NCT02706041 - Damage Control Laparotomy | Biotech Hunter

Enrollment

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 1, 2016

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2019

Study Completion Date

April 30, 2020

Conditions

Other Injury of Other Intra-abdominal Organs, Initial Encounter

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Definitive Closure Laparotomy

Subjects randomized to the definitive closure laparotomy arm will have the incision closed at the end of the exploratory laparotomy.

PROCEDURE

Damage Control Laparotomy

Subjects randomized to the damage control laparotomy arm will have the incision left open at the end of the exploratory laparotomy. The trauma team will evaluate the patient's clinical course to determine when the incision can be closed.

Trial Locations (1)

77030

Memorial Hermann Hospital - Texas Medical Center, Houston

All Listed Sponsors

collaborator

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

NIH

lead

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

OTHER