Not currently recruiting at University of California Health

Pediatric Cervical Spine Clearance: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study

a study on Cervical Spine Fracture Fractured Spine

Eligibility: for people ages 0-17 (full criteria)
Location: at UCSF
Dates: study started August 2022
completion around August 2025
Principal Investigator: by Aaron Jensen, MD (ucsf)

Aaron Jensen

Description

Summary

A prospective multicenter observational study, led by Dr. Katie Russell of Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital, that will examine the sensitivity, specificity, negative, and positive predictive values of CT scan and plain films in diagnosing cervical spine injury that requires treatment. This study is funded by the Primary Children's Hospital foundation.

Keywords

Cervical Spine Fracture, Spinal Fractures

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to people ages 0-17

Any participant less than 18 years old after blunt trauma
Seen by trauma service
With cervical spine imaging (XR, CT, or MRI)

You CAN'T join if...

CT scan from outside facility is poor quality and not repeated (<63-channel, cuts >3mm, no reformats, motion artifact)
No radiology over reads by participating institution

Locations

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital not yet accepting patients
San Francisco California 94158 United States
Rady Children's Hospital not yet accepting patients
San Diego California 92123 United States
Children's Hospital Los Angeles not yet accepting patients
Los Angeles California 90027 United States
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital not yet accepting patients
Stanford California 94305 United States
Primary Children's Hospital accepting new patients
Salt Lake City Utah 84113 United States

Lead Scientist at University of California Health

Aaron Jensen, MD (ucsf)
Dr. Aaron Jensen is a pediatric and trauma surgeon who focuses on providing emergency care for children. He has training in trauma and surgical critical care, and is active in national efforts to improve outcomes for injured children. He is also interested in conditions in newborns that may require surgery.

Details

Status: accepting new patients at some sites,
but this study is not currently recruiting here
Start Date: August 2022
Completion Date: August 2025 (estimated)
Sponsor: University of Utah
ID: NCT05608460
Study Type: Observational [Patient Registry]
Participants: Expecting 15700 study participants
Last Updated: November 2022