NCT02703675

Brief Summary

Research has shown that lowering brain temperature may have good results in heart attack patients. Lowering brain temperature may be a promising treatment for stroke patients. The Excel Cryo Cooling device drops brain temperature by cooling the blood in arteries in the neck. The device is a neck collar with a cooling pack which when shaken can reach low temperature within seconds. The collar is placed around the patient's neck and the cooling pack is applied to the front of the neck and held in place. This device provides stable cooling irrespective of participant size or weight. The objective of this study is to test the value of using Excel Cryo Cooling device in dropping brain temperature in 3 different groups of adult participants: i. Healthy adult volunteers, ii. Adult participants with normal body temperature in intensive care unit iii. Adult participants with fever in intensive care unit

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
8

participants targeted

Target at below P25 for not_applicable stroke

Timeline
Completed

Started Feb 2016

Typical duration for not_applicable stroke

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

January 15, 2016

Completed
17 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

February 1, 2016

Completed
1 month until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

March 9, 2016

Completed
2.3 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

June 12, 2018

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

June 12, 2018

Completed
Last Updated

July 2, 2018

Status Verified

June 1, 2018

Enrollment Period

2.4 years

First QC Date

January 15, 2016

Last Update Submit

June 28, 2018

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Therapeutic hypothermia measured by tympanic temperature

    The tympanic temperature in Celsius will be detected in adult healthy volunteers, adult normothermic patients and adult sick febrile patients after receiving one or two rounds of cooling process.

    6 hours

Study Arms (3)

adult healthy volunteer

EXPERIMENTAL

Adult healthy volunteers will be recruited from staff in Dept. Neurology, medical students. They will receive a cooling procedure by using the Excel Cryo Cooling Collar around their neck and fitted with activated cooling element for 2 hours.

Device: Excel Cryo Cooling Collar

adult normothermic patient

EXPERIMENTAL

Adult normothermic patients will be recruited from Neurocritical Care ICU in The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. They will receive a cooling procedure by using the Excel Cryo Cooling Collar around their neck and fitted with activated cooling element for 2 hours.

Device: Excel Cryo Cooling Collar

adult sick febrile patient

EXPERIMENTAL

Adult sick febrile patients will be enrolled from Neurocritical Care ICU in The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Five of the patients will receive a cooling procedure by using the Excel Cryo Cooling Collar around their neck and fitted with activated cooling element for 2 hours. Other five patients will received 2 rounds of cooling process each 2 hours long

Device: Excel Cryo Cooling Collar

Interventions

Therapeutic hypothermia in the study will be initiated by The Excel Cryo Cooling system consisting of a unique cervical immobilization collar and a cooling element. Once activated, the cooling element achieves a temperature of -3.0 °C to -5.0 °C within seconds. The collar is fitted around the subject's neck and the cooling element is applied the the front of the neck over the carotid arteries and secured in place by the collar. The Excel System provides consistent cooling regardless of patient size or weight, by cooling of the blood traveling through the carotid triangles.

adult healthy volunteeradult normothermic patientadult sick febrile patient

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 60 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

  • Male or female 18-60 years of age
  • Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) image results show no narrow in carotid artery (not applied to healthy volunteers)
  • Be able to accept cooling procedure at least 2 hours
  • Provide informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

  • Patients with increased intracerebral pressure (ICP), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and carotid artery stenosis
  • Receiving external ventricular drainage
  • Taking anti-febrile medications within 4 hours
  • Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Subjects who have arrhythmia, other serious cardiac disease, or low blood pressure
  • Subject has a higher body mass index (BMI\>35)
  • Receiving jugular IV catheter
  • Skin wound around the neck

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stroke

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cerebrovascular DisordersBrain DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesNervous System DiseasesVascular DiseasesCardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

  • Michel Torbey, MD

    Ohio State University

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Professor

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

January 15, 2016

First Posted

March 9, 2016

Study Start

February 1, 2016

Primary Completion

June 12, 2018

Study Completion

June 12, 2018

Last Updated

July 2, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-06

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations