The ABA-MCTG met during the 2004 ABA annual meeting. Dr. Jeffrey Saffle welcomed attendees and highlighted the successes of 2003. Completed and proposed studies are shown in the table below.
Individual investigators presented up-dates on MCTG studies that are completed and ongoing.
ABA-MCTG STUDIES
| Title |
PI |
Status |
| EFFECTS OF OXANDROLONE ON LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY IN THE SEVERELY BURNED: A MULTI-CENTER PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND TRIAL |
Wolf |
Closed to enrollment |
| BLOOD TRANSFUSION PRACTICES IN MAJOR BURN INJURY: A MULTICENTER STUDY |
Palmieri |
Closed to enrollment |
| DRG 272: DOES IT PROVIDE ADEQUATE BURN CENTER REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS? |
Kagan |
Closed to enrollment |
| BURN MORTALITY IN PATIENTS AGE 75 OR GREATER* |
Caruso |
Accepting sites |
| PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF RESTRICTIVE VS. LIBERAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION POLICY IN BURNS >20% TBSA* |
Palmieri |
Accepting sites |
| A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF DRG 504* |
Kagan |
Accepting sites |
| EFFICACY OF DECADRON FOR THE PREVENTION OF REINTUBATION IN BURNED CHILDREN* |
Greenhalgh |
Accepting sites |
| A MULTICENTER REVIEW OF FUNGAL INFECTIONS IN BURN PATIENTS* |
Saffle |
Accepting sites |
| A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ALBUMIN USE DURING THE FIRST 24 HOURS FOLLOWING BURN INJURY* |
Cairns |
Protocol in planning stage |
*Studies discussed in detail on pages 4-5. Please contact Principal Investigator for participation details.
Proposed new studies were discussed. Abstracts of these studies are discussed in detail elsewhere in this newsletter. These studies are presented in more detail below. Those interested in participating were asked to sign-up to receive information for any or all of the proposed studies.
The Arizona Burn Center presented information concerning the ABA-MCTG website they are constructing. Nathan Kemalyan volunteered to organize an ABA Multicenter Trials Yahoo Group.
An interim meeting was proposed for during the West Coast Burn Conference in Napa, CA in September. |
