Clinical trials: Coma
Disorder of Consciousness
Ketamine to Treat Patients With Post-comatose Disorders of Consciousness
The investigators will run a Randomized Clinical Trial with 30 patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC), with intravenous subanesthetic doses of ketamine. Patients will simultaneously undergo TMS-EEG.
- Trial name
- NCT05343507
- Testing
- Ketalar 50 MG/ML Injectable Solution
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Liege
Chest Trauma
Predictive Value of Chest Trauma Score , Revised Trauma Score , and Glasgow Coma Scale in Patients Presenting With Chest Trauma at Assiut University Emergency Unit.
Thoracic trauma is a critical clinical entity and a major global public health burden, representing the second most frequently occurring unintentional traumatic injury and the third most common cause of death-following head and…
- Trial name
- NCT07812038
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Head Trauma, Traumatic Coma
The Effect of Auditory and Tactile Stimuli in Traumatic Coma
This study focused on examining the effects of auditory and tactile stimuli to reduce sensory deprivation on consciousness, oxygen saturation and mean arterial pressure in traumatic coma patients.
- Conditions
- Head Trauma, Traumatic Coma, Nursing Caries
- Trial name
- NCT05195606
- Testing
- Auditory stimulus, Tactile stimulus
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Akdeniz University
Disorder Related to Lung Transplantation, Brain Death
Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion to Increase the Number of Organs for Transplantation
The recent introduction of ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) as a tool to evaluate and recondition lungs from marginal donors has opened a new era in the field of lung transplantation.
- Conditions
- Disorder Related to Lung Transplantation, Brain Death, Graft Failure, Primary Graft Dysfunction
- Trial name
- EVLP_MI (NCT01967953)
- Testing
- EVLP Group
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Policlinico Hospital
Disorder of Consciousness, Traumatic Brain Injury
Validity and Feasibility of the CRSR-FAST
The CRS-R is a standardized and validated bedside assessment of conscious awareness. It is used routinely for diagnosis and prognosis of patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) as well as in research settings.
- Trial name
- CRSR-FAST (NCT03549572)
- Testing
- Coma Recovery Scale-Revised
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
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, Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Recovery of Consciousness After Surgery for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Disorders of consciousness are common after surgery for severe spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage and are associated with high mortality, disability, and long-term dependence.
- Trial name
- TAVNS-SICH (NCT07761507)
- Testing
- Active Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Traumatic Brain Injury
A Pilot Study of NSICU Assessment of Seizure Prophylaxis With Lacosamide
Trial to determine if seizure prophylaxis with IV LCM in NSICU patients experiencing mental status changes due to severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) will result in improved short- and long-term outcomes and better immediate…
- Trial name
- NCT01110187
- Testing
- lacosamide, Fosphenytoin
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Oxygen Reserve Index Values
Evaluation of Oxygen Reserve Index According to Glasgow Coma Scale in Providing Oxygenation in Intracranial Surgery
Evaluation of oxygen reserve index according to Glasgow Coma Scale in providing oxygenation in intracranial surgery
- Trial name
- NCT05953493
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Trakya University
Disorder of Consciousness, Vegetative State
The Use of LIFUP in Chronic Disorders of Consciousness
When patients survive a severe brain injury but fail to fully recover, they often enter a Disorder of Consciousness (DoC) --that is, a set of related conditions of decreased awareness and arousal including the Vegetative State…
- Conditions
- Disorder of Consciousness, Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State, Minimally Conscious State Plus
- Trial name
- NCT04921683
- Testing
- BX Pulsar 1002 (LIFUP) Low intensity Focused Ultrasound Pulsation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare
Coma
Multimodal Resonance Imaging for Outcome Prediction on Coma Patients
Stroke, traumatic head injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage and cerebral anoxia are main causes of a coma condition implying severe brain damage and thus, poor prognosis.
- Trial name
- MRI-Coma (NCT00577954)
- Testing
- Multimodal MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 417 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Acute and Chronic Hepatic Failure With Developing Coma
Evaluation of Mechanisms Responsible for Coma in Patients Affected by Fulminant, Acute and Chronic Hepatic Failure
The purpose of this study is to understand mechanisms associated with the development of coma during hepatic failure. As of today, those mechanisms are not understood and it is difficult to intervene and prevent coma development…
- Trial name
- NCT01582087
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Cardiac Arrest, Coma
GLP-1 Analogs for Neuroprotection After Cardiac Arrest
Experimental studies and previous clinical trials suggest neuroprotective effects of GLP-1 analogs in various degenerative neurological diseases, and in hypoxic brain injuries in experimental designs.
- Trial name
- GLIP1 (NCT02442791)
- Testing
- Byetta (Lilly, Exenatide), 20% Human Albumin
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Jesper Kjaergaard
Organ Transplant Failure or Rejection, Brain Death
Calcineurin Inhibitor in NEuRoloGically Deceased Donors to Decrease Kidney delaYed Graft Function (CINERGY)
The investigators hypothesize that preconditioning neurologically deceased organ donors with the calcineurin inhibitor tacrolimus will improve short and long-term transplant survival without causing harm.
- Conditions
- Organ Transplant Failure or Rejection, Brain Death, Ischemic Reperfusion Injury
- Trial name
- CINERGY (NCT05148715)
- Testing
- Tacrolimus
- Where
- 9 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 414 people
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Covid19, Coma
Prognostication of Recovery in Early Disorders of Consciousness After COVID-19
The primary aim of this research proposal is to use multimodal metrics (e.g., clinical data and advanced neuroimaging) in the early (i.e., acute hospitalization) phase of recovery from COVID-19-related disorders of consciousness…
- Conditions
- Covid19, Coma, Consciousness Disorder
- Trial name
- PREDICT-COVID (NCT04476589)
- Testing
- Functional MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cardiac Arrest (CA), Anoxic Brain Injury
Early WAKE-up Predictors After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
WAKE-OHCA is a prospective observational substudy of the Danish Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (DANOHCA) trial, identifier NCT05895838.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest (CA), Anoxic Brain Injury, Comatose Survivors of Cardiac Arrest, EEG
- Trial name
- WAKE-OHCA (NCT06979700)
- Testing
- Automated Pupillometry, Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound, Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Brain Death
Etiology and Hemodynamic Instability in Brain Death
Brain death is a complex and irreversible condition marked by the cessation of all brain activity. This retrospective study analyzes ICU patients who progressed from initial brain injury to brain death.
- Trial name
- NCT06569992
- Testing
- VIS, TIES
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 216 people
- Sponsor
- Antalya Training and Research Hospital
Brain Death
The Use of Liraglutide in Brain Death
There is evidence of the association of brain death and inflammation, affecting outcomes of transplanted organs, but in a way not fully understood.
- Trial name
- NCT03672812
- Testing
- Liraglutide
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Trauma, Shock, Traumatic
Discriminant Ability of the Shock Index, Modified Shock Index, and Reverse Shock Index Multiplied by the Glasgow Coma Scale on Mortality in Adult Trauma Patients: A PATOS Study
We evaluated a cohort of adult trauma patients transported to emergency departments. The first vital signs were used to calculate the SI, MSI, and rSIG.
- Conditions
- Trauma, Shock, Traumatic, Morality
- Trial name
- NCT05549986
- Testing
- Observational
- Volunteers
- 105,641 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mackay Memorial Hospital
Comatose
Ticagrelor for the Comatose
The study will investigate the effect of the oral antiplatelet agent ticagrelor (Brilique) when it is administrated through a nasogastric tube in comatose patients.
- Trial name
- TICOMA (NCT02175875)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Lene Holmvang