Active Multicenter Trials - Not Enrolling Centers

These EAST Multicenter Trials are currently active but not enrolling centers.  These studies are in the development and/or publication process.

2023 EAST Multicenter Trials

Quantifying the shortage of trauma and acute care surgeons in the United States:
An EAST Multicenter Trial

Principal Investigators & Contact Information:

Patrick Murphy, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin

pmurphy@mcw.edu 

Marc de Moya, MD (Co-primary investigator)

mdemoya@mcw.edu 

Study Proposal Materials

Additional Study Materials


Performance of prediction rules for pediatric blunt trauma in trauma centers without current guidelines: a retrospective study

Principal Investigators & Contact Information:

Shannon L. Castle, MD

Valley Children's Hospital

scastle@valleychildrens.org 

Study Proposal Materials

Additional Study Materials


Primary Repair versus Resection for AAST Grade I and II Colon Injuries: Does the Type of Repair Really Matter?

Principal Investigators & Contact Information:

Caitlin A. Fitzgerald, MD

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

cafitzgerald11@gmail.com 

Ryan P. Dumas, MD (Co-primary investigator)

ryan.dumas@utsouthwestern.edu 

Study Proposal Materials

Additional Study Materials


A Retrospective Comparison of the Effectiveness of Percutaneous Pigtail Catheters Versus Traditional Chest Tubes for Hemothorax in Pediatric Trauma

Principal Investigators & Contact Information:

Laura F. Goodman MD MPH FAAP

Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)

lgoodman@choc.org 

 Study Proposal Materials

 Additional Study Materials

2021 EAST Multicenter Trials

Prospective study of Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Augmentation in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries (MAP study): An EAST Multicenter Trial Proposal

Principal Investigators & Contact Information:

Chance Spalding DO PhD

Grant Medical Center

Chance.Spalding@ohiohealth.com 

Aimee LaRiccia DO  (Co-primary investigator)

aimee.lariccia@gmail.com

Study Proposal Materials

Additional Study Materials


Outcomes Among Trauma Patients with Duodenal Leak Following Primary vs Complex Repair of Duodenal Injuries: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Multicenter Trial

Principal Investigators & Contact Information:

Rachel L. Choron, MD

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) / Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Rachel.Choron@gmail.com 

Mark Seamon, MD, FACS  (Co-primary investigator)

 Study Proposal Materials

Additional Study Materials


Scanning the Aged to Minimize Missed Injury, an EAST Multicenter Trial

Principal Investigators & Contact Information:

Vanessa P. Ho, MD, MPH

MetroHealth Medical Center

vho@metrohealth.org 

Sami K. Kishawi, MD (Co-primary investigator)

Laura R. Brown, MD, PhD (Co-primary investigator)

Jeffrey A. Claridge, MD, MS (Co-primary investigator)

 Study Proposal Materials

Additional Study Materials


2020 EAST Multicenter Trials

*Prospective, multi-center, randomized, parallel-control, superiority, pragmatic study comparing administration of clotting factors concentrates with a standard massive hemorrhage protocol in severely bleeding trauma patients
*enrollment open to only centers located in Canada

Principal Investigator & Contact Information:

Luis T da Luz , MD, MSc

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre - University of Toronto

luis.daluz@sunnybrook.ca

  Study Proposal Materials 

  Additional Study Materials


Cognitive Outcomes and NeuroStimulants among the Cerebrally Injured & Obtunded in the United States: The CONSCIOUS Study

Principal Investigator & Contact Information:

Brett M. Tracy, MD

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Brett.tracy@osumc.edu

  Study Proposal Materials

  Additional Study Materials


Rates of Surgical Superficial Site Infections with Closure of Damage Control Laparotomy Incisions with Wicks/Incisional Wound Vacs

Principal Investigators & Contact Information:

Katherine Pellizzeri, MD

PRISMA Health System

Kat.pellizzeri@prismahealth.org

John Cull, MD, FACS

PRISMA Health System

john.cull@prismahealth.org

  Study Proposal Materials 

 Additional Study Materials


2019 EAST Multicenter Trials

Subtotal Cholecystectomy for Complicated Cholecystitis: What is the optimal technique?

Principal Investigator & Contact Information:

Kazuhide Matsushima, MD

Keck Hospital of USC

kazuhide.matsushima@med.usc.edu

 Study Proposal Materials

 Additional Study Materials


2018 EAST Multicenter Trials

Prospective, Observational Trial of Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury Management and Stroke Formation

Principal Investigators & Contact Information:

Margaret H Lauerman, MD

University of Maryland

margaret.lauerman@gmail.com 

Deborah M. Stein, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM

UCSF

Deborah.Stein@ucsf.edu

  Study Proposal Materials

  Additional Study Materials


2016 EAST Multicenter Trials

Use of Surgical Fixation for Chest Wall Stabilization in Severe Traumatic Rib Fractures

Principal Investigators & Contact Information:

Amanda Celii, MD 

amandacelii35@gmail.com 

Bryan Mores, MD

Emory

  Study Proposal Materials

  Additional Study Materials