Vietnam Head Injury Study - Phase III

Completed

Conditions studied: Traumatic Brain Injury, Penetrating Head Injury, Closed Head Trauma

In brief

The Vietnam Head Injury Study (VHIS)-Phase III is a prospective, long-term follow-up study of head-injured Vietnam veterans. The purpose of this research study is to determine the long-term consequences, if any, of head injury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00132249

Run by

U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command

People needed

254

Starts

2004-04-01

Expected to finish

2010-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-08-16

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Vietnam Veteran
• Served in active combat between 1966 - 1971
• Male

You may not qualify if…

• Any medical condition that would make participation detrimental to the control (i.e.: severe clinical depression, acute heart dysfunction, etc...)
• A history of severe head injury, stroke, loss of consciousness, or other significant neurological, psychiatric or medical condition that would render the subject unsuitable for the VHIS testing battery.

Where it is running

• National Naval Medical Center — Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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