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Registration number
NCT00222742
Ethics application status
Date submitted
16/09/2005
Date registered
22/09/2005
Date last updated
11/07/2012

Titles & IDs
Public title
Hypothermia in Children After Trauma
Scientific title
Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Consortium: Hypothermia
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
1R01NS052478-01
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
1R01-NS052478-01
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Traumatic Brain Injury 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Injuries and Accidents 0 0 0 0
Other injuries and accidents
Neurological 0 0 0 0
Other neurological disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Surgery - induced moderate hypothermia

Experimental: A - Induced moderate hypothermia (32-33 C)


Treatment: Surgery: induced moderate hypothermia
Subjects assigned to the treatment arm will be cooled to 32-33 °C for 48 hours and then slowly warmed.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Surgery
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
The primary specific aim of this RCT is to determine the effect of induced moderate HYPO (32-33 °C) after severe TBI in children on mortality.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
3 month post injury
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
To determine the effect of HYPO after severe TBI in children on global function and neurocognitive outcomes in the areas of intellectual ability/development, memory and learning, and behavior.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
at 6 and 12 months post injury
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
To determine the effect of HYPO after severe TBI in children of different age ranges (< 6y; 6-<16y; and 16-<18y) on mortality and 6 and 12 months functional and neurocognitive outcomes.
Timepoint [2] 0 0
3, 6 and 12 months post injury
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
To determine the effect of HYPO after severe TBI in children on reducing intracranial hypertension and maintaining adequate cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP).
Timepoint [3] 0 0
7 days post injury

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. Patients with a GCS </= 8
2. Glasgow Motor Score < 6
3. Closed head injury
4. Age 0 < 18 y
Minimum age
No limit
Maximum age
17 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Exclusion Criteria

1. Unavailable to initiate cooling within 6 hours of injury
2. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score = 3 and abnormal brainstem function
3. Normal initial CT scan (No blood, fracture, swelling, and/or shift)
4. Penetrating brain injury
5. No known mechanism of injury
6. Unknown time of injury
7. Uncorrectable coagulopathy (PT/PTT > 16/40 sec, INR > 1.7)
8. Hypotensive episode (Systolic Blood Pressure <5th percentile for age>10 min)
9. Documented Hypoxic episode (O2 saturation < 94% for > 30 min)
10. Pregnancy

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?


The people assessing the outcomes
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Stopped early
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/11/2007
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/03/2012
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
90
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,QLD,SA,VIC,WA
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick - Sydney
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Children's Hospital at Westmead - Westmead
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane - Brisbane
Recruitment hospital [4] 0 0
Mater Children's Hospital - Brisbane
Recruitment hospital [5] 0 0
Children's Youth and Women's Health Service - North Adelaide
Recruitment hospital [6] 0 0
Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne - Parkville
Recruitment hospital [7] 0 0
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children - Subiaco, Perth
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2031 - Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
2145 - Westmead
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
4029 - Brisbane
Recruitment postcode(s) [4] 0 0
4101 - Brisbane
Recruitment postcode(s) [5] 0 0
5006 - North Adelaide
Recruitment postcode(s) [6] 0 0
3052 - Parkville
Recruitment postcode(s) [7] 0 0
6008 - Subiaco, Perth
Recruitment outside Australia
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Arizona
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California
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District of Columbia
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Florida
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Minnesota
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Missouri
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New York
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North Carolina
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Ohio
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Pennsylvania
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Texas
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Washington
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Canada
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Alberta
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Canada
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British Columbia
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New Zealand
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Auckland
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South Africa
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Cape Town
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United Kingdom
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London
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United Kingdom
State/province [18] 0 0
West Midlands

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Address
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Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Government body
Name [1] 0 0
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
P. David Adelson, MD
Address 0 0
Phoenix Children's Hospital
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Contact person for scientific queries

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What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

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Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00222742