European Quality Improvement Programme for Acute Coronary Syndromes

NCT ID: NCT00716430

Last Updated: 2008-07-16

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

3500 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-08-31

Study Completion Date

2009-02-28

Brief Summary

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The main hypothesis to be tested is that the use of a quality improvement programme will lead to measurable improvements in the management of care and use of evidence based treatments for patients presenting to hospital with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Acute Coronary Syndrome

Keywords

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acute coronary syndromes quality improvement

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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QI

Quality Improvement Centres

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Quality Improvement Programme

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Quality Improvement training programme

Non-QI

No Quality Improvement Programme

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Quality Improvement Programme

Quality Improvement training programme

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Patients with a good clinical history of ACS and at least one of the following:

* New or transient ST or T wave changes on the ECG consistent with acute myocardial ischaemia
* Elevation of troponin or other cardiac markers to levels indicative of myocardial necrosis according to local laboratory values

Exclusion Criteria

* Evidence of persistent ST elevation on the ECG
* Use of early reperfusion therapy
* Patients \>80 years
* Patients transferred from another hospital
Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Uppsala University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

GlaxoSmithKline

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Royal Brompton Hospital

Locations

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Centre Hospitalier de la region d'Annecy

Annecy, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Hospitalier de Chambery

Chambéry, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Cardiology dept. B, CHU Hopital G. Montpied

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU de Grenoble

Grenoble, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Hospitalier de Riom Guy Thomas

Riom, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Hopitaux Drome Nord de Romans-sur-Isere

Romans-sur-Isère, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Hospitalier d'Ussel

Ussel, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Hospitalier Pierre Bazin

Voiron, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Ospedale M. Bufalini

Cesena, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Ospedale Morgagni-Pierantoni

Forlì, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Ospedale di Livorno

Livorno, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Ospedale Generale Provinciale di Macerata

Macerata, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Ospedale Civile di Mirano

Mirano, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Szpital w Ciechanowie

Ciechanów, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Szpital Zachodni

Grodzisk Mazowiecki, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Szpital w Grojcu

Grójec, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Swietofrzyskie Centrum Chorob Serca

Kielce, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Szpital w Plocku

Płock, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Radomski Szpital Specjalistyczny

Radom, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Szpital Specjalistyczny SPZOZ w Radom

Radom, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Szpital w Siedlcach

Siedlce, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

SP CSK- Medical University of Warsaw

Warsaw, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Szpital we Wloclawku

Włocławek, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Germans Trias

Badalona, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital del Mar

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Josep Trueta

Girona, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Joan XXIII

Tarragona, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital de Terrassa

Terrassa-Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital de Tortosa Virgen de la Cinta

Tortosa, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Antrim Area Hospital

Antrim, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Barnet General Hospital

Barnet, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Basildon Hospital

Essex, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Warwick Hospital

Warwick, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary

Wigan, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Yeovil District Hospital

Yeovil, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

York District Hospital

York, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France Italy Poland Spain United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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Marcus D Flather

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 0044 (0) 207 351 8827

Email: [email protected]

Daphne Babalis

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 0044 (0) 207 351 8889

Email: [email protected]

References

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Flather MD, Babalis D, Booth J, Bardaji A, Machecourt J, Opolski G, Ottani F, Bueno H, Banya W, Brady AR, Bojestig M, Lindahl B. Cluster-randomized trial to evaluate the effects of a quality improvement program on management of non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: The European Quality Improvement Programme for Acute Coronary Syndromes (EQUIP-ACS). Am Heart J. 2011 Oct;162(4):700-707.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.07.027.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 21982663 (View on PubMed)

Flather MD, Booth J, Babalis D, Bueno H, Steg PG, Opolski G, Ottani F, Machecourt J, Bardaji A, Bojestig M, Brady AR, Lindahl B. Improving the management of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes: systematic evaluation of a quality improvement programme European QUality Improvement Programme for Acute Coronary Syndrome: the EQUIP-ACS project protocol and design. Trials. 2010 Jan 14;11:5. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-11-5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 20074348 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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EQUIP-ACS 1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id