Blood test for spinal cord or brain injury
Treatments studied
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Brain & nervous system, Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This study looks for a protein fragment in the blood that might help doctors quickly tell if someone has a serious spinal cord or brain injury. It involves people with recent injuries and healthy volunteers, and the goal is to develop a simple blood test for emergency care.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 to 75 years old
- You have had a recent (within 6 hours) spinal cord injury or traumatic brain injury, or you are a healthy volunteer without any nervous system injury
- You can give consent (or have a family member or trusted person who can give consent for you)
- You do not have any other neurological or psychiatric disorder or neurodegenerative disease
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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