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Pilot study on the practicability of a prototype for measuring capillary refill time

Pilot study on the practicability of a prototype for measuring capillary refill time - ProtoCap

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00023850
Enrollment
90
Registered
2021-05-19
Start date
2022-03-02
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Microcirculation disorders after blood loss, volume shift or during single lung ventilation

Interventions

Group 1: In patients receiving surgery with expected blood loss >500ml or large volume shifts or single lung ventilation, measurements of the digital and manual recapillarization time as well as laser

Sponsors

Klinik & Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Declaration of consent of the patients - Age over 18 years - Sinus Rhythm - Ability to give consent - Planned major surgical intervention in visceral/thoracic surgery, urology or orthopedics/accident surgery under general anesthesia with expected major blood losses =500ml - Necessary application of an invasive arterial blood pressure measurement

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Refusal - Pacemaker - higher grade valvular disease - BMI =30 kg/m2 - Peripheral arterial occlusive disease - Raynaud's disease - Existing catecholamine needs - Intraoperative equipping of an epidural catheter - Septic patients - Chron. Skin diseases - Allergy to Propofol/Soya/Rocuronium - Contraindication for inhalative anesthesia - Extensive injuries/burns/ bandages on forearms, feet/ hands/ forehead/ chest - Rheumatism or diseases of the rheumatoid form - Varicosis at the site to be examined - Preoperative use of vasodilatory drugs - Pre-operation on body areas to be examined - Pronounced edema in the body parts to be examined

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
-acquisition of the digital CRT at rest / during / after anaesthesia and after blood loss >500ml or during single lung ventilation

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
- intensity of pain during the operation - CRT on different parts of the body - Lactate, pO2, cardiac output changes under single lung ventilation, after blood loss >500ml

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactRosa Nickl

Klinik & Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie uund Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden

crt@uniklinikum-dresden.de+49 351 4584110

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026