Trial Outcomes & Findings for Reducing Length of Stay for Veterans Hospitalized With Pneumonia (NCT NCT01068548)

NCT ID: NCT01068548

Last Updated: 2019-01-09

Results Overview

• Recruitment status: COMPLETED
• Study phase: NA
• Target enrollment: 129 participants
• Primary outcome timeframe: 1 month
• Results posted on: 2019-01-09

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Measure	Arm 1 pre-implementation of computer based intervention	Arm 2 post-implementation of computer based intervention reminder: computer based reminder to change patients from IV to oral antibiotics based on evidence based clinical practice guidelines
Overall Study STARTED	66	63
Overall Study COMPLETED	66	63
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	0	0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Reducing Length of Stay for Veterans Hospitalized With Pneumonia

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Measure	Arm 1 n=66 Participants pre-implementation of computer based intervention	Arm 2 n=63 Participants post-implementation of computer based intervention reminder: computer based reminder to change patients from IV to oral antibiotics based on evidence based clinical practice guidelines	Total n=129 Participants Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous	70.1 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.2 • n=5 Participants	69.2 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.4 • n=7 Participants	69.7 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.8 • n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical <=18 years	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical Between 18 and 65 years	26 Participants n=5 Participants	24 Participants n=7 Participants	50 Participants n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical >=65 years	40 Participants n=5 Participants	39 Participants n=7 Participants	79 Participants n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Female	2 Participants n=5 Participants	3 Participants n=7 Participants	5 Participants n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Male	64 Participants n=5 Participants	60 Participants n=7 Participants	124 Participants n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment United States	66 participants n=5 Participants	63 participants n=7 Participants	129 participants n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 1 month

Outcome measures

Measure	Arm 1 n=66 Participants pre-implementation of computer based intervention	Arm 2 n=63 Participants post-implementation of computer based intervention reminder: computer based reminder to change patients from IV to oral antibiotics based on evidence based clinical practice guidelines
Length of Hospital Stay	7.3 Days Standard Deviation 7.0	5.8 Days Standard Deviation 4.7

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 1 month

Population: PI has left the VA and is not able to determine if data were collected.

Outcome measures

Outcome data not reported

Adverse Events

Arm 1

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Arm 2

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

Eric Mortensen, MD

VANTHCS

Phone: 214-857-1588

Email: ericm.mortensen@va.gov

Results disclosure agreements

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