SurgeryNCT04776954
Warming Blanket Comparison Study
A study testing Forced Air Warming System and Resistive Blanket Warming System in people with Surgery and Temperature Change, Body, run by University of Minnesota at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of the study is to compare the effectiveness of resistive blanket warming to forced air warming in maintaining body temperature in participants undergoing renal transplantation. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 90 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Surgery, Temperature Change, Body
- What is being tested?
- Forced Air Warming System and Resistive Blanket Warming System
- Type of treatment
- Medical device
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 15 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 27 Sep 2021to 17 Nov 2022
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
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 18 to 90 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Undergoing elective renal transplantation
Who cannot join
- Previous surgery involving organ transplantation or nephrectomy. These patients are at higher risk of blood loss, making temperature regulation subject to more variables outside our control.
- End stage renal disease with decreased or no urine output from normal. Bladder temperature will not be valid in these patients.
- Previous upper extremity amputations
- Ongoing sepsis or other infection
- Thyroid dysfunction
- Emergency surgery
- Refusal of consent to participate in study
- Pregnancy
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455
About this study
Official title: Comparison of Normothermia Maintenance Between Resistive Blanket and Forced Air Warming Systems in Renal Transplant Surgery
The purpose of the study is to compare the effectiveness of resistive blanket warming to forced air warming in maintaining body temperature in participants undergoing renal transplantation.
Read the detailed description
The study will involve two arms: a resistive blanket warming system arm and a forced air warming system arm. Both devices will be set to warm the participant at a standard 41 degrees Celsius when the participant is to be rewarmed.
During the study, the forced air warming system (FAWS) will be placed on the (resistive blanket warming system (RBWS), with the participant laying on top of the forced air warming system. The arm components will be wrapped around the participant's arms to assist with patient positioning for surgery. Both the forced air and resistive blanket warming systems will be attached to their respective heating units before the participant is brought to the OR and transferred to the operating room table. After the needed standard monitors for surgery have been placed, general anesthesia will be induced and maintained with participant's hemodynamics and other vitals maintained per standard care (no additional measurements beyond standard of care which is recorded in EPIC). The certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA) will be involved in the placement of the blankets. Operating Room Nurse managers and CRNA's will be informed by research team regarding participant's involvement in the study.
Participant's core temperature will be measured with a nasopharyngeal temperature probe. Vital signs, including continuous blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and end-tidal carbon dioxide, will be monitored and recorded in Epic as is routine with all anesthetics performed.
Standard anesthetic care of the participant will occur for the duration of the surgery. The participant will be randomized to either the FAWS or RBWS before arrival to the operating room. The participant's temperature will be monitored and recorded for the duration of surgery with the selected warming system. The primary outcome variable is the nasopharyngeal temperature as recorded at the end of the surgery.
Temperature measurement in the PACU will be standardized with skin temperature probes that will be placed on the forehead prior to leaving the operating room.
- Conditions
- Surgery, Temperature Change, Body
- Being tested
- Forced Air Warming System, Resistive Blanket Warming System
- Medical subject headings
- Body Temperature Changes
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Forced Air Warming SystemDevice
The forced air warming system has a heater unit that blows air through a conduit to an "air blanket" that inflates with forced air that circulates throughout the blanket, and exits through tiny perforations on the patient-side of that blanket. The heat primarily warms the subject through convective means. As the warmed air escapes through the perforations in the blanket, it creates an environment of continuously circulating warm air that is in contact with the skin.
Resistive Blanket Warming SystemDevice
This blanket is equivalent to an operating-room-safe electric blanket. Through a power cord, a separate power source powers a semiconductor layer within the resistive blanket to generate heat. The heat primarily warms the subject by conductive warming through direct skin contact, and, secondarily, by warming the air around the participant in areas where there is no direct skin contact.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Forced Air Warming System | Active comparator | Participants in this arm will receive warming using a forced air warming system. Receives: Device: Forced Air Warming System |
| Resistive Blanket Warming System | Active comparator | Participants in this arm will receive warming using a resistive blanket warming system. Receives: Device: Resistive Blanket Warming System |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
AUC of Temperature vs Time
Outcome is reported as the Area Under Curve (AUC) of temperature vs time curve during hypothermia (core temperature less than 36 degrees Celcius) during the duration of surgery. Unit of measure is degrees Celsius per minute.
Time during surgery spent under 36 degrees Celsius through comparison of nasopharyngeal temperature, which is measured by placing a nasopharyngeal temperature probe 10 to 20 cm into the nare, between forced air warming system (FAWS) and resistive blanket warming system (RBWS).
Measured: up to 5 hours
Secondary outcomes (1)
Body Temperature Upon Arrival in PACU
Outcome is reported as the body temperature recorded upon arrival in post-anesthesia care unit (PACU).
Measured: up to 2 hours
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted2 Mar 2021
- Study start27 Sep 2021
- Primary completion17 Nov 2022
- Study completion17 Nov 2022
Why it stopped: PI left institution, no new PI available
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Other trials for SurgeryStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 15 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Minnesota
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Cole Bennett, MD, Principal investigator, University of Minnesota
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04776954
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- ANES-2021-29543
- Status last verified
- Sep 2024
- First submitted
- 25 Feb 2021
- Last updated
- 27 Sep 2024
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- Yes
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 27 Sep 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Comparison of Normothermia Maintenance Between Resistive Blanket and Forced Air Warming Systems in Renal Transplant Surgery
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04776954
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- ANES-2021-29543
- Conditions
- Surgery, Temperature Change, Body
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- TerminatedReason stopped: PI left institution, no new PI available
- Enrolment
- 15 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of MinnesotaUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 27 Sep 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 17 Nov 2022 (actual)
- Study completion
- 17 Nov 2022 (actual)
- First posted
- 2 Mar 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Posted 27 Sep 2024
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of the study is to compare the effectiveness of resistive blanket warming to forced air warming in maintaining body temperature in participants undergoing renal transplantation.
Detailed description
The study will involve two arms: a resistive blanket warming system arm and a forced air warming system arm. Both devices will be set to warm the participant at a standard 41 degrees Celsius when the participant is to be rewarmed.
During the study, the forced air warming system (FAWS) will be placed on the (resistive blanket warming system (RBWS), with the participant laying on top of the forced air warming system. The arm components will be wrapped around the participant's arms to assist with patient positioning for surgery. Both the forced air and resistive blanket warming systems will be attached to their respective heating units before the participant is brought to the OR and transferred to the operating room table. After the needed standard monitors for surgery have been placed, general anesthesia will be induced and maintained with participant's hemodynamics and other vitals maintained per standard care (no additional measurements beyond standard of care which is recorded in EPIC). The certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA) will be involved in the placement of the blankets. Operating Room Nurse managers and CRNA's will be informed by research team regarding participant's involvement in the study.
Participant's core temperature will be measured with a nasopharyngeal temperature probe. Vital signs, including continuous blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and end-tidal carbon dioxide, will be monitored and recorded in Epic as is routine with all anesthetics performed.
Standard anesthetic care of the participant will occur for the duration of the surgery. The participant will be randomized to either the FAWS or RBWS before arrival to the operating room. The participant's temperature will be monitored and recorded for the duration of surgery with the selected warming system. The primary outcome variable is the nasopharyngeal temperature as recorded at the end of the surgery.
Temperature measurement in the PACU will be standardized with skin temperature probes that will be placed on the forehead prior to leaving the operating room.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Forced Air Warming System | Active comparator | Device: Forced Air Warming SystemParticipants in this arm will receive warming using a forced air warming system. |
| Resistive Blanket Warming System | Active comparator | Device: Resistive Blanket Warming SystemParticipants in this arm will receive warming using a resistive blanket warming system. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 90 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Undergoing elective renal transplantation
Key exclusion criteria (8 listed)
- Previous surgery involving organ transplantation or nephrectomy. These patients are at higher risk of blood loss, making temperature regulation subject to more variables outside our control.
- End stage renal disease with decreased or no urine output from normal. Bladder temperature will not be valid in these patients.
- Previous upper extremity amputations
- Ongoing sepsis or other infection
- Thyroid dysfunction
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Forced Air Warming SystemThe forced air warming system has a heater unit that blows air through a conduit to an "air blanket" that inflates with forced air that circulates throughout the blanket, and exits through tiny perforations on the patient-side of that blanket. The heat primarily warms the subject through convective means. As the warmed air escapes through the perforations in the blanket, it creates an environment of continuously circulating warm air that is in contact with the skin. | Device | Forced Air Warming System |
| Resistive Blanket Warming SystemThis blanket is equivalent to an operating-room-safe electric blanket. Through a power cord, a separate power source powers a semiconductor layer within the resistive blanket to generate heat. The heat primarily warms the subject by conductive warming through direct skin contact, and, secondarily, by warming the air around the participant in areas where there is no direct skin contact. | Device | Resistive Blanket Warming System |
Primary outcome
AUC of Temperature vs Time
Time frame: up to 5 hours
Outcome is reported as the Area Under Curve (AUC) of temperature vs time curve during hypothermia (core temperature less than 36 degrees Celcius) during the duration of surgery. Unit of measure is degrees Celsius per minute. Time during surgery spent under 36 degrees Celsius through comparison of nasopharyngeal temperature, which is measured by placing a nasopharyngeal temperature probe 10 to 20 cm into the nare, between forced air warming system (FAWS) and resistive blanket warming system (RBWS).
1 secondary outcome
Body Temperature Upon Arrival in PACU
Time frame: up to 2 hours
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 27 Sep 2024.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Cole Bennett, MD principal investigator
University of Minnesota
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Forced Air Warming System and Resistive Blanket Warming System in people with Surgery and Temperature Change, Body, run by University of Minnesota at 1 site in United States.
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 1 inclusion and 8 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Sep 2024. 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 States. 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?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 27 Sep 2024). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
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?
AUC of Temperature vs Time (time frame: up to 5 hours). 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 27 Sep 2024; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 27 Oct 2026.