European Multicentre Study of Human Spinal Cord Injury
European Multicentre Study of Human SCI
- Spinal Cord Injury
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase not stated
- Study type
- Observational
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
- Enrolment target
- 8,000
- Started
- April 2004
- Main results due
- December 2026
- Study sites
- 1
- Registry updated
- 25 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Aged 18 years and over.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
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Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Single event traumatic or ischemic para- or tetraplegia * First EMSCI assessment possible within the first 6 weeks after incidence * Patient capable and willing of giving written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Nontraumatic para- or tetraplegia (i.e. discusprolaps, tumor, AV-malformation, myelitis) excl. single event ischemic incidences * Pre-known dementia or severe reduction of intelligence, leading to reduced capabilities of cooperation or giving consent * Peripheral nerve lesions above the level of lesion (i.e. plexus brachialis impairment) * Pre-known polyneuropathy * Severe craniocerebral injury
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
Today there is accumulating evidence from animal experiments that regeneration can be induced after a spinal cord injury (SCI). Consequently in the near future, new therapeutic approaches to induce some regeneration will be included in the treatment of patients with SCI. The aim of this proposal is to provide the required clinical basis for the implementation of novel interventional therapies. The establishment of combined clinical, functional and neurophysiological measures for a qualitative and quantitative assessment of spinal cord function in patients with SCI at different stages during rehabilitation represents a basic requirement to monitor any significant effect of a new treatment. Therefore, several European Paraplegic Centres involved in the rehabilitation of acute traumatic SCI patients build up a close collaboration for standardised assessment. The aim is to get knowledge about the natural recovery after spinal cord lesion in a larger population of patients in the sense of a historical control group and to bring new standardised assessment tools to the clinical setting.
Study sites(1)
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Recruiting
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01571531. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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