Status:

COMPLETED

Vasopressin in Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock Study

Lead Sponsor:

Volker Wenzel

Conditions:

Shock

Hypovolemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The purpose of the present trial is therefore to assess effects of arginine vasopressin vs. saline placebo on hospital admission rate (primary end point), as well as hemodynamic variables, fluid resus...

Detailed Description

The study will be designed as a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial with blinded assessment of the outcome in a study network with helicopter emergency medical service units in ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult trauma patients presenting with presumed traumatic hemorrhagic shock (systolic arterial blood pressure \<90 mm Hg) that does not respond to the first 10 min of standard shock treatment \[endotracheal intubation, crystalloid-, colloid-, and hypertonic saline (up to 4 ml/kg) fluid resuscitation, and catecholamine (ephedrine, phenylephrine, norepinephrine, epinephrine) vasopressors\].

Exclusion

  • Terminal illness
  • No intravenous access
  • Age \< 18 years
  • Injury \> 60 min before randomization
  • Known pregnancy
  • Cardiac arrest before randomization
  • Presence of a do-not-resuscitate order
  • Untreated tension pneumothorax
  • Untreated cardiac tamponade
  • Participation in another clinical study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

64 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00379522

Start Date

July 1 2010

End Date

October 1 2014

Last Update

November 5 2014

Active Locations (14)

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HEMS Ybbsitz / Hospital Amstetten

Amstetten, Lower Austria, Austria, A-3300

2

Hospital Krems

Krems, Lower Austria, Austria, A-3500

3

Hospital Wiener Neustadt

Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, Austria, A-2700

4

Hospital Salzburg

Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, A-5020