U.S., March 21 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07485361) titled 'fNIRS for Disorders of Consciousness' on March 16.
Brief Summary: The goal of this observational study is to learn whether functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) can measure brain activity in healthy adults and in people with disorders of consciousness in the intensive care unit. Disorders of consciousness include conditions such as coma and minimally conscious state that occur after severe brain injury. These conditions make it difficult to assess a person's level of awareness because many clinical tests rely on observable behaviors such as speaking or moving, which are commonly impaired after brain injury.
The main questi...