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Biomarker-enhanced ED Disposition Decisions

NCT ID: NCT00920491

Last Updated: 2014-12-15

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-07-31

Study Completion Date

2014-07-31

Brief Summary

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Patients presenting to emergency departments (ED) with non-specific complaints (NSC) such as "not feeling well", "feeling weak", "being tired", "general deterioration" are a very common and well-known, but poorly studied patient group. The differential diagnosis of NSC is extremely broad ranging from insufficient home care to acute life-threatening conditions. Therefore, the evaluation and diagnostic work-up of these mostly elderly patients with NSC is very time-consuming and not straight-forward. Furthermore, the assessment is complicated by comorbidities, polypharmacy or an altered mental status. For this reason, potentially unnecessary diagnostic efforts are undertaken in order to exclude a serious underlying condition, leading to prolonged throughput times and ED observation unit stays.

On the other hand, the patients' condition might be underestimated by ED physicians, which may result in ineffective, delayed or inadequate disposition, as well as poor patient outcomes. BANC (formerly BAUCAS) is a series of clinical studies with the intention to investigate the usefulness of clinical findings and biomarker levels combined for disposition of patients with non-specific complaints presenting to the emergency department.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Non-specific Complaints

Keywords

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Chief complaint non-specific symptoms general weakness / general deterioration risk assessment in ED patients with non-specific symptoms

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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patients with non-specific complaints

patients who do not have specific presenting symptoms (e.g. dyspnea, chest pain etc.)

biomarker-enhanced disposition decision with proADM

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

To compare the outcome of standard of care with an approach combining the standardized course and biomarker levels (biomarker-enhanced disposition decision with proADM) for the disposition of patients with non-specific complaints presenting to the emergency department (ED), in order to evaluate safety.

Interventions

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biomarker-enhanced disposition decision with proADM

To compare the outcome of standard of care with an approach combining the standardized course and biomarker levels (biomarker-enhanced disposition decision with proADM) for the disposition of patients with non-specific complaints presenting to the emergency department (ED), in order to evaluate safety.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All adult non-trauma patients with an Emergency Severity Index (ESI) of 2 or 3 are screened for inclusion

Exclusion Criteria

* patients with specific chief complaints are excluded. Moreover, patients in whom an unambiguous and clear working hypothesis with logical management steps can be established are excluded
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Roland Bingisser, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Locations

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University Hospital Basel

Basel, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

References

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Nickel CH, Kuster T, Keil C, Messmer AS, Geigy N, Bingisser R. Risk stratification using D-dimers in patients presenting to the emergency department with nonspecific complaints. Eur J Intern Med. 2016 Jun;31:20-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2016.03.006. Epub 2016 Apr 1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27053291 (View on PubMed)

Nickel CH, Messmer AS, Ghanim L, Ilsemann-Karakoumis J, Giersdorf S, Hertel S, Ernst S, Geigy N, Bingisser R. Adrenomedullin for Risk Stratification of Emergency Patients With Nonspecific Complaints: An Interventional Multicenter Pilot Study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Jan;95(1):e2395. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002395.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26735540 (View on PubMed)

Karakoumis J, Nickel CH, Kirsch M, Rohacek M, Geigy N, Muller B, Ackermann S, Bingisser R. Emergency Presentations With Nonspecific Complaints-the Burden of Morbidity and the Spectrum of Underlying Disease: Nonspecific Complaints and Underlying Disease. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Jul;94(26):e840. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000840.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26131835 (View on PubMed)

Peng A, Rohacek M, Ackermann S, Ilsemann-Karakoumis J, Ghanim L, Messmer AS, Misch F, Nickel CH, Bingisser R. The proportion of correct diagnoses is low in emergency patients with nonspecific complaints presenting to the emergency department. Swiss Med Wkly. 2015 Mar 5;145:w14121. doi: 10.4414/smw.2015.14121. eCollection 2015.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25741894 (View on PubMed)

Nickel CH, Ruedinger JM, Messmer AS, Maile S, Peng A, Bodmer M, Kressig RW, Kraehenbuehl S, Bingisser R. Drug-related emergency department visits by elderly patients presenting with non-specific complaints. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2013 Mar 5;21:15. doi: 10.1186/1757-7241-21-15.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23497667 (View on PubMed)

Ruedinger JM, Nickel CH, Maile S, Bodmer M, Kressig RW, Bingisser R. Diuretic use, RAAS blockade and morbidity in elderly patients presenting to the Emergency Department with non-specific complaints. Swiss Med Wkly. 2012 May 9;142:w13568. doi: 10.4414/smw.2012.13568. eCollection 2012.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22573483 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ED UHBS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id