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NCT Number: NCT03679416

Is There a Benefit of Whole Body Computed Tomography (WBCT) for Patients With Only High Velocity Road Traffic Collision (RTC) Vittel Criteria?

For victims of high velocity RTC, with no other Vittel criteria of gravity, normal clinical examination of the thorax, abdomen and pelvis and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 15 :

* Study of clinically unsuspected injuries discovered on WBCT * Description * Predictive factors * Diagnostic performances of kinetic elements of Vittel criteria, and results of examinations realised at the ED.

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Key information

Conditions

High Velocity Transport Accidents

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes

Rennes, 35033, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Consecutives patients consulting the emergency department between August 1st 2016 and July 31th 2017 :

  • Older than 18 y.o.
  • WBCT performed,
  • Victim of a high velocity RTC as defined by the presence of at least one criteria of the kinetics elements of the Vittel Criteria
  • Normal physical exam of the chest, abdomen and pelvis,
  • GCS score of 15

Exclusion criteria

  • Opposition of the patient to the use of their CT-scan for research
  • Patients who are under legal protection
  • Patients who are incarcerated

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of injuries diagnosed by Whole Body Computed Tomography (WBCT) that were not clinically suspected.

    Time frame: The day of inclusion

    Number of injuries diagnosed by WBCT that were not clinically suspected.

    Classification in 3 categories according to their management :

    • Potentially severe, that involve modification of patients management
    • Injuries that could require further investigation according to the symptoms
    • Minor injuries that require no further investigation or specific management

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Rennes University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Acronym: Cinescan

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Sep 20, 2018
Registry last updated
Sep 25, 2018

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