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Clinical Trials/NCT04288167
NCT04288167
Completed
Not Applicable

Biochemical Diagnostics of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Concussion in Children and Adolescents

Medicortex Finland Oy1 site in 1 country58 target enrollmentMay 14, 2020

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Brain Injuries, Traumatic
Sponsor
Medicortex Finland Oy
Enrollment
58
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Biomarker profiles
Status
Completed
Last Updated
5 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The study will enroll children and adolescents (0 - 17 years) suspected of having concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). Samples of urine and saliva will be collected from the patients as well as from corresponding age- and gender-adjusted healthy controls.

Detailed Description

The collected samples will be alienated to the Sponsor who will perform biochemical studies to identify and measure from the samples relative level of the brain injury-specific biomarkers.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
May 14, 2020
End Date
April 14, 2021
Last Updated
5 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Medicortex Finland Oy
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • The subject is suspected of having an isolated mild TBI (Glasgow Coma Score 13 - 15)
  • No more that 6 hours elapsed from the incident of injury at the first sampling
  • The patient is conscious
  • Informed consent received from the legal guardian, and the subject him-/herself when literate and capable of understanding study measures

Exclusion Criteria

  • More than 6 hours elapsed from the injury, or unknown time of trauma
  • Multi-trauma patient
  • History of head injury, seizures or stroke within three preceding months
  • Chronic neurodegenerative, metabolic or autoimmune disease
  • Known existing neurological condition

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Biomarker profiles

Time Frame: 12 months

Characterization of different glycan structures present in the sample by mass spectrometry analysis

Biomarker levels

Time Frame: 12 months

Quantitative measurement of the novel glycan-based biomarker using a lectin-binding assay

Study Sites (1)

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