Quality of Preanesthesia Teleconsultation : a Randomized Controlled Trial. (TELECAM)

March 19, 2018 updated by: Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Quality of Preanesthesia Teleconsultation Versus Preanesthesia Traditional Consultation : a Randomized Controlled Equivalence Trial.

Since the publication of the law " Hôpital, Patients, Santé, Territoire " of 2009 in France, the development of telemedicine is a public health issue. It is also a government priority registered in the government investment plan of 2017-2018.

The quality of preanesthesia teleconsultation at home, through video-conference, has never been tested in practice.The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of preanesthesia teleconsultations through video-conference, compared with traditional preanesthesia consultations. The quality is established by the assessment of the primary outcome : the risks related to difficult intubation, in patients undergoing ambulatory surgery at the Surgical Center Emile Galle. Our research hypothesis is that there is no difference between the quality of preanesthesia teleconsultations through video-conference, and the quality of traditional preanesthesia consultations. Secondary objectives are to identify satisfaction and preoperative anxiety of patients regarding teleconsultation, to identify satisfaction of practioners regarding teleconsultation, to evaluate the quality (based on the assessment of secondary outcomes) of preanesthesia teleconsultations compared with traditional preanesthesia consultations, and to evaluate the technical viability of generalising preanesthesia teleconsultation.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

240

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient with social security affiliation.
  • Informed consent from patient
  • Patient with an ambulatory surgery programmed in the surgical center Emile Galle (CHRU de Nancy)
  • Patient with technology equipments, which are compatible with the plateform of video-conference :
  • smartphones, touch pads, computer
  • web-browser ( chrome or internet explorer)
  • Webcam and microphone
  • Printer

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients covered by Articles L. 1121-5 to L. 1121-8, L1122-2 and L. 1122-1-2 of the french public health code. (Persons especially protected by Act)
  • Patients refusing to participate to the study, or refusing the randomization for the group allocation.
  • Preanesthesia consultation for a programmed surgery in an hospital other than the surgical center of Emile Galle.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: OTHER
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: SINGLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Preanesthesia teleconsultation
Preanesthesia teleconsultation through video-conference, between an anesthesiologist of the surgical center Emile Galle, in a medical consulting room in the surgical center Emile Galle, and a patient at home or at work. The patient must be in a quiet area, which allows the confidential medical contact.
According to his allocated group, patient will have a teleconsultation at home/at work with an anaesthesiologist.
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Preanesthesia traditional consultation
Preanesthesia traditional consultation between an anesthesiologist of the surgical center Emile Galle, and a patient, in a medical consulting room in the surgical center Emile Galle.
According to his allocated group, patient will have a traditional consultation with an anaesthesiologist in the surgical center Emile Galle.
OTHER: Bis traditional consultation
If a patient, in the group " preanesthesia teleconsultation " cannot realized his teleconsultation because of technical problem, he will be assigned on the sub group " bis traditional preanesthesia consultation ".
According to his allocated group, patient will have a traditional consultation with an anaesthesiologist in the surgical center Emile Galle.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Agreement concerning the risk of difficult intubation between preanesthesia consultation and visit.
Time Frame: 1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
The quality of a preanesthesia consultation (teleconsultations or traditional consultations) is considered to be correct when the result (presence or lack of difficult intubation risks) is consistent with the result of the preanesthesia visit (before surgery.) If yes from 2 of the 4 following propositions about predictable intubation difficulty ( mallampi score > II (yes/no), previous difficult intubation (yes/no), oral opening <30mm (yes/no), distance thyro-mentonnière < 65mm. (yes/no)), the predictable intubation will be difficult.
1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Agreement between preanesthesia consultation and visit concerning the risk of difficult mask ventilation
Time Frame: 1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
The quality of a preanesthesia consultation (teleconsultations or traditional consultations) is considered to be correct when the result (presence or lack of difficult mask ventilation risks) is consistent with the result of the preanesthesia visit (before surgery.) If yes from 2 of the 4 following propositions about predictable mask ventilation difficulty ( patient with a barbe (yes/no), BMI>26 kg/m2 (yes/no), edentulous patient (yes/no), an age > 55 years old (yes/no)), snoring (yes/no), the predictable mask ventilation will be difficult.
1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
Agreement between preanesthesia consultation and visit concerning the evaluation of "American Society of Anesthesiologists" (ASA) score of the patient
Time Frame: 1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
The quality of a preanesthesia consultation (teleconsultations or traditional consultations) is considered to be correct when the result (ASA score of the patient) is consistent with the result of the preanesthesia visit (before surgery.)
1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
Agreement between preanesthesia consultation and visit concerning correct treatment management.
Time Frame: 1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
The quality of a preanesthesia consultation (teleconsultations or traditional consultations) is considered to be correct when the result (treatment management : interruption, continuation, relay) is consistent with the result of the preanesthesia visit (before surgery.)
1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
Agreement between preanesthesia consultation and visit concerning completeness of preoperative workup
Time Frame: 1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
The quality of a preanesthesia consultation (teleconsultations or traditional consultations) is considered to be correct when the result (preoperative workup : complete blood count (CBC) with platelet or/and coagulation factors or/and ionograms or/and blood group, or/and consultation with a specialist physician ) is consistent with the result of the preanesthesia visit (before surgery.)
1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
Satisfaction of anesthesiologist
Time Frame: 1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
Satisfaction of anesthesiologist, who realized teleconsultation, tested by visual analogue scale : from 0 to 10 (poor to good results), in comparison with traditional consultation
1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
Satisfaction of patient
Time Frame: 1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
Satisfaction of patient, who attended teleconsultation, tested by visual analogue scale : from 0 to 10 (poor to good results) in comparison with traditional consultation
1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
Preoperative anxiety of patient
Time Frame: 1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
Preoperative anxiety of patient, who attended teleconsultation, tested by amsterdam scale (APAIS), in comparison with traditional consultation
1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
Calculation of a ratio to evaluate the technical viability of generalising preanesthesia teleconsultation
Time Frame: 1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)
evaluate the technical viability of generalising preanesthesia teleconsultation, with calculation of ratio : number of randomized patients in group " preanesthesia teleconsultation ", who finally get a teleconsultation / number of randomized patients in group " preanesthesia teleconsultation. " The higher the ratio, the higher the teleconsultation can be considered as a generalisable care practice.
1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Herve BOUAZIZ, PUPH, Central HNF

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (ANTICIPATED)

May 1, 2018

Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)

May 1, 2021

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

May 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 8, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 19, 2018

First Posted (ACTUAL)

March 20, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

March 20, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 19, 2018

Last Verified

January 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2017-A03084-49

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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