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Dental TraumaTRAUMANCT03845426

Factors Affecting the Pulpal Prognosis of Injured Teeth

An observational study of Dental Trauma, run by University of Edinburgh at 1 site in United Kingdom.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Factors affecting the pulpal prognosis of injured teeth. Dental injuries may affect the survival of teeth. It is recommended to monitor the injured teeth at regular intervals to ensure that the appropriate treatment is delivered promptly. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 16 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Dental Trauma
What is being tested?
Root canal treatment.
How many people
25 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
25 Feb 2019to 1 Mar 2020
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 16 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients will be recruited from the dental trauma clinic, which runs every Monday in Edinburgh Dental Institute.

Who may be able to join

  • patients that have suffered dental trauma (lateral luxation)
  • patients must have attended the Dental Trauma clinic within 2 weeks form the presenting injury
  • patients should re-attend for review and monitor of teeth for at least 3 months following the injury
  • patients older than 16 years old
  • patients that have signed the informed consent

Who cannot join

  • patients presented more than 2 weeks following the injury
  • patients suffered from injuries other than lateral luxation
  • patients younger than 16 years old
  • adults with incapacity
  • patient that have not consented to take part

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United Kingdom1 site
  • Edinburgh Dental Institute

    Edinburgh

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About this study

Factors affecting the pulpal prognosis of injured teeth. Dental injuries may affect the survival of teeth. It is recommended to monitor the injured teeth at regular intervals to ensure that the appropriate treatment is delivered promptly. In order to conclude what treatment is required, a correct diagnosis must be reached.

However, reaching this diagnosis can be difficult as injured teeth often respond erroneously to many of the diagnostic tests used, thereby affecting our ability to interpret the results.

Read more

This study aims to identify the clinical factors that affect the ability of the blood supply of a tooth to survive an injury. This will help ensure that patients are provided with the appropriate treatment with the avoidance of delays that may affect the long-term survival of the tooth.

Patients that attend the Edinburgh Dental Institute trauma clinic will be invited to participate in this study. The patients, seen on this clinic, are assessed in regular intervals in a systematic way, as per accepted and validated international guidelines on the subject of dental trauma. There are specific investigations and clinical assessments that are carried out on the initial and each review appointment.

The study will attempt to identify those teeth that lose their vitality at different points following the injury and will attempt to link this to the nature of the injury suffered. The data will be collected from the patients' routine dental trauma assessment and no additional investigations will be required. As per routine practice the patients are reviewed for one year following their injury unless otherwise indicated. All responses to the investigations will be collected and combined to identify the prognostic factors associated with the loss of vitality of traumatised teeth.

Read the detailed description

Dento-alveolar trauma may affect the quality of life of patients and the long term prognosis of the teeth. Following dental trauma regular monitoring and follow up of the teeth is required to ensure that the appropriate treatment is delivered promptly. Although there is information in the literature focused on child and adolescent dental trauma, there is limited information regarding traumatised permanent teeth. Permanent teeth have differing healing capacity after injury and this is dependent on the degree of root formation.

During the initial assessment of patients that have suffered from dental trauma, negative responses to investigations assessing the health of the vasculature might lead clinicians to initiate unnecessary and irreversible treatment on traumatised teeth. Equally false positive results might delay treatment which might have an effect on the outcome, leading to the development of healing complications such as infection and root resorption. By collecting and analysing the clinical factors, we aim to identify which of aspects of the assessment might influence the prognoses of the teeth.

Conditions
Dental Trauma
Being tested
Root canal treatment.

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Root canal treatment.Other

    Once pulpal necrosis has been diagnosed, root canal treatment will be carried out by the patient's general practitioner. This is an end point for the tooth in the study.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Pulpal necrosis

    Number of participants developing pulpal necrosis following lateral luxations tooth injuries

    Measured: 3 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted19 Feb 2019
  2. Study start25 Feb 2019
  3. Primary completion1 Feb 2020
  4. Study completion1 Mar 2020

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
25 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03845426
Sponsor's protocol ID
AC18118
Acronym
TRAUMA
Status last verified
Jun 2020
First submitted
18 Feb 2019
Last updated
4 Jun 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Dental Trauma, run by University of Edinburgh at 1 site in United Kingdom.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Jun 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Pulpal necrosis (time frame: 3 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Jun 2020.

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