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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00702637
Date of registration: 18/06/2008
Primary sponsor: Craig Hospital
Public title: Study of Modafinil to Treat Fatigue in Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury
Scientific title: Modafinil for the Treatment of Fatigue and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury
Date of first enrolment: October 2002
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00702637
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Individuals who sustained a TBI

- were discharged from Craig Hospital following initial rehabilitation

- are at least one year post-injury

- have disabling symptoms of fatigue and/or EDS which compromise their ability to
function optimally

- (if female) are surgically sterile, two years post-menopausal, or if of childbearing
potential, are using a medially acceptable method of birth control and agree to
continue use of this method for the duration of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

- Individuals who have Neurologic and/or neuropsychiatric difficulties and/or deficits
which will obscure the evaluation of this medication's effectiveness -

- have a diagnosis of other likely causes of EDS

- have concurrent medication use and/or clinically significant systemic disease that
may cause fatigue and/or diminished arousal

- have epilepsy

- currently use of any anti-epileptic medications or Warfarin

- have cardiovascular disease or risks

- have severe renal or hepatic impairment

- have significant psychiatric or behavioral disturbance which would obscure the
evaluation of medication effectiveness

- are a pregnant or lactating female



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Fatigue
Intervention(s)
Drug: Modafinil
Primary Outcome(s)
Data collected at baseline, 4 weeks, and 10 weeks (for both phases of crossover study)
Self report of EDS
Self report of fatigue
Secondary Outcome(s)
Data collected at baseline, 4 weeks, and 10 weeks (for both phases of crossover study)
Performance on tests of cognitive functioning
Self report of depressive symptomatology
Self report of general health
Secondary ID(s)
H133A020510; R01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
U.S. Department of Education
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