Spinal Cord Injury Registry - North American Clinical Trials Network for Spinal Cord Injury
Robert G. Grossman, MD
Summary
The NACTN Spinal Cord Injury Registry is a network of clinical centers collecting de-identified data from patients admitted through the Emergency Department of a NACTN center at the time of injury with an initial (first time) spinal cord injury (SCI). Information will be collected on the natural history of SCI and course of treatment through the first 12 months from the date of injury or long as medically indicated. Data collected includes imaging information from CT or MRI scans, neurological and general medical outcome and rehabilitation evaluation. No intervention is given other than standard of care for spinal cord injury, intensive monitoring and frequent follow up care.
Description
The participating centers include: University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston; University of Toronto, Toronto; University of Virginia, Charlottesville; University of Louisville, Louisville; University of Maryland, Baltimore; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda; Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia; University of Miami, Miami; Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Duke University, Durham The NACTN Clinica…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Any patient male or female \> or equal to 18 years of age with first time spinal cord injury caused by trauma and has neurological deficit with paralysis (weakness) or loss of sensation (touch). * Has not received prior medical of surgical care for this injury at an intermediate hospital. * Must give informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Any patient or family refusing consent
Interventions
- OtherNo Treatment Given
Intervention is not given.
Locations (14)
- University of MiamiMiami, Florida
- University of Louisville Health Sciences CenterLouisville, Kentucky
- Louisiana State University Medical Sciences Center in New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana
- University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore, Maryland
- Walter Reed National Military Medical CenterBethesda, Maryland
- Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina