NCT02441582

The Effect of 12 Lead ECG Telemetry on Reperfusion Time in Resource-limited Settings

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 19 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to determine whether prehospital 12 lead ECG telemetry decreases the time to reperfusion in patients presenting with STEMI. A randomised controlled trial will be conducted in Gauteng and the Western Cape among 100 adult patients (\>18 years) presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction according to a specific inclusion and exclusion criteria outlined in the full protocol. Consenting patients will be randomly assigned to have their prehospital ECG sent to the receiving cardiac facility or not. The onset-to-reperfusion and door-to-reperfusion times will be recorded and compared between the two groups by using the Fisher's exact test and a simple unpaired Student's t-test. Data will also be subjected to multivariate analysis of variance to test for statistical significance within a variety of factors that may influence reperfusion times.

Conditions

• Myocardial Infarction
• STEMI

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Telemetry
OTHER	Non-telemetry

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-07-01
• Primary completion: 2017-10-01
• Completion: 2017-10-01
• First posted: 2015-05-12
• Last updated: 2018-03-05

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: South Africa