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Experimental Group for Traumatic Brain Injury

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Waitlist Available
Led By Helen Genova, PhD
Research Sponsored by Kessler Foundation
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up scores will be assessed at two time-points, baseline (week 1) and post-intervention (week 8)
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Study Summary

This trial will study the effects of an emotional processing intervention on 50 people with moderate to severe TBI, looking at changes in emotional processing abilities, quality of life, social functioning, mood, cognition, and brain structure/function.

Eligible Conditions
  • Traumatic Brain Injury

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~scores will be assessed at two time-points, baseline (week 1) and post-intervention (week 8)
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and scores will be assessed at two time-points, baseline (week 1) and post-intervention (week 8) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Facial Expression Identification Task (FEIT)
Secondary outcome measures
Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ)
Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Placebo Group
Group I: Experimental GroupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants in the experimental group will receive emotional processing training exercises administered on a laptop computer. They will undergo 12 sessions of 45-60 minutes each (twice a week for 6 weeks).
Group II: Control GroupPlacebo Group1 Intervention
Participants in the control group will meet with the examiner the same frequency and for the same duration as those in the experimental group. They will receive placebo control exercises administered on a laptop computer. .
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Emotional Processing Training
2016
N/A
~70

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Who is running the clinical trial?

New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury ResearchOTHER
5 Previous Clinical Trials
126 Total Patients Enrolled
Kessler FoundationLead Sponsor
174 Previous Clinical Trials
10,688 Total Patients Enrolled
Helen Genova, PhDPrincipal Investigator - Kessler Foundation
Kessler Foundation
3 Previous Clinical Trials
103 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Treating Emotional Processing Impairments in Individuals With TBI
Helen Genova 2015. "Treating Emotional Processing Impairments in Individuals With TBI". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03373331.
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