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Detecting Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage With Microwave Technology

Detecting Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage With Microwave Technology - An Open Study Evaluating the Diagnostic Accuracy of a Microwave-based Device to Detect Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage (TICH), by Comparing Measurements on Trauma Patients With Confirmed vs Excluded TICH

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02728908
Enrollment
250
Registered
2016-04-05
Start date
2016-04-30
Completion date
2019-11-01
Last updated
2020-01-31

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Conditions

Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage

Brief summary

An open study evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of a microwave-based device to detect traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (TICH), by comparing measurements on trauma patients with confirmed vs excluded TICH

Detailed description

This open study will enrol trauma patients admitted to the Trauma Unit, Department of Surgery at Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Sahlgrenska. It will compare patients where TICH has been confirmed by CT (group A) to patients where CT has ruled out TICH (group B). Patients will be asked to participate in the study as early as possible after admission and CT scan. After physical examination, checking inclusion/exclusion criteria, and after informed consent has been acquired, the baseline microwave-based measurement will be performed. The diagnostic procedure is estimated to take 15 min; whereof total subject measurement time will be less than five minutes. Follow-up microwave measurements will be performed in conjunction with any follow-up CTs performed as part of the standard of care, during the hospitalized treatment period. If no follow-up CTs are performed as part of the standard of care, only the baseline microwave measurement will be performed. Safety will be followed throughout the study, and a safety follow-up will be performed 12 hours after the last microwave-based investigation is finalized.

Interventions

Measurement with Medfield Strokefinder MD100

Sponsors

Medfield Diagnostics
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Chalmers University of Technology
CollaboratorOTHER
Hans Granhed
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patient admitted to Sahlgrenska University Hospital for trauma care. * Patient deemed clinically stable. * Patient should have a Glasgow Coma Scale rating of \> 14 * TICH confirmed (group A) or ruled out (group B) by CT, performed within the latest 12 hours. * Patient ≥ 18 years of age. * Patient has signed the Informed Consent Form.

Exclusion criteria

* Patient has confirmed or suspected skull fracture. * Patient has confirmed or suspected cervical spine fracture. * The diagnostic procedure is deemed to interfere with the standard of care. * Patient has a shunt or other foreign object implanted intracranially. * Patient has agraffes/other metal parts, thick (\> 1 cm) bandage, or other foreign materials attached to the head that are deemed to interfere with the diagnostic procedure. * Any other condition or symptoms preventing the patient from entering the study, according to the Investigator's judgment. * Females who are pregnant.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The diagnostic ability as measured by the area under receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of the device for detecting TICHThe diagnostic procedure has an estimated duration of 15 minutesThe diagnostic ability of the device is calculated using a leave-one-out/n-fold cross-validation method

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The accuracy for estimating the position of the intracranial hemorrhage through a mathematical analysis of the microwave dataThe diagnostic procedure has an estimated duration of 15 minutes
The accuracy for estimating the volume of the intracranial hemorrhage through a mathematical analysis of the microwave dataThe diagnostic procedure has an estimated duration of 15 minutes
Mean time (± standard deviation) needed to complete the measurement procedureThe diagnostic procedure has an estimated duration of 15 minutes
Any adverse events occurring within 12 hours from the measurement procedure(s)The diagnostic procedure has an estimated duration of 15 minutes, a safety follow-up will be performed 12 hours after the diagnostic procedure

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

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