Status:

COMPLETED

Effects of Different Stimuli in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness

Lead Sponsor:

First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University

Conditions:

Disorder of Consciousness

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

In recent years, promoting wakening attempts in patients with disorders of consciousness are increasing, but there are a lack of objective indicators to evaluate the efficacy and further researches on...

Detailed Description

Auditory stimuli have potential beneficial effects on cognitive functions and consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC),especially the emotional sound; however, precise and accur...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Brain-damaged patients :
  • Disorders of consciousness (Traumatic brain injury, stroke or anoxic encephalopathy)
  • Coma diagnosis (Plum and Posner, 1966), vegetative state (Task Force, 1994) or minimally conscious state (Giacino, Ashwal et al. 2002)
  • Lack of autonomic crisis since one week minimum
  • Medical condition considered stable
  • Patients who do not present hearing loss. Peaks I and II of Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials (BAEP) will be normal.

Exclusion

  • hearing Problem
  • Uncontrolled Epilepsy
  • Autonomic crises
  • Medical unstable state
  • Pregnant or likely to be (interrogation data) or breastfeeding woman
  • Healthy participants :
  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Subjects with normal hearing
  • Absence of neurological disorder
  • Subjects able to understand the experimental instructions

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2015

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 30 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

28 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03385291

Start Date

July 1 2015

End Date

July 30 2017

Last Update

March 8 2018

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