NECROtizing Soft Tissue Infections and Their Scoring System

NCT05224817 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1010

Last updated 2022-02-04

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Summary

Primary Objective:

The primary objective of this study is to develop and validate a clinical risk index score for identifying NSTIs in emergency general surgery patients being evaluated for a severe skin and soft tissue infection.

Secondary Objectives:

To describe the contemporary microbiology of NSTIs and explore the effects on outcomes and to identify predictors of amputation and mortality.

Conditions

  • Necrosis

Interventions

OTHER

Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs)

There will be no direct interaction with subjects and involves no interventions; study is conducted completely via review of electronic health records. Our site will only collect data from the Methodist Dallas Medical Center.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Methodist Health System

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Truitt, M.D. · The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-11-01
Primary Completion
2022-12-30
Completion
2023-01-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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