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Autoantibodies on Spinal Cord Injury

Role of Autoantibodies in Spontaneous Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
110 (estimated)
Sponsor
Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos de Toledo · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the autoantibody profiles after spinal cord injury and their role in spontaneous functional recovery.

Detailed description

Most patients experience variable degrees of functional recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI), predominantly in the first months after lesion. In SCI animal models, autoantibodies are pathogenic and their titers rise up at the time when spontaneous recovery stops. The aim of this study is to determine the autoantibody profiles after SCI and to infer their relation with functional recovery. To achieve this, autoantibody profiles, biochemical, hematological and immune-related parameters (cytokines, chemokines and growth factors) will be determined from a serum blood sample and functional recovery will be evaluated accordingly to standardized scales.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERBlood collectionBlood collection from the subject's arm

Timeline

Start date
2014-10-17
Primary completion
2018-04-01
Completion
2018-04-01
First posted
2015-07-09
Last updated
2018-02-23

Locations

2 sites across 2 countries: Germany, Spain

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02493543. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.