Prehospital Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Completed

• Conditions: Traumatic Brain Injury

• Registration Number: NCT02659046
• Lead Sponsor: Tampere University Hospital

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to measure the effect of Finnish physician-staffed EMS unit treatment methods on traumatic brain injury (TBI) patient prognosis.

In the second part of the study the gathered data will be combined with the data from an earlier study (NCT01454648) for regression analysis. The aim of the second study is to identify prehospital factors influencing the prognosis of prehospital TBI patients.

Detailed Description

A secondary aim is to identify out-of-hospital treatment factors that can be influenced by education and protocols.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-12
• Study First Submitted: 2016-01-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-01-15
• Study First Posted: 2016-01-20
• Primary Completion: 2016-12
• Study Completion: 2016-12
• Status Verified: 2017-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-12-08
• Last Update Posted: 2017-12-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 266

Inclusion Criteria

• TBI with GCS ≤ 8 or unconsciousness verified by an on-call neurosurgeon during admission to the hospital

Exclusion Criteria

• Multiple trauma

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mortality	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Glasgow outcome score	1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tampere University Hospital; 🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland