The National Center for Testing Treatments in Chronic Spinal Cord and Traumatic Brain Injury

N/AEnrolling By InvitationNCT02769416

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston5,000 enrolled

Overview

The NCTT is a prospective, multicenter, observational research network for subjects with chronic spinal cord and/or chronic traumatic brain injury.

Current treatment for Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury focuses on stabilizing the patient and preventing secondary injury with the aim of maximizing the best chance of recovery. Most patients will show varying amounts of recovery, but, when the injury is severe, that recovery is only partial. Enrollment in the NCTT will allow for classification and characterization of injury, function, co-morbidities, secondary issues/problems, research interests and will serve as a conduit for enrollment into interventional studies.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

5,000

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury Traumatic Brain Injury

Interventions

Data and sample repositoryOTHER

Subjects with spinal cord and/or traumatic brain injury, family members and healthy volunteers will provide data and samples.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * History of spinal cord injury and/or brain injury * Able to provide HIPAA authorization to share prior medical records/imaging * Age 18 and older. Exclusion Criteria: * Life expectancy less than 6 months, vegetative state or co-existing disease or other characteristic that precludes appropriate diagnosis of spinal cord or brain injury. * Other condition that, in the opinion of the site investigator, would interfere with adherence to study requirements. * Inability or unwillingness of subject or legal guardian/representative to give informed consent (e.g., ward of the state).

Locations (1)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

International Standard Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury

functional ability (sensory and motor) for spinal cord injury subjects

Time frame: greater than 6 months post-injury

Disability Rating Scale

functional outcome scale for brain injury subjects

Time frame: greater than 6 months post-injury

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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