Introduction of an Operating Room Black Box to Identify, Analyse and Prevent Errors in the Vascular Hybrid Room

NCT ID: NCT04854278

Last Updated: 2025-12-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-02-19

Study Completion Date

2027-12-31

Brief Summary

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The "OR Black box", an inclusive multiport data capturing system has been developed and successfully used for detailed analysis of laparoscopic surgical procedures. A pilot study has shown that this system can be successfully installed in the hybrid room at Ghent University Hospital and used for detailed analysis of intra-operative errors and radiation safety issues in endovascular procedures.

Secondary analysis of pilot study data via direct video coding assessed the relationship between leadership style of the surgeon and team behavior and possible fluctuations during surgery.

This novel approach allows a prospective objective assessment of human and environmental factors as well as measurement of errors, events and outcomes. In this study, the aim is to use the acquired knowledge to characterize a chain of events, identify high-risk interventions and identify areas for improvement, both on an organizational, team or individual level.

Hypothesis: non-technical skills, environmental factors and teamwork in the hybrid room correlate with surgical technical performance and error rates. Furthermore, we hypothesize that incidents and adverse events can be tracked to a chain of errors that is influenced by technical and non-technical skills as well as environmental factors.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Patient Safety Endovascular Procedures Quality Improvement

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Pilot study

Pilot study with 22 cases, no intervention

No interventions assigned to this group

Baseline measurement

Baseline measurement of +/- 100 cases, no intervention

No interventions assigned to this group

Post measurement

Post measurement of +/- 100 cases after implementation of a Massive Open Online Course

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Intervention Type OTHER

Combination of knowledge training with video scenarios and game-based learning provided to endovascular team members: surgeons, nurses and anesthetists

Registry of endovascular cases

Starting 1 january 2023

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Combination of knowledge training with video scenarios and game-based learning provided to endovascular team members: surgeons, nurses and anesthetists

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Radiation Safety in the hybrid room: the do's and don'ts

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients undergoing elective (planned more than 48 hours) endovascular procedures.
* Symptomatic aortic-iliac-femoral-popliteal-below the knee atherosclerotic stenotic or occlusive disease (PVI)
* Endovascular exclusion of thoracic aortic, infrarenal abdominal aortic and/or iliac aneurysm repair (EVAR)

Exclusion Criteria

* No consent of patient
* No consent of all endovascular team members
* Emergency procedure (planned \< 48h before)
* Endovascular procedure not treating atherosclerotic aortic-iliac-femoral-popliteal-below the knee disease or aortic-iliac aneurysm
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Toronto

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Ghent

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Isabelle Van Herzeele, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Ghent

Locations

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UZ Gent

Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Belgium

Central Contacts

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Isabelle Van Herzeele, MD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 093325108

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Isabelle Van Herzeele, MD, PhD

Role: primary

References

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Gordon L, Soenens G, Doyen B, Sunavsky J, Wheatcroft M, de Mestral C, Palter V, Grantcharov T, Van Herzeele I. Step, Error, and Event Frameworks in Endovascular Aortic Repair. J Endovasc Ther. 2022 Dec;29(6):937-947. doi: 10.1177/15266028211068768. Epub 2022 Jan 11.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 35012393 (View on PubMed)

Soenens G, Marchand B, Doyen B, Grantcharov T, Van Herzeele I, Vlerick P. Surgeons' Leadership Style and Team Behavior in the Hybrid Operating Room: Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Surg. 2023 Jul 1;278(1):e5-e12. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005645. Epub 2022 Jul 29.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 35904023 (View on PubMed)

Soenens G, Doyen B, Vlerick P, Hertault A, Maurel B, Kellens PJ, Bacher K, Van Herzeele I; VESTA (Vascular surgery in Europe radiation SafeTy Alliance). Development, Feasibility, and Knowledge Impact of a Massive Open Online Course on Radiation Safety: A Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2024 May;67(5):838-846. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2023.11.047. Epub 2023 Dec 1.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 38042252 (View on PubMed)

Soenens G, Gorden L, Doyen B, Wheatcroft M, de Mestral C, Palter V, Van Herzeele I; ENDORATE-PVI consortium. Editor's Choice - Development and Testing of Step, Error, and Event Frameworks to Evaluate Technical Performance in Peripheral Endovascular Interventions. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2024 Aug;68(2):227-235. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.03.007. Epub 2024 Mar 15.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 38492630 (View on PubMed)

Soenens G, Vlerick P, Bacher K, Rennie N, Grantcharov T, Van Herzeele I. Impact of a Massive Open Online Course on Radiation Safety in the Hybrid Operating Room. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2025 Nov;70(5):693-694. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.07.002. Epub 2025 Jul 7. No abstract available.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 40633718 (View on PubMed)

Kaya J, Bonte E, Rennie N, Soenens G, Moreels N, Vlerick P, Van Herzeele I. Mapping Distractions in the Hybrid Operating Room During Elective Endovascular Aortic Procedures. World J Surg. 2025 Jun;49(6):1676-1682. doi: 10.1002/wjs.12605. Epub 2025 Apr 29.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 40302105 (View on PubMed)

Soenens G, Doyen B, Vlerick P, Vermassen F, Grantcharov T, Van Herzeele I. Assessment of Endovascular Team Performances Using a Comprehensive Data Capture Platform in the Hybrid Room: A Pilot Study. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2021 Jun;61(6):1028-1029. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2021.02.021. Epub 2021 Mar 17. No abstract available.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 33744093 (View on PubMed)

Doyen B, Gordon L, Soenens G, Bacher K, Vlerick P, Vermassen F, Grantcharov T, Van Herzeele I. Introduction of a surgical Black Box system in a hybrid angiosuite: Challenges and opportunities. Phys Med. 2020 Aug;76:77-84. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.06.013. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 32615511 (View on PubMed)

Doyen B, Soenens G, Maurel B, Hertault A, Gordon L, Vlerick P, Vermassen F, Grantcharov T, van Herzeele I. Assessing endovascular team performances in a hybrid room using the Black Box system: a prospective cohort study. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2023 Feb;64(1):82-92. doi: 10.23736/S0021-9509.22.12226-3. Epub 2022 Sep 28.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 36168949 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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BC-02220

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id