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The goal of this pilot, clinical, experimental, biological and prospective study with uso of biological material (venous blood sampling), in patient with acute carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication and in a group of healthy non-intoxicated subject (group of control) is the research of a possible increase of circulating microparticles level in human blood with an acute carbon monoxide intoxication. The main question to answer is: Is there an increase of circulating microparticles levels in subjects with acute carbon monoxide poisoning? Two blood samples will be withdrawn from patients with acute carbon monoxide poisoning, one before and one after hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Researchers will compare a group of healthy volunteers to see if there is a different in circulating microparticles blood level compared to patients with intoxication.


Clinical Trial Description

Few agents cause suffering like carbon monoxide (CO) in the humans. The CO pathophysiological mechanism extends beyond the hypoxic stress given by the COHb, and current knowledge cannot explain all of the lesions. CO toxicity includes hypoxic and oxidative stress and implies long-term neurological morbidity. Patients exposed for a short time even to low concentrations of CO may show activation of intravascular neutrophils and increases in circulating inflammatory proteins. The treatment of CO poisoning is administer normobaric or hyperbaric oxygen. One of the possible complications of CO poisoning is the delayed neurological syndrome. Microvesicles are microparticles released by all eukaryotic cells and are involved in the intracellular communication, in physiological and pathological conditions. In the human blood microparticles are present after exposure to tobacco smoke and air pollution. Mouse model study proved the increased number of circulating microparticles in mice subjected to CO intoxication. Our study group hypothesized a possible increase of circulating microparticles in patient with CO poisoning compared to a population of healthy controls. Secondary objectives will be to assess the relationship between severity of intoxication and circulating microparticles level; risk fatcors for development of delayed neurological syndrome will be investigated. Finally, the types of microparticles involved in CO poisoning will be characterized. The study population consists by all patients who need a hyperbaric treatment due to an acute CO poisoning in the region afferent to Nursing House Habilita "I Cedri", located in Fara Novarese; for every two patient a healty control will be identified. When the patient will arrived in hyperbaric room, before the treatment (T0-time zero) a blood sample in sodium citrate will be taken, at the end of the treatment (T1-time one) another blood sample will be taken. The blood samples will then be sent to the laboratory of the Novara Hospital for the processing. It will be administered a questionnaire for the mental status evaluation (Pfeiffer's Test) in T0 and 45 days after intoxication (T2-time two) by phone to assess the onset of delayed neurological syndrome. ;


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NCT number NCT05591300
Study type Observational [Patient Registry]
Source Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Maggiore della Carita
Contact Rosanna Vaschetto
Phone +39 3342724811
Email rosanna.vaschetto@med.uniupo.it
Status Recruiting
Phase
Start date November 15, 2022
Completion date November 15, 2025

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