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Not yet recruitingNCT07249762Updated Feb 4, 2026

Surgical Critical Care Initiative (SC2i) Tissue and Data Acquisition Protocol (TDAP) in Burn Patients Improving the Robustness and Generalizability of Post-burn Sepsis Prediction With the Post-Burn Sepsis Digital Twin. Group 1

An observational study in Sepsis, Burn Injury and Wound Healing, sponsored by Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine. Not yet recruiting at 3 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-02-04.

Sponsored by Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
40
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is following adult patients with serious burn injuries to better understand how their bodies respond to treatment and recovery. Researchers will collect small amounts of blood and tissue samples, along with information already recorded in the medical record, such as vital signs, lab results, and details of surgeries or complications. The goal is to identify patterns that may help predict who is at higher risk for infections or other problems after a burn injury. This information could lead to new tools, including computer-based models, to improve burn care and outcomes in the future. Participation involves providing samples and allowing researchers to review medical records during the hospital stay and up to one year after discharge.

Read the detailed description

This is a prospective observational study of adult patients with significant burn injuries. The purpose is to understand the body responses to significant burns, treatment, and recovery and to identify factors that predict complications like infection or sepsis. By studying patterns in clinical information, blood, and tissue samples to develop computer-based models intended to improve diagnosis and guide future treatments.

Eligible participants are males and females between 18 and 80 years old with burn injuries involving more than 10% of their total body surface area (TBSA) who require care in a critical care or emergency setting at an SC2i-member facility (e.g., Emory, Grady, USF, USAISR). All participants or their Legally Authorized Representatives (LARs) must provide informed consent. About 40 patients are expected to participate.

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Conditions studied

  • Sepsis
  • Burn Injury
  • Wound Healing
  • Critical Illness
  • Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

Keywords

  • Burn Infection
  • Sepsis
  • Critical Illness
  • Thermal Injury
  • Infection
  • Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS)
  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
  • Wound Healing
  • Biomarkers
  • Digital Twin Model
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Surgical Critical Care
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In context

Sepsis

2,416 studies on the registry are indexed under Sepsis; 541 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 40 is below the median of 150 across 1,162 observational studies indexed under Sepsis.

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Lead sponsor

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine is the lead sponsor of 86 studies on the registry; 18 are open to participants now.

Of its 7 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (29%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

This is a prospective observational study of patients with burn wounds >10% TBSA requiring surgical management and/or management within a surgical critical care setting.

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Inclusion criteria

  • Burn Injury >10% TBSA with who have a recognized concurrent or impending risk for clinical decompensation.
  • Male and female ages 18 years and older (maximum age of 80 years old) with burn injury or related illness requiring surgical care or treatment in a critical care or emergency setting who are being cared for at an SC2i-member clinical care facility (Emory/Grady, USF and USAISR) will be considered for study.
  • Ability to understand the purposes and risks of the study and to provide , either through written documentation or in accordance with the IRB-approved Waiver of Documentation of Consent procedures. In the case of incapacitated patients, a willing Legally Authorized Representative (LAR) may provide informed consent in accordance with written documentation or under the provisions of the approved Waiver of Documentation of Consent.

Exclusion criteria

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, or technical considerations that would prevent acquisition of sufficient tissue for clinical use.
  • Pregnant patients
  • Minors \< 18 years of age
  • Prisoners
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
40 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No
Biospecimen retention
Samples with dna

Groups and cohorts

  • Group 1 - Minimal Risk Burn Patient

    The study includes adult patients (18 years and older) admitted with significant burn injuries involving more than 10% of their total body surface area (TBSA) who require surgical management and/or care within a surgical critical care setting. As part of their participation, small amounts of blood are collected at scheduled times during hospitalization, and small pieces of skin or tissue normally removed during burn surgery may also be saved. Medical information already recorded in the hospital chart-such as vital signs, lab results, surgeries, and complications-is also included in the study.

    Other: Observational Cohort (No Intervention)

Interventions

  • OtherObservational Cohort (No Intervention)

    This is not a treatment trial-no drugs, devices, or procedures are being tested. Participants receive standard burn care only. The research involves collecting blood and tissue samples (when clinically indicated) and reviewing medical record data.

    Also known as: observational

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of Sepsis and Other Major Complications After Burn Injury

    Clinical data will be collected from medical records to capture whether patients develop sepsis, organ dysfunction, or other serious complications following burn injury.

    Time frame: During hospitalization, up to 12 months after discharge

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Study locations

3 sites
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References and documents

Publications

  • Yan J, Hill WF, Rehou S, Pinto R, Shahrokhi S, Jeschke MG. Sepsis criteria versus clinical diagnosis of sepsis in burn patients: A validation of current sepsis scores. Surgery. 2018 Dec;164(6):1241-1245. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.05.053. Epub 2018 Jul 23. PubMed 30049483 ↗
  • Boehm D, Menke H. Sepsis in Burns-Lessons Learnt from Developments in the Management of Septic Shock. Medicina (Kaunas). 2021 Dec 24;58(1):26. doi: 10.3390/medicina58010026. PubMed 35056334 ↗
  • Hampson P, Dinsdale RJ, Wearn CM, Bamford AL, Bishop JRB, Hazeldine J, Moiemen NS, Harrison P, Lord JM. Neutrophil Dysfunction, Immature Granulocytes, and Cell-free DNA are Early Biomarkers of Sepsis in Burn-injured Patients: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study. Ann Surg. 2017 Jun;265(6):1241-1249. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001807. PubMed 27232244 ↗
  • Moins-Teisserenc H, Cordeiro DJ, Audigier V, Ressaire Q, Benyamina M, Lambert J, Maki G, Homyrda L, Toubert A, Legrand M. Severe Altered Immune Status After Burn Injury Is Associated With Bacterial Infection and Septic Shock. Front Immunol. 2021 Mar 2;12:586195. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.586195. eCollection 2021. PubMed 33737924 ↗
  • Sadeq F, Poster J, Chu C, Weber J, Lydon M, Begis MD, Sheridan RL, Uygun K. Specific patterns of vital sign fluctuations predict infection and enable sepsis diagnosis in pediatric burn patients. PLoS One. 2022 Feb 7;17(2):e0263421. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263421. eCollection 2022. PubMed 35130306 ↗
  • Niggemann P, Rittirsch D, Buehler PK, Schweizer R, Giovanoli P, Reding T, Graf R, Plock JA, Klein HJ. Incidence and Time Point of Sepsis Detection as Related to Different Sepsis Definitions in Severely Burned Patients and Their Accompanying Time Course of Pro-Inflammatory Biomarkers. J Pers Med. 2021 Jul 23;11(8):701. doi: 10.3390/jpm11080701. PubMed 34442346 ↗
  • Adams R, Henry KE, Sridharan A, Soleimani H, Zhan A, Rawat N, Johnson L, Hager DN, Cosgrove SE, Markowski A, Klein EY, Chen ES, Saheed MO, Henley M, Miranda S, Houston K, Linton RC, Ahluwalia AR, Wu AW, Saria S. Prospective, multi-site study of patient outcomes after implementation of the TREWS machine learning-based early warning system for sepsis. Nat Med. 2022 Jul;28(7):1455-1460. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01894-0. Epub 2022 Jul 21. PubMed 35864252 ↗
  • Henry KE, Adams R, Parent C, Soleimani H, Sridharan A, Johnson L, Hager DN, Cosgrove SE, Markowski A, Klein EY, Chen ES, Saheed MO, Henley M, Miranda S, Houston K, Linton RC 2nd, Ahluwalia AR, Wu AW, Saria S. Factors driving provider adoption of the TREWS machine learning-based early warning system and its effects on sepsis treatment timing. Nat Med. 2022 Jul;28(7):1447-1454. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01895-z. Epub 2022 Jul 21. PubMed 35864251 ↗
  • Tran NK, Albahra S, Pham TN, Holmes JH 4th, Greenhalgh D, Palmieri TL, Wajda J, Rashidi HH. Novel application of an automated-machine learning development tool for predicting burn sepsis: proof of concept. Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 23;10(1):12354. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69433-w. PubMed 32704168 ↗
  • Rashidi HH, Sen S, Palmieri TL, Blackmon T, Wajda J, Tran NK. Early Recognition of Burn- and Trauma-Related Acute Kidney Injury: A Pilot Comparison of Machine Learning Techniques. Sci Rep. 2020 Jan 14;10(1):205. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-57083-6. PubMed 31937795 ↗
  • von Lilienfeld-Toal M, Dietrich MP, Glasmacher A, Lehmann L, Breig P, Hahn C, Schmidt-Wolf IG, Marklein G, Schroeder S, Stuber F. Markers of bacteremia in febrile neutropenic patients with hematological malignancies: procalcitonin and IL-6 are more reliable than C-reactive protein. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2004 Jul;23(7):539-44. doi: 10.1007/s10096-004-1156-y. Epub 2004 Jun 22. PubMed 15221617 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — De-identified individual participant data (IPD), including clinical information and research sample data, may be shared with qualified researchers. Data will be stripped of direct identifiers, and a coded study ID will be used. The code key will remain at the enrolling site and will not be shared.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Analytic code

Time frame: De-identified IPD will be available after primary analyses are complete and results are published, typically within 12-24 months after final data collection.

Access criteria: Data requests will be reviewed by the study steering committee. Investigators will be required to submit a data use agreement and provide documentation of institutional review/ethics oversight.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 4, 2026, 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
NCT07249762
Lead sponsor
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
Collaborators
United States Department of Defense, Emory University, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, University of South Florida, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 25, 2025
Start date
May 15, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jun 15, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 15, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 4, 2026

Study contacts

Seth Schobel-McHugh, PhD
Contact
seth.schobel-mchugh@usuhs.edu
(301) 295-3164

Oversight

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