Gender Disparity in Burn Injury Survival

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Obesity, Burn Injury

In brief

Hypothesis 1: A quantifiable difference in inflammatory cytokines exist in women with burn injury and this correlates with clinical markers of outcome Hypothesis 2: The amount of adipose tissue contributes to the severity of cellular immune response (CMI) dysregulation in response to burn injury Skin-fold caliper measurements will be taken on consented patients (both male and female) to determine body fat percentage. Serum samples will be obtained from these patients. The level of inflammatory cytokines in the serum will be measured to determine if there is a link between body fat percentage, pro-inflammatory cytokines and the ability of women to survive burn injury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02029768

Run by

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

People needed

42

Starts

2013-12-01

Expected to finish

2017-06-28

Last updated by the study team

2019-12-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Men and women ages 18 to 65 years
• Admitted to University Medical Center with greater than 15% total body surface area burns
• Able to provide informed consent or has authorized representative to give informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Prisoners or pregnant women
• Individuals with injuries that preclude taking caliper measurements

Where it is running

• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center/University Medical Center — Lubbock, Texas, United States

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