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NCT03488381 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Effects of Soccer Heading on Ocular-motor Function and Blood Biomarker

A NA study of Trauma, Head, sponsored by Indiana University.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
45
Enrollment target
1
Study location

NCT03488381: Completed NA study of Trauma, Head, sponsored by Indiana University.

NCT03488381 is a NA study of Trauma, Head that has completed, run by Indiana University. The registered enrollment target is 45 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (97% lower). The trial reports 1 study location across 1 state. According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT03488381, a NA study of Trauma, Head, has completed, sponsored by Indiana University.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
45 participants
Enrollment target
1
Study location

Study Summary

Repetitive head impacts in sports and military may cause deleterious effects in the nervous system. Investigators' previous works in football players have shown promising results in prediction of concussion and prevention of long-term defect using eye-movement paradigm (ocular-motor system) and blood biomarker. However, acute head impact effects on aforementioned parameters remain unknown. Thus, to answer a critical research question that whether or not ocular-motor system and brain-derived blood biomarker may be acutely altered following 10 successions of controlled soccer heading. To answer the question, investigators hypothesized that acute bout of soccer heading will not elicit noticeable change in subject's symptoms but to induce a transient defect in the ocular-motor system and increase plasma expression of brain-derived biomarker.

Primary Outcome

Outcome measure will be the slope of increased (worsened) levels of blood biomarkers compared to the baseline and control group

Conditions Studied

Interventions

  • DEVICE Soccer Heading

Study Locations (1)

Indiana

  • Indiana University - Bloomington

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 45 participants
Start Date 2017-08-01
Est. Completion 2019-04-09
Phase NA
Indiana University

890 total trials

What the finished NCT03488381 record still lists

NCT03488381 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registry caps enrollment at 45 participants, a relatively small participant target, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (97% lower).

The record links to 1 condition, with Trauma, Head appearing as the primary indexed condition, and to 1 intervention - of which Soccer Heading is the first listed.

NCT03488381 reports a single indexed study location in Indiana.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT03488381 about?

NCT03488381 is a clinical study titled "Effects of Soccer Heading on Ocular-motor Function and Blood Biomarker". Repetitive head impacts in sports and military may cause deleterious effects in the nervous system. Investigators' previous works in football players have shown promising results in prediction of concussion and prevention of long-term defect using eye-movement paradigm (ocular-motor system) and bloo...

What is the current status of trial NCT03488381?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 45 participants. The study started on 2017-08-01. Estimated completion is 2019-04-09.

What conditions does trial NCT03488381 study?

This clinical trial studies the following conditions: Trauma, Head.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT03488381?

The interventions under investigation include: Soccer Heading (DEVICE).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT03488381?

This trial is sponsored by Indiana University, which has 890 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Where is trial NCT03488381 being conducted?

This trial has 1 study location across Indiana. Contact the study sites directly through ClinicalTrials.gov for enrollment availability.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT03488381's enrollment target sits among peer trials

45 1411th of 2000 higher than 578 of 2,000 other NA trials

participants (enrollment target), bucketed by value

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

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