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Pressure InjuryNCT03118960

Effectiveness of the Freedom Bed as Compared to Alternating Pressure Mattress in Treatment of Pressure Injuries in Persons With Limited Mobility Due to Traumatic Brain Injury and /or Spinal Cord Injury

A study testing Freedom Bed and Group II Low Air Loss/Alternating Pressure Mattress in people with Pressure Injury, run by Northeast Center for Rehabilitation and Brain Injury at 1 site in United States.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

This non-randomized clinical study will compare pressure injuries and the change in pressure injuries for subjects who are placed on the Freedom Bed compared to those placed on a standard Group II Low Air Loss/Alternating Pressure Mattress in the Ventilator Unit at Northeast Center for Rehabilitation and Brain Injury. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 14 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Pressure Injury
What is being tested?
Freedom Bed and Group II Low Air Loss/Alternating Pressure Mattress
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
9 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Sep 2016to Nov 2017
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 14 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Subjects or their legal representative able to provide written consent for study.
  • subjects must be within the height and weight limits of the beds(height range 4'2"-6' 6" , weight range 50-300 lbs.)
  • subjects must have an existing treatable stage 2 or Stage 3 wound.

Who cannot join

  • Subjects with unstable spinal fractures.
  • Subjects with significant involuntary spasms.
  • Subjects with severe scoliosis. A user must be able to lie in a partial back lying position.
  • Subjects considered obese.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Northeast Center for Rehabilitation and Brain Injury

    Lake Katrine, New York, 12449

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About this study

Official title: Effectiveness of the Freedom Bed and Alternating Pressure Mattress in Treatment of Pressure Injuries in Persons With Limited Mobility Due to Traumatic Brain Injury and /or Spinal Cord Injury

This non-randomized clinical study will compare pressure injuries and the change in pressure injuries for subjects who are placed on the Freedom Bed compared to those placed on a standard Group II Low Air Loss/Alternating Pressure Mattress in the Ventilator Unit at Northeast Center for Rehabilitation and Brain Injury. Additionally, the incidence of pneumonia, urinary tract infections, circulatory performance, sleep deprivation and caregiver self-perception on performance will be monitored and documented.

Read the detailed description

Detailed Description: This study will include 9 ventilator or oxygen dependent subjects with comparable diagnoses, nutritional levels and Stage III and/or IV pressure injuries. Of the subjects selected, 5 subjects will be placed on Freedom Beds and 4 will be placed on Group II Low Air Loss/Alternating Pressure Mattresses for a period not less than 6 months. A waiver of informed consent is required prior to bed placement and data collection. Consented subjects will have primary and secondary diagnosis recorded, pressure injuries photographed and classified, assessment of ventilator/oxygen support measured, oxygenation levels, nutrition levels, and estimated cardiac condition. Subjects will receive daily treatment and wound care as prescribed by the attending physician with weekly measurements and reporting of values. Subjects will continue until they reach one of the study endpoints: 1) discharge from the ventilator unit, or 2) withdrawal of informed consent, or 3) completion of the 6-month study.

Subjects placed on Freedom Beds will be automatically turned in accordance with positions determined optimal and approved by the attending physician. All programmable turning angles, dwell times, head and leg elevations must be "dialed in" within a week of the study beginning. Any modification to the program during the study must be approved by the care team and documented accordingly.

Subjects placed on Group II Low Air Loss/Alternating Pressure Mattresses will require manual repositioning every 2 hours. All turning and/or repositioning must be timed and documented.

The primary and secondary outcome measures documented on each subject throughout the week will be collected by the Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) on a weekly basis and submitted to the Principal Investigator. The weekly reports will then be consolidated by the CRC into a monthly report and submitted to the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Principal Investigators (PI) and Supervising Authorities (SA) for review.

Conditions
Pressure Injury
Being tested
Freedom Bed, Group II Low Air Loss/Alternating Pressure Mattress
Medical subject headings
Pressure Ulcer

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Freedom BedDevice

    This is an automatic rotational system in a bed designed to disburse capillary pressure

  • Group II Low Air Loss/Alternating Pressure MattressDevice

    Subjects placed on the Group II Low Air Loss/Alternating Pressure Mattresses will require manual repositioning every 2 hours

Study groups in NCT03118960
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Freedom BedActive comparatorBed turns and positions subjects automatically for the healing and prevention of pressure injury
Receives: Device: Freedom Bed
Group II Low Air Loss/Alternating Pressure MattressActive comparatorBed provides subjects with alternating pressure with low air loss mattress for the healing and prevention of pressure injury
Receives: Device: Group II Low Air Loss/Alternating Pressure Mattress

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Incidence of Pressure Ulcers

    Comparison between groups - Using scale for Healing (PUSH) Tool, Standardized Assessment of Pressure Injury

    Measured: 12 Months

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Incidence of pneumonia in each group

    Comparison between groups - in-house diagnosis of Pneumonia during study period by MD or sent to ER

    Measured: 12 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted18 Apr 2017
  2. Study startSep 2016
  3. Primary completionSep 2017 (estimated)
  4. Study completionNov 2017 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
9 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03118960
Sponsor's protocol ID
Protocol 1
Status last verified
Apr 2017
First submitted
17 Nov 2016
Last updated
18 Apr 2017
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Freedom Bed and Group II Low Air Loss/Alternating Pressure Mattress in people with Pressure Injury, run by Northeast Center for Rehabilitation and Brain Injury at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Apr 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Incidence of Pressure Ulcers (time frame: 12 Months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 18 Apr 2017.

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