Addressing Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Among Survivors of COVID (APICS-COVID)

NCT ID: NCT03738774

Last Updated: 2025-08-19

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-01-02

Study Completion Date

2026-07-31

Brief Summary

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This study will assess the relationship between early unmet needs after hospital discharge and subsequent clinical outcomes among survivors of acute respiratory failure. The investigators hypothesize that early unmet needs are associated with poor outcomes at three months.

Detailed Description

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Despite the accumulation of data documenting the reality of extensive functional impairments following ICU stay, the specific treatment needs of individuals experiencing Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) are not well known largely because of a relative lack of knowledge about the specific unmet needs of patients at risk for PICS at the time of hospital discharge. These possible needs include oxygen prescriptions, equipment for noninvasive ventilation, durable medical equipment prescriptions, coordination with government assistance and community health programs, physical or occupational therapy in the home or at an outpatient clinic, medications restarted or discontinued as appropriate.

This study will enrol individuals who were diagnosed with acute respiratory failure during an ICU admission and were discharged from the ICU alive. Once enrolled, participants' medical records will be reviewed for demographic and medical information. Questionnaires will be used to assess the participant's status prior to ICU admittance, including comorbidities, medications, physical functioning, quality of life, alcohol/smoking/substance use, social support and healthcare utilization. While in the ICU, participants will receive usual clinical care in this observational study. Data on mechanical ventilation, arterial blood gas values, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) diagnosis, delirium, and medical status will be collected. Information regarding the patients' postdischarge needs including medical equipment, medication, home care services, dialysis, appointments, counselling and referral will also be collected by reviewing the discharge note. Follow-up evaluations by phone call will occur at 1-4 weeks, 3 and 6 months following the ICU discharge. At 1-4 weeks, the investigators will evaluate, via phone call whether the patient's post-discharge needs are met. At 3 months and 6 months phone calls, standardized surveys will be used to assess mortality status, readmission, healthcare utilization, functional outcomes, quality of life, mental health status, coping and social support and return to work.

Conditions

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Post Intensive Care Syndrome

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Respiratory failure:

* Mechanical Ventilation via endotracheal tube/tracheostomy ≥ 24hrs
* continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), bilevel positive airway pressure (BIPAP) ≥ 24 consecutive hrs (provided for acute respiratory failure not for Obstructive Sleep Apnea or other stable use)
* High flow nasal cannula ≥ 24 consecutive hrs (FIO2 ≥ 0.5 and flow rate ≥ 30 L/min)
2. Expected to be discharged home alive
3. Within the pandemic expansion cohort, COVID-19 status (defined as a positive result on an appropriately validated molecular diagnostic assay for infection with SARS-CoV-2) will be used to guide enrollment

Exclusion Criteria

* Lack of informed consent
* Patient in the ICU \< 24hrs
* Mechanical ventilation at baseline
* Residing at a medical institution at the time of hospital admission
* Homelessness
* Primary residence not in USA
* Prisoner
* More than mild dementia (either known diagnosis of moderate or worse dementia or Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQ-CODE) \> 3.6; screening performed on patient \> 50 years old or with family reports of possible memory decline)
* Patient on hospice at or before time of enrollment
* Patients who, based solely on pre-existing medical problems (such as poorly controlled neoplasm or other end-stage disease, including Stage IV heart failure or severe burns), would not be expected to survive six months in the absence of the acute respiratory failure.
* Patient with neurological injury either receiving treatment for intracranial hypertension or who are not expected to return to consciousness.
* Unable to communicate by telephone in English or Spanish
* Patients mechanically ventilated solely for airway protection or obstruction
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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United States Department of Defense

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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James C. Jackson

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Samuel M Brown, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Intermountain Medical Center

James C Jackson, PsyD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Vanderbilt University

Locations

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Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Intermountain Medical Center

Murray, Utah, United States

Site Status

George Wahlen Salt Lake City Veterans Administration Hospital

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Bose S, Groat D, Stollings JL, Barney P, Dinglas VD, Goodspeed VM, Carmichael H, Mir-Kasimov M, Jackson JC, Needham DM, Brown SM, Sevin CM; APICS-01 Study Team. Prescription of potentially inappropriate medications after an intensive care unit stay for acute respiratory failure. Aust Crit Care. 2024 Nov;37(6):866-872. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2024.02.001. Epub 2024 Apr 29.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38688808 (View on PubMed)

Bose S, Groat D, Dinglas VD, Akhlaghi N, Banner-Goodspeed V, Beesley SJ, Greene T, Hopkins RO, Mir-Kasimov M, Sevin CM, Turnbull AE, Jackson JC, Needham DM, Brown SM; Addressing Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (APICS-01) Study Team. Association Between Unmet Nonmedication Needs After Hospital Discharge and Readmission or Death Among Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Crit Care Med. 2023 Feb 1;51(2):212-221. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005709. Epub 2023 Jan 20.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36661449 (View on PubMed)

Akhlaghi N, Needham DM, Bose S, Banner-Goodspeed VM, Beesley SJ, Dinglas VD, Groat D, Greene T, Hopkins RO, Jackson J, Mir-Kasimov M, Sevin CM, Wilson E, Brown SM. Evaluating the association between unmet healthcare needs and subsequent clinical outcomes: protocol for the Addressing Post-Intensive Care Syndrome-01 (APICS-01) multicentre cohort study. BMJ Open. 2020 Oct 23;10(10):e040830. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040830.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33099499 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

View Document

Other Identifiers

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IRB181120

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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