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NCT03572504: EvTaRéaP

Height Measurement in Critically Ill Children

Completed Last updated 19 September 2024
What this trial tests

trial testing critically ill children in Critically Ill Child in 140 participants. Completed in 21 January 2019.

Timeline
26 February 2018
Primary endpoint
21 January 2019
21 January 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity Hospital, Strasbourg, France
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment140
Start date26 February 2018
Primary completion21 January 2019
Estimated completion21 January 2019
Sites1 location across France

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Who can join

Adults 28 Days to 18, any sex, with Critically Ill Child or Nutritional Status. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Height/length has to be assessed accurately in critically ill children, as its value is required to assess nutritional status, to calculate nutritional requirements, to calculate body surface area (involved in drug prescriptions), and to assess pulmonary function. The WHO has standardized practices to perform height/length measurements, but this gold standard is not applicable in critically ill children (who cannot stand and are equipped with catheters, tubes and various devices). It is not accurate to rely on previous measurements as children are continuously growing. No height/length measurement tool or method has been validated so far in this population, neither any estimation nor extrapolation methods. The investigators aim to compare the WHO gold standard for height/length measurement to a list of other methods, validated in other children populations and currently used in the pediatric setting. We intend to compare each of them to the gold standard. The secondary objectives are to describe each height/length extrapolation or estimation method and to estimate the practical use of each method for critically ill children. A prospective observational study is planned. 140 critically ill children admitted to pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) will be recruited. Body segments (ulna, tibia, knee-heel, arm span) will be measured and length/height extrapolated from formulas used in different populations. Previous length/height measurements will be collected to draw growth curves and extrapolate actual length/height. Parents will be asked how tall their child is. After PICU discharge, while the child meets WHO measurement standards, accurate length/height will be measured and compared to the results of the above mentioned techniques. Comparison will be made in-between these results.

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