COVID-19 And Geko Evaluation: The CAGE Study

Lawson Health Research Institute

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Covid19

Treatments

Device: geko T3

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04651374

ISS-COV-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary objectives of this pilot study protocol are to assess safety and feasibility of using the geko™ device in COVID-19.

Regarding safety to patients, we will measure the rate of adverse events, primarily local site irritation or discomfort. Feasibility will be measured on the basis of recruitment; ability to enroll sufficient number of patients meeting criteria. Protocol adherence will be observed as the ability to deliver the study intervention to the patients randomized to the treatment arm within the prescribed timeline and ability to complete the course of treatment. Additionally, we plan to measure patient outcomes such as ICU admission and death. The findings of this study have the potential to decrease the complications seen in COVID-19 infections.

Full description

On March 11, 2020, a global pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization. A novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified as the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 infection has quickly become one of the fastest growing and deadliest diseases to surface due to its high death rate and ability to replicate and spread readily from people without symptoms. Recent evidence indicates that critically ill patients with COVID-19 experience a high risk of blood clots. Deep leg vein blood clots can travel to the lungs and cause severe lung failure and death. The geko™ device is a simple device that increases the return of blood flow from the lower legs and potentially decrease the risk of lung blood clots. Investigators believe the geko™ device may have an important benefit in COVID-19 patients by decreasing the risk of lung clots and decrease the risk of respiratory failure which is often the cause of death in COVID-19 patients. In this study, Investigators plan to study the effect of using the geko™ device in COVID-19 patients and measure patient outcomes such as ICU admission and death. The findings of this study have the potential to decrease the complications seen in COVID-19 infections.

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients who test positive for Covid-19

Exclusion criteria

Patients who are unlikely to be adherent or cannot tolerate the therapy (self-report)
Prior above or below knee amputation
A history of prior Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) or Venous Thromboembolism (VTE),
Those patients being treated with full dose therapeutic anticoagulation.
Patients with pacemakers