Neck Cooling as a Non-Invasive Method to Lower Brain Temperature in Healthy Adults

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of a Novel Cooling Device on Brain Temperature

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04973085
• Other study ID #: STUDY00001312
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 22, 2021
• Est. completion date: March 3, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: August 2023
• Source: University of Vermont
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this study was to clarify whether neck cooling can be used to non-invasively lower brain temperature in healthy adults.

Description:

Healthy adults were randomized to undergo an intervention in which either cold or body-temperature water was circulated through an adhesive wrap applied to the front of their necks, overlying the carotid arteries, for 120 minutes. After their first intervention, subjects crossed over (i.e., cold went to body-temperature, and vice-versa) on a separate day. Brain temperature was measured in one-minute intervals using MR thermometry.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 22
• Est. completion date: March 3, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: March 3, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy adults aged 18-65 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy

• Contraindications to MRI (e.g. claustrophobia, metallic implants, etc.)

• Signs of ulcerations, burns, hives or rash where the neck wrap is applied

• History of Raynaud's disease, venous or arterial occlusive disease (e.g. carotid stenosis), cryoprecipitation disorders (e.g. cryoglobulinemia) and pernio (also known as chilblains)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy

Intervention

Device:
• Cold circulated water
Cold water was circulated through an adhesive wrap applied to the front of the neck, overlying the carotid arteries, for 120 minutes. MR thermometry was used to measure core brain temperature in 1-minute intervals throughout the intervention. On a different day, subjects crossed over and repeated the intervention in the other study arm (i.e., cold went to body-temperature, and vice-versa).
• Body-temperature circulated water
Body-temperature water was circulated through an adhesive wrap applied to the front of the neck, overlying the carotid arteries, for 120 minutes. MR thermometry was used to measure core brain temperature in 1-minute intervals throughout the intervention. On a different day, subjects crossed over and repeated the intervention in the other study arm (i.e., cold went to body-temperature, and vice-versa).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Vermont & State Agricultural College	Burlington	Vermont

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Vermont	Becton, Dickinson and Company

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Brain Temperature	During each intervention, core brain temperature was measured non-invasively, in one-minute increments, using MR thermometry. The change in brain temperature was calculated as the difference of differences between the cold and body-temperature interventions, after 1 hour.	60 minutes
Secondary	Modified Bedside Shivering Assessment		120 minutes
Secondary	Systolic Blood Pressure	Change in systolic blood pressure during the intervention.	120 minutes
Secondary	Diastolic Blood Pressure		120 minutes
Secondary	Heart Rate		120 minutes