Bioimpedance for High-Energy Extremity Fractures
This study is looking at how well a device called an EIT (electrical impedance tomography) works for people with high-energy closed extremity fractures (broken bones in arms or legs that haven't broken through the skin). The EIT device uses electrical signals to create images. We want to see if the EIT device is easy to use and acceptable to patients and staff. You can join if you are 18 or older and have a high-energy closed extremity fracture, but not if you have metatarsal (foot bone) fractures, injuries to both lower legs, or an implanted electronic device like a pacemaker. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 30 participants.
- Study design
- This study is interventional and plans to enroll 30 participants. It is not specified if it is randomized or blinded.
- What's involved
- You would undergo imaging with an EIT device in the Emergency Department, Operating Room, Orthopaedic Clinic, and in-patient hospital rooms.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- The main goal of the study is measured at 20 minutes, which suggests a short follow-up period.
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At a glance
Conditions
NCT06858488
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshirestudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Ida L Gitajn, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
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What this trial measures
- Feasibility and acceptability of the EIT device20 minutes
The primary objective of this work is to explore whether changes in impedance measurement associated with EIT are associated with soft tissue injury and readiness for surgical intervention. EIT is a technique which introduces a small amount of electrical current into biologic tissue through an array of electrodes and measures the change in signal to generate images related to the physiology of that tissue.