Military-Led study collects samples to revolutionize trauma care
NCT ID NCT02182180
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study collects blood, urine, spinal fluid, and tissue samples from up to 5,000 seriously injured or ill patients and healthy volunteers. Researchers will use these samples to develop and improve tests that help doctors decide the best treatment plans. The goal is to enhance care for both military personnel and civilians in critical care settings.
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 could lead to improved tests that help doctors choose the best treatments for seriously injured or ill patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a sample collection study, not a treatment trial. It may not directly lead to new tests or tools, and results depend on future research.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 5,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2014
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
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
Patients with injury or illness requiring surgical care or treatment in a critical care or emergency setting who are being cared for at SC2I sites, including Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University Hospital, and Duke University Health System. Also, healthy volunteer control subjects to include individuals without any known injury or end-stage organ disease and patients who have recovered from prior injury.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with injury or illness requiring surgical care or treatment in a critical care or emergency setting who are being cared for at SC2I sites (Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory Univeristy Hospital, and Duke University Health Systems) * Healthy volunteer control subjects to include individuals without any known injury or end-stage organ disease and patients who have recovered from prior injury. * Ability to understand the purposes and risks of the study and willingly give written informed consent, or in the case of incapacitated patients, a willing surrogate able to give written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Any condition that, in the opinion of the attending physician, would place the patient or volunteer subject at undue risk by participating. Specific conditions include but are not limited to anemia prohibitive of phlebotomy, coagulopathy, or technical considerations that would prevent acquisition of sufficient tissue or fluid for clinical use. Acquisition of samples from patients requiring active transfusion or with transfusion-associated coagulopathy will be considered as appropriate study candidates at the discretion of the attending physician.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Duke University Health Systems
RECRUITINGDurham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Emory University
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Grady Health Systems
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30303, United States
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Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20889, United States
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