Management and Outcomes Following Emergency Surgery for Traumatic Brain Injury

NCT ID: NCT04212754

Last Updated: 2019-12-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

1000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-11-01

Study Completion Date

2020-02-29

Brief Summary

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Primary aim:

The primary aim of the study is to compare survival to discharge (or survival to 14 days post-operatively, whichever comes first) following emergency surgery for traumatic brain injury (TBI) across Human Development Index settings.

Primary outcome measure:

The primary outcome measure will be survival to discharge (or survival to 14 days post-operatively, whichever comes first)

Primary comparison:

Between country groups defined by human development index.

Centre eligibility:

Any hospital or clinic worldwide performing emergency surgery for traumatic brain injury is eligible to participate.

Patient eligibility:

All adult and paediatric patients admitted to the participating institution with a traumatic brain injury for which they receive emergency surgery during the selected 30-day inclusion period are eligible for inclusion in the study.

Team:

Individual hospital teams with up to four people, collecting data for 30 days.

Time period:

Local study teams may select any 30-day period from the 1st of November 2018 and the 31st of December 2019 to start their study. Patients operated on who meet the inclusion criteria between 00:01 on day 0 and 23:59 on day 30 of the selected study period will be included.

Validation:

We will employ a method of data validation in every centre that will give us a quantitative estimate of case ascertainment that is feasible even in low-resource centres.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Traumatic Brain Injury Head Injury Brain Injuries Brain Trauma Brain Injuries, Traumatic Head Injury Trauma

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Procedure: Emergency surgery for traumatic brain injury

Exposure: human development index of country

Intervention Type OTHER

Primary comparison: Between country groups defined by human development index.

Interventions

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Exposure: human development index of country

Primary comparison: Between country groups defined by human development index.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Any hospital or clinic worldwide performing emergency surgery for traumatic brain injury is eligible to participate. In the majority of institutions, emergency surgery for TBI is provided by neurosurgeons - however, centres in which emergency surgery for TBI is provided general surgeons, trauma surgeons, general medical doctors or even non-physician clinicians are also eligible to participate.


\- All adult and paediatric patients admitted to the participating institution with a traumatic brain injury for which they receive emergency surgery during the selected 30-day inclusion period are eligible for inclusion in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients who only have an external ventricular drain or intraparenchymal wire (or other monitoring device) inserted for the diagnosis and/or management of intracranial hypertension.
* Patients who undergo procedures for chronic subdural haematoma(s), including burr holes or mini-craniotomies.
* Elective (planned admission) or semi-elective (where patient initially admitted as an emergency, then discharged from hospital, and re-admitted at later time for surgery) procedures.
* Patients who have previously had emergency cranial surgery for traumatic brain injury rendering them eligible for inclusion in this study (regardless of whether they were included)
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Cambridge

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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David Clark

Clinical Research Fellow in Global Neurotrauma

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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David Clark

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Cambridge

Peter Hutchinson

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Cambridge

Alexis Joannides

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Cambridge

Angelos Kolias

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Cambridge

Locations

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University of Cambridge

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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David Clark

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +441223336946

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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David Clark

Role: primary

Peter Hutchinson

Role: backup

Other Identifiers

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GNOS1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id