Prognostication in Acute Pulmonary Embolism (IPEP)

November 15, 2019 updated by: David Jimenez, Ministry of Health, Spain

Effect of a Prognostic Algorithm to Reduce Length of Stay in Acute Pulmonary Embolism: a Randomized Controlled Trial

To evaluate the effect of a prognosis-guided vs standard medical therapy in the: 1) duration of hospital stay; 2) cost-effectiveness; 3) satisfaction and quality of life; 4) in-hospital and 30-day all-cause mortality; and 5) 30-day readmissions in normotensive patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE).

Design: Prospective, randomized, controlled, single blind trial. Normotensive patients with acute symptomatic PE will be randomly assigned to follow a prognosis-guided treatment, or to receive usual care.

Setting: Respiratory, Medicine and Emergency Departments in 15 Spanish hospitals.

Analyses: Data for the primary and secondary end points will be analyzed according to the intention-to -treat principle. The intention-to-treat analysis will include all randomly assigned patients. For the efficacy end points, investigators will use the Mann-Whitney U test. We will also use competing risk regression models according to Fine and Gray. For the safety end points, comparisons will be made with the use of the chi-square test. Separate analyses will be done in key prespecified subgroups of patients, according to age and hospital size.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

500

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 Locations

  • Spain
      • Madrid, Spain, 28034
        • Hospital Ramon y Cajal, IRYCIS, Alcala de Henares University

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Confirmed PE by objective testing
  • Signed and dated informed consent of the subject available before the start of any specific trial procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy
  • Haemodynamic instability
  • Contraindication to anticoagulant therapy
  • Life expectancy less than 3 months
  • Participation in other clinical trials during the present clinical trial
  • Use of a fibrinolytic agent, surgical thrombectomy, interventional (transcatheter) thrombus aspiration or lysis, or use of a cava filter to treat the index episode of PE
  • Inability to the follow-up visits

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: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Prognosis-guided
Duration of bed rest and duration of length of stay will be guided according to a predefined prognostic algorithm.
Other: Prognosis-guided therapy
No Intervention: Standard medical therapy
Duration of bed rest and duration of length of stay will be decided by the attending physician.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Length of hospital stay
Time Frame: 30-days
30-days

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Ministry of Health, Spain

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 1, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 5, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 5, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

April 11, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 18, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 15, 2019

Last Verified

November 1, 2019

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Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PI15/00207

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

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