BCAA Supplementation for Concussion
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Official title
Head Injury Treatment With Healthy and Advanced Dietary Supplements (HIT HEADS): A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blinded, Therapeutic Exploratory Clinical Trial of Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAA's) in the Treatment of Concussion
Brief summary
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This study is a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, therapeutic exploratory clinical trial of branched chain amino acids (BCAA's) in the treatment of concussion. The aim of the study is to determine whether, compared to placebo treatment, administration of BCAA's, at one or more doses, after a concussion improves neurocognitive recovery at one or more time-periods post concussion.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01860404
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 42 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 11 Years to 34 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 2014 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Jan 2023 (Actual)
- Completion
- Jan 2023 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- May 14, 2024
2014 – 2023
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted May 14, 2024 · Synced Oct 23, 2026
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