Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)NCT06725108
Hemodynamic ABI Monitor
An observational study of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Intracerebral Hemorrhage, run by University of Chicago at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The goal of this observational study is to explore the relationship of heart function with the course and outcomes after traumatic brain injuries and nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage. The goal is to explore association between routinely collected hemodynamic and brain monitoring data. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 80 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- How many people
- 50 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 6 Dec 2024to 6 Dec 2026
- How long will I take part?
- 6 Months
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 80 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Admitted to the University of Chicago Medical Center Neurocritical Care Unit
Who may be able to join
- Patients who are:
- Admitted to the University of Chicago Medical Center Neurocritical Care Unit
- Adults between 18 years and 80
- Admitted with Traumatic brain injury blunt and penetrating or nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
- post-resuscitation Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) <9
Who cannot join
- Patients who were:
- Pre-existing heart failure
- Moribund or neurological exam suggesting imminent brain death (bilateral, fixed and dilated pupils) on admission
- Major polytrauma or admitted to the surgical trauma critical care service
- Prisoner
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
United States1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60637
Farima Fakhri, MD, 7737021220, farima.fakhri@bsd.uchicago.edu
About this study
Official title: Non-invasive Continuous Hemodynamic Monitoring in Acute Brain Injury
The goal of this observational study is to explore the relationship of heart function with the course and outcomes after traumatic brain injuries and nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage. The goal is to explore association between routinely collected hemodynamic and brain monitoring data.
Participants already taking intervention A as part of their regular medical care and the investigators will follow up with participants 6 months after discharging the hospital.
Read the detailed description
This is a prospective observational study collecting data produced as part of standard routine clinical care and the study team will collect the data from Starling Monitor and subject medical record. Adult patients undergoing hemodynamic monitoring with the Starling monitor as part of their standard of care will be considered as a candidate for the study. Patients will only be included in this study if they agree to take part in the data collection. If the patient declines participation, they will still undergo hemodynamic monitoring with the Starling hemodynamic monitor, but their clinical and Starling device information will not be collected to be entered into the database.
No clinical interventions are part of the study. There is no interference of data collected with clinical decision making. Hemodynamic data will be derived via the application of the entirely non-invasive, FDA approved for clinical use, Starling System (provided by Baxter for this study).
Prior to enrollment, the study team will provide patients and/or their family members the details of the study, answer any questions and address concerns. The patient and/or their families will then be given time to consider participation. After informed consent is obtained from the patient or legally authorized representative, patient data will be extracted from the electronic medical record (EMR) into a REDCap database and Case Report Forms (CRFs).
The study team also will collect the data from the Starling Monitor and subject's medical record.
Data collection:
Case Report Forms (CRFs) will be used to collect all patient data during the course of the study and will be entered into an electronic database. Data will be collected on patients from the initiation to completion of monitoring with the Starling Monitor. The occurrence of any advice related Adverse Events will be collected throughout this period.
The following data will be collected by chart review:
- demographics
- risk factors
- diagnoses
- medical surgical treatments
- laboratory imaging studies
- Changes in hemodynamics
- treatment and outcome for patients with TBI
- Volume of fluid administered
- Percent of patients that are fluid responsive
- Incidence of diastolic dysfunction
- % fluid responsiveness in diastolic dysfunction
- Days on ventilator
- Days on vasopressors
- cerebral hemodynamics: intracranial pressure (ICP), cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), partial brain tissue oxygenation (PbtO2), and cerebral blood flow (CBF)
The following data will be summarized descriptively:
- Treatment details (intervention, intubation, ventilation, start of a new medication)
- Medications
- Volume of fluid administered
- Demographics, such as patient diagnosis
- Setting
- Fluid bolus assessment, if applicable
- Additional hemodynamic assessment methods, if utilized
- Patient outcome data
- cerebral hemodynamics: intracranial pressure (ICP), cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), partial brain tissue oxygenation (PbtO2), and CBF
Follow-up medical history will be obtained at 180 days via the EMR or patient report. Primary endpoints are functional outcomes and quality of life at 180 days after hospital discharge. The follow-up functional status and quality of life measures will be done by telephone, in-person at their regularly scheduled follow-up appointment, or by email, for less than 30 minutes using validated instruments and/or using a web-based REDCap survey. However, these surveys can also be completed during the subject's 180-day follow up visit with their doctor or a telephone follow-up. The follow up telephone call/visit will last for less than 30 minutes and will consist of a series of validated instruments/questionnaires. The following instruments will be used:
Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOSE) to ascertain functional status
The goal is to examine the association between systemic hemodynamics, cerebral hemodynamics, clinical management parameters, and clinical outcomes in patients with severe traumatic brain injury and nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage. Specifically, we are interested in Cardiac index, fluid responsiveness (FR) markers, fluid balance, hemodynamic support, and intensive care unit (ICU) mortality and functional outcome at 6 months, measured by the Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOSE). Patient-level analyses will involve adjusting for key characteristics per patient, such as IMPACT score, post-resuscitation Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), and Rotterdam CT classification. For patient-level analyses, random-effects logistic regression (for ICU mortality) and ordinal regression (for GOSE) will be used, with adjustment for IMPACT variables, major extracranial injuries, and Rotterdam Computed Tomography (CT) scale. Additionally, the study will explore the relationships between systemic and cerebral hemodynamics. Continuous variables will be reported as median with interquartile range (IQR), while binomial variables will be presented as counts with percentages (%). Statistical tests, such as the Wilcoxon-Mann Whitney test for continuous variables and Fisher's-exact test for categorical variables, will be performed to compare the groups. To assess the association of identified variables with neurologic outcomes, univariate logistic regression models will be used. Subsequently, a multivariate logistic regression model will be employed to determine the independent variables associated with mortality and neurologic outcomes.
To explore the temporal relationships and directions of change among systemic and cerebral hemodynamic time series data, Granger causality testing will be applied.
- Keywords
- Hemodynamic, Acute brain injury, Monitoring
- Medical subject headings
- Brain Injuries, Traumatic, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Brain Injuries
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
functional outcomes
Primary endpoints are functional outcomes and quality of life at 180 days after hospital discharge. The follow-up functional status and quality of life measures will be done by telephone, in-person at their regularly scheduled follow-up appointment, or by email, for less than 30 minutes using validated instruments and/or using a web-based REDCap survey. However, these surveys can also be completed during the subject's 180-day follow up visit with their doctor or a telephone follow-up. The follow up telephone call/visit will last for less than 30 minutes and will consist of a series of validated instruments/questionnaires. The following instruments will be used:
Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOSE) to ascertain functional status The GOSE score ranges from 1 to 8, with the minimum score of 1 indicating Death and the highest score of 8 representing a Good Recovery, signifying a good outcome and a return to pre-injury functioning.
Measured: 180 days after discharging the hospital
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted10 Dec 2024
- Study start6 Dec 2024
- Primary completion6 Dec 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion6 Dec 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)Studies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of ChicagoThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (estimated)
- Target duration
- 6 Months
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Chicago
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Baxter Healthcare Corporation
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Christos Lazaridis, MD, Principal investigator, university of Chicago attending
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06725108
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- IRB23-0973
- Status last verified
- Mar 2026
- First submitted
- 5 Dec 2024
- Last updated
- 4 Mar 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 4 Mar 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Non-invasive Continuous Hemodynamic Monitoring in Acute Brain Injury
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06725108
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- IRB23-0973
- Keywords
- Hemodynamic, Acute brain injury, Monitoring
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of ChicagoUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Baxter Healthcare Corporation
- Study start
- 6 Dec 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 6 Dec 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 6 Dec 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 10 Dec 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The goal of this observational study is to explore the relationship of heart function with the course and outcomes after traumatic brain injuries and nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage. The goal is to explore association between routinely collected hemodynamic and brain monitoring data.
Participants already taking intervention A as part of their regular medical care and the investigators will follow up with participants 6 months after discharging the hospital.
Detailed description
This is a prospective observational study collecting data produced as part of standard routine clinical care and the study team will collect the data from Starling Monitor and subject medical record. Adult patients undergoing hemodynamic monitoring with the Starling monitor as part of their standard of care will be considered as a candidate for the study. Patients will only be included in this study if they agree to take part in the data collection. If the patient declines participation, they will still undergo hemodynamic monitoring with the Starling hemodynamic monitor, but their clinical and Starling device information will not be collected to be entered into the database.
No clinical interventions are part of the study. There is no interference of data collected with clinical decision making. Hemodynamic data will be derived via the application of the entirely non-invasive, FDA approved for clinical use, Starling System (provided by Baxter for this study).
Prior to enrollment, the study team will provide patients and/or their family members the details of the study, answer any questions and address concerns. The patient and/or their families will then be given time to consider participation. After informed consent is obtained from the patient or legally authorized representative, patient data will be extracted from the electronic medical record (EMR) into a REDCap database and Case Report Forms (CRFs).
The study team also will collect the data from the Starling Monitor and subject's medical record.
Data collection:
Case Report Forms (CRFs) will be used to collect all patient data during the course of the study and will be entered into an electronic database. Data will be collected on patients from the initiation to completion of monitoring with the Starling Monitor. The occurrence of any advice related Adverse Events will be collected throughout this period.
The following data will be collected by chart review:
- demographics
- risk factors
- diagnoses
- medical surgical treatments
- laboratory imaging studies
- Changes in hemodynamics
- treatment and outcome for patients with TBI
- Volume of fluid administered
- Percent of patients that are fluid responsive
- Incidence of diastolic dysfunction
- % fluid responsiveness in diastolic dysfunction
- Days on ventilator
- Days on vasopressors
- cerebral hemodynamics: intracranial pressure (ICP), cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), partial brain tissue oxygenation (PbtO2), and cerebral blood flow (CBF)
The following data will be summarized descriptively:
- Treatment details (intervention, intubation, ventilation, start of a new medication)
- Medications
- Volume of fluid administered
- Demographics, such as patient diagnosis
- Setting
- Fluid bolus assessment, if applicable
- Additional hemodynamic assessment methods, if utilized
- Patient outcome data
- cerebral hemodynamics: intracranial pressure (ICP), cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), partial brain tissue oxygenation (PbtO2), and CBF
Follow-up medical history will be obtained at 180 days via the EMR or patient report. Primary endpoints are functional outcomes and quality of life at 180 days after hospital discharge. The follow-up functional status and quality of life measures will be done by telephone, in-person at their regularly scheduled follow-up appointment, or by email, for less than 30 minutes using validated instruments and/or using a web-based REDCap survey. However, these surveys can also be completed during the subject's 180-day follow up visit with their doctor or a telephone follow-up. The follow up telephone call/visit will last for less than 30 minutes and will consist of a series of validated instruments/questionnaires. The following instruments will be used:
Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOSE) to ascertain functional status
The goal is to examine the association between systemic hemodynamics, cerebral hemodynamics, clinical management parameters, and clinical outcomes in patients with severe traumatic brain injury and nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage. Specifically, we are interested in Cardiac index, fluid responsiveness (FR) markers, fluid balance, hemodynamic support, and intensive care unit (ICU) mortality and functional outcome at 6 months, measured by the Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOSE). Patient-level analyses will involve adjusting for key characteristics per patient, such as IMPACT score, post-resuscitation Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), and Rotterdam CT classification. For patient-level analyses, random-effects logistic regression (for ICU mortality) and ordinal regression (for GOSE) will be used, with adjustment for IMPACT variables, major extracranial injuries, and Rotterdam Computed Tomography (CT) scale. Additionally, the study will explore the relationships between systemic and cerebral hemodynamics. Continuous variables will be reported as median with interquartile range (IQR), while binomial variables will be presented as counts with percentages (%). Statistical tests, such as the Wilcoxon-Mann Whitney test for continuous variables and Fisher's-exact test for categorical variables, will be performed to compare the groups. To assess the association of identified variables with neurologic outcomes, univariate logistic regression models will be used. Subsequently, a multivariate logistic regression model will be employed to determine the independent variables associated with mortality and neurologic outcomes.
To explore the temporal relationships and directions of change among systemic and cerebral hemodynamic time series data, Granger causality testing will be applied.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Target follow-up
- 6 Months
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Admitted to the University of Chicago Medical Center Neurocritical Care Unit
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Admitted to the University of Chicago Medical Center Neurocritical Care Unit
- Adults between 18 years and 80
- Admitted with Traumatic brain injury blunt and penetrating or nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
- post-resuscitation Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) <9
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Pre-existing heart failure
- Moribund or neurological exam suggesting imminent brain death (bilateral, fixed and dilated pupils) on admission
- Major polytrauma or admitted to the surgical trauma critical care service
- Prisoner
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
functional outcomes
Time frame: 180 days after discharging the hospital
Primary endpoints are functional outcomes and quality of life at 180 days after hospital discharge. The follow-up functional status and quality of life measures will be done by telephone, in-person at their regularly scheduled follow-up appointment, or by email, for less than 30 minutes using validated instruments and/or using a web-based REDCap survey. However, these surveys can also be completed during the subject's 180-day follow up visit with their doctor or a telephone follow-up. The follow up telephone call/visit will last for less than 30 minutes and will consist of a series of validated instruments/questionnaires. The following instruments will be used: Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOSE) to ascertain functional status The GOSE score ranges from 1 to 8, with the minimum score of 1 indicating Death and the highest score of 8 representing a Good Recovery, signifying a good outcome and a return to pre-injury functioning.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 4 Mar 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Christos Lazaridis, MD principal investigator
university of Chicago attending
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Intracerebral Hemorrhage, run by University of Chicago at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Mar 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Farima Fakhri, MD (3126102482, farima.fakhri@bsd.uchicago.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
functional outcomes (time frame: 180 days after discharging the hospital). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Mar 2026.