Therapeutic Normothermia in TBI

NCT ID: NCT06540768

Last Updated: 2024-12-16

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-01-31

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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This feasibility trial is the first step in testing the hypothesis that maintenance of normal body temperature, called therapeutic normothermia (TN), for 72 continuous hours in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients can improve cognitive function. The trial aims to answer the following questions:

1. Is it feasible to conduct this study? Conducting the trial includes the ability to identify and enroll appropriate participants, implement TN, and collect the required data.
2. Can the Creyos Health platform cognitive assessment tool be used to assess and quantify cognitive outcomes in TBI patients?

Researchers will address the aforementioned questions by looking at the following factors:

1. Identification and enrollment rates of appropriate patients
2. Implementation of the intervention and appropriate data collection while admitted
3. Accurate follow up and continued data collection post-discharge
4. Accessibility and ease of use of the Creyos Health platform cognitive assessment tool

Participants will undergo the following procedure:

1. Admission to the Critical Care Trauma Centre through the trauma service
2. Allocation to the intervention or no intervention group
3. Implementation of the intervention or of usual care for a continuous 72 hours
4. Completion of the Creyos Health platform cognitive assessment tool at 3 and 6 months post-discharge from the Critical Care Trauma Centre

Detailed Description

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Therapeutic normothermia (TN) is globally accepted as standard of care in post-cardiac arrest patients to maximize neurologic recovery. Both hypothermia and normothermia have been trialed and were noted to prevent the harmful effects of hyperthermia on intracranial pressures and the cardiovascular system. Normothermia is favored for its improved cardiovascular, hematological, immunological, and metabolic outcomes. In trauma patients specifically, hypothermia (whether therapeutic or accidental) has been shown to result in worse outcomes and increased mortality. Despite this, therapeutic normothermia has never been purposely applied as a primary intervention in TBI patients.

This current study aims to assess the feasibility of conducting a single centre randomized controlled trial of TN versus no TN in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. Patients will be screened and enrolled through the trauma service in the Critical Care Trauma Centre (CCTC).

Patients who consent to enroll in the study will be randomized 1:1 into either the TN or no TN group. Participants allocated to the TN group will immediately commence targeted temperature management for 72 hours, with 4 hourly temperature checks and interventions as indicated. Participants in the no TN group will proceed with standard of care within CCTC. Both groups will be followed at 3 and 6 months post-discharge with cognitive assessments via the Creyos Health platform.

The trial will allow the research team to assess appropriate participant identification and enrollment rates, ease and limitations of intervention implementation, data collection, and post-discharge follow up. The research team will also assess the accessibility and ease of use of the Creyos Health platform in this patient population. In depth primary and secondary outcome measures are outlined elsewhere in the application.

This feasibility trial will be the first step in potentially introducing an evidence based intervention that directly targets cognitive outcomes in the TBI patient population group.

Conditions

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Traumatic Brain Injury

Keywords

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TBI therapeutic normothermia targeted temperature management cognitive outcomes traumatic brain injury

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Single center unblinded randomized controlled trial
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Therapeutic Normothermia Group

Participants randomized to this group will be placed under a targeted temperature model aiming for normothermia for 72 hours. Temperature and interventions will be monitored every 4 hours for the entirety of the 24 hours. Participants will be followed post-discharge and will undergo cognitive assessments at 3 and 6 months.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Therapeutic Normothermia Group

Intervention Type OTHER

Maintenance of a body temperature between 35 and 37 degrees Celsius using conservative and pharmacological interventions for 72 hours.

Control Group

Participants randomized to this group will undergo usual care in the Critical Care Trauma Centre. Temperature will be monitored as per standard of care. Participants will be followed post-discharge and will undergo cognitive assessments at 3 and 6 months.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Therapeutic Normothermia Group

Maintenance of a body temperature between 35 and 37 degrees Celsius using conservative and pharmacological interventions for 72 hours.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult patients (\>= 18 years of age) who present through the LHSC trauma service and have sustained a TBI.
* A Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 5-12, inclusive, prior to intubation.

Exclusion Criteria

* GCS at time of presentation of 4 or less or 13 or more.
* Patients not expected to survive 48 hours.
* \>24 hours from injury at time of enrollment.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

London Health Sciences Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ian Ball

Dr.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ian Ball, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

London Health Sciences Centre

Central Contacts

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Hana Geres, MB BCh BAO

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 6477747081

Email: [email protected]

References

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Oshorov A, Baranich A, Polupan A, Sychev A, Savin I, Potapov A. Effects of Hyperthermia on Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Autoregulation in Patients with an Acute Brain Injury. Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2021;131:71-74. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-59436-7_15.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33839821 (View on PubMed)

Hong JM, Choi ES, Park SY. Selective Brain Cooling: A New Horizon of Neuroprotection. Front Neurol. 2022 Jun 20;13:873165. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.873165. eCollection 2022.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 35795804 (View on PubMed)

Oshorov AV, Polupan AA, Sychev AA, Baranich AI, Kurdyumova NV, Abramov TA, Savin IA, Potapov AA. [Influence of cerebral hyperthermia on intracranial pressure and autoregulation of cerebral circulation in patients with acute brain injury]. Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko. 2021;85(1):68-77. doi: 10.17116/neiro20218501168. Russian.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33560622 (View on PubMed)

Nielsen N, Wetterslev J, Cronberg T, Erlinge D, Gasche Y, Hassager C, Horn J, Hovdenes J, Kjaergaard J, Kuiper M, Pellis T, Stammet P, Wanscher M, Wise MP, Aneman A, Al-Subaie N, Boesgaard S, Bro-Jeppesen J, Brunetti I, Bugge JF, Hingston CD, Juffermans NP, Koopmans M, Kober L, Langorgen J, Lilja G, Moller JE, Rundgren M, Rylander C, Smid O, Werer C, Winkel P, Friberg H; TTM Trial Investigators. Targeted temperature management at 33 degrees C versus 36 degrees C after cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med. 2013 Dec 5;369(23):2197-206. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1310519. Epub 2013 Nov 17.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24237006 (View on PubMed)

Rosli D, Schnuriger B, Candinas D, Haltmeier T. The Impact of Accidental Hypothermia on Mortality in Trauma Patients Overall and Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Specifically: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World J Surg. 2020 Dec;44(12):4106-4117. doi: 10.1007/s00268-020-05750-5. Epub 2020 Aug 28.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32860141 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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14097

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id