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Utility of Interface Pressure Mapping

Primary Purpose

Ulcers, Bedsores

Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
United States
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Mapping System
Non-Mapping System
Sponsored by
Henry Ford Health System
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional prevention trial for Ulcers focused on measuring patients, susceptible to, hospital, acquired pressure

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - undefined (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years and older,
  • care giver trained on mapping system

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Less than 18 years,
  • pregnant women,
  • weight greater 550 lbs, and subjects requiring a specialty mattress

Sites / Locations

  • Henry Ford Hospital

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm Type

Experimental

Active Comparator

Arm Label

Patients on mapping systems

Patients not on mapping systems

Arm Description

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Pressure Mapping Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers
Comparing number of pressure ulcers when using pressure mapping compared to when not.

Secondary Outcome Measures

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First Posted
September 22, 2011
Last Updated
September 10, 2019
Sponsor
Henry Ford Health System
Collaborators
Wellsense USA Inc.
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT01439581
Brief Title
Utility of Interface Pressure Mapping
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
September 2019
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
August 2011 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
October 2011 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
September 2012 (Actual)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Henry Ford Health System
Collaborators
Wellsense USA Inc.

4. Oversight

Data Monitoring Committee
No

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
To determine if a device that measures and displays pressure that the patients feel when in bed can help nurses reposition the patient effectively and thereby reduce bedsores in the intensive care unit.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Ulcers, Bedsores
Keywords
patients, susceptible to, hospital, acquired pressure

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Model Description
Patients were assigned randomly to either a medical intensive care unit with pressure mapping beds or a unit that did not have them
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
428 (Actual)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Patients on mapping systems
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Title
Patients not on mapping systems
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Intervention Type
Device
Intervention Name(s)
Mapping System
Intervention Description
Pressure Sensing coverlet on ICU bed and provides real time feedback to assist in effective patient repositioning
Intervention Type
Device
Intervention Name(s)
Non-Mapping System
Intervention Description
Standard ICU bed with no mapping system
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Pressure Mapping Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers
Description
Comparing number of pressure ulcers when using pressure mapping compared to when not.
Time Frame
Time admitted in the Medical Intensive Care Unit

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 18 years and older, care giver trained on mapping system Exclusion Criteria: Less than 18 years, pregnant women, weight greater 550 lbs, and subjects requiring a specialty mattress
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Henry Ford Hospital
City
Detroit
State/Province
Michigan
ZIP/Postal Code
48202
Country
United States

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