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CompletedNCT00751634

Temperature Control in Central Fever in the Neuro-ICU

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20 (actual)
Sponsor
Northwestern University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

There are few treatments for central fever (fever that is due to the central nervous system, as opposed to an infectious source). We hypothesize that an externally applied cooling blanket will reduce temperature in neurologically ill patients with central fever.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICEGaymar Rapr-Round (external cooling blanket)Application of the device per its approved labeling

Timeline

Start date
2009-01-01
Primary completion
2011-01-01
Completion
2011-01-01
First posted
2008-09-12
Last updated
2013-05-06
Results posted
2012-04-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00751634. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.