Warfighter Head Injury Study
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Official title
Warfighter Head Injury Study a Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary Research Evaluation
Brief summary
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This study will examine the long-term outcome of brain injuries, the effects of treatment on outcome and the effects of brain injury on people s behavior and abilities. Men and women between 18 and 75 years of age who served in combat in the Iraq war may be eligible for this study. It will compare test results in those who sustained a traumatic penetrating or blast-related brain injury during combat with those who did not. Participants undergo the following procedures over a 5-day period of testing that lasts about 6 hours a day: * Medical history and physical examination. * Blood test for genetic analysis. * Electroencephalography (EEG) to measure the electrical activity of the brain. * MRI or CT scans of the brain to look at the structure and blood flow of the brain. * Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to monitor blood flow in the front part of the brain blood by measuring changes in near-infrared light. * Neuropsychological testing, including questionnaires, pen-and-paper or computerized tests, and performance of simple actions to measure brain function, language, memory and other cognitive abilities..
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00754169
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 314 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Not listed
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 75 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 4, 2008
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Jan 8, 2013
- Last update posted
- Oct 5, 2017
2008 – 2013
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike | Bethesda | Maryland | 20892 | — |
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