Chest Pain Nurse Track

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

182 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-12-14

Study Completion Date

2025-12-20

Brief Summary

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Chest pain is a commonly encountered presentation in the emergency department (ED), with an incidence ranging from 5 to 12%. Chest pain has a wide range of aetiologies from the mildest to the most severe. In benign forms these pains can be musculoskeletal, psychogenic or even indeterminate (\>60% depending on the place of recruitment). Coronary aetiology represents 12 to 25% of severe forms.

The management of chest pain in the emergency department is part of the daily life of nurses. According to the french 2020 Nurse Reception Organizer (IOA) guidelines, a nurse who has been trained for this role is required to "triage" (severity grade and orientation) patients presenting for this reason. The presence of specialized nurses in the management of chest pain allows faster initial management.

To date, no study has been conducted to assess the diagnostic and treatment performance of a nursing pathway for the management of patients presenting with acute chest pain regardless of the suspected diagnosis and not only acute coronary syndrome.

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Detailed Description

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The main objective of this interventional study is to evaluate the diagnostic safety of a nursing pathway for the management of patients presenting with chest pain in the emergency department compared with usual medical care.

This study is an external comparison with a control group consisting of patients meeting the eligibility criteria admitted to the Emergency Department over the same period and included prospectively with a 1:1 ratio.

The study will be conducted in three phases :

1. Training volunteer emergency department nurses (11) : the course will cover all aspects of management of non-traumatic chest pain (physiopathology, from diagnosis to treatment).

For the selection of nurses, these criteria will need to be met : minimum of five years of practice in the profession with at least three years in emergency department ; the nurse must have had the training as a Nurse Reception Organizer and have received specific training in accordance with the study protocol.
2. Enrollment of 182 patients admitted to the emergency department for non-traumatic chest pain.

The patient will be enrolled either in the experimental (paramedical) or control (medical) group. 91 patients will be included in each group.

Experimental (Intervention) group or (paramedical cohort) :

The patient is cared for by one of the specially trained nurses based on a previously established allocation per day. A nurse will be able to take in charge several patients successively included on the same day, in accordance with the actual practice of organized intra-hospital sector.

The nurse will manage the patient according to the standardized algorithm based on the recommendations. An emergency physician will be systematically involved in the management process for interpretation of electrocardiogram (EKG) and chest x-ray, during a positive diagnosis, a sign of gravity and finally at any time as soon as the nurse considers it necessary. In addition each patient will be systematically examined and reassessed by a physician during paramedical management to validate the clinical, therapeutic and discharges conclusions.

Control group (or medical cohort) :

Cohort of patients receiving usual medical care over the same period in the emergency department and meeting eligibility criteria. Patients in this group will be included prospectively after obtaining their consent, with a 1:1 ratio with sex and age correspondence +/- 5 years).

An independent adjudication committee comprising at least one emergency physician and one cardiologist will be responsible for analyzing the medical records of all patients (included in the two groups) in order to determine compliance with diagnostic management. It will meet before each Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) meeting (at 20, 50 and 80%) and at the end of the study.

Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB)composed of a methodologist, a cardiologist and an emergency physician. The DSMB will be responsible for analyzing the compliance and safety of management in the experimental group at 20, 50 and 80% of enrollment and at the request of the sponsor if necessary. This committee will also analyze the one month outcome of the patients included. It will decide whether to prosecute or stop the study.
3. Phone call follow-up of patient after one month to collect data :

* Intercurrent serious events : death, re-admission, myocardial infarction, serious AE
* Assessment of patient satisfaction
* Any additional examinations and consultations carried out.

Conditions

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Chest Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

This is a controlled, single centre, non-randomized, open-label interventional study evaluating the implementation of a nursing pathway management for chest pain. This study is an external comparison with a control group consisting of patients meeting the same eligibility criteria admitted to the Emergency Department over the same period and included prospectively with a 1:1 ratio. This design was chosen because of the difficulty of randomizing patients (few trained nurses) and the need to conduct a pivotal study.

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention (paramedical)

The patients will be cared for by one of the specially trained nurses based on a previously established allocation per day. A nurse will be able to take in charge several patients successively included on the same day, in accordance with the actual practice of organized intra-hospital sector and according to the standardized algorithm based on the recommendations.

The DSMB will analyzed the compliance and safety of the management in this group at 20, 50 and 50% of enrollment and at the request of the sponsor if necessary.

An adjudication committee will determine compliance with diagnostic management in the two groups.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Diagnostic and safety of a nursing pathway for the management of non-traumatic chest pain

Intervention Type OTHER

trained nurses will take in charge non-traumatic chest pain patient according to the standardized algorithm based on the recommendations .

Control (medical)

In this group the patients will received usual medical care over the same period in the emergency department and meeting eligibility criteria. Patients will be included prospectively after obtaining their consent, with a 1:1 ratio with sex and age correspondence +/- 5 years).

An adjudication committee will determine compliance with diagnostic management in the two groups.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Diagnostic and safety of a nursing pathway for the management of non-traumatic chest pain

trained nurses will take in charge non-traumatic chest pain patient according to the standardized algorithm based on the recommendations .

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Admission to emergency department (ED) for non-traumatic Chest Pain
* Affiliation to the French social security system
* Written informed consent must be obtained
* For women of childbearing age: effective contraception in place for at least 3 months. The absence of pregnancy should be confirmed by a negative urine test without delaying the start of the management including the realization of Electrocardiogram (EKG/ECG).

Exclusion Criteria

* Suspected alcohol, drug or toxic intoxication
* Chest pain with associated neurological signs
* Patient with pacemaker or defibrillator
* Patient in vital distress requiring immediate medical intervention
* Patient admitted with a previously established aetiological diagnosis
* Unable to communicate or non-french speaking patients or those with impaired comprehension or consciousness
* Pregnant or breast-feeding patients
* Subject under administrative or judicial control, under protection

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No