The National Center for Testing Treatments in Chronic Spinal Cord and Traumatic Brain Injury
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Summary
The NCTT is a prospective, multicenter, observational research network for subjects with chronic spinal cord and/or chronic traumatic brain injury.
Description
Current treatment for Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury focuses on stabilizing the patient and preventing secondary injury with the aim of maximizing the best chance of recovery. Most patients will show varying amounts of recovery, but, when the injury is severe, that recovery is only partial. Enrollment in the NCTT will allow for classification and characterization of injury, function, co-morbidities, secondary issues/problems, research interests and will serve as a conduit for enrollment into interventional studies.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * History of spinal cord injury and/or brain injury * Able to provide HIPAA authorization to share prior medical records/imaging * Age 18 and older. Exclusion Criteria: * Life expectancy less than 6 months, vegetative state or co-existing disease or other characteristic that precludes appropriate diagnosis of spinal cord or brain injury. * Other condition that, in the opinion of the site investigator, would interfere with adherence to study requirements. * Inability or unwillingness of subject or legal guardian/representative to give informed consent (e.g., ward of the s…
Interventions
- OtherData and sample repository
Subjects with spinal cord and/or traumatic brain injury, family members and healthy volunteers will provide data and samples.
Location
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHouston, Texas