Dysphagia on the Intensive Care Unit (DICE-SWISS)

May 30, 2018 updated by: Jörg Schefold, University Hospital Inselspital, Berne

Dysphagia on the Intensive Care Unit - a Multinational European Analysis

Recording of routine practice patterns to detect and/or treat Dysphagia on the ICU via interview of local colleagues. This will not allow to record generalizable data, but will reflect the actual routine standard of care.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

49

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

  • Switzerland
      • Bern, Switzerland, 3010
        • Dept. of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bern,

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

  • ADULT
  • OLDER_ADULT
  • CHILD

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Senior local ICU physicians (Swiss ICUs only).

Description

Inclusion criteria:

  • All senior ICU physicians in charge for adult critically ill ICU patients. Respective ICUs must be accredited by the "Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Intensivmedizin".
  • ICUs located in Switzerland.
  • Senior ICU physicians willing to voluntarily fill in the provided questionnaire.

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

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
NO groups
no groups apply.
Other: NO interventions apply
does not apply

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of centers using fibre-optic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) vs. non-instrumental methods to detect/ treat dysphagia on the ICU.
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 month
Analysis of number of ICUs using instrumental methods (FEES) vs. non-instrumental methods in local (Swiss) centers to detect dysphagia in the ICU.
through study completion, an average of 1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University Hospital Inselspital, Berne

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Patrick Zürcher, MD, Inselspital, University of Bern

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

November 11, 2017

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

May 1, 2018

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

May 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 9, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 3, 2018

First Posted (ACTUAL)

April 4, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

May 31, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 30, 2018

Last Verified

May 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • DICE

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

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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