DoD Psychological Health/ Traumatic Brain Injury Grant: Clinical Trial Award

The FY18 PH/TBIRP CTRR-CTA is intended to support clinical
trials focused on TBI cognitive rehabilitation interventions. The award
mechanism supports small, Phase I clinical trials to advance the development of
knowledge and materiel products for rehabilitation and restoration of function
following TBI in Service members, Veterans, and other individuals.

Research focusing on rehabilitation strategies in DoD and VA
patients with mild TBI with federal rehabilitation research partners is highly
encouraged.

The proposed research must be relevant to active duty
Service members, Veterans, and their beneficiaries. It is expected that any
research findings will also provide benefit to the general population.

Cognitive rehabilitation-focused clinical trials should
generate new knowledge evaluating the effectiveness of novel or
standard-of-care rehabilitation interventions in remediating cognitive
impairments (e.g., memory, processing speed, executive functioning, new
learning, attentional or cognitive communication difficulties) and functional
limitations after TBI. Applications specifically addressing barriers to
participation (i.e., return to duty, work, and school) in Service members with
TBI are strongly encouraged. Investigators are encouraged to pursue pragmatic
trial designs that compare both novel and standard-of-care cognitive
rehabilitation practices, include diverse (but militarily relevant) populations
of study participants, recruit patients from heterogeneous practice settings
(e.g., DoD and VA), and collect data across a broad range of functioning
including standard-of-care DoD outcome measures.