NCT06905119

Digital Transformation of Continuity of Care for Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters: SpadCare Experience

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 201 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Fundacion Miguel Servet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study focuses on patients who require outpatient infusion of therapy ("Infusions, Intravenous"\[Mesh\]) "Administration, Intravenous"\[Mesh\] ("Home Infusion Therapy"\[Mesh\]) "Parenteral Nutrition, Home"\[Mesh\] via a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) ("Central Venous Catheters"\[MeSH\] "Catheterization, Central Venous"\[MeSH\] "Catheterization, Peripheral" \[MeSH\] "Vascular Access Devices"\[Mesh\] )

Detailed description

The patients, who receive training ("Patient Education as Topic"\[Mesh\] "patient participation"\[MeSH Terms\] ) via an app on their personal mobile phone ("User-Computer Interface"\[Mesh\] "Smartphone"\[MeSH\] "Mobile Applications"\[MeSH\] "Computers, Handheld"\[Mesh\] "Digital Health"\[Mesh\] are able to perform specialized care ("Nursing"\[Mesh\]) Care"\[MeSH\] "Delivery of Health Care"\[Mesh:NoExp\] "Home Nursing"\[MeSH\] "Self Administration"\[Mesh\] to reduce complications ("adverse effects"\[MeSH Subheading\] "Catheter-Related Infections"\[Mesh\] ) so that they are monitored in real time by those responsible for the catheter. ("Telemedicine"\[Mesh\]

Conditions

• Infusions, Intravenous
• Administration, Intravenous
• Home Infusion Therapy
• Parenteral Nutrition, Home
• Central Venous Catheters
• Catheterization, Central Venous
• Catheterization, Peripheral
• Vascular Access Devices
• Patient Education as Topic
• Patient Participation
• User-Computer Interface
• Smartphone
• Mobile Applications
• Computers, Handheld
• Digital Health
• Nursing
• Care Givers
• Delivery of Health Care
• Home Nursing
• Self Administration
• Adverse Effects
• Catheter-Related Infections
• Telemedicine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Digital Transformation of Continuity of Care for Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters	The application is offered to all patients at the time of PICC placement. If they accept, they go to the intervention group. If they do not accept, they go to the control group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-04
• Primary completion: 2025-04-01
• Completion: 2026-07-31
• First posted: 2025-04-01
• Last updated: 2025-09-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain