Clinical trials: Vegetative State
Disorders of Consciousness
Beneficial Effects of Preference on Behavior in DOC Patients (COGNICOMA)
Preferred music improves cognitive function in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC). However, it is still unknown whether it is a general effect of music (because of its acoustic features) or an autobiographical effect…
- Trial name
- COGNICOMA (NCT02759068)
- Testing
- sounds and odors
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Disorder of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State
Simultaneously PET/MRI in Prolonged DOC Patients
Recently introduced hybrid PET/MR scanners provide the opportunity to measure simultaneously, and in direct spatial correspondence, both metabolic demand and functional activity of the brain, hence capturing complementary…
- Conditions
- Disorder of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State, FDG-PET, Rs-fMRI
- Trial name
- NCT04164680
- Testing
- Multimodal Neuroimaging
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hangzhou Normal University
Disorder of Consciousness
A Promising Tool for Predicting Consciousness Evolution in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness
The research contains two parts. Part 1: To explore whether EEG responses to zolpidem can assess consciousness circuit integrity and predict the evolution of consciousness in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness…
- Trial name
- NCT02948660
- Testing
- Zolpidem Tartrate Tablets
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xijing Hospital
Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury, Disorders of Consciousness
fNIRS for Disorders of Consciousness
The goal of this observational study is to learn whether functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) can measure brain activity in healthy adults and in people with disorders of consciousness (DoC) in the neuro-intensive care…
- Conditions
- Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury, Disorders of Consciousness, Coma, Minimally Conscious State
- Trial name
- NCT07485361
- Testing
- Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Monitoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Disorder of Consciousness, Comatose
Prognostication of Recovery in Early Disorders of Consciousness Study
The goal of this study is to determine the extent to which neuroimaging metrics (e.g., functional MRI) are associated with the current level of consciousness, and future consciousness recovery, in patients with disorders of…
- Conditions
- Disorder of Consciousness, Comatose, Coma; Prolonged, Vegetative State
- Trial name
- PREDICT (NCT07074678)
- Testing
- Functional MRI (fMRI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Persistent Vegetative State
18F-FDG PET/CT in Diagnostic Patients of Disorder of Consciousness
Clinical examinations are difficult to discriminate between vegetative state and minimally conscious state. the diagnostic and prognostic usefulness of neuroimaging methods has not been established in a clinical setting.
- Trial name
- NCT02999490
- Testing
- 18F-FDG
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command
Coma, Disorder of Consciousness
Development of a Point of Care System for Automated Coma Prognosis
Electroencephalogram/event-related potentials (EEG/ERP) data will be collected from 50 participants in coma or other disorder of consciousness (DOC; i.e., Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome [UWS] or Minimally Conscious State…
- Conditions
- Coma, Disorder of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State, Vegetative State
- Trial name
- NCT03826407
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Persistent Vegetative State
Emotion Assessment to Study Consciousness in Awakening Patients
After a coma, one important challenge is the detection of awareness with patients with disorders of consciousness. For some patients, the only behavioral manifestation indicative of awareness is an appropriate emotional response.
- Trial name
- EmotiCones (NCT03706170)
- Testing
- Physiological recording in response to different types of stimuli, EEG recording in response to different types of stimuli
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Coma
Beneficial Effects of Music on Cognition and Consciousness Level
Exposure to music improves cognitive function in 'healthy' participants and in brain-damaged patients. However, it is still difficult to understand what precisely in music causes a positive effect : are they emotional components…
- Trial name
- MUSICOREVEIL (NCT02742506)
- Testing
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Disorders of Consciousness, Qualitative Research
Families Expectations and Hope Raised by an Evaluation of Consciousness in Patients in a Vegetative State
Progress in resuscitation has increased the chances of survival after anoxic or traumatic brain injury. More and more patients with severe cerebral damages are resuscitated but upon awakening from coma, some patients remain in a…
- Conditions
- Disorders of Consciousness, Qualitative Research, Ethics, Neuroimaging
- Trial name
- REVE (NCT02879565)
- Testing
- Semi structured interviews + EEG exams
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Acquired Brain Injury, Development, Child
COgnitive REhabilitation in Pediatric Patients with ABI, from Vegetative State to Functional Recovery
Acquired brain injuries (ABI) represent one of the most important cause of disability and mortality during the pediatric age, also in the western Countries.
- Trial name
- COREABI (NCT04499092)
- Testing
- Personalized Neuropsychological treatment (CORE-ABI), Sequential Neuropsychological treatment (SET-ABI)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Dementia, Persistent Vegetative State
A Study to Tailor Advance Directives
In this study, hospitalized patients will first be surveyed regarding their interest in a traditional advanced directive (AD) and then in a modified AD.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Persistent Vegetative State, Terminally Ill
- Trial name
- NCT00121004
- Testing
- Advance Directive Selection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Preoperative Vegetative Stress
Correlation Between State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory and Heart Rate Variability
The purpose of the study is to investigate whether there is a correlation between the vegetative stress evaluated by the State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory (STAI-Test) and the measurement of heart rate variability (HRV).
- Trial name
- NCT06093750
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology - The research center in cooperation with AUVA