Trial | NCT01515839  Report issue

Title

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) Imaging Study of Professional American Football Players
Brain Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography and Quantitative Electroencephalography In Former NFL Players: A Single-Site Exploratory Pilot Study

  • Phase

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Interventional

  • Status

    Completed No Results Posted

  • Intervention/Treatment

    multivitamins ...

  • Study Participants

    100
The investigators primary objective is to acquire preliminary data on one-hundred former NFL veterans with at least one full year of professional service using brain SPECT imaging in order to assess the degree to which NFL football puts players at risk for traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI severity shall be gauged via visual inspection by a clinician trained in neuroanatomy, and also by a statistical comparison of subjects' brains to an in-house proprietary database comprised of the brains of healthy subjects.

The investigators secondary objective is to acquire additional data on these players such that investigators may establish causative factors and risks associated with said TBI.

The investigators tertiary objective is to acquire data on subjects using various mental health metrics in order to determine the effects of TBI.
Study Started
May 31
2009
Primary Completion
Jun 30
2010
Study Completion
Jun 30
2010
Last Update
Jan 24
2012
Estimate

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Supplement intervention Experimental

Dietary Supplement: Multivitamin, Omega 3 Supplement, Brain and Memory Formula

Criteria 

Inclusion Criteria:

Subjects must be at least 18 years of age
Each subject must have been on an active NFL roster for a minimum of one year

Exclusion Criteria:

Any subjects who could not cease taking psychoactive medications (recreational or otherwise) for an appropriate washout period prior to scanning were excluded from the study
No Results Posted