NCT02155400

Brief Summary

Getting cold (not maintaining normothermia) around surgery (perioperative period) leads to many negative outcomes for patients including increased wound complications, abnormal heart rhythms and increased blood loss. These all lead to increased length of hospital stay and higher requirements for post operative monitoring. These add to around $3500 of extra costs per patient. The investigators aim to study the effects of a warming device, placed around the patient's legs and/or feet, to determine it's safety, efficacy and eventually compare to the current gold standard of a forced air warming blanket. Forced air warming has been associated with the spread of germs over the surgical field. Hence the need for warming equipment that won't do that.

Trial Health

87
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Enrollment
37

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Aug 2014

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

May 27, 2014

Completed
8 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

June 4, 2014

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

August 1, 2014

Completed
1.8 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

May 1, 2016

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

May 1, 2016

Completed
Last Updated

May 2, 2017

Status Verified

April 1, 2017

Enrollment Period

1.8 years

First QC Date

May 27, 2014

Last Update Submit

April 29, 2017

Conditions

Keywords

perioperative hypothermiathermal compressionforced air warming

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Core temperature

    average calculated looking for presence of hypothermia (below 36 deg core temp) During surgery, the patient will have their core temperature continuously monitored either via esophageal , tympanic and if available bladder (routine intraoperative monitoring)

    Perioperative period

Secondary Outcomes (3)

  • Thermal comfort

    Measured at 15min intervals in the pre ((within 60 minutes prior to induction of anesthesia) and post op period ((within 60 minutes after awakening from anesthesia)

  • General comfort

    15 min intervals in pre ((within 60 minutes prior to induction of anesthesia) and post op period ((within 60 minutes after awakening from anesthesia)

  • Skin injury scale

    15 min intervals during the perioperative period (within 60 minutes prior to induction of anesthesia, during the surgery (expected 3-6 hours) and (within 60 minutes after awakening from anesthesia))

Study Arms (5)

Prototype development

EXPERIMENTAL

10 patients (this phase will be terminated once prototype is confirmed ready) Intervention: prototype device

Device: Prototype / Experimental device

Treatment arm - Prototype

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

\- 18 patients Intervention: Prototype device (heating both sole of foot and popliteal fossa with compression)

Device: Prototype / Experimental device

Control arm - Forced Air Warming Blanket

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

18 patients Intervention: Forced air warming blanket (Bair hugger)

Device: Bair Hugger

Comparison - Sole of foot only

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

9 patients heating sole of foot only Intervention: prototype device

Device: Prototype / Experimental device

Comparison - Popliteal fossa only

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

9 patients heating popliteal fossa only Intervention: prototype device

Device: Prototype / Experimental device

Interventions

Forced Air Warming Blanket placed over the body of the patient during surgery

Also known as: Forced Air Warming Blanket
Control arm - Forced Air Warming Blanket

Contact heating device provides heat to the sole of the foot and popliteal fossa while providing intermittent compression to the lower leg.

Comparison - Popliteal fossa onlyComparison - Sole of foot onlyPrototype developmentTreatment arm - Prototype

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 90 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Adult patients undergoing procedures with general anesthesia, lasting longer than 30 minutes, that have a leg size that fits a medium sized sequential compression device (DVT leg device) are eligible.

You may not qualify if:

  • \- patients in which procedure hypothermia is desired (eg. some cardiac patients)
  • do not have 2 legs for the device to be applied.
  • have disease of the legs with altered sensation or may have increased tissue sensitivity to leg warming (peripheral neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, active legs infections etc)
  • patients considered not appropriate by either the attending anesthesiologist or surgeon.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Stanford University Hopspital

Stanford, California, 94305, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

  • Santa Maria PL, Santa Maria C, Eisenried A, Velasquez N, Kannard BT, Ramani A, Kahn DM, Wheeler AJ, Brock-Utne JG. A novel thermal compression device for perioperative warming: a randomized trial for feasibility and efficacy. BMC Anesthesiol. 2017 Aug 11;17(1):102. doi: 10.1186/s12871-017-0395-2.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hypothermia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Body Temperature ChangesSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

  • Peter L Santa Maria, MD PhD

    Stanford University

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT
Purpose
PREVENTION
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Principle Investigator

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

May 27, 2014

First Posted

June 4, 2014

Study Start

August 1, 2014

Primary Completion

May 1, 2016

Study Completion

May 1, 2016

Last Updated

May 2, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-04

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

De-identified datasets

Locations