Higher brain dysfunction following traumatic brain injury
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The patients who present with higher brain dysfunction by cerebral trauma (TBI) who are are visiting a hospital for treatment or the hospitalized patient in a Hokkaido University Hospital Rehabilitation Medicine (1) The Age is more than 15-year-old patient at the agreement acquisition. The sex does not matter. (2) The patients without the contraindication for the MRI and SPECT as a preoperative routine imaging study (3) The patients that a document agreement by the free will of the patients or legal representative was obtained after having received enough explanation and understanding in participation of this study (4) The patients who are more than 2 months after injury (5) The patients without the contraindication for the Standard therapies method including the rehabilitation
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) The patients who cannot discontinue benzodiazepine drugs for one week (2) The patients who cannot conduct various tests such as nerve psychological tests (3) The patients with a history of other mental disorder and neurologic disease (4) The patient with serious liver dysfunction, serious renal dysfunction, or dysuria (5) In addition, the patient whom a study person in charge judged to be inadequate as subjects
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| <Efficacy> Presence or absence of changes of IMZ-SPECT one year later | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Medicine Department of Nuclear Medicine