Status:

COMPLETED

Care Anywhere With Community Paramedics Program to Reduce Hospitalization

Lead Sponsor:

Mayo Clinic

Conditions:

Acute Illness

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research is to compare the effectiveness of the Care Anywhere with Community Paramedics program with usual care in a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. The goal of the Care Any...

Detailed Description

This pragmatic randomized controlled trial will randomize, with 1:1 allocation, 240 adults being treated in the pre-hospital setting, emergency department or hospital to either availability of the Car...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult (age ≥ 18 years) patients currently admitted to the ED, hospital or are in a pre-hospital setting but being considered for referral to the ED or hospital in Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN and Barron, WI but do not require hospital-level monitoring or care other than services that could be delivered by CPs in the ambulatory setting.
  • Must reside within approximately a 40-mile radius of Rochester, MN or within the service radius of Barron, WI.
  • Participants who require assistance with activities of daily living, or who are at increased risk for falls, need to have a caregiver available at home

Exclusion

  • Referring clinician and the community paramedic service do not believe the patient to be clinically appropriate for outpatient care with the CACP program.
  • Inability or unwillingness of individual or legal guardian/representative to give written informed consent.
  • Clinical, behavioral, or cognitive instability, determined by the referring clinician or the CACP service.
  • Living conditions unsafe for CPs to enter (patient refuses to secure weapons or animals prior to CP's arrival).
  • Enrolled in the trial during an earlier hospitalization or ED visit.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 21 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 31 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

250 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05232799

Start Date

January 21 2022

End Date

March 31 2023

Last Update

October 5 2023

Active Locations (2)

Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.

Page 1 of 1 (2 locations)

1

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905

2

Mayo Clinic Health System

Barron, Wisconsin, United States, 54812