Diagnostic of Infections Following Major Abdominal Surgery and Burn Injury

Completed

• Conditions: Third Degree Burn; Second Degree Burn

• Registration Number: NCT01055587
• Lead Sponsor: Klinikum St. Georg gGmbH

Brief Summary

This study was designed to investigate, if new biomarkers may improve the early diagnostic of infections following major abdominal surgery and severe burn injuries.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-09
• Study First Submitted: 2010-01-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-01-22
• Study First Posted: 2010-01-25
• Primary Completion: 2015-06
• Study Completion: 2015-06
• Status Verified: 2017-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-02-07
• Last Update Posted: 2017-02-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• patients with major abdominal surgery (e.g. gastrectomy, hemi-/colectomy, resection of sigma or rectum, resection of liver, esophagectomy)
• patients following severe burn injury (burn surface area >= 15%)
• age >= 18 years
• informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• no informed consent
• emergency surgery
• immunocompromising diseases (e.g. HIV+, AIDS, Lymphoma or NonHodgkin-Lymphoma, Autoimmune-Diseases)
• pre-existing liver or renal failure
• chronic therapy with corticoids

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
rate of infections	day 28 post intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Klinikum St. Georg gGmbH; 🇩🇪 Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany