San Francisco, California - [August 1, 2024] - Effective treatment options to reduce mortality and prevent long-term morbidity caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI) are lacking in both military and civilian medicine. Over 30 clinical trials for TBI have failed, due in part to inadequate identification of unique patient characteristics for targeted therapy, lack of objective diagnostic and prognostic TBI biomarkers, and imprecise approaches to outcome measurement. This has prompted the call for a paradigm shift in the design of TBI Phase 2 trials.
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April 12, 2024
Abbott's i-STAT TBI cartridge has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be used with whole blood, allowing doctors to help assess patients with suspected concussion at the patient's bedside and obtain lab-quality results in 15 minutes. Previously, the tests to help with the assessment of TBI were only cleared for use with plasma or serum, requiring samples to be sent to a lab for processing and testing.
September 22, 2022
BARDA is partnering with Abbott to broaden the company’s current traumatic brain injury (TBI) test that will aid healthcare providers in diagnosing and determining severity of TBI in adults and children.
