Status:
COMPLETED
Developing Process-Specific Verbal Memory Interventions for Veterans With Tramatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Lead Sponsor:
VA Office of Research and Development
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Florida
Conditions:
Traumatic Brain Injury
Eligibility:
All Genders
25-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Blast-related and blunt traumatic brain injury is a key priority area of Rehabilitation Research \& Development (RR\&D) and represents a critically important public health problem facing the Veteran p...
Detailed Description
Memory dysfunction can result from impairments along a continuum of information processing, from poor initial acquisition of information during learning to disturbed retrieval of stored memory when it...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Veterans aged 25-65 who are post-deployment,
- having served in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), or Operation New Dawn (OND),
- who meet criteria for moderate or severe TBI during deployment,
- are eligible to participate.
- Patients will meet the 2007 VA/DoD criteria54,
- supplemented by data from the VA TBI Identification Semi-Structured Interview55.
- All patients will have gone through Level I and II assessments with positive findings.
- Primary inclusion criteria:
- Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (M-STBI) (blast and blunt),
- \> 6 months post-injury,
- no receptive aphasia (impairing ability to comprehend task instructions),
- able to participate in return visits.
Exclusion
- Primary exclusion criteria:
- No MRI contraindications,
- not claustrophobic,
- no current or past history of disabling Axis I psychiatric disorders (except for PTSD and depression),
- no active substance abuse,
- not pregnant.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 5 2015
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 29 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
8 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02310633
Start Date
January 5 2015
End Date
December 29 2017
Last Update
November 1 2024
Active Locations (1)
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North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32608