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TerminatedNCT03056365

Advanced Nurses vs. General Practitioners for the Management of Outpatient Alcohol Detox: a Safety and Cost Comparison

Advanced Nurses vs. General Practitioners for the Management of Outpatient Alcohol Detoxification: a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Safety and Costs

Status
Terminated
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
73 (actual)
Sponsor
University Hospital, Lille · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 64 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The SAMBA study aims to assess the safety and cost comparison of the management of outpatient alcohol detoxification, between an advanced nurse protocol on the one hand (experimental group), and a GP-based treatment on the other hand (standard-of-care group). In the advanced nurse (AN) group, nurses manage alcohol detox using a predefined protocol based on both the Cushman and CIWA-Ar scales. Depending on the Cushman and CIWA-Ar scores, which are calculated at every consultation, advanced nurse can adjust the diazepam dosing. In case of any serious adverse event or uncontrolled withdrawal complication, an addiction specialist stands in back-up and can be appealed to decide whether the outpatient detox can be continued or whether the patient has to be hospitalized. In the GP group, GPs can manage patients as they wish.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREAdvanced Nurse (AN)Protocoled AN-based management of detox
PROCEDUREGeneral Practitioner (GP)'As usual' medical management of detox

Timeline

Start date
2017-01-01
Primary completion
2021-02-01
Completion
2021-02-01
First posted
2017-02-17
Last updated
2022-07-12

Locations

26 sites across 1 country: France

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03056365. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.