Real-time Soft Tissue Assessment Using a Technologically Advanced pH
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 150
- 试验地点
- 14
- 主要终点
- Intra-muscular pH
研究概览
简要总结
Acute Compartment Syndrome (ACS) can occur when there is a gradual reduction in the blood supply to injured limbs, most commonly after fractures or crush injuries. If ACS is not diagnosed early enough, it can result in muscle and other tissues dying off because of the lack of blood supply. Diagnosing ACS remains a challenge for doctors - currently clinical assessment and pressure probes are used to assess patients at risk of ACS. Previous research has shown that measuring pH in injured muscles is promising in diagnosing ACS and may help doctors diagnose ACS earlier than they can using current methods.
In this study, the investigators will use a pH probe to measure muscle pH, and in particular, any build-up of acid caused by reduced blood flow in the injured limb. The investigators will compare the pH probe values with the existing methods for diagnosing ACS.
Patients with a fracture or crush injury who are risk of developing ACS will be recruited into the study. Participants will have a pH probe inserted into tissue close to their injury and pH data will be logged for up to 72 hours. Diagnosis and any treatment decisions for participants in the study will be made using the existing methods and not based on information from the pH probe (the team treating the patient will not have access to the pH data). Data on diagnosis and any treatment given for ACS will be collected from participant's medical notes. The Soft pH trial team will compare how well the pH probe performs in diagnosing ACS compared to the existing methods. The investigators will follow participants up at 6 months after their initial injury to identify missed ACS cases based on clinical findings.
Diagnosing ACS earlier may reduce the likelihood of long-term symptoms and loss of function that is often seen in cases of ACS.
详细描述
Patients who are admitted to an orthopaedic trauma unit or intensive care unit with fractures or crush injuries and who are at risk of developing Acute Compartment Syndrome (ACS) are eligible for the study.
These patients will undergo routine monitoring for signs and symptoms of ACS. Patients who are able to make decisions about the ongoing treatment of their injured limb will be approached about the study. The patient will initially be given a short verbal statement about the study. At this point, patients may agree to take part or request additional information about the study. If patients request additional information, they can be offered a brief Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) or more detailed PIL. After reading this, they may agree to take part. Patients who agree to take part can either give verbal agreement to take part at this stage, or written informed consent.
Patients who agree to take part will have a pH probe inserted into their injured limb. The pH probe will be attached to a pH monitor which will record pH data for up to a maximum of 72 hours (24 hours per probe). The surgical team will not have access to the pH data. During the time participants are considered "at risk" for ACS, patients will be monitored in the routine way (using regular clinical assessment and pressure monitoring). If ACS is diagnosed in the routine way, then treatment (fasciotomy) will be offered as appropriate.
Once patients start to recover, written informed consent will be sought from those participants who gave verbal agreement at the outset of their participation in the study.
Until their discharge from hospital, clinical information will be collected from their medical notes or collected directly onto the study case report forms. Information from the pH monitor will be downloaded into the study website.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Diagnostic
- 盲法
- None
盲法说明
All participants will take part in pH probe monitoring. Results from the monitoring system will not be available until results are reviewed. No clinical decisions will be made using the new pH probes.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 16 Years 至 59 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Orthopaedic Limb injuries that are at increased risk of developing ACS. In particular the following injuries will have been sustained to permit inclusion:
- •Tibial diaphyseal fractures
- •High energy injuries around the knee (such as dislocations of the knee, fracture dislocations of the knee or complex fractures involving the proximal tibia e.g. Shatzker IV - VI types).
- •Forearm diaphyseal fractures
- •High energy injuries around the elbow resulting in complex fracture dislocations.
- •Significant crush injuries to the lower or upper limbs, including thigh, lower leg, upper arm and forearm, where compartment syndrome is suspected, in the presence or absence of a fracture.
- •Male and female participants will be a minimum of sixteen years of age and under 60 years of age.
- •Participants should be able to understand spoken and written English.
- •Able and willing to give verbal agreement or informed consent to participate.
排除标准
- •Patients who have evidence of previous ACS in the affected limb are not eligible.
- •Patients who were, prior to injury, receiving anticoagulant therapy (with the exception of aspirin or other anti-platelet aggregation drugs) for pre-existing conditions should also be excluded from the study.
- •Patients who have other illnesses/disease processes for whom the study could be detrimental will be excluded from the study (for example those with blood clotting disorders, current leukaemia, currently chemotherapy treatment, visible signs of peripheral vascular disease).
- •Eligible patients will have recently sustained a serious injury - in these circumstances, pregnancy testing is challenging and not routinely done in clinical practice. We will exclude patients who declare that they are pregnant.
结局指标
主要结局
Intra-muscular pH
时间窗: up to 72 hours
ph measured by Softcell device
次要结局
- Intra-compartmental pressure(up to 72 hours)
- Number of participants with adverse events(Up to 144 hours)
- Disease specific Quality of Life - Upper limb(6 months)
- No of people with Acute Compartment Syndrome(At 6 months)
- Generic Quality of Life(6 months)
- Disease specific Quality of Life - Lower limb(6 months)