Pediatric Intensive Care Transport Registry

NCT ID: NCT07070258

Last Updated: 2025-07-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 1000 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-11-25
• Study Completion Date: 2029-12-31

Brief Summary

The aim is to establish a nationwide registry for pediatric intensive care transports in Germany. The project aims to describe and analyse the need for, and current practice of, specialised transports. These data could then be used for future demand planning.

Detailed Description

In contrast to critical care transport of adults or newborns, transport of pediatric critical care patients in Germany is neither regulated by law nor centrally organized. Due to their different therapeutic needs compared to newborns or adults, critically ill children may receive insufficient treatment during transport. In some regions in Germany, pediatric centers provide specialized pediatric retrieval teams, while others organize each transport individually. Currently, no valid data on pediatric critical care transports in Germany are available, nor are they recorded in a structured manner.

A nationwide registry for pediatric intensive care transports in Germany was initiated to describe and analyze the need for and current practice of these specialized transports.

Conditions

Critical Care Medicine; Transportation of Patients; Pediatrics

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Critically ill children undergoing interhospital pediatric intensive care transport

All critically ill children undergoing interhospital pediatric intensive care transport, aged at least 27 days and with a corrected gestational age of over 41 weeks, are eligible for inclusion. The upper age limit for enrolment is 18 years. Critical care transports are defined as transports that meet at least one of the following criteria: I) The transport was performed by a dedicated critical care transport team using an intensive care ambulance (Type C vehicle) or an air ambulance. II) The transport was accompanied by a specialist in intensive care or emergency medicine. III) The in-hospital destination of the transport is a critical care area, such as an intensive care unit, a trauma room, a resuscitation area, an operating theatre, an emergency imaging procedure or an emergency intervention.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Critically ill children aged at least 27 days and a corrected gestational age of over 41 weeks AND
• Maximum age of 17 years AND
• Interhospital transport AND
• Critical care transport by a dedicated critical care transport team using an intensive care ambulance (Type C vehicle) or an air ambulance OR
• The transport was accompanied by a specialist in intensive care or emergency medicine. OR
• The in-hospital destination of the transport is a critical care area, such as an intensive care unit, a trauma room, a resuscitation area, an operating theatre, an emergency imaging procedure or an emergency intervention.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 27 Days
• Maximum Eligible Age: 17 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Philipps University Marburg

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Dr. med. Nadine Mand

Head of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Marburg

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University of Dresden

Dresden, , Germany

Site Status: RECRUITING

Philipps University of Marburg

Marburg, , Germany

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Germany

Central Contacts

Nadine Mand, Dr. med.

Role: CONTACT

mandn@staff.uni-marburg.de

004964215862671

Stefan Winkler, Dr. med.

Role: CONTACT

stefan.winkler@uniklinikum-dresden.de

0049 351 458-18552

Other Identifiers

REG-EK-270072024

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id