Antioxidant Supplementation in Trauma Patients
Phase 3
Terminated
- Conditions
- Multiple Trauma
- Interventions
- Dietary Supplement: powdered antioxidantDietary Supplement: powdered cornstarch placebo
- Registration Number
- NCT00613392
- Lead Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Administration of antioxidants to trauma patients will improve measures of oxidant stress in the blood
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 18
Inclusion Criteria
- Adult non pregnant non lactating trauma patient
Exclusion Criteria
- GCS <6
- Renal dysfunction (cre > 2.5 mg/dl)
- Hepatic dysfunction ( TBili > 3.0 mg/dl)
- Expected survival < 48 hours
- Burns over > 20% body surface area
- Immune-deficiency syndromes
- Steroid use
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description 1 powdered antioxidant - 2 powdered cornstarch placebo -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method measures of malondialdehyde level/total antioxidant status and F2 isoprostane 7 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method