eFast Diagnosis Performance in Guiding First Aid Resuscitation and HemostasiseFAST DecisionNCT03699670
eFast Diagnosis Performance in Guiding First Aid Resuscitation
An observational study of eFast Diagnosis Performance in Guiding First Aid Resuscitation and Hemostasis, run by University Hospital, Grenoble at 1 site in France.
Trial summary
A lesion work-up associating clinical examination, extended focused ultrasound (eFAST including abdominal ultrasound [right upper, left upper, and suprapubic quadrant], bilateral anterior and lateral pleuropulmonary ultrasound, sub-xyphoid pericardial ultrasound, transcranial Doppler), and possibly chest and pelvis… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- eFast Diagnosis Performance in Guiding First Aid Resuscitation and Hemostasis
- How many people
- 510 participants
- Where
- 1 siteFrance
- Study dates
- 3 Jul 2018to 21 Jan 2020
- Phase
- Observational
- 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 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: All severe traumatized patients taken care in the emergency block of one of the investigator centers.
Who may be able to join
- Serious trauma (Grade A or B according to the TRENAU classification)
- In the emergency room of an investigator center
Who cannot join
- Patient died on site or on arrival at the emergency room
- Patient with penetrating trauma
- Patient admitted to another center and then transferred to an investigator center
- Patient referred to in Articles L1121-5 to L1121-8 of the French Code of Public Health (pregnant, parturient, breastfeeding woman, person deprived of liberty, person under legal protection).
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: eFast Diagnosis Performance in Guiding First Aid Resuscitation at the Admission of Severe Trauma Injuries
A lesion work-up associating clinical examination, extended focused ultrasound (eFAST including abdominal ultrasound [right upper, left upper, and suprapubic quadrant], bilateral anterior and lateral pleuropulmonary ultrasound, sub-xyphoid pericardial ultrasound, transcranial Doppler), and possibly chest and pelvis x-ray, can early diagnose the most severe traumatic lesions and guide first aid resuscitation and haemostasis. The protocol does not modify the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies applied in the participant centers.
The objective of the study is to evaluate the diagnosis performance of an initial lesion assessment by extended focused ultrasound (eFAST) (possibly associated with chest and pelvis x-ray) at the early phase of a severe trauma patient care in guiding first aid resuscitation and haemostasis.
The relevance will be judged on the therapeutic decisions taken (thoracic or pericardial drainage, thoracotomy or laparotomy, pelvic embolization, posture of a pelvic girdle, and early optimization of cerebral perfusion pressure) based on the initial ultrasound scan.
Read the detailed description
Some of the severe traumatized patients who arrive alive in the hospital, are in serious hemodynamic and / or respiratory instability and need resuscitation and / or hemostasis immediate act before a complete exhaustive work-up can be realized. Usually this is a whole body CT scan. These gestures are guided by imaging examinations (extensive focused ultrasound [eFAST] +/- chest X-ray +/- pelvis X-ray) which are less accurate but faster at the patient's bedside. The ability of extended focused ultrasound to properly guide immediate resuscitation and hemostasis should be evaluated to assess effectiveness and safety of the method.
This trial is a national prospective cohort (6 French centers). Each participant will benefit from an initial lesion work-up by clinical examination, followed by an extended focused ultrasound (eFAST including abdominal ultrasound [right upper, left upper, and suprapubic quadrant], bilateral anterior and lateral pleuropulmonary ultrasound, sub-xyphoid pericardial ultrasound, transcranial Doppler), and possibly chest and pelvis frontal x-ray.
Based on clinical, radiographic and ultrasound data, the investigator will decide to perform immediate resuscitation and haemostasis gestures, or therapeutic abstention, before the realization of the complete lesion work-up by whole body CT scan.
This study could validate and strengthen the place of ultrasound in the initial severe traumatic patients' care and seems to be the continuity of the Peytel et al. research, studying new modalities of the eFAST. Our study could extend the scope and the conclusions of the Peytel et al. study to what is routinely done in the French and European Trauma Centers.
- Keywords
- Resuscitation, Wounds and Injuries, Ultrasonography, Radiography, Diagnostic Imaging
- Medical subject headings
- Wounds and Injuries
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Evaluation of the diagnosis performance of an initial lesion assessment by extended focused ultrasound (eFAST) at the early phase of a severe trauma patient care in guiding first aid resuscitation and haemostasis.
Retrospective assessment (on whole-body CT scans data and clinical data), by a panel of experts on the legitimacy of urgent therapeutic decisions taken, following the initial injury evaluation (among a pre-selection of decisions). Assessment of presence of pericardic, intra-abdominal or pleural effusion and presence of pubic symphisis. Assessment of physiological parameters of transcranial Doppler.
Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary outcomes (5)
Evaluation of the duration of the initial lesion assessment by extended focused ultrasound (eFAST).
Time measured between the arrival of the patient in the emergency room and the realization of immediate gestures of resuscitation and haemostasis
Measured: A Day 0
Analysis of the main outcome measure in separate criterion: US (+/- Rx).
Analysis of the relevance of ultrasound vs X-rays by assessing the concordance rate between urgent therapeutic decisions and expert evaluations for each of the therapeutic modalities, taken separately
Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Comparison of observed mortality and predicted mortality assessed by ISS score
Prognostic score ISS
Measured: during patient's care, at Hour 24 and at Day 8
Comparison of observed mortality and predicted mortality assessed by TRISS
Prognostic score TRISS
Measured: during patient's care, at Hour 24 and at Day 8
Comparison of observed mortality and predicted mortality assessed by mortality evaluation
Mortality evaluation
Measured: during patient's care, at Hour 24 and at Day 8
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted9 Oct 2018
- Study start3 Jul 2018
- Primary completion13 Dec 2019
- Study completion21 Jan 2020
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (11)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for eFast Diagnosis Performance in Guiding First Aid Resuscitation and HemostasisStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University Hospital, GrenobleThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 510 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Société Française d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Pierre BOUZAT, Principal investigator, University Hospital of Grenoble Alpes
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03699670
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 38RC18.071
- Other IDs
- 2018-A00835-50
- Acronym
- eFAST Decision
- Status last verified
- Feb 2022
- First submitted
- 6 Jul 2018
- Last updated
- 8 Feb 2022
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Publications
Peytel E, Menegaux F, Cluzel P, Langeron O, Coriat P, Riou B. Initial imaging assessment of severe blunt trauma. Intensive Care Med. 2001 Nov;27(11):1756-61. doi: 10.1007/s00134-001-1119-z. Epub 2001 Oct 17.
PubMed 11810119Moore CL, Copel JA. Point-of-care ultrasonography. N Engl J Med. 2011 Feb 24;364(8):749-57. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra0909487. No abstract available.
PubMed 21345104Brooks A, Davies B, Smethhurst M, Connolly J. Emergency ultrasound in the acute assessment of haemothorax. Emerg Med J. 2004 Jan;21(1):44-6. doi: 10.1136/emj.2003.005438.
PubMed 14734374Kirkpatrick AW, Sirois M, Laupland KB, Liu D, Rowan K, Ball CG, Hameed SM, Brown R, Simons R, Dulchavsky SA, Hamiilton DR, Nicolaou S. Hand-held thoracic sonography for detecting post-traumatic pneumothoraces: the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (EFAST). J Trauma. 2004 Aug;57(2):288-95. doi: 10.1097/01.ta.0000133565.88871.e4.
PubMed 15345974Geeraerts T, Velly L, Abdennour L, Asehnoune K, Audibert G, Bouzat P, Bruder N, Carrillon R, Cottenceau V, Cotton F, Courtil-Teyssedre S, Dahyot-Fizelier C, Dailler F, David JS, Engrand N, Fletcher D, Francony G, Gergele L, Ichai C, Javouhey E, Leblanc PE, Lieutaud T, Meyer P, Mirek S, Orliaguet G, Proust F, Quintard H, Ract C, Srairi M, Tazarourte K, Vigue B, Payen JF; French Society of Anaesthesia; Intensive Care Medicine; in partnership with Association de neuro-anesthesie-reanimation de langue francaise (Anarlf); French Society of Emergency Medicine (Societe Francaise de Medecine d'urgence (SFMU); Societe francaise de neurochirurgie (SFN); Groupe francophone de reanimation et d'urgences pediatriques (GFRUP); Association des anesthesistes-reanimateurs pediatriques d'expression francaise (Adarpef). Management of severe traumatic brain injury (first 24hours). Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2018 Apr;37(2):171-186. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2017.12.001. Epub 2017 Dec 27.
PubMed 29288841Jaffres P, Brun J, Declety P, Bosson JL, Fauvage B, Schleiermacher A, Kaddour A, Anglade D, Jacquot C, Payen JF. Transcranial Doppler to detect on admission patients at risk for neurological deterioration following mild and moderate brain trauma. Intensive Care Med. 2005 Jun;31(6):785-90. doi: 10.1007/s00134-005-2630-4. Epub 2005 Apr 16.
PubMed 15834704Ract C, Le Moigno S, Bruder N, Vigue B. Transcranial Doppler ultrasound goal-directed therapy for the early management of severe traumatic brain injury. Intensive Care Med. 2007 Apr;33(4):645-51. doi: 10.1007/s00134-007-0558-6. Epub 2007 Feb 27.
PubMed 17325830Shaukat NM, Copeli N, Desai P. The Focused Assessment With Sonography For Trauma (FAST) Examination And Pelvic Trauma: Indications And Limitations. Emerg Med Pract. 2016 Mar;18(3):1-20, 24; quiz 20-1. Epub 2016 Mar 1.
PubMed 26881977Bauman M, Marinaro J, Tawil I, Crandall C, Rosenbaum L, Paul I. Ultrasonographic determination of pubic symphyseal widening in trauma: the FAST-PS study. J Emerg Med. 2011 May;40(5):528-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.08.041. Epub 2009 Nov 17.
PubMed 19926435Ma OJ, Mateer JR, Ogata M, Kefer MP, Wittmann D, Aprahamian C. Prospective analysis of a rapid trauma ultrasound examination performed by emergency physicians. J Trauma. 1995 Jun;38(6):879-85. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199506000-00009.
PubMed 7602628Boulanger BR, McLellan BA, Brenneman FD, Ochoa J, Kirkpatrick AW. Prospective evidence of the superiority of a sonography-based algorithm in the assessment of blunt abdominal injury. J Trauma. 1999 Oct;47(4):632-7. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199910000-00005.
PubMed 10528595
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 8 Feb 2022. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- eFast Diagnosis Performance in Guiding First Aid Resuscitation at the Admission of Severe Trauma Injuries
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03699670
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- eFAST Decision / 38RC18.071
- Keywords
- Resuscitation, Wounds and Injuries, Ultrasonography, Radiography, Diagnostic Imaging
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 510 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital, GrenobleUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Société Française d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation
- Study start
- 3 Jul 2018 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 13 Dec 2019 (actual)
- Study completion
- 21 Jan 2020 (actual)
- First posted
- 9 Oct 2018 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
A lesion work-up associating clinical examination, extended focused ultrasound (eFAST including abdominal ultrasound [right upper, left upper, and suprapubic quadrant], bilateral anterior and lateral pleuropulmonary ultrasound, sub-xyphoid pericardial ultrasound, transcranial Doppler), and possibly chest and pelvis x-ray, can early diagnose the most severe traumatic lesions and guide first aid resuscitation and haemostasis. The protocol does not modify the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies applied in the participant centers.
The objective of the study is to evaluate the diagnosis performance of an initial lesion assessment by extended focused ultrasound (eFAST) (possibly associated with chest and pelvis x-ray) at the early phase of a severe trauma patient care in guiding first aid resuscitation and haemostasis.
The relevance will be judged on the therapeutic decisions taken (thoracic or pericardial drainage, thoracotomy or laparotomy, pelvic embolization, posture of a pelvic girdle, and early optimization of cerebral perfusion pressure) based on the initial ultrasound scan.
Detailed description
Some of the severe traumatized patients who arrive alive in the hospital, are in serious hemodynamic and / or respiratory instability and need resuscitation and / or hemostasis immediate act before a complete exhaustive work-up can be realized. Usually this is a whole body CT scan. These gestures are guided by imaging examinations (extensive focused ultrasound [eFAST] +/- chest X-ray +/- pelvis X-ray) which are less accurate but faster at the patient's bedside. The ability of extended focused ultrasound to properly guide immediate resuscitation and hemostasis should be evaluated to assess effectiveness and safety of the method.
This trial is a national prospective cohort (6 French centers). Each participant will benefit from an initial lesion work-up by clinical examination, followed by an extended focused ultrasound (eFAST including abdominal ultrasound [right upper, left upper, and suprapubic quadrant], bilateral anterior and lateral pleuropulmonary ultrasound, sub-xyphoid pericardial ultrasound, transcranial Doppler), and possibly chest and pelvis frontal x-ray.
Based on clinical, radiographic and ultrasound data, the investigator will decide to perform immediate resuscitation and haemostasis gestures, or therapeutic abstention, before the realization of the complete lesion work-up by whole body CT scan.
This study could validate and strengthen the place of ultrasound in the initial severe traumatic patients' care and seems to be the continuity of the Peytel et al. research, studying new modalities of the eFAST. Our study could extend the scope and the conclusions of the Peytel et al. study to what is routinely done in the French and European Trauma Centers.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- All severe traumatized patients taken care in the emergency block of one of the investigator centers.
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Serious trauma (Grade A or B according to the TRENAU classification)
- In the emergency room of an investigator center
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Patient died on site or on arrival at the emergency room
- Patient with penetrating trauma
- Patient admitted to another center and then transferred to an investigator center
- Patient referred to in Articles L1121-5 to L1121-8 of the French Code of Public Health (pregnant, parturient, breastfeeding woman, person deprived of liberty, person under legal protection).
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Evaluation of the diagnosis performance of an initial lesion assessment by extended focused ultrasound (eFAST) at the early phase of a severe trauma patient care in guiding first aid resuscitation and haemostasis.
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Retrospective assessment (on whole-body CT scans data and clinical data), by a panel of experts on the legitimacy of urgent therapeutic decisions taken, following the initial injury evaluation (among a pre-selection of decisions). Assessment of presence of pericardic, intra-abdominal or pleural effusion and presence of pubic symphisis. Assessment of physiological parameters of transcranial Doppler.
5 secondary outcomes
Evaluation of the duration of the initial lesion assessment by extended focused ultrasound (eFAST).
Time frame: A Day 0
Analysis of the main outcome measure in separate criterion: US (+/- Rx).
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Comparison of observed mortality and predicted mortality assessed by ISS score
Time frame: during patient's care, at Hour 24 and at Day 8
Comparison of observed mortality and predicted mortality assessed by TRISS
Time frame: during patient's care, at Hour 24 and at Day 8
Comparison of observed mortality and predicted mortality assessed by mortality evaluation
Time frame: during patient's care, at Hour 24 and at Day 8
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 8 Feb 2022.
- Background: PubMed 11810119Peytel E, Menegaux F, Cluzel P, Langeron O, Coriat P, Riou B. Initial imaging assessment of severe blunt trauma. Intensive Care Med. 2001 Nov;27(11):1756-61. doi: 10.1007/s00134-001-1119-z. Epub 2001 Oct 17.
- Background: PubMed 21345104Moore CL, Copel JA. Point-of-care ultrasonography. N Engl J Med. 2011 Feb 24;364(8):749-57. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra0909487. No abstract available.
- Background: PubMed 14734374Brooks A, Davies B, Smethhurst M, Connolly J. Emergency ultrasound in the acute assessment of haemothorax. Emerg Med J. 2004 Jan;21(1):44-6. doi: 10.1136/emj.2003.005438.
- Background: PubMed 15345974Kirkpatrick AW, Sirois M, Laupland KB, Liu D, Rowan K, Ball CG, Hameed SM, Brown R, Simons R, Dulchavsky SA, Hamiilton DR, Nicolaou S. Hand-held thoracic sonography for detecting post-traumatic pneumothoraces: the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (EFAST). J Trauma. 2004 Aug;57(2):288-95. doi: 10.1097/01.ta.0000133565.88871.e4.
- Background: PubMed 29288841Geeraerts T, Velly L, Abdennour L, Asehnoune K, Audibert G, Bouzat P, Bruder N, Carrillon R, Cottenceau V, Cotton F, Courtil-Teyssedre S, Dahyot-Fizelier C, Dailler F, David JS, Engrand N, Fletcher D, Francony G, Gergele L, Ichai C, Javouhey E, Leblanc PE, Lieutaud T, Meyer P, Mirek S, Orliaguet G, Proust F, Quintard H, Ract C, Srairi M, Tazarourte K, Vigue B, Payen JF; French Society of Anaesthesia; Intensive Care Medicine; in partnership with Association de neuro-anesthesie-reanimation de langue francaise (Anarlf); French Society of Emergency Medicine (Societe Francaise de Medecine d'urgence (SFMU); Societe francaise de neurochirurgie (SFN); Groupe francophone de reanimation et d'urgences pediatriques (GFRUP); Association des anesthesistes-reanimateurs pediatriques d'expression francaise (Adarpef). Management of severe traumatic brain injury (first 24hours). Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2018 Apr;37(2):171-186. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2017.12.001. Epub 2017 Dec 27.
- Background: PubMed 15834704Jaffres P, Brun J, Declety P, Bosson JL, Fauvage B, Schleiermacher A, Kaddour A, Anglade D, Jacquot C, Payen JF. Transcranial Doppler to detect on admission patients at risk for neurological deterioration following mild and moderate brain trauma. Intensive Care Med. 2005 Jun;31(6):785-90. doi: 10.1007/s00134-005-2630-4. Epub 2005 Apr 16.
- Background: PubMed 17325830Ract C, Le Moigno S, Bruder N, Vigue B. Transcranial Doppler ultrasound goal-directed therapy for the early management of severe traumatic brain injury. Intensive Care Med. 2007 Apr;33(4):645-51. doi: 10.1007/s00134-007-0558-6. Epub 2007 Feb 27.
- Background: PubMed 26881977Shaukat NM, Copeli N, Desai P. The Focused Assessment With Sonography For Trauma (FAST) Examination And Pelvic Trauma: Indications And Limitations. Emerg Med Pract. 2016 Mar;18(3):1-20, 24; quiz 20-1. Epub 2016 Mar 1.
- Background: PubMed 19926435Bauman M, Marinaro J, Tawil I, Crandall C, Rosenbaum L, Paul I. Ultrasonographic determination of pubic symphyseal widening in trauma: the FAST-PS study. J Emerg Med. 2011 May;40(5):528-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.08.041. Epub 2009 Nov 17.
- Background: PubMed 7602628Ma OJ, Mateer JR, Ogata M, Kefer MP, Wittmann D, Aprahamian C. Prospective analysis of a rapid trauma ultrasound examination performed by emergency physicians. J Trauma. 1995 Jun;38(6):879-85. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199506000-00009.
- Background: PubMed 10528595Boulanger BR, McLellan BA, Brenneman FD, Ochoa J, Kirkpatrick AW. Prospective evidence of the superiority of a sonography-based algorithm in the assessment of blunt abdominal injury. J Trauma. 1999 Oct;47(4):632-7. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199910000-00005.
- Related InfoLink provided by the sponsor.
Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Pierre BOUZAT principal investigator
University Hospital of Grenoble Alpes
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of eFast Diagnosis Performance in Guiding First Aid Resuscitation and Hemostasis, run by University Hospital, Grenoble at 1 site in France.
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 2 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Feb 2022. 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 France. 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?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
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?
Evaluation of the diagnosis performance of an initial lesion assessment by extended focused ultrasound (eFAST) at the early phase of a severe trauma patient care in guiding first aid resuscitation and haemostasis. (time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03699670, which also lists 11 linked publications.
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 8 Feb 2022; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 6 Nov 2026.