Trial Outcomes & Findings for Evaluation of the Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly (MACE) Unit (NCT NCT00927160)

NCT ID: NCT00927160

Last Updated: 2013-08-23

Results Overview

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Target enrollment

346 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

Depending on hospital stay

Results posted on

2013-08-23

Participant Flow

This is an observational study which enrolled patients hospitalized from November 2008 to August 2011 at the Mount Sinai Hospital from the MACE Service or general medical service.

No group assignment as this is observational.

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
MACE Group
Elderly patients admitted to the Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly Unit.
Usual Care Group
Elderly patients admitted to the general medicine service in the hospital
Overall Study
STARTED
173
173
Overall Study
COMPLETED
173
173
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
0
0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Evaluation of the Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly (MACE) Unit

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
MACE Group
n=173 Participants
Elderly patients admitted to the Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly Unit.
Usual Care Group
n=173 Participants
Elderly patients admitted to the general medicine service in the hospital
Total
n=346 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age Continuous
85.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.3 • n=93 Participants
84.7 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.4 • n=4 Participants
85.0 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.4 • n=27 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
132 Participants
n=93 Participants
126 Participants
n=4 Participants
258 Participants
n=27 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
41 Participants
n=93 Participants
47 Participants
n=4 Participants
88 Participants
n=27 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
173 participants
n=93 Participants
173 participants
n=4 Participants
346 participants
n=27 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Depending on hospital stay

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Mobile ACE
n=173 Participants
Patients admitted to the Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly Service
Usual Care
n=173 Participants
Matching group of patients admitted to general medical service
Length of Hospital Stay
4.6 days
Standard Deviation 3.3
6.8 days
Standard Deviation 7.6

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 30 days

30 days for readmission rate

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Mobile ACE
n=173 Participants
Patients admitted to the Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly Service
Usual Care
n=173 Participants
Matching group of patients admitted to general medical service
Rehospitalization Rate
15.4 percentage of particpants
NA
22.4 percentage of particpants

Adverse Events

Mobile ACE

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Usual Care

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr. William Hung

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Phone: 718-584-9000

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place