NCT00707044

Short-Stay Intensive Care for Coronary Artery Bypass Patients

Short-Stay Intensive Care for Coronary Artery Bypass Patients,Development of a Guideline for Giving Adequate Care on the Cardiosurgical Intensive Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 597 (actual)
• Sponsor: Maastricht University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 78 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Objective: To evaluate the safety and cost-effectiveness of Short Stay Intensive Care (SSIC) treatment for low-risk coronary artery bypass patients Design: Randomized clinical equivalence trial Setting: University Hospital Maastricht, the Netherlands Patients: low-risk coronary artery bypass patients Interventions: 600 patients were randomly assigned to undergo either SSIC treatment (8 hours Intensive Care) or control treatment (care as usual, overnight Intensive Care). Measurements: The primary outcome measures were Intensive Care (IC) readmissions and total hospital stay. The secondary outcome measures were total hospital costs, Quality of Life (QoL), postoperative morbidity and mortality. Hospital costs consisted of the cost of hospital admission(s) and outpatient costs.

Conditions

• Coronary Artery Bypass

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Control group (usual care)	control group, care as usual, 24 hours intensive care stay
PROCEDURE	Short-Stay Intensive Care treatment (SSIC)	Short-Stay Intensive Care treatment (SSIC), 8 hours of Intensive care treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2001-01-01
• Primary completion: 2003-10-01
• Completion: 2004-05-01
• First posted: 2008-06-30
• Last updated: 2017-02-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands