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Filter by:MP4OX is a novel oxygen therapeutic agent being developed as an ischemic rescue therapy to enhance perfusion and oxygenation of tissues at risk during hemorrhagic shock. MP4OX is a pegylated hemoglobin-based colloid. Due to its molecular size and unique oxygen dissociation characteristics, MP4OX targets delivery of oxygen to ischemic tissues. This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of MP4OX treatment in trauma patients suffering from lactic acidosis due to severe hemorrhagic shock. The study hypothesis is that MP4OX will reverse the lactic acidosis by enhancing perfusion and oxygenation of ischemic tissues and thereby prevent and reduce the duration of organ failure and improve outcome in these patients.
Overall aim of this work is to evaluate new methods of resuscitation that can be applied by front-line responders on the battlefield, in civilian life, or which can be used during initial resuscitation in the first fixed facility to which the injured patient is brought.
In this study we hope to delineate the typical vasoactive mediator response of trauma patients to shock. We plan to assess serum levels of vasopressin and also catecholamines, angiotensin, and cortisol during resuscitation of trauma patients to delineate high risk populations for vasopressin deficiency.
MP4OX is a novel oxygen therapeutic agent specifically developed to perfuse and oxygenate tissue at risk for ischemia and hypoxia. MP4OX is a pegylated hemoglobin-based colloid and and as a result of its molecular size and unique oxygen dissociation characteristics, targets oxygen delivery to ischemic tissues by selectively off-loading oxygen in tissues predisposed to low oxygen tension. Sangart is currently evaluating MP4OX to reduce organ dysfunction and failure in trauma patients with lactic acidosis due to severe hemorrhagic shock.
Based on encouraging results from animal studies, the investigators hypothesize that early administration of IV Premarin® in patients with hemorrhagic shock will safely reduce secondary injury, and improve survival.
Background: Bleeding and coagulopathy still accounts for the majority of early in-hospital deaths following trauma. There have been lately several published studies suggesting that higher transfusion ratios of fresh frozen plasma (FFP), platelets (PTL) and cryoprecipitate (CRYO) to red blood cell (RBC) are associated with survival advantages. However, the evidence comes from retrospective data limited by a significant number of unaddressed confounders. In addition, the use of blood products bears known and important risks of complications. Hypothesis: The adoption of a formula-driven transfusion practice with pre-defined ratios of FFP to PTL to RBC transfusion (1:1:1) is feasible and superior to current laboratory-guided transfusion practice in treating and/or preventing early coagulopathy improving survival rates in massively bleeding trauma patients . Objective: To exam the feasibility of implementing a pre-defined ratio of FFP to PTL to RBC (1:1:1) transfusion protocol and its impact on a population of bleeding trauma patients. Design: A two-year pilot feasibility randomized control trial at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Randomization: 70 patients are expected to be randomized to lab-driven or to formula-driven massive transfusion protocol and followed-up to 28 days or hospital discharge. Study outcomes: protocol violation; in-hospital mortality by exsanguination; death at 28 days; coagulation competence defined by current standard coagulation tests (INR & PTT < 1.5 times normal; PTL ≥ 50 and Fibrinogen ≥ 1.0) or clotting factor levels ≥ 30%; correlation of current standard coagulation tests with clotting factors levels; cessation of bleeding; incidence of ALI, sepsis, MOF, transfusion-related circulatory overload, transfusion reactions; Ventilator-free days; ICU & Hospital LOS; thromboembolic events. Intervention protocol: Transfusion of pre-defined ratios of FFP and PTL to RBC (1:1:1) (formula-driven) for the first 12h of hospitalization without coagulation tests guidance while patient is hemorrhaging or before if bleeding stops. Statistical analysis: protocol compliance rate and in-hospital mortality rates within 24h and at 28 days will be assessed using Chi-square test. ROC analysis will be used to analyze coagulation competence. Main expected outcomes: implementation of a formula-driven transfusion protocol is feasible and coagulation competence will be achieved faster and more efficiently in the study group.
The purpose for this study is to measure the physiology of human undergoing a Lower Body Negative Pressure usea non-invasive low-power optical technique, near-infrared diffuse optical spectroscopy measurement and compare these measurement to standard monitoring procedures delineated in the Brooke Army Medical Center. The Brooke Army Medical Center can use near-infrared diffuse optical spectroscopy to provide functional physiologic tissue and organ information without ionizing radiation and without withdrawing any blood, in a cost-effective and rapid manner. Monitoring for the onset of circulatory shock in a wounded soldier on the battlefield is typically performed by measurement of arterial blood pressure, arterial oxygen saturation, or simple auscultation of the pulse. Shock is typically recognized by non-specific signs and subjective symptoms such as cold clammy skin, pallor, weak thready pulse, unstable vital signs, and diminished mentation.
The purpose of the present trial is therefore to assess effects of arginine vasopressin vs. saline placebo on hospital admission rate (primary end point), as well as hemodynamic variables, fluid resuscitation requirements and hospital discharge rate (secondary study end points) in presumed traumatic hemorrhagic shock patients with a systolic arterial blood pressure <90 mm Hg after 10 min of standard shock treatment. Accordingly, the study reflects an add-on design to standard traumatic shock therapy. The hypothesis is that both arginine vasopressin and saline placebo have comparable effects on hemodynamic variables, fluid resuscitation requirements, and hospital admission and discharge rate. The alternative hypothesis is that arginine vasopressin has more beneficial effects on hemodynamic variables, fluid resuscitation requirements, and hospital admission and discharge rate than saline placebo.
Trauma surgeons throughout the US have begun using recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) to control severe hemorrhage following injury when traditional measures have failed. Despite promising results from several small studies, there remain several unanswered questions regarding the use of this relatively expensive product in injured patients including: - The timing of administration - Selection of appropriate patients who are most likely to benefit - The effective dose in injured patients - The potential need for repeated dosing - The need for administration of platelets and correction of acidosis prior to administering the first dose - The risks associated with the use of rFVIIa including venous and/or arterial thrombosis - The potential for rFVIIa to cause or aggravate post-injury organ failure and/or infectious complications - An analysis of cost versus benefit The purpose of this study is to collect a large sample of patients from multiple institutions in order to address the issues listed above. To this end, the Western Trauma Association Foundation is sponsoring a multi-center case registry for patients receiving rFVIIa for treatment of uncontrolled hemorrhage.