Treating Spinal Cord Injury With Early Normobaric Hyperoxia
SpiCoH
2 other identifiers
interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
SpiCoH is a phase IIa, single center, open-label, clinical trial of intermittent normobaric hyperoxia in mechanically ventilated patients with traumatic cervical and/or thoracic spinal cord injury.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at below P25 for phase_2
Started Apr 2026
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 27, 2026
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 11, 2026
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
April 15, 2026
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
March 30, 2028
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
September 30, 2028
May 1, 2026
February 1, 2026
2 years
February 27, 2026
April 30, 2026
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (3)
Feasibility of early normobaric hyperoxic therapy
Proportion of subjects receiving first normobaric hyperoxia therapy.
24 hours from injury
Preliminary efficacy of intermittent normobaric hyperoxia in achieving high oxygen concentrations systemically
Serial PaO2
From enrollment to the end of intervention period at 5 days
Preliminary safety of intermittent normobaric hyperoxia
Four-point end-organ toxicity surveillance.
From completion of first treatment to end of 6 month follow up period
Secondary Outcomes (6)
Feasibility of intermittent therapeutic hyperoxemia and elevated oxygen concentration
From enrollment to the end of intervention period at 5 days
Exploratory safety objectives
From enrollment to end of 6 month follow up period
Feasibility - Timely Placement of Lumbar Drain
Time of injury to 24hr post injury.
Feasibility - Completion of Required Monitoring Lines
Day 0 to day 5
Protocol Adherence - Sampling Deviations
Enrollment to end of 6 month follow up period
- +1 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (1)
Intervention
EXPERIMENTALNormobaric hyperoxia
Interventions
Intermittent normobaric hyperoxia (NBH) by increasing FiO2 to 100% for a duration of 4.5h (270 min), twice daily over five consecutive days. Instead of fixed 12-hour intervals between sessions, the two daily treatments will follow a pre-specified interval: a minimum of 1.5h (90min) between sessions for treatment B, and 10h (600min) for treatment A.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Provision of signed and dated ICF by the subject or LAR
- Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures for the duration of the study
- Male or female subjects, aged ≥18 and ≤ 85 years
- Admitted with a diagnosis of blunt or penetrating traumatic cervical and/or thoracic SCI (maintaining dural sac integrity)
- Awake and able to interact and follow commands
- American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (AIS) grades A, B or C
- Need for mechanical ventilation (MV), as determined by the treating physician
- Baseline PaO2 \>80 mmHg before enrollment
- Capacity to initiate the study intervention within 24 hours of injury
You may not qualify if:
- Evidence of traumatic brain injury by neuroimaging (either CT or MRI) including, but not limited to, traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, subdural hematoma, epidural hematoma, intracranial hemorrhage, parenchymal contusions, and blunt cerebrovascular injury grades II-V
- AIS grades D or E at time of arrival to hospital
- Persistent hypoxia requiring \>40% FiO2 to maintain PaO2 \>80 mmHg
- Concurrent injuries contraindicating lumbar drain placement, including, but not limited to: signs of infection at insertion site, elevated intracranial pressure, supratentorial mass lesion with mass effect, posterior fossa mass or uncorrected coagulopathy (thrombocytopenia \<100,000/μL or International Normalized Ratio \>1.5)
- Pre-existing neurologic conditions that would confound neurologic assessment or would make difficult to accurately assess neurologic and/or functional outcomes
- Pre-existing respiratory or pulmonary conditions that would impact ventilation mechanics or confound the assessment of respiratory recovery
- Participation in a concurrent investigational/interventional study (observational studies allowed)
- Known to be pregnant, or with a positive pregnancy test
- Vulnerable populations such as prisoners and inmates (abiding GCP per the study IRB)
- Patient has any other clinically significant medical condition as determined by the investigator, that may unfavorably alter the risk-benefit of study participation, adversely affect study compliance, or confound interpretation of study results
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Carolina Maciel, MD, MSCR
University of Florida
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Katharina Busl, MD, MS
University of Florida
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Daryl Fields, MD, PhD
University of Florida
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 2
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 27, 2026
First Posted
March 11, 2026
Study Start
April 15, 2026
Primary Completion (Estimated)
March 30, 2028
Study Completion (Estimated)
September 30, 2028
Last Updated
May 1, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-02
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
Individual participant data (IPD) underlying the primary results of this study-including de-identified clinical, physiologic, and outcome variables-will be made available following publication of the main results. Data will be shared in accordance with institutional policies and applicable regulations after all direct identifiers have been removed using a standardized de-identification protocol. The curated dataset, accompanying data dictionary, and analytic code (when applicable) will be deposited in the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (https://sites.uab.edu/nscisc/), where they will be accessible under a controlled-access model. Qualified researchers may request access by submitting a brief proposal outlining the intended use of the data; requests will be reviewed by the study team to ensure scientific validity and compliance with participant privacy protections. Data will remain available for the duration required by institutional policy.