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NCT04527289
Impact of Amantadine on Traumatic Brain Injury
Phase 4 trial testing Amantadine (100mg) as add on therapy. in Trauma, Brain in 50 participants. Completed in 30 October 2021.
1 October 2021
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Damanhour University |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 4 |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 50 |
| Start date | 30 September 2020 |
| Primary completion | 1 October 2021 |
| Estimated completion | 30 October 2021 |
| Sites | 1 location across Egypt |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Amantadine (100mg) as add on therapy. — full drug profile →
- Placebo
Conditions studied
- Trauma, Brain — all drugs for Trauma, Brain →
Sponsor
Damanhour University
Who can join
Adults 18 to 75, any sex, with Trauma, Brain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the addition of amantadine to the management regimen of traumatic brain injury patients would have a favorable effect on recovery and neurological complications in association with prognosis biomarkers Interleukin-18 (IL-18), Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and (Neurotensin).
Publications & conference data
3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Targeting NMDA Receptors at the Neurovascular Unit: Past and Future Treatments for Central Nervous System Diseases.
Seillier C, Lesept F, Toutirais O, Potzeha F, et al · · 2022 · cited 26× · PMID 36142247 · DOI 10.3390/ijms231810336 -
Current Clinical Trials in Traumatic Brain Injury.
Ahmed Z. · · 2022 · cited 23× · PMID 35624914 · DOI 10.3390/brainsci12050527 -
Traumatic brain injury and immunological outcomes: the double-edged killer.
Datta S, Lin F, Jones LD, Pingle SC, et al · · 2023 · cited 10× · PMID 37228857 · DOI 10.2144/fsoa-2023-0037
Verify or expand the search:
- PubMed search for NCT04527289
- Europe PMC full search
- ASCO Meeting Library
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- bioRxiv preprints
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Related trials
Other trials of Amantadine (100mg) as add on therapy.
Trials testing the same drug.
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Other recruiting trials for Trauma, Brain
Currently open trials in the same condition.
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- NCT04564495 — Home Based Tele-exercise for People With Chronic Neurological Impairments · NA · active not recruiting
- NCT03325946 — The FBRI VTC Neuromotor Research Clinic · recruiting
Other Damanhour University trials
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04527289 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 9 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Damanhour University
- Last refreshed: 7 April 2023
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