Clinical trialNCT02149082CompletedObservational

Near-infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) for Intracranial Hematoma Detection in Children

SponsorChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaEnrollment465Intracranial Hematoma

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Summary

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This is a study to determine whether the Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) optical density (OD) measurement with an Infrascanner device accurately identifies the presence of an intracranial hematoma in pediatric patients ≤18 years of age after known or suspected traumatic brain injury compared with head computerized tomography (CT) scans as the gold standard.

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Investigators

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Matthew Kirschen, MD, PhD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 30 Jun 2014
Primary completion: 30 Sept 2018
Completion: 30 Sept 2018
Last update posted: 7 Nov 2018
Registered enrollment: 465
Registry id: NCT02149082

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