OPALS Critical Care Sub-Studies
This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Collaborator:
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
Information provided by:
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00212953
First received: September 13, 2005
Last updated: October 13, 2010
Last verified: October 2010
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Purpose
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the incremental benefit of a full advanced life support EMS program on the outcomes of chest pain, respiratory and major trauma patients.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
|
Cardiac Arrest |
Procedure: Advanced Life Support |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Non-Randomized Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Prevention |
| Official Title: | Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) Study Phase III Cardiac Arrest and Critical Care Sub-Studies - Chest Pain Sub-Study, Respiratory Sub-Study, and Major Trauma Sub-Study |
Resource links provided by NLM:
Further study details as provided by Ottawa Hospital Research Institute:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Survival to discharge
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Generic Quality of Life
- Disease Specific Quality of Life CPC Score and FIM Score
- Performance of ALS Procedures
- Response Time Intervals
- Length of Stay in Hospital
- Length of Stay in Critical Care Units
- Ventilator time
- Disease Specific Quality of Life
| Estimated Enrollment: | 21000 |
| Study Start Date: | March 1997 |
| Study Completion Date: | May 1999 |
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Chest Pain Sub-Study: Adult patients with a complaint of chest pain of an acute nature transported to hospital by ambulance. Patients with a complaint of pain in arms, neck or jaw if consistent with myocardial ischemia. Patients must have an ambulance return code of prompt, urgent, or no patient carried.
- Respiratory Sub-Study: Adult patients with a chief complaint of shortness of breath defined as ACR codes of Respiratory Failure, Shortness of Breath NYD, Pulmonary Edema (CHF), Asthma and had either prehospital assisted ventilation or abnormal respiratory rates (>=24 or <=10)
- Major Trauma Sub-Study: Adult patients who have suffered an injury from any mechanism with an Injury Severity Score of >12 who have been transported to hospital by land ambulance, and who have been entered into the Ontario Trauma Registry (OTR) Comprehensive Data Set.
Exclusion Criteria:
- All Sub-Studies:
- Patients under the age of 16
- Patients who are vital signs absent prior to EMS arrival.
- Chest Pain Sub-Study:
- Patients suffering primarily from respiratory distress, respiratory failure, pulmonary edema, asthma, palpitations or epigastric pain. pain
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00212953
Locations
| Canada, Ontario | |
| Cambridge Base Hospital | |
| Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, N3C 3X4 | |
| Kingston Base Hospital | |
| Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 1S4 | |
| London Base Hospital | |
| London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4G5 | |
| Halton Base Hospital | |
| Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, L6K 3S3 | |
| Niagara Falls Base Hospital | |
| Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, L2E 6X2 | |
| Ottawa Base Hospital | |
| Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L6 | |
| Peterborough Base Hospital | |
| Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, K9J 7C6 | |
| Lambton Base Hospital | |
| Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, N7T 6S3 | |
| Sudbury Base Hospital | |
| Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, 705-675-4783 | |
| Thunder Bay Base Hospital | |
| Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, P7E 1G6 | |
| Windsor Base Hospital | |
| Windsor, Ontario, Canada, N9A 1E1 | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | Ian Stiell, MD | OHRI |
More Information
No publications provided
| Responsible Party: | Ian Stiell, Principal Investigator, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00212953 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 1997576-01H |
| Study First Received: | September 13, 2005 |
| Last Updated: | October 13, 2010 |
| Health Authority: | Canada: Ethics Review Committee |
Keywords provided by Ottawa Hospital Research Institute:
|
Chest Pain, Shortness of breath, Injury, Trauma |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
|
Heart Arrest Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013