Clinical trials: Acute Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Autonomic Recovery in Inpatient Rehabilitation After Acute SCI
This study is a randomized, single-blind, two-arm sham-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) over the lower thoracic and upper lumbar spinal cord segments…
- Trial name
- NCT06540859
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Spinal Cord Injuries, Obesity
Effects of Intermittent Hypoxia (IH) on Metabolism and Dysglycemia, in Overweight/Obese Persons SCI
The purpose of this research is to examine changes in blood glucose control and metabolism in individuals with SCI and non injured controls at rest and during exercise after five days of exposure to IH.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Obesity, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT02973438
- Testing
- Intermittent Hypoxia (IH)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Spinal Cord Injuries
Evaluate the Incidence of Sacral and Heel Pressure Ulcers During Acute Care After SCI
This study evaluates the effect of the application of a five-layer foam dressing on the sacrum as well as a boot applied on the heels as preventive measures in the development of pressure ulcers in patients hospitalized with…
- Trial name
- NCT04165395
- Testing
- Five-layer foam dressing, Heelmedix boot
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 165 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Integre Universitaire de Sante et Services Sociaux du Nord de l'ile de Montreal
Spinal Cord Injuries, Inpatient
Exoskeletal-Assisted Walking in SCI Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation
The purpose of this research study is to test the effect of early exoskeletal-assisted walking (EAW) training (combined into regular acute inpatient rehabilitation (AIR)) on improving functional recovery and reducing pain and…
- Trial name
- NCT04221373
- Testing
- Ekso™ powered exoskeleton, Standard of care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Stimulation + FES-Assisted Cough Training in SCI
The overall objective of this proposal is to determine if transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) delivered concurrently with functional electrical stimulation (FES)-assisted cough training (FES-Cough) is an effective…
- Trial name
- NCT07683780
- Testing
- tSCS combined with FES-Cough
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milap Sandhu
Spinal Cord Injuries, Spinal Cord Diseases
Spinal Cord Transcutaneous Stimulation Effect on Blood Pressure in Acute Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on blood pressure in individuals with an acute spinal cord injury (within 30 days of injury).
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Spinal Cord Diseases, Trauma, Nervous System, Nervous System Diseases
- Trial name
- SCI (NCT05731986)
- Testing
- Orthostatic challenge, Biostim-5 transcutaneous spinal stimulation - Mapping, Biostim-5 transcutaneous spinal stimulation - "Optimal" testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Safety And Efficacy Study Of Intravenous (IV) Administration Of Elezanumab To Assess Change In Upper Extremity Motor Score (UEMS) In Adult Participants With Acute Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Acute Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is a rare injury that leads to permanent neuromotor impairment and sudden disability. Approximately 25,000 people experience cervical SCI in the United States, Europe, and Japan every year.
- Trial name
- ELASCI (NCT04295538)
- Testing
- Elezanumab
- Where
- 41 sites in United States, Australia and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- AbbVie
Spinal Cord Injury, Acute, Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Initial Encounter
Duraplasty for Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a procedure called "expansile duraplasty" can improve recovery in adults who have experienced an acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI).
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury, Acute, Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Initial Encounter, Spinal Cord Injury Cervical
- Trial name
- DATSCI (NCT07280351)
- Testing
- Expansile duraplasty
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Spinal Cord Injury, Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Prevention of Bone Loss After Acute SCI by Zoledronic Acid
The overall objective of this study is to define an effective therapeutic approach, using currently available medication, to prevent or mitigate the loss of bone mass and bone strength that occurs after acute spinal cord injury.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury, Acute Spinal Cord Injury, Bone Loss, Osteoporosis
- Trial name
- NCT02325414
- Testing
- Zoledronic acid
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Spinal Cord Injury
Effects of Acute SCI on Colonic Motility & Tone
This study will compare individuals with acute SCI to control patients in order to: 1. Determine if there are changes in colonic tone and sensation after SCI by comparing the fasting responses to the postprandial responses; 2.
- Trial name
- NCT00013312
- Testing
- Determine colonic tone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Acute Spinal Cord Injury, Acute Spinal Paralysis
Canadian-American Spinal Cord Perfusion Pressure and Biomarker Study
This multicenter study will enroll 100 patients with acute traumatic cervical and thoracic SCI who have a lumbar intrathecal catheter inserted within 24 hours of their injury.
- Conditions
- Acute Spinal Cord Injury, Acute Spinal Paralysis, Spinal Cord Injuries, SPINAL Fracture
- Trial name
- CASPER (NCT03911492)
- Testing
- SCPP Management => 65 mmHg
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Acute Spinal Cord Injury, Spinal Cord Injuries
Optical Monitoring With Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Spinal Cord Injury Trial
The study involves the 'first-in-human' evaluation of a novel optical sensor which uses near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) technology to assess oxygenation and hemodynamics of the injured spinal cord.
- Trial name
- NCT04811235
- Testing
- Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (NIRS) Sensor
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Spinal Cord Injuries, Physical Inactivity
An Online Rehabilitation Programme for People with SCI
The goal of this feasibility study is to explore the feasibility and effectiveness of a 12-week online rehabilitation programme in people with Spinal Cord Injury during the transition from hospital to home.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Physical Inactivity, Spinal Cord Injury, Acute
- Trial name
- NCT06583538
- Testing
- Giraffe Healthcare
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Glasgow Caledonian University
Spinal Cord Injuries, Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Decompression Plus Nerve Graft Implantation Following TSCI
This is a single-blinded (with outcome assessors blinded to treatment allocation), 12-month pilot study to evaluate of the safety, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of dorsal myelotomy and expansive duraplasty performed…
- Trial name
- NCT06243211
- Testing
- DMED, ANGI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Francis Farhadi
Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Orthostatic Hypotension, Dysautonomic
Cardiovascular Function and Response to Stimulation Within the First Year After Spinal Cord Injury
The study aims to explore how cardiovascular function changes in the first year after a spinal cord injury, and to see how different treatments, like spinal stimulation through the skin (transcutaneous spinal stimulation), affect…
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Orthostatic Hypotension, Dysautonomic, Cardiovascular, Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation
- Trial name
- NCT06841198
- Testing
- spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation, Ice testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Spinal Cord Injuries
Effect of Vibration Therapy on Bone in Persons With Sub-acute Spinal Cord Injury
The purpose of this research study is to determine the effect of mechanical vibrations on bones of persons with spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- NCT00886145
- Testing
- Vibration: Right Leg and No Vibration: Left Leg.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- William A. Bauman, M.D.
Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)
Hypoxia Pathways for Early Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) disrupts neural pathways to respiratory motor neurons, diminishing breathing capacity and airway defense (e.g., cough).
- Trial name
- HyPER-FLO (NCT07002437)
- Testing
- Augmented Acute Intermittent Hypoxia (aAIH), Acute Intermittent Hypercapnic-Hypoxia (AIHH)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Traumatic Cervical Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Pilot Study of the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold for the Treatment of AIS A Cervical Acute SCI
Pilot Study of Clinical Safety and Feasibility of the Neuro-Spinal ScaffoldTM for the Treatment of Complete (AIS A) Traumatic Acute Spinal Cord Injury at the C5-T1 Neurological Levels The purpose of this study is to support an…
- Trial name
- NCT03105882
- Testing
- Neuro-Spinal Scaffold
- Where
- Canada
- Sponsor
- InVivo Therapeutics
Acute Spinal Cord Injury, Blood Pressure
TSCS for Acute SCI
This project will focus on a novel approach to stabilizing blood pressure (BP) during inpatient rehabilitation after acute SCI. After SCI, people have unstable blood pressure, ranging from too low (orthostatic hypotension) to too…
- Conditions
- Acute Spinal Cord Injury, Blood Pressure, Hypotension
- Trial name
- NCT05305118
- Testing
- TSCS Mapping, Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Spinal Cord Injuries
Effects of Breathing Mild Bouts of Low Oxygen on Limb Mobility After Spinal Injury
Accumulating evidence suggests that repeatedly breathing low oxygen levels for brief periods (termed intermittent hypoxia) is a safe and effective treatment strategy to promote meaningful functional recovery in persons with…
- Trial name
- NCT02323945
- Testing
- AIH, Walk, Strength
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital