UNC BOOST 3

07/14/2020

A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is sudden damage to the brain caused by an outside force to the head, such as a car crash or a fall. In the US every 15 seconds someone suffers a major traumatic brain injury, every 5 minutes someone is disabled, and every 10 minutes someone dies as a result of a TBI.

BOOST3 (Brain Oxygen Optimization in Severe TBI Phase-3) is a research study to learn if either of two strategies for monitoring and treating patients with TBI in the intensive care unit (ICU) is more likely to help them get better.

For more information about the study and to take a short survey about your experience with TBI and thoughts about the study, please visit us at

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06/17/2020

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is sudden damage to the brain caused by an outside force to the head – such as a car crash, a fall, or something hitting the head. Every 15 seconds someone in the US suffers a major TBI. Every five minutes someone is forever disabled as a result of TBI. TBI is the leading cause of death and disability in children and adults 1-44 years of age. TBI can affect a person’s ability to think and remember things, cause problems with balance and coordination, prevent a person from functioning independently, and cause permanent brain damage or even death.

BOOST3 is a research study to learn if either of two strategies for monitoring and treating patients with TBI in the intensive care unit (ICU) is more likely to help them get better.

For more information about the study and to take a short survey about your experience with TBI and thoughts about the study, please visit us at http://bit.ly/BOOST3CommunitySurvey

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05/23/2020

For more information about the BOOST-3 trial or to opt-out, please visit our UNC research site at

BOOST-3 is a nationwide NIH research study to learn if either of two strategies for monitoring and treating patients with a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is more likely to help them get better.

05/19/2020

For more information about BOOST-3 or to opt-out of the study, please visit our research site at UNC:

BOOST-3 is a nationwide NIH research study to learn if either of two strategies for monitoring and treating patients with a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is more likely to help them get better.

05/19/2020

UNC Chapel Hill will be participating in a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) trial. We would love to hear thoughts from the community so please fill out the quick survey at:

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05/15/2020

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is sudden damage to the brain caused by an outside force to the head – such as a car crash, a fall, or something hitting the head. Every 15 seconds someone in the US suffers a major TBI. Every five minutes someone is forever disabled as a result of TBI. TBI is the leading cause of death and disability in children and adults 1-44 years of age. TBI can affect a person’s ability to think and remember things, cause problems with balance and coordination, prevent a person from functioning independently, and cause permanent brain damage or even death.

BOOST3 is a research study to learn if either of two strategies for monitoring and treating patients with TBI in the intensive care unit (ICU) is more likely to help them get better. Both of these alternative strategies are used in standard care. It is unknown if one is more effective than the other. In one strategy doctors concentrate only on preventing high ICP (intracranial pressure) caused by a swollen brain. In the other strategy doctors try to prevent high ICP, and also try to prevent low PbtO2 (brain oxygen). It is unknown if measuring and treating low brain oxygen is more effective, less effective, or the same as monitoring and treating high brain pressure alone. The results of this study will help doctors discover if one of these methods is more safe and effective.

04/23/2020

Researchers from 45 plus hospitals across the country are planning to conduct a traumatic brain injury study called BOOST3 (Brain Oxygen Optimization in Severe TBI, Phase 3). This study may affect you or someone you know and we are requesting input from the residents of the participating communities.

BOOST3 is a research study to learn if either of two strategies for monitoring and treating patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is more likely to help them get better. Both of these alternative strategies are used in standard care. It is unknown if one is more effective than the other.

In one strategy doctors concentrate only on preventing high ICP (intracranial pressure) caused by a swollen brain. In the other strategy doctors try to prevent high ICP, and also try to prevent low PbtO2 (brain oxygen). It is unknown if measuring and treating low brain oxygen is more effective, less effective, or the same as monitoring and treating high brain pressure alone. The results of this study will help doctors discover if one of these methods is more safe and effective.

For more information:

* Visit: https://bit.ly/UNCBOOST3

* Email [email protected], or

* Call (919) 238-9281.

To participate in our survey, please go to: http://bit.ly/BOOST3CommunitySurvey

Thank you.

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