Effects of Transport on Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury

Completed

Conditions studied: Traumatic Brain Injury

In brief

Hospitalized patients are often moved from their rooms to other hospital locations, particularly imaging facilities. For patients with traumatic brain injury, such movements may raise the risk of secondary brain injuries. The purpose of this study is to monitor brain injured patients during transport and to measure the resulting changes in intracranial pressure. This will allow for documentation of the frequency of secondary injury and help in understanding their causes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01077089

Run by

University of Cincinnati

People needed

14

Starts

2010-02-01

Expected to finish

2012-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-02-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• presence of traumatic brain injury and intracranial pressure monitoring
• requiring mechanical ventilation
• presence of an indwelling arterial catheter for monitoring blood pressure
• Age of at least 18 years

You may not qualify if…

• Age less than 18 years
• diagnosis of brain death
• non-English speakers
• prisoners
• mentally ill persons

Where it is running

• University Hospital — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.