OPALS Critical Care Sub-Studies

NCT ID: NCT00212953

Last Updated: 2010-10-15

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

21000 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1997-03-31

Study Completion Date

1999-05-31

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cardiac Arrest

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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Advanced Life Support

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Principal Investigators

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Ian Stiell, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

OHRI

Locations

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Cambridge Base Hospital

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Sudbury Base Hospital

Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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Kingston Base Hospital

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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London Base Hospital

London, Ontario, Canada

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Halton Base Hospital

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

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Niagara Falls Base Hospital

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

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Ottawa Base Hospital

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Peterborough Base Hospital

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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Lambton Base Hospital

Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

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Thunder Bay Base Hospital

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

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Windsor Base Hospital

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

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Countries

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Canada

Other Identifiers

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1997576-01H

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id