The "Concussion or Brain Bleed" Trial

May 6, 2024 updated by: Neha P. Raukar, Mayo Clinic

Shared Decision Making for Patients With Minor Head Injury: The "Concussion or Brain Bleed" Trial

Researchers are trying to understand the effect of educating patients and encouraging shared decision making on rates of CT scanning in head injured patients by using an already developed app and observing the effect on the health care provider.

Study Overview

Status

Enrolling by invitation

Conditions

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

370

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Minnesota
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18-65 years old
  • Present to the Emergency Department with a blunt head injury within the past 24 hours
  • Determined to be low risk by the Canadian CT Head Rules (CCHR), and are being considered for a head CT by the treating provider.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who are pregnant
  • Non-English speaking
  • In police custody
  • Undergoing psychiatric evaluation
  • Found to have drug or alcohol intoxication

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Head Injury Subject
Subjects that present to the Emergency Department with a blunt head injury within the past 24 hours, determined to be low risk by the Canadian CT Head Rules (CCHR), and are being considered for a head CT by the treating provider will use the shared decision making tool Concussion and Brain Bleed app (CBC) with their clinician
Tablet based decision aid that encourages shared decision making with the goal of educating patients to reduce unnecessary CT scans

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Rate of CT Scans
Time Frame: 6 months
Number of CT scans performed when using the Concussion and Brain Bleed app
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Neha Raukar, MD, Mayo Clinic

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 27, 2019

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2030

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2030

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 27, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 27, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

June 28, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 7, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 6, 2024

Last Verified

May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 19-000224

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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