Status:
UNKNOWN
Towards RECOVER: Outcomes and Needs Assessment in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Survivors of Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation and Their Caregivers
Lead Sponsor:
University Health Network, Toronto
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
Conditions:
Critically Ill
Eligibility:
All Genders
16+ years
Brief Summary
Advances in critical care medicine have dramatically improved the survival of critically ill patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation. However, there are no systematic follow-up, rehabilita...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Older than 16 years of age.
- Mechanically ventilated for a minimum of one week in study ICU.
Exclusion
- Catastrophic Neurological Injury in the opinion of the attending intensivist (ex. Grade V SAH or massive CVA).
- Pre-existing Formal diagnosis of neuromuscular disease.
- Non-ambulatory prior to hospital or ICU admission.
- Anticipated death or withdrawal of life sustaining treatment within 48 hours.
- History of psychiatric illness with documented admission.
- Patient is not fluent in English.
- Documented discussion re: imminent withdrawal of life sustaining treatment.
- Lives greater than 300 km from referral centre.
- Patient no living at a fixed address.
- Physician refusal.
- Patient of SDM (substitute decision maker) refuses consent.
- No next of kin of SDM available (if patient unable to provide consent).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2006
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
500 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00896220
Start Date
April 1 2006
End Date
October 1 2012
Last Update
October 9 2009
Active Locations (5)
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1
Sunnybrook
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5
2
St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8
3
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X5
4
Toronto Western Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2C4