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NCT02696200 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Protection Against Potential Brain Injury During Competitive Football

A NA study, sponsored by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
62
Enrollment target

NCT02696200: Completed NA study, sponsored by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati.

NCT02696200 is a NA study that has completed, run by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati. The registered enrollment target is 62 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (96% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT02696200, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
62 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

Significant morbidity, mortality, and related costs are caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI). An externally-worn medical device that applies mild jugular compression according to the principle of the Queckenstedt Maneuver (the Device). Preliminary research suggests that the Device has the potential to reduce the likelihood of TBI. The currently developed collar has been approved for studies in humans and the results indicate safety for use during high demand and maximal exertion activities, This study will investigate the effectiveness of this device in high school athletes playing a collision sport such as football. The use of helmets during such a high-risk sport will allow for collision measurement devices to be embedded in the helmet and will not affect play or fit of equipment. Athletes participating in this study will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: 1) Device wearing during the season or 2) Non-device wearing during the season. The helmets of all participants will be outfitted with an accelerometer which will measure the magnitude of every impact to the head sustained by the athlete. Effectiveness of the device will be determined via differences in longitudinal brain imaging and functional testing following competitive football participation. A subset of athletes who report a diagnosed concussion will also receive additional brain neuroanatomical and neurophysiological testing within a week following the diagnosed concussive event. The purpose of the study is to monitor longitudinal changes in brain structure and function between the preseason and postseason, in a population of football playing athletes wearing the Device and compared to a similar population not wearing the device. Secondly, the purpose is to determine the protection of the device relative to amount and magnitude of sustained head impacts.

Primary Outcome

monitor the differences in average number of hits between the group wearing the collar and the group not wearing the collar

Interventions

  • DEVICE Q Collar

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 62 participants
Start Date 2015-05
Est. Completion 2017-06
Phase NA

What the finished NCT02696200 record still lists

NCT02696200 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registry caps enrollment at 62 participants, a relatively small participant target, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (96% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 1 intervention - of which Q Collar is the first listed.

NCT02696200 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT02696200 about?

NCT02696200 is a clinical study titled "Protection Against Potential Brain Injury During Competitive Football". Significant morbidity, mortality, and related costs are caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI). An externally-worn medical device that applies mild jugular compression according to the principle of the Queckenstedt Maneuver (the Device). Preliminary research suggests that the Device has the potentia...

What is the current status of trial NCT02696200?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 62 participants. The study started on 2015-05. Estimated completion is 2017-06.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT02696200?

The interventions under investigation include: Q Collar (DEVICE).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT02696200?

This trial is sponsored by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, which has 571 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT02696200's enrollment target sits among peer trials

62 1157th of 2000 higher than 837 of 2,000 other NA trials

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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