Status:

TERMINATED

Early Mobility for the Critically Injured Burn Patient

Lead Sponsor:

Wake Forest University

Collaborating Sponsors:

United States Department of Defense

Washington University School of Medicine

Conditions:

Critically Injured Burn Patients

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study will demonstrate that Standardized Rehabilitation Therapy for burn patients with ARF reduces hospital stay through immediate improvement in functional capacity and functional performance. O...

Detailed Description

Background: Burn injury requiring mechanical ventilation affects a high proportion of the 25,000 patients admitted to US Burn Centers every year. Patients with a burn injury and acute respiratory fail...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 18 years or older
  • Mechanically ventilated via an endotracheal tube or mask (via tracheostomy is acceptable if performed emergently due to burn injury)
  • Burn injury requiring ICU admission

Exclusion

  • Inability to walk without assistance prior to burn injury (use of a cane or walkers not exclusions)
  • Cognitive impairment prior to burn injury (non-verbal)
  • Acute Stroke
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) \>50
  • Neuromuscular disease that could impair ventilator weaning (myasthenia gravis, ALS, Gillian-Barre)
  • Hospitalization within 30 days prior to burn injury
  • Re-admission to ICU/BICU within current hospitalization
  • Expected hospitalization length of stay \< 3 days
  • Hip fracture, unstable cervical spine or pathological fracture
  • Mechanically ventilated \>80 hours prior to study enrollment
  • Current hospitalization or transferring hospital stay \>7days prior to study enrollment
  • DNR/DNI on admission
  • Ineligible cancer treatment within the last 6 months
  • Investigator judgment/determination that patient is unable to participate in intervention (SRT)
  • Moribund
  • Participation in treatment arm of another research study within the past 30 days/or at any time during the treatment phase of this study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

12 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01866735

Start Date

May 1 2013

End Date

March 1 2015

Last Update

May 31 2018

Active Locations (3)

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1

Washington University

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63130

2

University of North Carolina, Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599

3

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157