NCT04113148

Tissue Vascular Optics and Impedance Measurements for the Detection of Early Tissue Damage and Pressure Ulceration

Optical Pressure Ulcer Study: Tissue Vascular Optics and Impedance Measurements for the Detection of Early Tissue Damage and Pressure Ulceration

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 170 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Pressure ulcers are common, distressing and expensive. Currently scoring systems and checks by nursing staff are carried out to assess a patient's risk of developing a pressure ulcer. The investigators would like to see whether non-invasive measurements can be taken from patients to predict who might be at risk of pressure ulcers to allow us to intervene and reduce the risk of it happening.

Detailed description

Pressure ulcers are common, distressing and expensive. Currently scoring systems and checks by nursing staff are carried out to assess a patient's risk of developing a pressure ulcer. The aim is to investigate whether non-invasive physiological measurements can be taken from patients to predict who might be at risk of pressure ulcers to allow us to intervene and reduce the risk.

Conditions

• Pressure Ulcer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Physiological measurements from heel	Measurements of blood flow, tissue oxygen saturation, temperature, pressure

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-01
• Primary completion: 2019-11-01
• Completion: 2020-01-01
• First posted: 2019-10-02
• Last updated: 2019-10-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom