Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Registry

NCT ID: NCT04702945

Last Updated: 2021-01-11

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

200000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-03-01

Study Completion Date

2023-12-31

Brief Summary

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID -19) is the largest public health crisis in over a century. There is an urgent need for high-quality population-level data to understand modifiable risks for disease severity, transmissibility, and to develop evidence-based prevention (i.e. vaccination), treatment and resource allocation strategies.

The Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) created a population-based registry of suspected and confirmed consecutive cases of COVID-19. The purpose of this registry is to derive and validate clinical decision rules, evaluate diagnostic tests and vaccine effectiveness, and complete cohort, case-control and observational studies to inform the pandemic response.

Detailed Description

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This national multi-centre registry is designed to enroll population-based consecutive eligible patients presenting with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 to 50 emergency departments in eight Canadian provinces from March 1 2020 and data collection is ongoing for the duration of the pandemic.

Data will be abstracted from the medical chart and entered into a central, web-based REDCap database. The investigators adopted the ISARIC variables into the database where there was a match. The investigators will develop standardized operating procedures for screening of potentially eligible patients, data entry and follow-up. Current data dictionaries are kept on the registry's website (https://canadiancovid19registry.org/).

At 30 days, the investigators will contact patients by telephone to obtain verbal consent for follow-up. The investigators will measure the Veterans Rand 12-item Health Survey (VR12), calculate the WHO Ordinal Outcome Scale and ask contextual questions in consenting patients. The VR12 will be measured at 60 days, and 6 and 12 months. The contextual questions were developed with input from patients with lived experience with COVID-19 infection and addressed cultural, racial, gender, socioeconomic and self-isolation issues.

The Health Data Research Network facilitated the development of a unique data flow of personal health identifiers and study identification numbers from each province for all participating institutes. This will allow linkage of registry data with national administrative data repositories.

Conditions

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Covid-19

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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Registry participants

Patients presenting to participating emergency departments with suspected and or confirmed COVID-19.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

In Period 1, COVID-19 testing in each province was restricted to specific patient populations (e.g., healthcare workers, admitted patients).


* Meeting the WHO suspect COVID-19 criteria: Fever (self-reported or subjective fever) and at least one symptom/sign of respiratory illness (e.g., flu-like illness, cough, shortness of breath)
* Presenting to the emergency department and tested for COVID-19 in the emergency department


* Presenting to the emergency department within 14 days of a positive COVID-19 (by self-report or in medical chart) and presents with clinical symptoms consistent with COVID-19
* Tested for COVID-19 in the emergency department, or within 24 hours after emergency department arrival.

Exclusion Criteria

Period 2 started on the date which each province expanded testing criteria allowing clinicians to test patients based on clinical suspicion or policy.


* Patients tested for COVID-19 in the context of an elective admission (e.g., planned hip revision)
* Patients tested for COVID-19 and seen in the emergency department directly by another service (e.g., trauma team activation)
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Genome British Columbia

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of British Columbia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Corinne Hohl

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Corinne M Hohl, MD, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of British Columbia

Locations

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Foothills Medical Centre

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Peter Lougheed Centre

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Rockyview General Hospital

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

South Health Campus

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Northeast Community Health Centre

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Alberta Hospital

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Abbotsford Regional Hospital

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Inland Hospital

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Kelowna General Hospital

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Columbian Hospital

New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Lions Gate Hospital

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Eagle Ridge Hospital

Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Surrey Memorial Hospital

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Mount Saint Joseph Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

St. Paul's Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Vancouver General Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Saint John Regional Hospital

Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Dartmouth General Hospital

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Halifax Infirmary

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Cobequid Community Health Centre

Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Hants Community Hospital

Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Health Science North

Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Hamilton General Hospital

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Juravinski Hospital

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Hotel Dieu Hospital

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Kingston General Hospital

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

London Health Sciences Centre (University Hospital)

London, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

London Health Sciences Centre (Victoria Hospital)

London, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

North York General Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Sunnybrook Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Toronto Western Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis

Lévis, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Jewish General Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Montréal General Hospital (MUHC)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Victoria Hospital (MUHC)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHU de Québec)

Québec, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus (CHU de Québec)

Québec, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement (CHU de Québec)

Québec, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise (CHU de Québec)

Québec, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (CHU de Québec)

Québec, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec

Québec, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Pasqua Hospital

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Regina General Hospital

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal University

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Saskatoon City Hospital

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

St Paul's Hospital

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Canada

Central Contacts

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Corinne M Hohl, MD, MSc

Role: CONTACT

604-875-4111

Laurie Morrison, MD,MSc

Role: CONTACT

416-864-6060 ext. 7849

References

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Rosychuk RJ, Khangura JK, Ortiz SS, Cheng I, Bielska IA, Yan J, Morrison LJ, Hayward J, Grant L, Hohl CM; Canadian COVID-19 Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers (NCER). Characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 who return to the emergency department: a multicentre observational study by the Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN). Emerg Med J. 2024 Mar 21;41(4):210-217. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2023-213277.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38365437 (View on PubMed)

Hohl CM, Cragg A, Purssell E, McAlister FA, Ting DK, Scheuermeyer F, Stachura M, Grant L, Taylor J, Kanu J, Hau JP, Cheng I, Atzema CL, Bola R, Morrison LJ, Landes M, Perry JJ, Rosychuk RJ; Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) investigators for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Comparing methods to classify admitted patients with SARS-CoV-2 as admitted for COVID-19 versus with incidental SARS-CoV-2: A cohort study. PLoS One. 2023 Sep 26;18(9):e0291580. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291580. eCollection 2023.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37751455 (View on PubMed)

Archambault PM, Rosychuk RJ, Audet M, Bola R, Vatanpour S, Brooks SC, Daoust R, Clark G, Grant L, Vaillancourt S, Welsford M, Morrison LJ, Hohl CM; Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) investigators; Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Accuracy of Self-Reported COVID-19 Vaccination Status Compared With a Public Health Vaccination Registry in Quebec: Observational Diagnostic Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2023 Jun 16;9:e44465. doi: 10.2196/44465.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37327046 (View on PubMed)

Lin K, Xu K, Daoust R, Taylor J, Rosychuk RJ, Hau JP, Davis P, Clark G, McRae AD, Hohl CM; Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) investigators for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers, the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Prognostic association between d-dimer thresholds and 30-day pulmonary embolism diagnosis among emergency department patients with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection: a Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network study. CJEM. 2023 Feb;25(2):134-142. doi: 10.1007/s43678-022-00440-8. Epub 2023 Jan 10.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36624252 (View on PubMed)

Davis P, Rosychuk R, Hau JP, Cheng I, McRae AD, Daoust R, Lang E, Turner J, Khangura J, Fok PT, Stachura M, Brar B, Hohl CM; CCEDRRN investigators, and for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Diagnostic yield of screening for SARS-CoV-2 among patients admitted to hospital for alternate diagnoses: an observational cohort study. BMJ Open. 2022 Aug 10;12(8):e057852. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057852.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35948378 (View on PubMed)

Hohl CM, Rosychuk RJ, Hau JP, Hayward J, Landes M, Yan JW, Ting DK, Welsford M, Archambault PM, Mercier E, Chandra K, Davis P, Vaillancourt S, Leeies M, Small S, Morrison LJ; Canadian COVID-19 Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) investigators for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers, for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Treatments, resource utilization, and outcomes of COVID-19 patients presenting to emergency departments across pandemic waves: an observational study by the Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN). CJEM. 2022 Jun;24(4):397-407. doi: 10.1007/s43678-022-00275-3. Epub 2022 Apr 1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35362857 (View on PubMed)

Hohl CM, Rosychuk RJ, Archambault PM, O'Sullivan F, Leeies M, Mercier E, Clark G, Innes GD, Brooks SC, Hayward J, Ho V, Jelic T, Welsford M, Sivilotti MLA, Morrison LJ, Perry JJ; Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) investigators for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. The CCEDRRN COVID-19 Mortality Score to predict death among nonpalliative patients with COVID-19 presenting to emergency departments: a derivation and validation study. CMAJ Open. 2022 Feb 8;10(1):E90-E99. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20210243. Print 2022 Jan-Mar.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35135824 (View on PubMed)

McRae AD, Hohl CM, Rosychuk R, Vatanpour S, Ghaderi G, Archambault PM, Brooks SC, Cheng I, Davis P, Hayward J, Lang E, Ohle R, Rowe B, Welsford M, Yadav K, Morrison LJ, Perry J; Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) investigators for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. CCEDRRN COVID-19 Infection Score (CCIS): development and validation in a Canadian cohort of a clinical risk score to predict SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected COVID-19. BMJ Open. 2021 Dec 2;11(12):e055832. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055832.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34857584 (View on PubMed)

Hohl CM, Rosychuk RJ, McRae AD, Brooks SC, Archambault P, Fok PT, Davis P, Jelic T, Turner JP, Rowe BH, Mercier E, Cheng I, Taylor J, Daoust R, Ohle R, Andolfatto G, Atzema C, Hayward J, Khangura JK, Landes M, Lang E, Martin I, Mohindra R, Ting DK, Vaillancourt S, Welsford M, Brar B, Dahn T, Wiemer H, Yadav K, Yan JW, Stachura M, McGavin C, Perry JJ, Morrison LJ; Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network investigators and for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Development of the Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network population-based registry: a methodology study. CMAJ Open. 2021 Mar 17;9(1):E261-E270. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20200290. Print 2021 Jan-Mar.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33731427 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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H20-01015

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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