German Chest Pain Unit (CPU)-Register

Deutsches CPU-Register. Unterstützt Durch Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie.

The Chest Pain Unit (CPU) register is a nationwide scientific investigation, in which data concerning the hospital-stay within the Chest Pain Unit are documented. Furthermore, a Follow-up via telephone is conducted after 3 months.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Chest Pain

Detailed Description

The aim of a Chest Pain Unit (CPU) is to clarify unclear chest pain quickly and specifically. Present data from Germany, the USA and England prove that the organisation models of a CPU lead beside a drastic reduction of mortality also to a cost reduction as well as a shortening of the average inpatient hospital stays.

Therefore it seems reasonable to assign a minimum standard to CPUs. Although there are internationally already standards for CPUs up to complete certification programmes, it is an explicit wish of the German society for cardiology (DGK) to create an own standard which considers on the national circumstances.

The aim of the CPU register is the internal and external validation of the care quality of CPU including Benchmark reports and risk-adjusted comparisons.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 34470

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Frankfurt/Main, Germany
    • Bethanien Krankenhaus

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients admitted to a chest pain unit in a primary care clinic

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

All patients that are admitted to a Chest Pain Unit are included in this register.

Exclusion Criteria:

Missing informed consent (informed consent can NOT be given in the acute phase of the disease, if consciousness is limited at that time; instead the patient will be asked for his consent at a later point of time, when he is fully conscious).

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Internal and external validation of the medical care quality in the field of Chest Pain Units	including benchmark reports and risk adjusted comparisons.	hospital stay

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Documentation of CPU complications	including mortality, serious but non-fatal complications (e.g. stroke, heavy and moderate bleedings) as well as documentation of the medication at hospital discharge	up to 30 hours on average
Documentation of long-term mortality and serious but non-fatal complications	as well as additional hospital admissions and medication	3 months after discharge

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Stiftung Institut fuer Herzinfarktforschung
• Investigators: Study Chair: Harald Darius, MD, Vivantes Clinic Neukölln

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: December 1, 2008
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 7, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 8, 2010
• First Posted (Estimate): September 9, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): June 24, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 23, 2016
• Last Verified: June 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Myocardial infarction; Chest Pain Unit; Register; Admission to a Chest Pain Unit for any reason
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Chest Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: German CPU-Register

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No