Detection of Hemodynamic Changes in TBI Population With Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Completed

Conditions studied: Traumatic Brain Injury

In brief

The goal of this project is to develop a test to assess frontal lobe function using a rapid, inexpensive, objective, and standardized method, without the need for expertise in cognitive test administration. Such methods would be particularly helpful in traumatic brain injury (TBI), where objective measures are needed, and would greatly expand the capacity to make such assessments in clinical practice and research.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01797549

Run by

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

People needed

50

Starts

2013-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2019-01-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Able to read, write, speak and understand English
• history of having sustained a TBI prior to enrollment. Evidence will be any one of the following 3 criteria:
• GCS 3 - 12
• Post-traumatic amnesia > 24 hours
• TBI-related abnormality on neuroimaging (either CT or MRI). (Some missing information about the initial injury (i.e. documentation of initial GCS) is not necessarily exclusionary if the bulk of the available history is indicative that the patient suffered a TBI and meets the inclusion criteria)

You may not qualify if…

• Multiple sclerosis, pre- or co-existing
• Stroke (other than stroke at the time of TBI)
• Pre-existing developmental disorder
• Pre-existing epilepsy
• Pre-existing major depressive disorder
• Pre-existing schizophrenia

Where it is running

• Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (CNRM) — Rockville, Maryland, United States

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