Preoperative Hyperthermia in Major Abdominal Surgery Patients

NCT00876954 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2016-01-21

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Summary

The investigators hypothesize that preoperative hyperthermia improves postoperative complications and compare a placebo group with standard thermoregulatory management (normothermia) to a treatment group receiving 2,5 hours of hyperthermia (38.5-39.5 °C core temperature) in a randomized, single blinded, controlled trial.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Normothermia

Warming without increase in core temperature

PROCEDURE

Hyperthermia

Core hyperthermia (39 °C) for 2,5 hours

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Braun Stiftung

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • Medical University of Vienna

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Oliver Kimberger, M.D. · Medical University of Vienna

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2011-07-31

Countries

  • Austria

Study Locations

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