Trauma's hidden toll: scientists map Brain-Bone-Gut damage
NCT ID NCT06606119
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how severe traumatic injury changes the bone marrow and gut, leading to long-term anemia and microbiome disruption. Researchers will collect bone marrow, blood, and stool samples from 275 adults with serious blunt trauma. The goal is to understand these interactions so future treatments can be developed to improve recovery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this research could identify new targets for treatments that improve recovery from severe trauma, especially for persistent anemia and gut health issues.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not testing a treatment. It is early-stage research, and findings may not lead directly to new therapies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 275 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Acute Care Trauma ICU - Severe Blunt Trauma Orthopedic Injury Shock Orthopedic Clinic - Elective Hip Replacement
- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Severe Trauma Cohort Inclusion Criteria: 1. All adults (age ≥18). 2. Blunt trauma with an injury severity score \> 15 and a long bone or pelvic fracture requiring open reduction internal fixation or intramedullary fixation 3. Blunt trauma patients with shock, defined by either a systolic BP (SBP) \<90 mm Hg or base deficit (BD) ≥5 meq or lactate ≥ 2 mmol/L or active red blood cell or whole blood transfusion within 6h or arrival Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients not expected to survive greater than 48 hours 2. Prisoners 3. Pregnancy 4. Previous bone marrow transplantation 5. Patients receiving chronic corticosteroids or immunosuppression therapies 6. Patients with End Stage Renal Disease 7. Patients with any pre-existing hematological disease 8. Surgery for repair of injury is greater than seven days after admission to the hospital for trauma 9. Burn injury greater than 20% TBSA Elective Hip Cohort Inclusion Criteria 1. All adults (age ≥55). 2. Patient undergoing elective hip repair for non-infectious reasons. 3. Ability to obtain Informed Consent prior to operation. Exclusion Criteria 1. Patients not expected to survive greater than 48 hours 2. Prisoners 3. Pregnancy 4. Previous bone marrow transplantation 5. Patients receiving chronic corticosteroids or immunosuppression therapies 6. Patients with End Stage Renal Disease 7. Patients with any pre-existing hematological disease
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UF Academic Research Building
RECRUITINGGainesville, Florida, 32610, United States
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UF Health at Shands Hospital
RECRUITINGGainesville, Florida, 32610, United States
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UF Laboratory of Inflammation Biology and Surgical Science and Shands Hospital at UF
RECRUITINGGainesville, Florida, 32610, United States
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