Status:

COMPLETED

Improving Activity and Quality of Life Following Orthopaedic Trauma: The Trauma Collaborative Care Study (TCCS)

Lead Sponsor:

Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium

Conditions:

Severe Orthopedic Trauma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The study uses a multi-site, cluster design to determine the effectiveness of an intervention based on a Trauma Collaborative Care (TCC) model in improving patient outcomes for persons with severe ort...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients treated surgically for one or more orthopaedic injuries with initial admission to the trauma service of the participating hospital
  • Ages 18-60 yrs inclusive
  • Length of Stay (LOS) \>=5 days or \>= 3 days with planned readmission for additional procedures
  • At least one orthopaedic injury of AIS 3 or greater (determination based on information available at the time of enrollment) resulting from a moderate to high energy force (e.g. motor vehicle or motorcycle crash, high fall). Injuries can include those to the upper or lower extremities, pelvis/acetabulum or spine.
  • Traumatic amputations of the upper or lower extremities (excluding amputations to fingers or toes)

Exclusion

  • Initial admission to non-trauma service.
  • Peri-prosthetic fractures of the femur, regardless of etiology
  • Patient eligible for the METRC OUTLET Study, i.e. patient with:
  • Gustilo type III distal tibia and/or foot or type III B or C ankle fractures with fracture pattern consistent with one of OTA codes: 43B1.3, 43B2-B3, 43C, 44B, 44C, 81B2-B3, 82B, and 82C;
  • Open or closed industrial foot crush injuries;
  • Open or closed foot blast injuries.
  • Patient requiring a Legally Authorized Representative (as defined by an inability to answer the "Evaluation of Give Consent" questions)
  • Patient non-ambulatory due to an associated spinal cord injury
  • Patient non-ambulatory pre-injury
  • Non-English speaking
  • Patient diagnosed with a severe psychosis
  • Patient lives outside the hospital's catchment area and/or follow-up is planned at another medical center
  • Severe problems with maintaining follow-up expected (e.g. patients who are prisoners or homeless at the time of injury or those who are severely intellectually challenged).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

900 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01907893

Start Date

July 1 2013

End Date

March 1 2017

Last Update

April 18 2017

Active Locations (13)

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Denver Health and Hospital Authority

Denver, Colorado, United States, 80203

2

St Josephs Hospital

Tampa, Florida, United States, 33606

3

Tampa General Hospital

Tampa, Florida, United States, 33608

4

Methodist Hospital

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202