Status:
RECRUITING
Alberta Collaborative QI Strategies to Improve Outcomes of Moderate and Late Preterm Infants (ABC-QI Trial)
Lead Sponsor:
University of Calgary
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Alberta
Alberta Health services
Conditions:
Length of Stay
Eligibility:
All Genders
32-36 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The ABC-QI Trial aims to implement collaborative quality improvement (QI) strategies to standardize care for 32-36 week infants in Level 2 and 3 Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across the provin...
Detailed Description
A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial will be conducted in 12 NICUs across Alberta (10 Level II and 2 Level III). Each NICU is considered a cluster and will be randomized to transition to the inter...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Preterm Infants: Infants born at 32 to 36 weeks' gestation and admitted to the participating NICUs or postpartum units.
- Quality Improvement Implementation Survey version 2 (QIIS-II) and semi-structured interview participants: Management staff, nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, and allied health staff employed in participating NICUs.
Exclusion
- Preterm Infants:
- Major congenital anomalies or chromosomal abnormalities.
- Primary admission to a surgical NICU: Alberta Children's Hospital or Stollery Children's Hospital.
- Infants born in or transferred to a NICU outside Alberta.
- Patients who have imposed confidentiality restrictions on accessing their health records.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 30 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
9500 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05231200
Start Date
May 1 2023
End Date
August 30 2027
Last Update
July 18 2025
Active Locations (12)
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1
Peter Lougheed Centre
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T1Y 6J4
2
Foothills Medical Centre
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 2T9
3
Rockyview General Hospital
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2V 1P9
4
South Health Campus
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T3M 1M4