Swallowing Disorders in Minimally Consciousness Patients (MCS) (TC-DEG)

University Hospital, Rouen

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Traumatic Brain Injury; Swallowing Disorder

Treatments: Other: Wessex Head Injury Matrix scale; Other: videofluoroscopy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03562104

2016/379 HP

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to characterize swallowing disorders in minimally consciousness patients after brain traumatic injury.

Full description

After inclusion, the patients will underwent a videofluoroscopy and the Wessex Head Injury Matrix.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Legal representant signed
• Aged between 18 and 70 years
• Having a severe TBI (Glasgow < 8)
• Without counterindication to underwent a VideoFluoroScopy
• Could hold a setting position

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy ongoing
• Having a pathologic al examination of IX, X, XII cranial nerve examination
• Massif faciale fracture
• Psychiatric illness
• Medical history of swallowing disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

Minimally consciousness Patient

Experimental group

Description:

Wessex Head Injury Matrix scale and Videofluoroscopy for characterization of swallowing disorders in Minimally consciousness Patient

Treatment:

Other: Wessex Head Injury Matrix scale

Other: videofluoroscopy