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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00178724
Date of registration: 13/09/2005
Primary sponsor: The Methodist Hospital System
Public title: North American Clinical Trials Network (NACTN) for Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury NACTN
Scientific title: North American Clinical Trials Network (NACTN) for Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury: A Consortium of Military, Veterans Administration and Civilian Hospitals
Date of first enrolment: July 2005
Target sample size: 500
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00178724
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
Canada United States
Contacts
Name:   Elizabeth Toups, MS, RN, CCRP
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Telephone: 713-441-3897
Email: etoups@tmhs.org
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Name:   Robert G Grossman, MD
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Affiliation:  The Methodist Hospital, Houston
Name:   Ralph Frankowski, PhD
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Affiliation:  The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston
Name:   Michele M Johnson, MD
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Affiliation:  The University of Texas, Houston
Name:   James S Harrop, MD
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Affiliation:  Thomas Jefferson University
Name:   Susan P Harkema, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Name:   Bizhan Aarabi, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore
Name:   James D Guest, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Miami
Name:   Michael Fehlings, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Toronto/Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto
Name:   Christopher Shaffrey, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville
Name:   Michael Rosner, MD
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Affiliation:  Walter Reed Army Medical Cener
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Any patient male or female > or equal to 18 years of age with an initial traumatic
spinal cord injury adn neurological deficit ( motor weakness/paralysis or loss of
sensation).

- Must give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any patient/family refusing consent



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Spinal Cord Injury
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
CTN1-2004(RG)
W81XWH-07-1-0361
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Thomas Jefferson University
University of Louisville
University of Maryland
University of Miami
University of Toronto
University of Virginia
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
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