Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

St. Francis Hospitals & Health Centers

Code:

NCT00800163

Conditions

Myocardial Infarction

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

ED Activation/Immediate Transfer

Study Details

Brief summary:

The investigators prospectively determined the impact on median door-to-balloon time of a protocol mandating (1) emergency department physician activation of the catheterization lab and (2) immediate transfer of the patient to an immediately available catheterization lab by an in-house transfer team consisting of an emergency department nurse, a critical care unit nurse, and a chest pain unit nurse.

Conditions

Myocardial Infarction

Study ID

NCT00800163

Start date

Sep, 2005

Status verified date

Nov, 2008

Completion date

Sep, 2012

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep, 2012

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Primary Study Inclusion Criteria:

  • ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients who undergo percutaneous intervention within 24 hours of ED arrival

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who are inpatients

A registry of all patients who undergo emergency cardiac catheterization irrespective of etiology is maintained.

Study Design

Enrollment

1000 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: ED Physician Activation/Immediate Transfer

Interventions

ED Activation/Immediate Transfer

ED Physician Activation and Immediate Transfer Protocol - see Circulation. 2007;116:67-76

Primary outcome measure

  • Door-to-Balloon Time [ Time Frame: 24 hours ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Umesh N Khot, M.D.

317-893-1666khot@cvresearch.net

Michele Johnson-Wood, R.N

317-851-2875Michele.Johnson-Wood@ssfhs.org

Locations

St. Francis Heart Center

Recruiting

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46259

Contacts

Umesh N. Khot, M.D.

317-893-1666khot@cvresearch.net

More Information

Sponsor

St. Francis Hospitals & Health Centers

Last update posted

Jul 23, 2010

Last verified

Nov, 2008

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by St. Francis Hospitals & Health Centers on 2010-07-23.