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Monitoring Tools for Sepsis-Related Frailty

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Waitlist Available

Led By Scott Brakenridge, MD

Research Sponsored by University of Florida

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up up to one year

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will help researchers understand more about what happens to patients after they experience sepsis, specifically those who develop chronic critical illness.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for adults over 18 who are in the surgical or trauma ICU with a diagnosis of sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock. They must be part of the standard-care sepsis protocol and able to give consent themselves or through a legal representative.

What is being tested?

The study aims to understand how serious abdominal infections affect frailty, existing health conditions, and daily function. It involves measuring frailty levels, leisure activities impact on health, body muscle mass via CT scans, and mobility tracking.

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial focuses on observations rather than treatments or medications, there are no direct side effects from interventions being tested. However, monitoring may involve some discomfort due to wearing devices or undergoing scans.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ up to one year

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~up to one year

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to one year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

A change in rate of participants (0-100%) that meet frailty consensus criteria comparing baseline score to assessments after (3, 6, 12 months) episode of intra-abdominal sepsis using the Fried Frailty Criteria.

Secondary study objectives

A change in mobility and activity from hospitalization to the one year mark.

A change in the Modified Minnesota leisure time activities questionnaire from baseline to the one year mark.

Change in measurement of torso sarcopenia.

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