Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:59 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 7:59 PM
NCT ID:
NCT04201704
Brief Summary:
This study is designed to help decide how much intravenous (IV) fluid should be given to pediatric trauma patients. No standard currently exists for managing fluids in critically ill pediatric trauma patients, and many fluid strategies are now in practice. For decades, trauma patients got high volumes of IV fluid. Recent studies in adults show that patients actually do better by giving less fluid. The investigators do not know if this is true in children and this study is designed to answer that question and provide guidelines for IV fluid management in children after trauma.
Detailed Description:
Aggressive fluid resuscitation has been the cornerstone of early post-operative and trauma management for decades. However, recent prospective adult studies have challenged this practice, linking high volume crystalloid resuscitation to increased mortality, cardiopulmonary, gastrointestinal and hematologic complications. A retrospective study the investigators recently performed at their quaternary-care children's hospital echoed these results. High quality prospective data is necessary to determine best practice guidelines in our pediatric surgery and trauma patients.
Currently, no standard exists to guide management of crystalloid fluid administration in trauma patients. Both liberal and restricted strategies are in use, dependent on physician discretion. The investigators propose the first randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing a liberal to a restricted fluid management strategy in critically ill pediatric trauma patients. The objective of this comparative effectiveness study is to conduct a multicenter (around 10 sites) randomized controlled trial (RCT) to determine whether liberal or restricted fluid administration leads to better outcomes in these patients.
Study:
NCT04201704
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04201704