An Observational Pilot Study of the Effects of Traumatic Haemorrhagic Shock and Resuscitation on the Microcirculation

NCT ID: NCT02111109

Last Updated: 2019-09-11

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

58 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-07-31

Study Completion Date

2017-06-13

Brief Summary

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Haemorrhage following major trauma is an important preventable cause of death. Those patients who survive may have a prolonged period of debility caused by failure of key body organs. We suspect that an important contributor to this organ failure may be dysfunction in the network of small blood vessels that supply the bodies organs with oxygen and nutrients. Our study will examine the link between the microcirculation and organ failure in patients who have suffered significant bleeding after traumatic injury. We will also explore the relationship between resuscitation of the global circulation (blood pressure, cardiac output etc.)an area that is monitored in clinical practice with the state of the microcirculation, which by contrast is not monitored. Patients with severe traumatic injury commonly have problems with blood clotting. Some researchers have suggested that microcirculatory failure may be an important contributor to this problem and we will explore this in more detail. Finally, we will attempt to examine some of the mechanisms by which the microcirculation may be disrupted by trauma and subsequent bleeding. These may include inappropriate activation of white blood cells, inadequate function of oxygen carrying red blood cells and changes to the cells lining the small blood vessels.

We will use a non invasive method to assess the microcirculation termed Side Stream Dark Field microscopy. This involves recorded a video image of the movement of blood within the small blood vessels under a patients tongue. In addition we will use ultrasound to assess the flow of blood from the heart. Small samples of blood will be taken to assess blood clotting and to look at possible mechanisms of microcirculatory dysfunction.

We aim to study ten patients in the first instance. The study will be carried out within the intensive care units at Kings College Hospital.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Traumatic Haemorrhagic Shock

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Traumatic injury

Side Stream Dark Field Microscopy

Intervention Type DEVICE

Interventions

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Side Stream Dark Field Microscopy

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

Not expected to survive 24 hours
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital Birmingham

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

King's College Hospital NHS Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University Hospital Birmingham

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Site Status

Kings College Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal London Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Naumann DN, Hazeldine J, Midwinter MJ, Hutchings SD, Harrison P. Poor microcirculatory flow dynamics are associated with endothelial cell damage and glycocalyx shedding after traumatic hemorrhagic shock. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Jan;84(1):81-88. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001695.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28885470 (View on PubMed)

Naumann DN, Mellis C, Smith IM, Mamuza J, Skene I, Harris T, Midwinter MJ, Hutchings SD. Safety and feasibility of sublingual microcirculation assessment in the emergency department for civilian and military patients with traumatic haemorrhagic shock: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2016 Dec 21;6(12):e014162. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014162.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28003301 (View on PubMed)

Hutchings S, Naumann DN, Harris T, Wendon J, Midwinter MJ. Observational study of the effects of traumatic injury, haemorrhagic shock and resuscitation on the microcirculation: a protocol for the MICROSHOCK study. BMJ Open. 2016 Mar 4;6(3):e010893. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010893.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26944694 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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14/YH/0078

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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