Trial Outcomes & Findings for Effect of a Warming Mattress on Perioperative Hypothermia Following Cesarean Delivery (NCT NCT02837913)

NCT ID: NCT02837913

Last Updated: 2019-09-18

Results Overview

Temperature at time of post anesthesia care unit admission

Recruitment status

TERMINATED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

19 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

15 minute intervals until normothermic, up to 45 minutes after admission Post Anesthesia Care Unit

Results posted on

2019-09-18

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Underbody Warmer on
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient and turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Underbody Warmer Off
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient but not turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Overall Study
STARTED
10
9
Overall Study
COMPLETED
10
9
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
0
0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Race and Ethnicity were not collected from any participant.

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Underbody Warmer on
n=10 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient and turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Underbody Warmer Off
n=9 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient but not turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Total
n=19 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous
35.8 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 3.1 • n=10 Participants
33.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.6 • n=9 Participants
34.6 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 4.5 • n=19 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
10 Participants
n=10 Participants
9 Participants
n=9 Participants
19 Participants
n=19 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
0 Participants
n=10 Participants
0 Participants
n=9 Participants
0 Participants
n=19 Participants
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected
0 Participants
Race and Ethnicity were not collected from any participant.
Region of Enrollment
United States
10 participants
n=10 Participants
9 participants
n=9 Participants
19 participants
n=19 Participants
BMI
27.1 kg/m2
STANDARD_DEVIATION 4.3 • n=10 Participants
31.5 kg/m2
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.4 • n=9 Participants
29.2 kg/m2
STANDARD_DEVIATION 6.2 • n=19 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 15 minute intervals until normothermic, up to 45 minutes after admission Post Anesthesia Care Unit

Temperature at time of post anesthesia care unit admission

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Underbody Warmer on
n=10 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient and turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Underbody Warmer Off
n=9 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient but not turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Temperature
Post Anesthesia Care Unit Admission
96.5 Degrees Fahrenheit
Standard Deviation 0.8
97.1 Degrees Fahrenheit
Standard Deviation 0.8
Temperature
15 minutes after admission
96.0 Degrees Fahrenheit
Standard Deviation 0.6
96.1 Degrees Fahrenheit
Standard Deviation 1.0
Temperature
30 minutes after admission
96.7 Degrees Fahrenheit
Standard Deviation 0.8
97.5 Degrees Fahrenheit
Standard Deviation 0.7
Temperature
45 minutes after admission
96.9 Degrees Fahrenheit
Standard Deviation 0.6
97.1 Degrees Fahrenheit
Standard Deviation 0.8

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 15 minute intervals until no shivering, up to 45 minutes after admission Post Anesthesia Care Unit

Shivering at time of post anesthesia care unit admission

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Underbody Warmer on
n=10 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient and turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Underbody Warmer Off
n=9 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient but not turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Number of Participants With Shivering
Arrival in post anesthesia care unit
2 Participants
1 Participants
Number of Participants With Shivering
15 minutes after admission
2 Participants
0 Participants
Number of Participants With Shivering
30 minutes after admission
1 Participants
0 Participants
Number of Participants With Shivering
45 minutes after admission
0 Participants
0 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Preop up to 45 minutes after admission Post Anesthesia Care Unit, 15 min intervals

Population: healthy women undergoing cesarean

Vitals: Heart Rate from preoperative through end of post anesthesia recovery unit

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Underbody Warmer on
n=10 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient and turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Underbody Warmer Off
n=9 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient but not turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Vitals: Heart Rate
Preoperative heart rate
80.4 beats per minutes
Standard Deviation 10.3
77.1 beats per minutes
Standard Deviation 11.9
Vitals: Heart Rate
PostAnesthesia heart rate
84.6 beats per minutes
Standard Deviation 12.8
79.8 beats per minutes
Standard Deviation 16.7
Vitals: Heart Rate
Delivery heart rate
87.6 beats per minutes
Standard Deviation 13.8
80 beats per minutes
Standard Deviation 13.2
Vitals: Heart Rate
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit Heart Rate Arrival
89.4 beats per minutes
Standard Deviation 10.2
77.7 beats per minutes
Standard Deviation 10.9
Vitals: Heart Rate
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit Heart Rate 15 minutes
81.25 beats per minutes
Standard Deviation 17.2
62.5 beats per minutes
Standard Deviation 13.4
Vitals: Heart Rate
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit Heart Rate 30 minutes
81.5 beats per minutes
Standard Deviation 16.8
53 beats per minutes
Standard Deviation 0
Vitals: Heart Rate
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit Heart Rate 45 minutes
93 beats per minutes
Standard Deviation 0
53 beats per minutes
Standard Deviation 0

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Documented at the end of 2 hour surgical procedure

Population: healthy pregnant women undergoing cesarean

Estimated blood loss with and without warming

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Underbody Warmer on
n=10 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient and turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Underbody Warmer Off
n=9 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient but not turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Blood Loss
630 milliliter
Standard Deviation 143.76
711.11 milliliter
Standard Deviation 170.99

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: time from delivery to first maternal contact during the 2 hour surgical procedure

Population: healthy women undergoing cesarean

time to neonatal bonding as skin to skin

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Underbody Warmer on
n=10 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient and turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Underbody Warmer Off
n=9 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient but not turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Time to Neonatal Bonding
32 minutes
Standard Deviation 29
13 minutes
Standard Deviation 10.3

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Preop up to 45 minutes after admission Post Anesthesia Care Unit, 15 min intervals

Population: health women undergoing cesarean

Thermal comfort visual analog scale with scores 0-100 with 50 being temperature comfort/neutral, 100 being hottest, 0 being cold

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Underbody Warmer on
n=10 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient and turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Underbody Warmer Off
n=9 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient but not turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Thermal Comfort Visual Analog Scale
Preoperative thermal comfort
50.8 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 3.3
48.9 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 4.2
Thermal Comfort Visual Analog Scale
PostAnesthesia thermal comfort
48.5 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 3.4
47.8 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 3.6
Thermal Comfort Visual Analog Scale
Delivery Thermal Comfort
49.5 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 1.6
46.1 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 4.9
Thermal Comfort Visual Analog Scale
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit Thermal Comfort Arrival
49.5 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 3.7
45.6 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 9.2
Thermal Comfort Visual Analog Scale
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit Thermal Comfort 15 min
46.3 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 4.8
50 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 0
Thermal Comfort Visual Analog Scale
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit Thermal Comfort 30 min
47.5 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 5
50 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 0
Thermal Comfort Visual Analog Scale
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit Thermal Comfort 45 min
50 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 0
50 units on a scale
Standard Deviation 0

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Preop up to 45 minutes after admission Post Anesthesia Care Unit, 15 min intervals

Population: healthy women undergoing cesarean

Vitals: Oxygen Saturation from preoperative through end post anesthesia recovery unit

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Underbody Warmer on
n=10 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient and turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Underbody Warmer Off
n=9 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient but not turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Vitals: Oxygen Saturation
Preoperative oxygen saturation
99.8 oxygen saturation, %
Standard Deviation 0.4
99.7 oxygen saturation, %
Standard Deviation 1
Vitals: Oxygen Saturation
postAnesthesia oxygen saturation
98.8 oxygen saturation, %
Standard Deviation 2.8
99.9 oxygen saturation, %
Standard Deviation 0.3
Vitals: Oxygen Saturation
Delivery oxygen saturation
98.3 oxygen saturation, %
Standard Deviation 1.3
99.1 oxygen saturation, %
Standard Deviation 1.1
Vitals: Oxygen Saturation
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit OxygenSaturationArrival
98.4 oxygen saturation, %
Standard Deviation 1.6
98.7 oxygen saturation, %
Standard Deviation 1.4
Vitals: Oxygen Saturation
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit OxygenSaturation15minut
99.8 oxygen saturation, %
Standard Deviation 0.5
99.5 oxygen saturation, %
Standard Deviation 0.7
Vitals: Oxygen Saturation
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit OxygenSaturation30minut
98.8 oxygen saturation, %
Standard Deviation 1.3
99 oxygen saturation, %
Standard Deviation 0
Vitals: Oxygen Saturation
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit OxygenSaturation45minut
99 oxygen saturation, %
Standard Deviation 0
99 oxygen saturation, %
Standard Deviation 0

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Preop up to 45 minutes after admission Post Anesthesia Care Unit, 15 min intervals

Population: healthy women undergoing cesarean

Vitals: blood pressure as mean arterial pressure

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Underbody Warmer on
n=10 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient and turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Underbody Warmer Off
n=9 Participants
Underbody warmer will be underneath the patient but not turned on. VitaHeat underbody heating mattress: Use of VitaHeat underbody heating mattress will be used for the intervention arm to reduce hypothermia post operatively
Vitals: Blood Pressure
Preoperative Blood Pressure
92.9 mmHg
Standard Deviation 11
84.2 mmHg
Standard Deviation 6.7
Vitals: Blood Pressure
PostAnesthesia Blood Pressure
93.3 mmHg
Standard Deviation 12.9
90.5 mmHg
Standard Deviation 14.4
Vitals: Blood Pressure
Delivery Blood Pressure
84.4 mmHg
Standard Deviation 10.2
92.3 mmHg
Standard Deviation 8.9
Vitals: Blood Pressure
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit BloodPressure Arrival
82.3 mmHg
Standard Deviation 15.3
77.1 mmHg
Standard Deviation 9.2
Vitals: Blood Pressure
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit BloodPressure 15minutes
84.3 mmHg
Standard Deviation 12.1
85 mmHg
Standard Deviation 2.8
Vitals: Blood Pressure
PostAnesthesiaRecoveryUnit BloodPressure 30minutes
85.8 mmHg
Standard Deviation 12.8

Adverse Events

Underbody Warmer on

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Underbody Warmer Off

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr. Mark Zakowski

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Phone: 310-423-5841

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place