NCT03890016

Study Comparing Modified Lee White Clotting Time Against Twenty Minute Whole Blood Clotting Test in Snakebite Victims

Comparing Modified Lee White Method Against 20 Minute Whole Blood Clotting Test as a Bedside Coagulation Test in Snake Envenomation Victims

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 230 (actual)
• Sponsor: Appu Suseel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

20 minute Whole Blood Clotting Test(20'WBCT) recommended by World Health Organisation guidelines is probably the most routinely employed bed side screening tool in the country. The Modified Lee and White (MLW) method gives a value which when performed serially gives a trend in clotting time which the investigators hypothesise to be a better tool in serially assessing the victim compared to the 20'WBCT. The investigators propose that delayed reading of both MLW and 20'WBCT to check for clot stability at 30 minutes also provides added information in management of snake bite victims.

Detailed description

Envenomation by snakes is common in India. Hematotoxic bites cause the highest morbidity and mortality in Kerala, a state in the south of India. 20 minute Whole Blood Clotting Test(20'WBCT) recommended by World Health Organisation guidelines is probably the most routinely employed bed side screening tool in the country. It is the tool of choice due to its cost effectiveness in low and middle income countries (LMIC). The reliability of 20'WBCT is questionable with respect to not just its rapidity but also its reliability. There is no standardisation for the test and procedure. Modified Lee White (MLW) Method for coagulation is a cheap bed side test used as part of the standard treatment protocol of snake bite victims. The MLW method gives a value which when performed serially gives a trend in clotting time which the investigators hypothesise to be a better tool in serially assessing the victim compared to the World Health Organisation recommended 20'WBCT. The investigators also propose that delayed reading of both MLW and 20'WBCT to check for clot stability also provides added information in management of snake bite victims. The bed side coagulation test done, forms the trigger to commence antivenom in snake bite victims with hematotoxicity in resource limited settings. Lee White (MLW) Method for coagulation is a test that has been employed for decades to assess coagulation in Jubilee Mission Hospital, Medical College and Research Institute in Thrissur for snake bite victims. It is a cheap bed side test used as part of the standard treatment protocol of snake bite victims. The MLW method gives a value which when performed serially gives a trend in clotting time which the investigators hypothesise to be a better tool in serially assessing the victim compared to the World Health Organisation recommended 20'WBCT. The investigators also propose that delayed reading of both MLW and 20'WBCT to check for clot stability or 'clot lysis' also provides added information in management of snake bite victims.

Conditions

• Coagulation Defect
• Snake Bites

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	20'Whole Blood ClottingTest (WBCT)	1ml of blood drawn from snake bite victims in clean glass test tubes of 1 cm diameter Kept undisturbed for a period of 20 minutes (measured by a stop watch). At the end of 20 minutes the tube is tilted to see if the blood has clotted or not. If a well formed clot is not formed, the test is recorded as 'abnormal'. If the clot seems well formed, it is further observed for a period of 30 minutes to look for dissolution of the formed clot and would be termed "clot lysis". Clot lysis indicates an unstable clot.
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Modified Lee and White (MLW) Method Clotting Time	The blood collected in three additional test tubes would be utilised for MLW. The three test tubes would be kept on a rack at ambient temperature. The blood sample would be drawn in a 5cc syringe and 1 ml would be added in the three test tubes consecutively. The test tube would be left undisturbed for 5 minutes, after that the first tube would be tilted approximately to check for clot formation every 30 seconds while the other tubes are left undisturbed. After the blood in the first tube has clotted, the time would be noted and the second tube would be tilted every 30 seconds and examined. Following its clotting, the third tube would be examined. The time at which the third tube is recorded as the CT value. Once clotted, then the sample in the all three test tube would be assessed at 20 minute and 30 min to look for breakup or lysis of the clot.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-05-01
• Primary completion: 2020-05-31
• Completion: 2020-06-30
• First posted: 2019-03-26
• Last updated: 2020-08-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: India