October 06, 2015
Institutional Review Board, Hospital for Special Surgery
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Apostolos J. Tsiouris, MD
Christian S. Geannette, MD
Sumit Niogi, MD
Stephen Lyman, PhD
Joseph Nguyen, MPH
Megan Parmenter
Planned enrollment of 100 patients over a 1 year period inclusive of initial visit and 2 definite appointments and a potential third follow-up appointment.
All included subjects will:
1. Be aged ≥15 and ≤50 years old at the time of enrollment;
2. Be diagnosed with mTBI within the past 72 hours, according to the standard diagnostic procedures at the investigational site;
3. Be capable of sufficiently clear communication to allow the subject to provide written informed consent, or assent with parental or guardian consent for minors for participation in all parts of the study.
Subjects will be excluded that have:
1. Loss of consciousness (LOC) ≥15 minutes;
2. Posttraumatic amnesia lasting ≥24 hr following a recent TBI event;
3. Diagnosis of moderate to severe TBI or GCS <13;
4. Structural brain injury indicated by previous neuroimaging findings;
5. Previous history of moderate to severe TBI;
6. Any previous history of mild TBI within the past 12 months;
7. Previously diagnosed brain white matter disease;
8. History of seizures within the past 10 years;
9. History of self-reported recreational drug usage in past 10 years;
10. History of alcohol abuse or dependence (per DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria);
11. Current primary Axis I or II psychiatric disorder
12. History of brain mass
13. History of neurosurgery
14. History of stroke
15. History of dementia
16. Known cognitive dysfunction
17. Known structural brain disease or malformation
18. Current anti-psychotic medication usage, current psychotropic medication usage, or anti-epileptic mediation usage
19. Contraindications to MRI scanning, including current or suspected pregnancy, claustrophobia, anxiety disorders, and any other conditions, as determined by the investigator, that may impact the subject’s ability to safely undergo MRI examination.
Dr. Teena Shetty, Principal Investigator
shettyt@hss.edu
212.774.2138
Megan Parmenter
Parmenterm@hss.edu
646.797.6278