Regional Implementation of Collaborative Lung Function Testing

NCT ID: NCT02592928

Last Updated: 2019-03-04

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

300 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-03-01

Study Completion Date

2019-12-20

Brief Summary

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Background/Aims There is evidence indicating that deployment of forced spirometry (FS) testing in a collaborative scenario, encompassing respiratory specialists and community professionals, generates healthcare efficiencies. The study describes the roadmap for regional implementation of the FS program in Catalonia (ES), from January to December 2016.

Methods/Design Firstly, the FS program will be deployed in three healthcare sectors (514 k inhabitants), following Plan-Do-Study-Act iterative cycles, using the Model for Assessment of Telemedicine for evaluation purposes. Thereafter, regional deployment of the FS program (7.5M inhabitants) will be conducted. The third step considers: evaluation of transferability, preparation for data analytics and recommendations for long-term assessment of outcomes. Main components of the FS program are: i) Automatic quality testing; ii) Standardized data transfer to a shared electronic health record; iii) Elaboration of individual FS reports including historical results; and, iv) Clinical decision support systems providing access to the FS report, and to remote support upon request.

Discussion/Conclusions The project constitutes the first attempt to scale-up a collaborative scenario for FS testing that will open new avenues for longitudinal lung function assessment. Moreover, the setting shows high potential for transferability to different sites and to other diagnostic procedures.

Detailed Description

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The Forced Spirometry program emerges from a series of studies reporting on technological solutions for each of the main components indicating the potential of their articulated application aiming at covering unmet needs for collaborative FS testing. The studies were initiated within the EU project NEXES22;23 and specific parts of the overall setting have already been successfully evaluated in the Basque Country.

The setting \& Study design The current protocol has been designed as part of the regional deployment of integrated care services in Catalonia. It consists of the two lines of activity ultimately aiming at: i) regional adoption of the FS program; and, ii) generalization of the approach to other areas, as well as to other testing procedures. The research was submitted and apoved by the Ethical Committee of the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona.

Program deployment The initial 6 months will include three healthcare sectors: Lleida (168k inhabitants and 21 Primary Care centers), Vic (49k inhabitants and 11 PCC), and Atenció Integral en Salut Barcelona Esquerra (AISBE) (540k inhabitants and 19 PCC) following a Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) methodology24. The first PDSA cycle (January - March 2016) including a total of three primary care centers, one in each healthcare sector, has as main purpose to ensure full functionality of the setting. Immediately thereafter, the FS program will be progressively deployed to all Primary Care centers in the three sectors in a second 3-months PDSA cycle that will be completed by mid-2016. Forced spirometry testing will be prescribed by the attending general practitioner following standard criteria and it will be carried out by primary care nurses.

The deployment of the program in the entire region (7.5M inhabitants and 369 Primary Care centers) will be completed with no discontinuation within 2016. It will follow identical PDSA methodology. The outcomes of the assessment carried out during each PDSA cycle will modulate the long-term assessment strategy of the FS program described below.

Conditions

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Integrated Care Telehealth Health Care Rationing

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Lleida Health Sector

Lleida (168k inhabitants and 21 Primary Care centers). Primary Care centers from this health sector

Inclusion of the Forced Spirometry into the Electronic Health Records No interventions performed

Inclusion of Spirometry into the Electronic Health Records

Intervention Type OTHER

Inclusion of the Forced Spirometry into the Electronic Health Records

Vic Health Sector

Vic (49k inhabitants and 11 Primary Care Centers). Primary Care centers from this health sector

Inclusion of the Forced Spirometry into the Electronic Health Records No interventions performed

Inclusion of Spirometry into the Electronic Health Records

Intervention Type OTHER

Inclusion of the Forced Spirometry into the Electronic Health Records

AISBE Health Sector

Atenció Integral en Salut Barcelona Esquerra (AISBE) (540k inhabitants and 19 Primary Care centers). Primary Care centers from this health sector

Inclusion of the Forced Spirometry into the Electronic Health Records No interventions performed

Inclusion of Spirometry into the Electronic Health Records

Intervention Type OTHER

Inclusion of the Forced Spirometry into the Electronic Health Records

Interventions

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Inclusion of Spirometry into the Electronic Health Records

Inclusion of the Forced Spirometry into the Electronic Health Records

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Follow up using Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) methodology

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All patients included in the regular practice
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Department of Health, Generalitat de Catalunya

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fundació TicSalut

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Institut Catala de Salut

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fundació Eurecat

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Felip Burgos

PhD, RN

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Felip Burgos

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Spain

Facility Contacts

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Felip Burgos, PhD, RN

Role: primary

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References

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Cano I, Alonso A, Hernandez C, Burgos F, Barberan-Garcia A, Roldan J, Roca J. An adaptive case management system to support integrated care services: Lessons learned from the NEXES project. J Biomed Inform. 2015 Jun;55:11-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2015.02.011. Epub 2015 Mar 18.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25796455 (View on PubMed)

Burgos F, Melia U, Vallverdu M, Velickovski F, Lluch-Ariet M, Caminal P, Roca J. Clinical decision support system to enhance quality control of spirometry using information and communication technologies. JMIR Med Inform. 2014 Oct 21;2(2):e29. doi: 10.2196/medinform.3179.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25600957 (View on PubMed)

Melia U, Burgos F, Vallverdu M, Velickovski F, Lluch-Ariet M, Roca J, Caminal P. Algorithm for automatic forced spirometry quality assessment: technological developments. PLoS One. 2014 Dec 31;9(12):e116238. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116238. eCollection 2014.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25551213 (View on PubMed)

Velickovski F, Ceccaroni L, Roca J, Burgos F, Galdiz JB, Marina N, Lluch-Ariet M. Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) for preventive management of COPD patients. J Transl Med. 2014 Nov 28;12 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S9. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-12-S2-S9. Epub 2014 Nov 28.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25471545 (View on PubMed)

Llauger MA, Rosas A, Burgos F, Torrente E, Tresserras R, Escarrabill J; en nombre del grupo de trabajo de espirometria del Plan Director de las Enfermedades del Aparato Respiratorio (PDMAR). [Accesibility and use of spirometry in primary care centers in Catalonia]. Aten Primaria. 2014 Jun-Jul;46(6):298-306. doi: 10.1016/j.aprim.2013.12.012. Epub 2014 Apr 24. Spanish.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24768654 (View on PubMed)

Burgos F, Disdier C, de Santamaria EL, Galdiz B, Roger N, Rivera ML, Hervas R, Duran-Tauleria E, Garcia-Aymerich J, Roca J; e-Spir@p Group. Telemedicine enhances quality of forced spirometry in primary care. Eur Respir J. 2012 Jun;39(6):1313-8. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00168010. Epub 2011 Nov 10.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22075488 (View on PubMed)

Salas T, Rubies C, Gallego C, Munoz P, Burgos F, Escarrabill J. Technical requirements of spirometers in the strategy for guaranteeing the access to quality spirometry. Arch Bronconeumol. 2011 Sep;47(9):466-9. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2011.06.005. Epub 2011 Aug 6. English, Spanish.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21821333 (View on PubMed)

Miller MR, Hankinson J, Brusasco V, Burgos F, Casaburi R, Coates A, Crapo R, Enright P, van der Grinten CP, Gustafsson P, Jensen R, Johnson DC, MacIntyre N, McKay R, Navajas D, Pedersen OF, Pellegrino R, Viegi G, Wanger J; ATS/ERS Task Force. Standardisation of spirometry. Eur Respir J. 2005 Aug;26(2):319-38. doi: 10.1183/09031936.05.00034805. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16055882 (View on PubMed)

Vargas C, Burgos F, Cano I, Blanco I, Caminal P, Escarrabill J, Gallego C, Llauger MA, Miralles F, Solans O, Vallverdu M, Velickovski F, Roca J. Protocol for regional implementation of collaborative lung function testing. NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2016 Jun 2;26:16024. doi: 10.1038/npjpcrm.2016.24. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27251304 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2015-PDMAR

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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