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SC2i VIPER: EnVenomation Investigation Pilot to Evaluate Recovery

SC2i VIPER: EnVenomation Investigation Pilot to Evaluate Recovery

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03170297
Acronym
VIPER
Enrollment
15
Registered
2017-05-31
Start date
2017-05-05
Completion date
2019-12-15
Last updated
2025-08-12

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Conditions

Critical Illness

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to pilot data for a systematic molecular characterization of pathophysiologic perturbations incurred by snake envenomation and compare this to other inflammatory physiologic states such as trauma and sepsis. This sub-study will analyze samples of participants enrolled under the parent study Surgical Critical Care Initiative Tissue and Data Acquisition Protocol.

Detailed description

The goal of this study is to pilot data for a systematic molecular characterization of pathophysiologic perturbations incurred by snake envenomation and compare this to other inflammatory physiologic states such as trauma and sepsis. The investigators will characterize transcriptomic and immune biomarker response to varying clinical severities of snakebite envenomation and compare to that of sepsis and traumatic injury. This sub-study will analyze samples of participants enrolled under a previously IRB-approved protocol, Surgical Critical Care Initiative Tissue and Data Acquisition Protocol (SC2i TDAP). All participants eligible for protocol SC2i TDAP (NCT 02182180) are eligible to be included in the current proposal, and conversely, the investigators will not enroll any participants in the current protocol who is not enrolled in SC2i TDAP. Participants enrolled under that protocol who have suffered snakebite envenomation will undergo additional procedure of follow up phone call 3, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days after discharge from the emergency department or hospital to fill out the PSFS via phone. All labs and other procedures will otherwise be as described in SC2i TDAP.

Interventions

OTHERResearch interventions of blood sampling and data collection

Patient-Specific Functional Scale (PSFS) survey will be administered to patients to record symptoms at both the time of evaluation in the emergency department and in follow up by phone at 3, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days after discharge from the emergency department or hospital. The rest of the patients' care will be as usual care, and patients will have had research interventions of blood sampling and data collection as noted in the previously approved SC2i Tissue Data Acquisition Protocol (TDAP) Pro00054947 (ClinicalTrial.gov ID: NCT02182180).

Sponsors

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
CollaboratorFED
United States Department of Defense
CollaboratorFED
Duke University
CollaboratorOTHER
Emory University
CollaboratorOTHER
Grady Health System
CollaboratorOTHER
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
CollaboratorFED
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
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

* Patients enrolled into the Surgical Critical Care Initiative Tissue and Data Acquisition Protocol (NCT02182180) who have suffered a snakebite envenomation (enrolled under Group 5: Non-traumatic conditions: individuals with non-traumatic causes of organ or system failure that mirror the phenotype of traumatic complications in Group 1) are eligible to be included in this study. * Adult patients (18 years of age or older) in a manner that is sensitive to the inclusion of women and members of underserved minority groups. * Potential participants or legally authorized representative (LAR) will be originally identified by clinical team, as described under Pro00054947 (NCT02182180). Only participants enrolled in Pro00054947 (NCT02182180) will be recruited for this sub-study

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnant women will be excluded from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Survey and Data30 days after initial bite for the surveyPatient Specific Functional Scale survey and piloting data for a systematic molecular characterization of pathophysiologic perturbations incurred by snake envenomation and compare this to other inflammatory physiologic states such as trauma and sepsis.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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