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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

NCT number NCT00279591
Other study ID # 48082
Secondary ID CUMG Grant
Status Terminated
Phase N/A
First received January 17, 2006
Last updated April 3, 2012
Start date June 2006
Est. completion date January 2008

Study information

Verified date April 2012
Source University of Arkansas
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Food and Drug Administration
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A randomized controlled trial compared the clinical outcomes of transported pediatric patients monitored with an oscillometric blood pressure device versus those monitored with a near-continuous, noninvasive blood pressure.


Description:

94 transported patients were randomized to a control arm, monitored with a standard oscillometric blood pressure device (Dinamap), or an experimental arm, monitored with a near-continuous, noninvasive blood pressure device (Vasotrac).


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Terminated
Enrollment 94
Est. completion date January 2008
Est. primary completion date June 2007
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 1 Year to 17 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

1. Pediatric patients transported by Angel One to Arkansas Children's Hospital.

2. Age Group: 1 year - 17 years AND

3. Patients at risk of developing SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome), according to the criteria below.

i. The presence of at least two of the following four criteria (one of which must be abnormal temperature or leukocyte count): A. Core temperature of >38.5 C or <36 C. B. Tachycardia, defined as mean heart rate >95th percentile for age in absence of external stimulus, chronic drugs, or painful stimuli.

C. Mean respiratory rate >95th percentile for age, or >10% immature neutrophils.

OR

4. Patients with moderate or severe head trauma, at risk of developing secondary ischemic brain injury, according to the criteria below.

i. Glasgow Coma scale <15 with one or more of the following: A. Mass lesion or cerebral edema on CT or MRI scan. B. Post-Traumatic Seizure. C. Multiple Trauma. D. Focal Neurologic Signs. E. Intubation for control of suspected intracranial hypertension.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Wrist circumference less than 11cm (minimum size for the Vasotrac device).

2. Contractures of the wrists, not allowing correct placement of the Vasotrac device.

3. Hematoma(s) located on both wrists from recent redial (<24hr) artery puncture.

4. Patients likely to proceed to brain death per assessment of the referring physician.

5. Patients being treated for malignant hypertension.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Pediatric Patients With SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome)
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

Intervention

Device:
Continuous blood pressure monitoring using (Dinamap) standard oscillometric blood pressure device
Continuous blood pressure monitoring of patients during med flight to hospital
Standard of care blood pressure monitoring
Patients received the standard of care for blood pressure monitoring while en route to the hospital via med flight.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Arkansas Children's Hospital Little Rock Arkansas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Arkansas

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Stroud MH, Prodhan P, Moss M, Fiser R, Schexnayder S, Anand K. Enhanced monitoring improves pediatric transport outcomes: a randomized controlled trial. Pediatrics. 2011 Jan;127(1):42-8. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-1336. Epub 2010 Dec 20. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary The Difference in Hospital Length of Stay Between Those Who Received Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring and Those Who Received Standard of Care This is the total number of participants analyzed for the intervention group and the total number of participants analyzed for the control group and the total number of days that each group was analyzed overall. Up to two weeks No
Secondary Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Length of Stay Up to two weeks No
Secondary Total Number of Organ Failure Days (Multiple Organ Dysfunction) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)for the Control Group and Total Number of Organ Failure Days for the Intervention Group. Multiple Organ Dysfunction is Defined as Multiple Organ Failure. Total number of organ failure days is for each group as a whole. Up to two weeks No
Secondary Mean Daily Score Using the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS-28) Scale. The Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS-28) is an illness severity score for the ICU. The TISS score can range from zero up to 78. The higher the score is, the more severe the illness. The TISS-28 scale measures the severity of a patient's illness. Up to two weeks No
Secondary Amount of Intravenous Fluid Resuscitation At start of inter-facility transport, then every 15 minutes until arrival. No