Is There a Benefit of Whole Body Computed Tomography (WBCT) for Patients With Only High Velocity Road Traffic Collision (RTC) Vittel Criteria?

High Velocity Transport Accidents Clinical Trial

— Cinescan  

Official title:

Is There a Benefit of Whole Body Computed Tomography (WBCT) for Patients With Only High Velocity Road Traffic Collision (RTC) Vittel Criteria?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03679416
• Other study ID #: 35RC17-3082_Cinescan
• Status: Completed
• Start date: December 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: September 2018
• Source: Rennes University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

For victims of high velocity RTC, with no other Vittel criteria of gravity, normal clinical examination of the thorax, abdomen and pelvis and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 15 :

• Study of clinically unsuspected injuries discovered on WBCT

• Description

• Predictive factors

• Diagnostic performances of kinetic elements of Vittel criteria, and results of examinations realised at the ED.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 93
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Consecutives patients consulting the emergency department between August 1st 2016 and July 31th 2017 :

• Older than 18 y.o.

• WBCT performed,

• Victim of a high velocity RTC as defined by the presence of at least one criteria of the kinetics elements of the Vittel Criteria

• Normal physical exam of the chest, abdomen and pelvis,

• GCS score of 15

Exclusion Criteria:

• Opposition of the patient to the use of their CT-scan for research

• Patients who are under legal protection

• Patients who are incarcerated

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• High Velocity Transport Accidents

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes	Rennes

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rennes University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of injuries diagnosed by Whole Body Computed Tomography (WBCT) that were not clinically suspected.	Number of injuries diagnosed by WBCT that were not clinically suspected.; Classification in 3 categories according to their management : Potentially severe, that involve modification of patients management; Injuries that could require further investigation according to the symptoms; Minor injuries that require no further investigation or specific management	The day of inclusion