Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study
- Conditions
- Cervical Spine Fracture
- Registration Number
- NCT05608460
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Utah
- Brief Summary
A prospective multicenter observational study, led by Dr. Katie Russell of Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital, that will examine the sensitivity, specificity, negative, and positive predictive values of CT scan and plain films in diagnosing cervical spine injury that requires treatment. This study is funded by the Primary Children's Hospital foundation.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 15700
- Any participant less than 18 years old after blunt trauma
- Seen by trauma service
- With cervical spine imaging (XR, CT, or MRI)
- CT scan from outside facility is poor quality and not repeated (<63-channel, cuts >3mm, no reformats, motion artifact)
- No radiology over reads by participating institution
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Predictive Values of CT, XR, and MRI 5 years The sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive values of CT, XR, and MRI for clinically significant injury will be calculated.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (9)
Phoenix Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States
Oregon Health and Science University
🇺🇸Portland, Oregon, United States
Rady Children's Hospital
🇺🇸San Diego, California, United States
UT Southwestern Medical Center
🇺🇸Dallas, Texas, United States
Primary Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Stanford, California, United States
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States
Children's Hospital Colorado
🇺🇸Aurora, Colorado, United States