New headband could replace Needle-Based brain pressure monitoring
NCT ID NCT06453733
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a new device called Crainio that uses infrared light to measure pressure inside the skull without needing to insert a probe into the brain. Researchers will enroll 54 adults with traumatic brain injury who already require standard invasive monitoring. The goal is to see if the device can accurately detect dangerously high brain pressure (above 20 mmHg) at least 90% of the time.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Crainio device (non-invasive infrared sensor for intracranial pressure monitoring)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this device could provide a safe, non-invasive way to monitor brain pressure in traumatic brain injury patients, reducing the need for invasive procedures.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early feasibility study with only 54 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The device is still being developed and may not achieve the desired accuracy.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 54 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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16 to 99 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Clinical diagnosis of traumatic brain injury. * Adults (aged between 16 and 99, male and female) * TBI patients admitted to the Royal London Hospital. * Patients having invasive ICP monitoring as part of their normal medical treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Forehead skin is not intact. * Decompressive craniectomy patients. * Open external ventricular drainage (EVD) treatment. * Patients who will unlikely survive the following twelve hours.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Royal London Hospital
RECRUITINGLondon, England, E1 1BB, United Kingdom
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