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A Prospective Study of Early Mechanical Stabilization and Bleeding in Disruption of the Pelvic Ring

United States600 participantsStarted 2019-05-17

Plain-language summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of earlier placement of Circumferential Pelvic Compression (CPC) on resuscitative measures required for life-threatening pelvic ring injuries and to guide the development of future efficacy trials of three advanced resuscitation techniques (surgical pelvic packing, angioembolization, REBOA).

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 64 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient age between 18 and 64 years, inclusive; * Severe blunt or blast traumatic injury; * Young-Burgess APC-2 and 3, LC-3, vertical shear, and combined mechanism of injury (CMI) (Tile B and C patterns; OTA codes 61-B and 61-C); * Circumferential pelvic compression (CPC) device used at any time within 24 hours of injury. * Patient must speak either English or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: * Arrival to hospital of definitive care more than 6 hours after injury; * Ballistic pelvic injury, other than from a blast mechanism; * Time of CPC placement not recorded; * Time of injury and time of EMS dispatch unknown; * Use of medical anti-shock trousers (MAST); * Confirmed dead on arrival to hospital

What they're measuring

Blood products

Timeframe: 24 hours

Pelvic stabilization and resuscitative techniques

Timeframe: 24 hours

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03977168

SponsorMajor Extremity Trauma Research Consortium

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2022-06-30

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