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TES HT100 Clinical Validation for Brain Injury Screening in Patients With Mild Head Trauma or Neurological Symptoms

An interventional study of Temnographic Brain Screening Examination in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Intracranial Lesions and Neurological Symptoms Not Related to Head Trauma, sponsored by B&B srl. Recruiting at 3 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-24.

Sponsored by B&B srl · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Dec 2024, registered Mar 2026).
  • Started Dec 2024; still recruiting 1 year 11 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
850
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this clinical study is to evaluate how accurately and safely the TES HT100 device can identify intracranial abnormalities in adult emergency department patients with mild head trauma or neurological symptoms that are not related to trauma and are not immediately life-threatening. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • How well does TES HT100 identify patients with intracranial abnormalities compared with head CT, the reference standard?
  • Is TES HT100 safe to use in this patient population?
  • Could TES HT100 help improve patient triage and use of hospital resources in the emergency setting?

Researchers will compare the result of TES HT100 with the head CT report.

Participants will:

  • Be enrolled if they are adults presenting to the emergency department with mild head trauma or selected neurological symptoms
  • Undergo standard clinical assessment and head CT according to usual care
  • Have an additional TES HT100 examination lasting about 5 minutes, performed by trained personnel
  • Be assessed for device performance and any adverse events related to use of the device
Read the detailed description

This is a prospective, multicenter, open-label clinical investigation evaluating the TES HT100 as a non-invasive adjunctive screening device for detection of intracranial abnormalities in adult Emergency Department patients. The study is being conducted in three centers in Italy and Poland.

TES HT100 is intended for non-invasive detection of endocerebral lesions. The device used in this investigation is TES HT model 100, equipped with software version 1.3 or later and firmware version 1.4 or later, in the same configuration planned for commercialization. The system uses non-ionizing, ultra-low-power electromagnetic waves in the 500-6500 MHz frequency range and provides a binary result indicating the presence or absence of intracranial abnormality. The examination is brief, with an overall duration of about 5 minutes.

The study is designed to evaluate the diagnostic performance and safety of TES HT100 when used in addition to standard emergency care. Participants undergo routine clinical assessment and brain CT according to usual clinical practice, and the TES HT100 examination is performed as an add-on procedure. The reference standard for performance evaluation is the brain CT report. TES HT100 is not intended to replace standard clinical assessment or CT imaging.

To reduce interpretation bias, the TES HT100 examination is performed by trained personnel who do not have access to the CT report at the time of testing, and the radiologist interpreting the CT scan is blinded to the TES HT100 result. TES HT100 examinations are performed within 24 hours before or after CT, according to site workflow.

The investigation plans to enroll approximately 850 participants overall across two clinical cohorts. The study duration is planned to be 30 months. Three TES HT100 devices, one per participating center, will be used under the same qualification and maintenance procedures.

In addition to diagnostic validation against CT, the study includes safety monitoring during device use and an exploratory assessment of the potential clinical utility of TES HT100 in emergency department triage and resource management. The overall objective is to generate clinical evidence on the performance and safety of TES HT100 as a rapid, non-invasive screening support tool in the emergency setting.

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Conditions studied

  • Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Intracranial Lesions
  • Neurological Symptoms Not Related to Head Trauma

Keywords

  • Head Trauma
  • Temnography
  • TES
  • Brain Injury
  • Brain lesion
  • Emergency Department
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In context

Brain Concussion

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This study's planned enrollment of 850 is above the median of 63 across 446 interventional studies indexed under Brain Concussion.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with B&B srl as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Age greater than 18 years
  • Provision of
  • Presentation to the Emergency Department with mild head injury, or
  • Presentation to the Emergency Department for non-traumatic neurological symptoms and not in a critical condition, including:
  • syncope
  • spatial disorientation and/or loss of balance
  • speech disturbance and/or facial hemi-paresis
  • visual alterations
  • memory loss and/or confusional state

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age less than 18 years
  • Pregnant women
  • Metal plates or metal prostheses installed in the skull cap
  • Severe head trauma and/or extensive lacerated-contused areas
  • Critical condition
  • Visible skull fracture
  • Failure or inability to provide signed
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
850 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    TES HT100 Examination

    All enrolled participants receive standard emergency department evaluation, including head CT according to usual clinical practice, and undergo an additional TES HT100 examination as an add-on procedure. TES HT100 is evaluated against the head CT report used as the reference standard. The study includes adults with mild head injury and adults with neurological symptoms not related to head trauma and not in a critical or life-threatening condition.

    Diagnostic Test: Temnographic Brain Screening Examination

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testTemnographic Brain Screening Examination

    A non-invasive, add-on diagnostic examination performed with the TES HT100 device to assess the presence or absence of intracranial abnormality in adult emergency department patients. The device uses ultra-low-power, non-ionizing electromagnetic waves in the 500-6500 MHz range and provides a binary on/off result. The examination lasts about 5 minutes, does not require direct contact with the patient's head, and is performed by trained personnel in addition to standard clinical evaluation and head CT.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Diagnostic accuracy of TES HT100 for detection of intracranial abnormalities

    Diagnostic performance of TES HT100 compared with the head CT report as the reference standard, assessed by ROC-AUC and by sensitivity and specificity for identification of intracranial abnormalities.

    Time frame: At the index emergency department visit, with TES HT100 performed within 24 hours before or after head CT

  2. Rate of device-related adverse events

    Incidence and type of adverse events related to the use of TES HT100 during the study.

    Time frame: From TES HT100 examination through study participation completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Operator time associated with TES HT100-supported screening

    Descriptive evaluation of operator time associated with use of TES HT100 during emergency department screening, based on the number of TES HT100 examinations performed per participant and the approximate duration of each examination (about 5 minutes), as described in the protocol.

    Time frame: Day 1

  2. Procedures associated with TES HT100-supported screening

    Descriptive evaluation of workflow-related procedures associated with use of TES HT100 during emergency department screening, as part of the exploratory assessment of potential clinical benefit described in the protocol. This may include patient handling or organizational procedures required during the diagnostic pathway, such as patient transfer to a different bed or room or need for additional staff support.

    Time frame: Day 1

  3. Costs associated with TES HT100-supported screening

    Descriptive evaluation of resource use and related cost considerations associated with use of TES HT100 during emergency department screening, as part of the exploratory assessment of potential clinical benefit described in the protocol.

    Time frame: Day 1

  4. Diagnostic performance of TES HT100 in predefined patient subgroups

    Analysis of TES HT100 diagnostic performance, based on sensitivity and specificity versus head CT, in predefined subgroups, including younger patients, older patients, patients with or without prior injury or brain surgery, and patients with or without neurodegenerative disease.

    Time frame: At the index emergency department visit, with TES HT100 performed within 24 hours before or after head CT

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Study locations

2 of 3 sites recruiting
  • Pineta Grande Hospital
    Castel Volturno, CE 81030, Italy
    Recruiting
    • Dorotea Cerbarano · Contactdorotea.cerbarano@pinetagrande.it · +39-0823-854111
    • Adriana Modestina Conte, MD · Principal investigator
    • Angelo Localzo, Registered Nurse · Sub investigator
    • Esaù Russo, Registered Nurse · Sub investigator
    • Antonia Sorbo, MD - Radiologist · Sub investigator
  • Emergency Department, University Clinical Centre, Medical University of Gdańsk
    Gdansk, 80-952, Poland
    Not yet recruiting
    • Paweł Nowicki · Contactnowicki.p@wp.pl · +48 730 505 991
    • Mariusz Siemiński, prof. dr hab. n. med. · Principal investigator
  • Emergency Department, Leszek Giec Upper Silesian Medical Centre of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice
    Katowice, 40-635, Poland
    Recruiting
    • Anna Lis, dr med. · Contactlis.anna.agn@icloud.com · +48 600 198 608
    • Mateusz Majewski, dr n. med. · Principal investigator
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References and documents

Publications

  • Cuccaro A, et al. Microwave Radar Imaging as a Tool for Medical Diagnostics. Eng Proc. 2023.
  • Solimene R, et al. An Incoherent Radar Imaging System for Medical Applications. IEEE CAMA 2021.
  • Vaia S, Iavarone A, et al. HT temnography in the early diagnosis of brain lesions due to ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. Int J Adv Res. 2023.
  • Montemerani S, Fabrizi C, Sacchi C, Belperio A, Moriani L, Pacchi S, Garofalo C, Sbrana G, Venezia D, Zanobetti M, Nocentini S. Reliability Evaluation of Temnography for Early Detection of Intracranial Lesions in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Patient: A Preliminary Report of a New Portable, Non-Invasive Device. Open Access Emerg Med. 2024 Dec 6;16:313-321. doi: 10.2147/OAEM.S475328. eCollection 2024. PubMed 39659448 ↗
  • Islam MS, Islam MT, Almutairi AF. Experimental tissue mimicking human head phantom for estimation of stroke using IC-CF-DMAS algorithm in microwave based imaging system. Sci Rep. 2021 Nov 10;11(1):22015. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01486-x. PubMed 34759284 ↗
  • Gabriel S, Lau RW, Gabriel C. The dielectric properties of biological tissues: II. Measurements in the frequency range 10 Hz to 20 GHz. Phys Med Biol. 1996 Nov;41(11):2251-69. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/11/002. PubMed 8938025 ↗
  • Gabriel C, Gabriel S, Corthout E. The dielectric properties of biological tissues: I. Literature survey. Phys Med Biol. 1996 Nov;41(11):2231-49. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/11/001. PubMed 8938024 ↗
  • Lefevre-Dognin C, Cogne M, Perdrieau V, Granger A, Heslot C, Azouvi P. Definition and epidemiology of mild traumatic brain injury. Neurochirurgie. 2021 May;67(3):218-221. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2020.02.002. Epub 2020 May 6. PubMed 32387427 ↗
  • Mckee AC, Daneshvar DH. The neuropathology of traumatic brain injury. Handb Clin Neurol. 2015;127:45-66. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52892-6.00004-0. PubMed 25702209 ↗
  • Brazinova A, Rehorcikova V, Taylor MS, Buckova V, Majdan M, Psota M, Peeters W, Feigin V, Theadom A, Holkovic L, Synnot A. Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury in Europe: A Living Systematic Review. J Neurotrauma. 2021 May 15;38(10):1411-1440. doi: 10.1089/neu.2015.4126. Epub 2018 Dec 19. PubMed 26537996 ↗
  • Conte AM, Alfieri F, Localzo A, Russo E, Cucinotto I, Trovato A, Gualtieri R, Laccetti E, Sorbo A. Prospective blinded interim evaluation of a portable radiofrequency device TES HT to support triage in emergency department patients with mild head trauma or acute neurological symptoms. BMC Emerg Med. 2026 Jul 7. doi: 10.1186/s12873-026-01676-8. Online ahead of print. PubMed 42414903 ↗

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — De-identified participant-level data may be shared upon reasonable request, subject to ethics and institutional approval where applicable and execution of a data sharing agreement. Public sharing is not planned due to confidentiality and consent restrictions.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 24, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07490418
Lead sponsor
B&B srl
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 24, 2026
Start date
Dec 4, 2024
Primary completion
Dec 30, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 30, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 24, 2026

Study contacts

Fabrizio Alfieri
Contact
fabrizio.alfieri@temnography.com
+39-081-19189806
Fabrizio Alfieri
study director · B&B srl

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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