Residual Neurological, Cognitive, Emotional, Behavioral Effects From Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Trial
Official title:
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and SPECT Brain Imaging in Traumatic Brain Injury
Hypothesis: That SPECT brain imaging tracks and is consistent with clinical improvements in patients receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for chronic traumatic brain injury.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 45 |
Est. completion date | December 2018 |
Est. primary completion date | December 2017 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | N/A and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Adults or children with traumatic brain injury at least one year old Exclusion Criteria: |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Family Physicians Center | Marrero | Louisiana |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Paul G. Harch, M.D. | Harch Hyperbaric Research Foundation |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | SPECT brain imaging | Only for those subjects in which SPECT brain imaging was performed before hyperbaric oxygen therapy | After completion of HBOT | |
Secondary | Clinical history and physical exam | After completion of HBOT | ||
Secondary | Cognitive testing | Only for those subjects in which neuropsychological cognitive testing was performed before hyperbaric oxygen therapy | After the final HBOT |