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Inflammatory Response After Muscle and Skeleton Trauma

Inflammatory Response in Polytraumatized Patients

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00710411
Acronym
IRAMST
Enrollment
48
Registered
2008-07-04
Start date
2009-04-30
Completion date
2015-12-31
Last updated
2015-12-17

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

Conditions

Multiple Trauma

Keywords

humans, patients, polytrauma, complement, inflammation, inflammatory response, biomarkers, cytokines, cell surface markers, apoptosis, NF-kappaB, functional polymorphisms, mesenchymal stem cell, severity of injury, ISS, infections, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, SIRS, sepsis, severe sepsis, shock, organ dysfunctions, SOFA, severity of disease, APACHEII, SAPSII, SPAPS3, length of stay, wound healing, outcome, mortality

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the inflammatory response after multiple trauma in humans.

Detailed description

Polytraumatized patients are via a systemic inflammatory response syndrome at high risk for an uneventful outcome in the posttraumatic phase. One of the main functions of the inflammatory response is the recognition and elimination of damaged tissues and microorganisms. In polytraumatized patients, a huge amount of damaged cells occurs which has to be eliminated by programmed cell death (apoptosis)without damaging surrounding tissues. It remains unclear whether, when and how an interplay of complement system, NF-kB, danger and pattern recognition receptors, apoptosis, mesenchymal stem cells and their regulation may be beneficial and harmful. Differing activation of the complement system, pro-inflammatory biomarkers and predisposing polymorphisms of response and receptor genes are expected to lead to varying outcome. Therefore, this prospective observational study will enroll n=60 polytraumatized patients with an ISS\>18 to monitor longitudinally their inflammatory response after trauma and to find out whether there is a discriminating pattern of the cross talk between complement system, biomarkers and apoptosis in patients with beneficial or harmful outcome.

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

German Research Foundation
CollaboratorOTHER
University of Ulm
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* multiple trauma injury, injury severity score (ISS) \> 18 with 1. isolated fractures of the extremities 2. fractures of the extremities combined with blunt/penetrating visceral trauma 3. fractures of the extremities combined with blunt/penetrating thoracic trauma 4. isolated head injury with morphological changes in CCT 5. combination of points 1 - 4

Exclusion criteria

* life expectancy \< 24 hours * participation in other trials * ISS \< 18 * cardiopulmonary reanimation on the accident scene or dying immediately after hospital admission * age \< 18 years * known or suspected pregnancy * patients with ray-treatment or chemotherapy within the last three months

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Inflammatory pattern of complement activation, biomarkers and complement-regulating proteins (CRegs)on leukocytes0, 1, 4, 12, 24, 48, 96, 120 und 240 h after trauma

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
inflammatory biomarkers, cell surface markers, apoptosis, functional polymorphisms, mesenchymal stem cells, severity of injury (ISS), infections, SIRS, sepsis, shock, organ dysfunctions, severity of disease, ICU length of stay, wound healing, mortality0, 1, 4, 12, 24, 48, 96, 120 und 240 h after trauma for biochemical and immunological parameters; ISS on admission; scores on a daily basis; ICU and hospital death on discharge

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026