Clinical trials: Vegetative State
Disorders of Consciousness, Vegetative State
Effectiveness of tTIs for Improving Consciousness in Patients With DoC
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a new type of brain stimulation called theta-burst patterned temporal interference stimulation (tTIs) works to improve awareness in people with disorders of consciousness (DoC).
- Conditions
- Disorders of Consciousness, Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State
- Trial name
- NCT07539740
- Testing
- Theta-burst Patterned Temporal Interference Stimulation (tTIs)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- Zhujiang Hospital
Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State
Transcranial Brain Stimulation in Vegetative State Patients
The aim of this study is to determine whether transcranial brain stimulations, such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), are effective in terms of EEG…
- Trial name
- NCT01820923
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Camillo, Venezia, Italy
Consciousness Disorders
Measuring Brain Complexity to Detect and Predict Recovery of Consciousness in the ICU
Disorders of consciousness (DoC) caused by severe brain injury affect millions of people worldwide each year. A patient's level of consciousness in the intensive care unit (ICU) significantly impacts the recovery from disability…
- Trial name
- COMPASS (NCT06568536)
- Testing
- Repeated behavioral assessments, functional electroencephalography and brain imagery, TMS-EEG
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Anoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
Study for the Improvement of Long-Term Outcome Prediction in Patients in Coma After Cardiac Arrest
The primary objective of HOPE is to improve the accuracy of outcome prediction in anoxic-ischemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest by bringing under close scrutiny some of the existing methods used for this purpose (e.g.
- Trial name
- HOPE (NCT02231060)
- Where
- 16 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Disorder of Consciousness
Clinical Validity of the Minimally Conscious State "Plus" and "Minus"
The goal of this observational retrospective study is to investigate and compare the clinical evolution of a sample of patients with the diagnosis of MCS+ versus MCS- according to the CRS-R.
- Trial name
- NCT05954650
- Testing
- Rehabilitation
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Hospitales Nisa
Alzheimer Disease
Transcranial Pulse Stimulation. a Potential Treatment for Early Dementia
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is characterized by the absence of treatments to slow, stop, or reverse its course, with patients finally losing cognitive functions, skills and independence.
- Trial name
- NCT06730438
- Testing
- Transcranial Pulse Stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Francesca Pistoia
Disorders of Consciousness
The Core Body Temperature Rhythms: Distinguishing MCS From UWS
In this study, the core body temperature of 7 disorders of consciousness ( DOC ) patients were measured every 2 hour for 168 h .
- Trial name
- NCT02930213
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Jing Wang
Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury, Minimally Conscious State
Assessment of Consciousness With CRS-R and SECONDs
Accurately determining the level of consciousness in patients with severe brain injury is essential for treatment planning, prognosis, and ethical decision-making.
- Conditions
- Disorders of Consciousness Due to Severe Brain Injury, Minimally Conscious State, Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome
- Trial name
- AssessConsc (NCT07456020)
- Testing
- Simplified Evaluation of CONsciousness Disorders (SECONDs), Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- BDH-Klinik Hessisch Oldendorf
Vegetative State, Stroke
Navigated Brain Stimulation in Diagnosis of Minimally Conscious State
It has already been demonstrated that mental imagining of the complex motor act, such as limb lifting, can evoke the activation of the involved motor centres even if it doesn't result in movement due to paresis.
- Conditions
- Vegetative State, Stroke, Brain Injury
- Trial name
- C-fMRI-NBS (NCT01467908)
- Testing
- Navigated transcranial magnetic brain stimulation
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Clinical Institute of the Brain, Russia
Brain Injuries, Acute, Brain Injuries, Traumatic
Antiseizure Medication in Seizure Networks at Early Acute Brain Injury
The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the effect of FDA-approved antiseizure drugs in the brain connectivity patterns of severe and moderate acute brain injury patients with suppression of consciousness.
- Conditions
- Brain Injuries, Acute, Brain Injuries, Traumatic, Brain Ischemia, Brain Hypoxia
- Trial name
- NCT06081283
- Testing
- Phenobarbital Sodium Injection, Levetiracetam, Lacosamide Injectable Product
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chronic Consciousness Disorders, Vegetative State
Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Coma Patients
Minimally Conscious (MCS) or Vegetative State (VS) are disorders of consciousness which often occur following traumatic brain injury or ischemia.
- Conditions
- Chronic Consciousness Disorders, Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State, Akinetic Mutism
- Trial name
- SNV (NCT02591069)
- Testing
- stimulation device
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Dementia, Persistent Vegetative State
A Study to Tailor Advance Directives
In this study, hospitalized patients will first be surveyed regarding their interest in a traditional advanced directive (AD) and then in a modified AD.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Persistent Vegetative State, Terminally Ill
- Trial name
- NCT00121004
- Testing
- Advance Directive Selection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Consciousness Disorders, Brain Injuries
tDCS in Patients With Disorder of Consciousness Due to Severe Acquired Brain Injury
The present observational study is aimed at reporting the short-, mid- and long-term outcomes of patients with Disorder of Consciousness (DOC), in Vegetative State (VS) or Minimally Conscious State (MCS), due to a severe Acquired…
- Conditions
- Consciousness Disorders, Brain Injuries, Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State
- Trial name
- NCT03367078
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS, Usual care
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Montecatone Rehabilitation Institute S.p.A.
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
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
Minimally Conscious State
Closed-loop tDCS in Patients in Minimally Conscious State
This research will test a closed-loop system using EEG-arousal measures (spectral entropy) to define the best moment of the day for application of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in patients in MCS This study aims…
- Trial name
- NCT03810079
- Testing
- Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Liege
Disorders of Consciousness, Vegetative State
AI-Assisted Precision Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Based on Dynamic BIS-EEG Feedback for Patients With Disorders of Consciousness
Disorders of consciousness (DoC) are severe neurological conditions characterized by impaired awareness and reduced interaction with the environment.
- Conditions
- Disorders of Consciousness, Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State
- Trial name
- AI-HBOT-DoC (NCT07855848)
- Testing
- AI-Assisted Personalized Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Conventional Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Intelligent Medical Research Center, Shenzhen United Scheme Technology Co., Ltd.
Disorder of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State
Spinal Cord Stimulation in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness
Disorders of consciousness(DOC) is the most serious complications and has been widely paid attention to by the government. DOC patients cause large social and economic burden to our society for there has no effective cure so far.
- Conditions
- Disorder of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State, Vegetative State
- Trial name
- NCT04010838
- Testing
- spinal cord stimulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Huashan Hospital
Preoperative Vegetative Stress
Correlation Between State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory and Heart Rate Variability
The purpose of the study is to investigate whether there is a correlation between the vegetative stress evaluated by the State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory (STAI-Test) and the measurement of heart rate variability (HRV).
- Trial name
- NCT06093750
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology - The research center in cooperation with AUVA
Disorders of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State
Aiming for a Better Understanding and Improvement of the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Patients With Disorders of Consciousness Through Multimodal Observations
Improved treatment of severe brain injuries has resulted in increased survival rates. While some of these patients regain consciousness after a transient state of coma, others may develop a disorder of consciousness (DoC).
- Conditions
- Disorders of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State, Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome, Caregivers
- Trial name
- PerBrain (NCT04798456)
- Testing
- Coma scales, Imaging, electrophysiology, body signals, and brain stimulation, Questionnaires
- Where
- 4 sites in France, Germany and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Paris Brain Institute (ICM)