Status:
TERMINATED
Development and Pilot Testing the SITe Intervention
Lead Sponsor:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Conditions:
Emergency General Surgery
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Every year, nearly 240,000 patients age 60 and older are transferred between acute care hospitals for nontraumatic surgical emergencies, and these patients experience worse outcomes than patients admi...
Detailed Description
Aim 2 of the protocol qualifies as a clinical trial. Aim 2 will assess the acceptability of the intervention to Support Interhospital Transfer Decisions (SITe), test the feasibility of study procedure...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients (n=100): patients age 60 and older with an EGS diagnosis transferred from a referring ED or inpatient floor in Wisconsin to the UW ED or inpatient floor under care of UW surgeons
- Providers: all UW (accepting) surgeons and all referring providers who execute transfers of the 100 eligible patients. There will be no exclusions regarding referring providers' position (e.g., physician, mid-level provider), specialty (e.g., emergency medicine, internal medicine), or affiliation (e.g., UW or non-UW).
Exclusion
- Providers who do not speak English
- Patients younger than 60 years
- Other interhospital transfers other than EGS transfers
- Prisoners
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 9 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 11 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
25 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06118359
Start Date
October 9 2023
End Date
March 11 2024
Last Update
June 14 2024
Active Locations (1)
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University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792