Research Studies

Sugar or Salt (SOS) trial: Hyperosmolar therapy in traumatic brain injury

Start Date
August 2021
End Date
TBC
Co-ordinated by
University of Warwick and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Local PI
Dr Paul Candler
Lead Research Practitioner
Julia Sampson

Over one million people each year suffer injuries to their heads which are severe enough that they need to go to hospital. Swelling in the brain can cause significant injury and there the clinical team on ICU will use a series of treatments to prevent the brain from swelling. If initial treatments do not work two different drugs are used. We do not know which one of these is best, and both can have unwanted side effects. It is the aim of the study to find out which one is more beneficial for patients.

More information on the study can be found here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/research/ctu/trials/sos/public/