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Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study

United States15,700 participantsStarted 2022-08-15

Plain-language summary

A prospective multicenter observational study, led by Dr. Katie Russell of Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital, that will examine the sensitivity, specificity, negative, and positive predictive values of CT scan and plain films in diagnosing cervical spine injury that requires treatment. This study is funded by the Primary Children's Hospital foundation.

Who can participate

Age range0 Years – 17 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Any participant less than 18 years old after blunt trauma * Seen by trauma service * With cervical spine imaging (XR, CT, or MRI) Exclusion Criteria: * CT scan from outside facility is poor quality and not repeated (\<63-channel, cuts \>3mm, no reformats, motion artifact) * No radiology over reads by participating institution

What they're measuring

Predictive Values of CT, XR, and MRI

Timeframe: 5 years

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05608460

SponsorUniversity of Utah

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2025-08-15

Contact for this trial

Kezlyn Larsen, BS

801-662-2989 kezlyn.larsen@hsc.utah.edu

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