CAlcium and VAsopressin Following Injury Early Resuscitation (CAVALIER) Trial
- Trauma
- Hemorrhage
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- Jason Sperry
- Enrolment target
- 1,050
- Started
- 30 June 2024
- Main results due
- March 2027
- Study sites
- 18
- Registry updated
- 29 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Ages 18 years to 90 years.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
These are the headline rules only. Every study has a longer list, and whether you are eligible is decided by the research team at the site — never by this page.
Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Prehospital Phase: Injured patients at risk of hemorrhagic shock being transported from scene or referral hospital to a participating CAVALIER trial site who meet the following criteria: 1A. Systolic blood pressure ≤ 90mmHg and tachycardia (HR ≥ 108) at scene, at outside hospital, or during anticipated transport to a participating CAVALIER trial site OR 1B. Systolic blood pressure ≤ 70mmHg at scene, at outside hospital, or during anticipated transport to a participating CAVALIER trial site Early In-Hospital Phase: Injured patients at a participating CAVALIER trial site at risk of hemorrhagic shock who meet the following criteria: 1A. Systolic blood pressure ≤ 90mmHg and tachycardia (HR ≥ 108) at scene, at outside hospital, during transport, or in emergency department of a participating CAVALIER trial site OR 1B. Systolic blood pressure ≤ 70mmHg at scene, at outside hospital, during transport, or in emergency department of a participating CAVALIER trial site AND 2.Blood/blood component transfusion initiated in prehospital setting or deemed clinically indicated within 60 minutes of arrival at the enrolling trauma center AND 3. Clinical team deems Operating Room for major hemorrhage control procedure (e.g., laparotomy, thoracotomy, vascular exploration or extremity amputation) indicated within 60 minutes of arrival at the enrolling trauma center AND 4\. Anticipated admission to intensive care unit (ICU) Exclusion Criteria: Prehospital Phase 1. Wearing NO CAVALIER opt-out bracelet 2. Age \> 90 or \< 18 years of age 3. Isolated fall from standing injury mechanism 4. Known prisoner 5. Known pregnancy 6. Traumatic arrest with \> 5 minutes of CPR without return of vital signs 7. Brain matter exposed or penetrating brain injury 8. Isolated drowning or hanging victims 9. Objection to study voiced by subject or family member at the scene or at the trauma center 10. Inability to obtain IV/IO access Early In-Hospital Phase: 1. Wearing NO CAVALIER opt-out bracelet 2. Age \> 90 or \< 18 years of age 3. Isolated fall from standing injury mechanism 4. Known prisoner 5. Known pregnancy 6. Traumatic arrest with \> 5 minutes of CPR without return of vital signs 7. Brain matter exposed or penetrating brain injury 8. Isolated drowning or hanging victims 9. Objection to study voiced by subject or family member at the scene or at the trauma center 10. Inability to obtain IV access
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
The CAlcium and VAsopressin following Injury Early Resuscitation (CAVALIER) Trial is a proposed 4 year, double-blind, mutli-center, prehospital and early in hospital phase randomized trial designed to determine the efficacy and safety of prehospital calcium and early in hospital vasopressin in patients at risk of hemorrhagic shock.
Study sites(18)
Chandler Regional Medical Center
Chandler, Arizona, United States
Recruiting
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Recruiting
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Recruiting
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center at University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Recruiting
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Recruiting
Denver Health Medical Center
Denver, Colorado, United States
Recruiting
University of Miami
Miami, Florida, United States
Recruiting
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Recruiting
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Recruiting
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Recruiting
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, Missouri, United States
Recruiting
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Recruiting
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Recruiting
Mount Carmel East Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Recruiting
Allegheny Health Network
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Recruiting
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Recruiting
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, Texas, United States
Recruiting
University of Washington Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, United States
Recruiting
Showing 18 of 18 sites. 18 of the 18 sites on this study are recruiting right now — a site can stop enrolling while the study as a whole is still open.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05958342. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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