Is There a Benefit of Whole Body Computed Tomography (WBCT) for Patients With Only High Velocity Road Traffic Collision (RTC) Vittel Criteria? (Cinescan)

For victims of high velocity RTC, with no other Vittel criteria of gravity, normal clinical examination of the thorax, abdomen and pelvis and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 15 :

• Study of clinically unsuspected injuries discovered on WBCT
• Description
• Predictive factors
• Diagnostic performances of kinetic elements of Vittel criteria, and results of examinations realised at the ED.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: High Velocity Transport Accidents

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 93

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Rennes, France, 35033
    • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

victims of high velocity RTC, with no other Vittel criteria of gravity, normal clinical examination of the thorax, abdomen and pelvis and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 15.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Consecutives patients consulting the emergency department between August 1st 2016 and July 31th 2017 :

• Older than 18 y.o.
• WBCT performed,
• Victim of a high velocity RTC as defined by the presence of at least one criteria of the kinetics elements of the Vittel Criteria
• Normal physical exam of the chest, abdomen and pelvis,
• GCS score of 15

Exclusion Criteria:

• Opposition of the patient to the use of their CT-scan for research
• Patients who are under legal protection
• Patients who are incarcerated

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of injuries diagnosed by Whole Body Computed Tomography (WBCT) that were not clinically suspected.	Number of injuries diagnosed by WBCT that were not clinically suspected. Classification in 3 categories according to their management : Potentially severe, that involve modification of patients management; Injuries that could require further investigation according to the symptoms; Minor injuries that require no further investigation or specific management	The day of inclusion

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Rennes University Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 31, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 19, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 19, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): September 20, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 25, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 21, 2018
• Last Verified: September 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 35RC17-3082_Cinescan

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No