesthesia on ED50 and BIS50 of etomidate for the loss of consciousness (LOC) by using up-and-down method.The hypothesis was that spinal anesthesia could…
- Trial name
- LOC (NCT03240055)
- Testing
- spinal anesthesia, etomidate
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University
Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury, Minimally Conscious State
Assessment of Consciousness With CRS-R and SECONDs
Accurately determining the level of consciousness in patients with severe brain injury is essential for treatment planning, prognosis, and ethical decision-making.
- Conditions
- Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury, Minimally Conscious State, Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome
- Trial name
- AssessConsc (NCT07456020)
- Testing
- Simplified Evaluation of CONsciousness Disorders (SECONDs), Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- BDH-Klinik Hessisch Oldendorf
Syncope
Benefit of Dual-chamber Pacing With Closed Loop Stimulation (CLS) in Tilt-induced Cardioinhibitory Reflex Syncope
The purpose of this study is to assess whether the Closed Loop Stimulation (CLS) in addition to the DDD pacing is effective in reducing syncopal recurrences.
- Trial name
- BIOSync CLS (NCT02324920)
- Testing
- DDD-CLS, ODO
- Where
- 24 sites in Canada, France and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- Biotronik SE & Co. KG
Consciousness Disorder
A Clinical Decision Aid for Diagnosing Transient Loss of Consciousness
BACKGROUND: Transient loss of consciousness (TLOC) - defined as spontaneous disruption of consciousness not due to head trauma and with complete recovery - has a lifetime prevalence of 50%.
- Trial name
- NCT05367999
- Testing
- initial Paroxysmal Event Profile
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 186 people
- Sponsor
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Consciousness Disorders, Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury
Promoting Recovery After Brain Injury Using Focused Ultrasound
The overall aim of this study is to develop an intervention that can help recovery in patients surviving severe brain injury but failing to fully recover.
- Trial name
- ReBOUND (NCT07277309)
- Testing
- Low-intensity focused ultrasound
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Consciousness Disorder
Multimodal Neuroprognostication in Disorders of Consciousness
Disorders of consciousness frequently occur at the acute phase of brain injuries. For the most severe cases, consciousness impairment can be prolonged.
- Trial name
- M-Neuro-DoC (NCT04534777)
- Testing
- repeated neurological, behavioral assessments and conventional, quantitative and functional brain imagery
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Arrhythmia, Syncope
Feasibility Study: Sleuth Monitoring System
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and performance of the Sleuth Monitoring system.
- Trial name
- PULSE (NCT00719277)
- Testing
- Sleuth Implantable ECG Monitoring System
- Where
- Panama
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Transoma Medical