Clinical trials: Severe Brain Injury
Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury
Hand Jing-Well Points Stimulation to Treat Disorders of Consciousness
The purpose of this academic lead study is to explore the ideal stimulation strategies at Hand twelve jing-well points in patients with disorders of consciousness.
- Trial name
- Wells-DoC (NCT06927713)
- Testing
- Bloodletting Acupuncture, Transcutaneous electrical stimulation
- Where
- 4 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- Xijing Hospital
Patients in Minimally Conscious State After a Severe Brain Injury
tDCS on Precuneus in MCS: Repeated Stimulations
In this study researchers will apply transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for 5 consecutive days in chronic patients in minimally conscious state (MCS).
- Trial name
- NCT02702362
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Hangzhou Normal University
Acute Brain Injury, Hyperglycemia
Hyperglycaemia and Hyperlactataemia in Patients With Severe Acute Brain Injury
This is an observational study of patients with severe acute brain injury, which aims to characterize the development of hyperglycaemia and hyperlactataemia and the influence of these markers on clinical outcome.
- Conditions
- Acute Brain Injury, Hyperglycemia, Hyperlactatemia
- Trial name
- BRAIN-GLULAC (NCT05505396)
- Testing
- Sampling of blood and cerebrospinal fluid
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 459 people
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Brain Injury, Cognitive Impairment
Somatic and Ear Acupuncture for Dysphagia Rehabilitation and Decannulation After Severe Acquired Brain Injuries
The goal of this interventional, randomized, controlled, double-blind pilot study is to assess the superiority of Acupuncture and Auriculotherapy, in addition to conventional speech therapy rehabilitation, for the treatment of…
- Conditions
- Brain Injury, Cognitive Impairment, Deglutition Disorder
- Trial name
- REDACT (NCT06888219)
- Testing
- Acupuncture and Auricolotherapy, Conventional logopedic rehabilitation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ETS
Trisomy 13 Syndrome, Arthrogryposis Congenita Multiplex With Intestinal Atresia
Palliative Care Needs of Children With Rare Diseases and Their Families
The palliative care needs of family caregivers of children with rare diseases and their children are largely unmet, including the need for support to prepare for future medical decision making.
- Conditions
- Trisomy 13 Syndrome, Arthrogryposis Congenita Multiplex With Intestinal Atresia, Asparagine Synthetase Deficiency, CHARGE Syndrome
- Trial name
- FACE-Rare (NCT06938542)
- Testing
- Family Centered pediatric palliative care for family caregivers of children with rare diseases.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Traumatic Brain Injury
In-Field Detection of Intracranial Pressure
This is a research study to develop a noninvasive test using ultrasound to determine when urgent, life-saving treatment is needed for those with severe traumatic brain injuries.
- Trial name
- NCT04515212
- Testing
- Optic Nerve Ultrasounds
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Sepsis, Trauma Injury
Microbiome Dysfunction in Surgical Intensive Care Unit Survivors
Oral and gastrointestinal microbiome dysfunction has been demonstrated to be a culprit of various systemic dysfunctions in peripheries such as cardiovascular, nervous, endocrine and musculoskeletal systems.
- Trial name
- NCT05357170
- Testing
- Human feces collection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 468 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset, Stroke
Explore the Sharing Model Intervene to Improve the Knowledge, Attitudes, Service Intentions and Service Start-up Effects of the Eight Major Non-cancer Disease End-stage Caregivers on Well-being and Palliative Care
Since September 1st, 2009, Taiwan has begun to pay attention to the care of patients with organ failure, dementia and the elderly, and brought eight of non-cancer terminal patients into health insurance subsidies to implement the…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset, Stroke, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Trial name
- NCT05407272
- Testing
- Health Education Manual, manual
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wen-Shiou Pan
Diffuse Brain Injury
Trial Estimating the Efficiency of the Light Therapy in Brain Trauma Sequel Fatigue
After a brain injury (BI) , patients complain in particular about sequel fatigue. This symptom affects about 50 % of the patients; it is severe, with a repercussion on quality of life, reeducation and occupational reintegration…
- Trial name
- phototrauma (NCT02420275)
- Testing
- "Luminette",Lucimed Belgium
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Centre d'Investigation Clinique et Technologique 805
Brain Injuries, Stroke
Telerehabilitation in Severe Acquired Brain Injury
We will investigate the use of TR, based on advanced Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions, taking into account that the supervision of rehabilitation at home will be enriched with the counselling and vital…
- Trial name
- NCT03709875
- Testing
- TR Treatment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo
Brain Injuries, Traumatic
Proteomics of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Feasibility Study
The purpose of this study is to: 1. Determine the temporal course of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) expression in patients wiht severe traumatic brain injury 2.
- Trial name
- NCT00522496
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Brain Injury, Constipation
Gastrointestinal Transit Time in Patients With Severe Acquired Brain Injury
Empirically patients with acquired brain injury (ABI) are often constipated. This is a major clinical issue. Nevertheless, this has only been sparsely studied.
- Trial name
- NCT02428790
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Radiation Necrosis, High Grade Glioma (III or IV)
Bevacizumab Versus Corticosteroids as First-line Treatment in Patients With Symptomatic Cerebral Radiation Necrosis After Radiation for High-grade Glioma or Brain Metastases
Cerebral radiation necrosis (CRN) is a severe complication of high-dose radiation for brain metastases (BM) or glioma, which can potentially cause significant neurologic symptoms leading to serious morbidity and impaired quality…
- Conditions
- Radiation Necrosis, High Grade Glioma (III or IV), Brain Metastasases, Radiation Toxicity
- Trial name
- BRAINS (NCT06888817)
- Testing
- Bevacizumab, Dexamethasone
- Where
- 6 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 408 people
- Sponsor
- The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity
Effects of Early Musical Intervention on Prevalence and Severity of Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH) is a frequent symptom after traumatic brain injury and concerns up to 30% of severely brain-injured patients.
- Trial name
- MUSIC-TCNV (NCT02783105)
- Testing
- Musical intervention, Control
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Traumatic Brain INjury
IL-1ra Dose-range Study for Moderate-to-severe TBI Patients
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common condition with high degree of morbidity and mortality (Hyder et al., 2007). Current treatment paradigms for TBI focus on mitigating secondary injury and maintaining cerebral physiology…
- Trial name
- IL1ra (NCT02997371)
- Testing
- Anakinra Prefilled Syringe, Isotonic saline
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Adel Helmy
TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), Depressive Disorder, Major
InMotion - Telehealth Delivered Exercise Promotion to Treat Major Depression After TBI
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate whether the InMotion intervention, delivered via telehealth (using a HIPAA-compliant video platform or phone), which uses evidence-based behavioral and motivational…
- Conditions
- TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), Depressive Disorder, Major, Clinical Depression, Mood Depressed
- Trial name
- NCT06005194
- Testing
- InMotion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Traumatic Brain Injury
Autologous Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury
The global objective of this study is to establish the safety and investigate the potential treatment effect of an intravenous infusion of HB-adMSCs (Hope Biosciences adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells) on brain structure…
- Trial name
- NCT05951777
- Testing
- Autologous HB-adMSCs, Normal Saline
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- Hope Biosciences LLC
Traumatic Brain Injury, Intracranial Hemorrhages
Improving Diagnosis and Prediction of Outcome in Patients With Severe Disorders of Consciousness
Patients with acute severe brain injury are usually admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. A substantial proportion of these patients will have disorders of consciousness (DOC) after interruption of sedation.
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Intracranial Hemorrhages, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Meningitis
- Trial name
- IMPROVE-DOC (NCT06283901)
- Where
- 5 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Acquired Brain Injury
OPTImized RESTing Environments in Rehabilitation
This study investigates whether an individually designed environment can support and improve the quality of daytime resting periods in in-hospital neurorehabilitation of patients suffering severe acquired brain injury.
- Trial name
- OPTIREST (NCT04500951)
- Testing
- Optimized resting environment, Standard resting environment
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Traumatic Brain Injury
Growth Hormone and Insulin Growth Factor 1 Deficiencies in Children/Adolescents Following Traumatic Brain Injury: The Impact on Growth and Neuropsychological Development
The purpose of this study is to look at the relationship between growth hormones, and recovery from a TBI - traumatic brain injury. It is believed that a TBI may interfere with the body's ability to produce growth hormones.
- Trial name
- NCT00929045
- Testing
- Growth Hormone Replacement
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia