Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:51 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:51 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00810251
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients with mono-lateral or bi-lateral flail chest injury and paradoxical motion of the chest wall, whereby a flail chest is defined by three or more consecutive ribs broken in at least two locations.
* Male and female patients, ages 21 to 80 years.
* Able and willing to obtain informed consent from patient or next of kin.
* Able and willing to adhere to 3-months follow-up visit
Exclusion Criteria:
* Pregnant women
* Patients who are enrolled in another investigational treatment trial.
* Severe closed head injury (AIS head \> 3)
* Severe spinal injury with neurological deficit above thoraco-lumbar junction.
* Chronic preexisting heart, pulmonary, hepatic, and/or renal disease.
* Patients who are not expected to survive the follow-up period.
* Patient with an acutely paralyzed hemidiaphragm.
* Considered an inappropriate participant by the study physician.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
21 Years
Maximum Age:
80 Years
Study:
NCT00810251
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00810251