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RecruitingNCT03935139MTM2018Updated Jul 10, 2024

Monitoring of the Bone Free Flaps With Microdialysis

An interventional study of glucose measurement and lactacte measurement in Flap Necrosis, sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens. Recruiting at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-07-10.

Sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2024, 1 year 11 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Jul 2019; still recruiting 7 years 3 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Microdialysis is admitted to be reliable by numerous surgeons to monitor flaps. Nevertheless, a few authors reported follow up with microdialysis in bone free flaps, and they all describe the position of the catheter in the surrounding soft tissue muscle which is not the accurate reflect of bone vascularisation. The aim of this study is to determine the lactate/pyruvate ratio mean value in bone free flaps with a microdialysis catheter directly positioned in the bone tissue.

Read the detailed description

Failure rate of facial reconstructive surgery with bone free flaps varies between 11 and 25%. In case of buried bone free flaps, the follow up is even more difficult. Monitoring methods, such as the implantable Doppler system, laser Doppler flowmetry and microdialysis have been developped in the last 15 years. Ferguson et al. show a false positive rate of 31% with implantable doppler monitoring of buried flaps.

The purpose of this study is to to determine the lactate/pyruvate ratio mean value in bone free flaps with a microdialysis catheter directly positioned in the bone tissue.

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Conditions studied

  • Flap Necrosis

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Keywords

  • microdialysis
  • bone free flap
  • fibula
  • iliac crest
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In context

Necrosis

90 studies on the registry are indexed under Necrosis; 23 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 40 is below the median of 50 across 53 interventional studies indexed under Necrosis.

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Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens is the lead sponsor of 586 studies on the registry; 185 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • adult person
  • signed
  • head and neck reconstruction with iliac crest or fibula free flap
  • patient covered by national health insurance

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • minor person
  • head and neck reconstruction with other types of free flaps than crest or fibula free flap
  • pregnant or breastfeeding women
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
40 participants (estimated)

Interventions

  • Biologicalglucose measurement

    Glucose values will be recorded during 5 days as following : every hour at day 0, every 2 hours at day 1, every 3 hours at days 2 to 5.

  • Biologicallactacte measurement

    Lactate values will be recorded during 5 days as following : every hour at day 0, every 2 hours at day 1, every 3 hours at days 2 to 5.

  • Biologicalpyruvate measurement

    pyruvate values will be recorded during 5 days as following : every hour at day 0, every 2 hours at day 1, every 3 hours at days 2 to 5.

  • Biologicalglycerol measurement

    glycerol values will be recorded during 5 days as following : every hour at day 0, every 2 hours at day 1, every 3 hours at days 2 to 5.

  • ProcedureBone free flap monitoring

    Bone free flaps will be monitored with a microdialysis catheter directly positioned in bone tissue.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without free flap ischemia

    Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without free flap ischemia

    Time frame: every hour during the day of surgery

  2. Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without free flap ischemia

    Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without free flap ischemia

    Time frame: every 2 hours at day 1 after surgery

  3. Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without free flap ischemia

    Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without free flap ischemia

    Time frame: every 3 hours at days 2, 3 , 4 and 5 after surgery

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without fibula free flap ischemia

    Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without fibula free flap ischemia

    Time frame: every hour during the day of surgery

  2. Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without fibula free flap ischemia

    Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without fibula free flap ischemia

    Time frame: every 2 hours at day 1 after surgery

  3. Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without fibula free flap ischemia

    Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without fibula free flap ischemia

    Time frame: every 3 hours at days 2, 3 , 4 and 5 after surgery

  4. Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without crest free flap ischemia

    Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without crest free flap ischemia

    Time frame: every hour during the day of surgery

  5. Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without crest free flap ischemia

    Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without crest free flap ischemia

    Time frame: every 2 hours at day 1 after surgery

  6. Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without crest free flap ischemia

    Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients without crest free flap ischemia

    Time frame: every 3 hours at days 2, 3 , 4 and 5 after surgery

  7. Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients with free flap ischemia

    Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients with free flap ischemia

    Time frame: every hour during the day of surgery

  8. Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients with free flap ischemia

    Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients with crest free flap ischemia

    Time frame: every 2 hours at day 1 after surgery

  9. Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients with free flap ischemia

    Change from Baseline of lactate/pyruvate ratio in patients with crest free flap ischemia

    Time frame: every 3 hours at days 2, 3 , 4 and 5 after surgery

  10. Change from Baseline of metabolites rate in patients with free flap ischemia

    Metabolites measurement are glucose, lactate , pyruvate and glycerol rates.

    Time frame: every hour during the day of surgery

  11. Change from Baseline of metabolites rate in patients with free flap ischemia

    Metabolites measurement are glucose, lactate , pyruvate and glycerol rates.

    Time frame: every 2 hours at day 1 after surgery

  12. Change from Baseline of metabolites rate in patients with free flap ischemia

    Metabolites measurement are glucose, lactate , pyruvate and glycerol rates.

    Time frame: every 3 hours at days 2, 3 , 4 and 5 after surgery

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 10, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03935139
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 2, 2019
Start date
Jul 22, 2019
Primary completion
Dec 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 10, 2024

Study contacts

Stéphanie Dakpe, MD
Contact
dakpe.stephanie@chu-amiens.fr
(33)322089050
Sylvie Testelin, Pr
Contact
testelin.sylvie@chu-amiens.fr
(33)322089050
Stéphanie Dakpe, MD
principal investigator · CHU Amiens

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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