Progesterone Promising Treatment for TBIs
Emory University researchers have found that giving progesterone to trauma victims shortly following brain injury appears to be safe and may reduce the risk of death and the degree of disability. Emory's researchers designed a
clinical trial to assess the promise of progesterone for treatment of TBI. Their three-year pilot study, called ProTECT (Progesterone for Traumatic brain injury--Experimental Clinical Treatment), enrolled 100 participants. The researchers hoped to find preliminary evidence that the treatment might be effective.
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