Early Identification of Suspected Deep Tissue Injury (sDTI)

WoundVision

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pressure Ulcer; Bed Sore

Treatments: Other: No Intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT02705443

WV15CL-0001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to further clarify existing research on the early identification and documentation of suspected deep tissue injury (sDTI). Basic principles of physiology along with prior research suggests that sDTI has quantifiable amounts of heat (or lack thereof) relative to surrounding tissue that will exhibit characteristic thermal signatures (temperature). These signatures will be measured and quantitatively recorded using long-wave infrared thermography (LWIT) to not only identify sDTI, but to also learn more about their pathophysiological evolution. Additionally, the LWIT physiological data will be cross-compared to the gold standard of visual assessment and other current standards of wound evaluation.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age or older
• Can tolerate position changes ≥ 10 minutes
• Non-pregnant

Exclusion criteria

• Therapies/treatments cannot be safely suspended to for an imaging session
• Non-English speaking

Trial design

60 participants in 3 patient groups

Tissue w/ Thermographic Anomaly

Description:

* Visibly undamaged tissue with anomaly identified by the thermographic image * No intervention * Standard of care

Treatment:

Other: No Intervention

Tissue w/o Thermographic Anomaly

Description:

* Visibly undamaged tissue with no anomaly identified by the thermographic image * No intervention * Standard of care

Treatment:

Other: No Intervention

Tissue w/ Visible Anomaly

Description:

* Visibly damaged tissue * No intervention * Standard of care

Treatment:

Other: No Intervention