Connectivity and Neural Signatures of Consciousness in Unresponsive States
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
The CONSCIUS study is a prospective, interventional study including patients with acute brain injury and impaired consciousness implanted with intracranial electrodes. The aim of the study is to investigate seizures and thalamocortical neural dynamics underlying behavioral unresponsiveness.
18 years old or older
Brain injury of any kind, with impaired consciousness or suspected seizures
< 18 years old
Known pregnancy
Any condition that, in the judgement of the investigator, makes participation in the study unsafe or unfeasible (e.g., irreversible coagulopathy, large intracranial tumors, surgical technical problems…)
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Lead sponsor
Research Foundation Flanders
Collaborator