Status:

COMPLETED

Patient-Specific Precision Injury Signatures in Multiply Injured Orthopaedic Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium

Collaborating Sponsors:

United States Department of Defense

Conditions:

Pelvic, Acetabular, Femur, or Diaphyseal Tibial Operative Orthopaedic Injuries

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-55 years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of precision methods that quantify injury and response to injury to predict how short-term clinical outcomes are affected by initial and staged orthopa...

Detailed Description

There is currently a knowledge gap regarding in the treatment of the severely injured MIP, as clinicians are often challenged by when non-life threatening orthopaedic procedures should be performed. I...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult ages 18 years old to 55 years old inclusive;
  • Direct admission to hospital from scene of injury, or if transferred, admitted no more than 6 hours from injury
  • Full trauma activation with either direct admission to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or other higher level of care, or taken directly to surgery and admitted to ICU after surgery;
  • Sustaining at least one operative orthopaedic injury to the pelvis, acetabulum, femur, or diaphyseal tibia with planned definitive fixation to occur prior to discharge.

Exclusion

  • Non-survivable head trauma.
  • Signs of severe traumatic brain injury indicated by a GCS of \< 7 at the time of admission and no improvement in the GCS by the time of consent.
  • Spinal cord injury with likely permanent neurologic deficits
  • Pre-existing organ dysfunction or failure prior to their injury, including but not limited to end-stage renal disease, liver failure, congestive heart failure, or severe COPD requiring home oxygen.
  • Qualifying orthopaedic injury primarily a periarticular fracture (tibial pilon or plateau) with planned delay to definitive fixation for soft tissue reasons.
  • Primary blood draw could not be obtained within 3 hours of presentation
  • Patient is pregnant
  • Patient is a prisoner/incarcerated
  • Patient or legally authorized representative (LAR) unable to provide consent prior to 48 hour blood draw.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 20 2019

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 30 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

320 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03772730

Start Date

March 20 2019

End Date

May 30 2023

Last Update

October 18 2023

Active Locations (8)

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1

University of Miami Ryder Trauma Center

Miami, Florida, United States, 33101

2

Methodist Hospital/Indiana University

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202

3

University of Kentucky Medical Center

Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40536

4

University of Maryland, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201