Clinical trials: Comatose
Brain Death
The Anticipated Organ Donation Approach
The purpose of this study is to make a paramedical evaluation of a selection procedure of serious brain-injured patient in therapeutic abstention to a brain death state within 48 hours.
- Trial name
- PREMORENCE (NCT03765814)
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Toulon La Seyne sur Mer
Brain Death
Brain Death: Inflammatory Response, Apoptosis, and Endotoxin Tolerance
We hypothesized that brain death is associated with an early systemic inflammatory response, possibly combined with activation of apoptotic cell death, two events that may contribute to induce rapid organ dysfunction.
- Trial name
- NCT00615225
- Testing
- Muscle biopsy
- Where
- 3 sites in Belgium, France
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Delafontaine Hospital
Coma, Emotional Distress
The COMA Family Program: A Skills-Based Resiliency Program for Caregivers of Patients With Severe Acute Brain Injuries
The purpose of this study is to pilot a psychosocial skills-based intervention for caregivers of patients with severe acute brain injuries.
- Trial name
- COMA-F (NCT05761925)
- Testing
- COMA-F
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Brain Dead Organ Donors
Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of Levothyroxine in Brain Death Organ Donors: a Randomized Controled Trial
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a randomized controlled trial comparing levothyroxine to placebo in neurologically deceased donors
- Trial name
- ECHOT4 (NCT02211053)
- Testing
- Levothyroxine
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Integre Universitaire de Sante et Services Sociaux du Nord de l'ile de Montreal
Cardiac Arrest, Coma
Out-of-Hospital Intubation With Metal Single Use Laryngoscope Blades
New single use laryngoscope metal blades are available for intubation. This type of blade is safer than the reusable ones concerning the interhuman cross infection risk.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest, Coma, Major Trauma, Respiratory Distress
- Trial name
- LAMETA (NCT00644722)
- Testing
- MacIntosh Green Lite (metal single use laryngoscope blades), MacIntosh Green Spec II (metal reusable laryngoscope blades)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Henri Mondor University Hospital
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Early Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in Neurological Patients
This study seeks to assess whether coma patients really benefit from the use of antibiotics as a prophylactic for reducing the incidence of early ventilator-associated pneumonia in this population group.
- Trial name
- NAVPRO (NCT01118403)
- Testing
- Sultamicillin
- Where
- Colombia
- Sponsor
- Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe
Mechanical Ventilator Weaning, Acute Brain Injury
Brain-injured Patients Extubation Readiness Study
The BIPER study is a stepped wedge cluster randomised clinical trial aiming to decrease extubation failure in critically-ill brain-injured patients with residual impaired consciousness using a simple clinical score.
- Conditions
- Mechanical Ventilator Weaning, Acute Brain Injury, Altered Level of Consciousness, Mechanical Ventilation
- Trial name
- Biper (NCT04080440)
- Testing
- Extubation readiness clinical score, Usual Care
- Where
- 21 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 660 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Cardiac Arrest
Microcirculatory Perfusion in Patients With Coma After Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest
The hypothesis is: In patients after an out of hospital cardiac arrest, treated with therapeutic hypothermia (33°C) will be found significantly more microcirculatory abnormalities, compared to the same group of patients treated…
- Trial name
- NCT01850485
- Testing
- microcirculation by SDF and NIRS, in 33 and 36 degrees
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Frisius Medisch Centrum
Hepatic Encephalopathy, Cirrhosis
Efficacy Study of Polyethylene Glycol 3350-electrolyte Solution (GoLYTELY®) Versus Lactulose in Patients With Hepatic Encephalopathy.
This study is being done to find out if the laxative polyethylene glycol (also known as GoLYTELY® or Miralax®) can treat your hepatic encephalopathy (confusion due to your liver disease and/or cirrhosis) better and/or more safely…
- Conditions
- Hepatic Encephalopathy, Cirrhosis, Portosystemic Encephalopathy, PSE
- Trial name
- PSE (NCT01283152)
- Testing
- Polyethylene glycol 3350-electrolyte solution (GoLYTELY®), Lactulose
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Status Epilepticus, Refractory Status Epilepticus
Refractory Status Epilepticus Treatment: Quality and Efficacy of Coma Induction
This study is to investigate the effects of different treatment characteristics regarding the use of intravenous anesthetic drugs (IVADs) as a rescue treatment for refractory Status epilepticus (RSE) on course and outcome.
- Trial name
- RESET (NCT04333082)
- Testing
- Data collection
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 147 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Cerebral Hematoma, Traumatic, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Traumatic
Interest of Real Time Measurement of Autonomous Nervous System for the Detection of Brain Death
Context: A major lack of organ donors is a serious public health problem. It determines a prolonged delay before a transplant can be performed and thus a significant number of deaths of patients waiting for transplantation.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Hematoma, Traumatic, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Traumatic, Traumatic Brain Hemorrhage, Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- MEANS (NCT00918970)
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Post-Resuscitation Syndrome, Critical Illness
Predicting Mortality in Patients With Return of Spontaneous Circulation After Cardiac Arrest
This retrospective observational cohort study aims to identify early predictors of short- and mid-term mortality in adult patients who achieved return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after cardiac arrest.
- Conditions
- Post-Resuscitation Syndrome, Critical Illness, Cardiac Arrest, Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
- Trial name
- PROM-ROSC (NCT07020091)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 168 people
- Sponsor
- Ahmet Düzgün
Impaired Consciousness
FOUR Score in Children With Non-traumatic Impairment of Consciousness
Hypothesis: FOUR score is a better predictor of outcome (in hospital mortality and functional outcome at discharge) than GCS in children 5- 18 years age admitted in pediatric ward/ ICU with non-traumatic impaired consciousness.
- Trial name
- NCT01537913
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Coma, Major Trauma
Succinylcholine vs Rocuronium for Prehospital Emergency Intubation
All adult patients with spontaneous cardiac activity and requiring tracheal intubation in the pre hospital emergency context will be included in order to compare the use of succinylcholine vs Rocuronium for prehospital emergency…
- Conditions
- Coma, Major Trauma, Respiratory Distress, Shock
- Trial name
- CURASMUR (NCT02000674)
- Testing
- Succinylcholine : 1mg/kg, Rocuronium : 1.2 mg/kg
- Where
- 17 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 1,321 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion
Brain Injury, Coma, Cardiac Arrest (CA)
Prediction for Coma Recovery With Comaweb
The general objective of the comaScore project is to provide an external validation of the accuracy of the comaScore, a score derived from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to predict 1 year outcome of patients unresponsive to…
- Conditions
- Brain Injury, Coma, Cardiac Arrest (CA), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhages (aSAH)
- Trial name
- COMASCORE (NCT03874208)
- Testing
- MRI sequence, MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 611 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Brain Injury
Efficacy Study of NH001 in Vegetative State & Minimally Conscious State Following a Traumatic Brain Injury
The purpose of this study is to test the drug apomorphine in subjects who are in a Vegetative State or a Minimally Conscious State.
- Trial name
- NH001-2 (NCT00761228)
- Testing
- Apomorphine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- NeuroHealing Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Coma
Role of Intravenous Lipid Emulsion in Improving Coma of Acute Antipsychotics Poisoning
Intravenous Lipid Emulsion in Improving Coma Of Antipsychotic drugs Acute Poisoning: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Poison Control Center of Ain Shams University Hospitals
- Trial name
- NCT04807634
- Testing
- Intravenous Lipid Emulsion (Intralipid 20%)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Brain Injury
A Study of IBRF Disorders of Consciousness Advanced Care/MultiModal Care Protocol in Severe Disorders of Consciousness
This is a study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the IBRF ACP/MCP intervention protocol in patients with severe disorders of consciousness (SDOC).
- Trial name
- NCT02696512
- Testing
- Polypharmacy using FDA-approved products, Median Nerve Stimulation (MNS), Nutraceutical Supplementation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- International Brain Research Foundation
Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Finding the Optimal Cooling tempeRature After Out-of-HoSpiTal Cardiac Arrest
To assess the fraction of subjects surviving with good neurological outcome at 90 days for 3 different levels of hypothermia, in comatose survivors from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
- Trial name
- FROST (NCT02035839)
- Testing
- Target Temperature Management of 34°C, Target Temperature Management of 32°C, Target Temperature Management of 33°C
- Where
- 14 sites in Germany, Spain
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- ZOLL Circulation, Inc., USA
Impaired Consciousness
Outcome Predictors of Non Traumatic Coma in Children
To catch the high risk comatosed child to improve service and direct the limited resources to those children in countries with limited resources .
- Trial name
- NCT03618745
- Testing
- CT brain
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University