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NCT Number: NCT06858488

Bioimpedance for Ortho Trauma

Patients with high-energy extremity trauma will undergo imaging with an EIT device in the Emergency Department, Operating Room, Orthopaedic Clinic, and In-patient hospital rooms. The EIT device is an electrical impedance tomography system.

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Key information

Conditions

Trauma Injury Accidental Injuries Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Ida L Gitajn, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

603-650-5000

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18 years or older
  • High energy closed extremity fracture
  • Provision of informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Metatarsal fractures
  • Injury to both lower extremities precluding contralateral imaging
  • Presence of an implanted electronic device (e.g. pacemaker, vagal stimulator, deep brain stimulator) or electrodes or electrical wires.
  • Currently pregnant, potentially pregnant, or lactating women

Treatment and study plan

Extremity Surgery

Procedure

Patients 18 years of age or older with high energy closed extremity fractures. Provision of informed consent.

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility and acceptability of the EIT device

    Time frame: 20 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.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Holly B Symonds

CONTACT

[email protected]

603-653-9440

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Other

Collaborators

  • Dartmouth College

Registry information

Official study title

A Pilot Study on the Technical Feasibility of an Electrical Impedance Tomography Device for Soft Tissue Injury Following High Energy Extremity Fractures

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2028
First posted
Mar 5, 2025
Registry last updated
Jul 22, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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