Prognostic Factors in Patients Admitted to an Urban Teaching Hospital With COVID-19 Infection

July 22, 2020 updated by: Dr. Donogh Maguire, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

As of 27th May 2020, approximately 5.7 million people worldwide are known to have been infected with COVID-19 coronavirus and more than 350,000 have died (1). The severity of this viral disease for an individual is associated with a widespread perturbation of immune, physiological and metabolic parameters (2, 3). These whole body changes could be considered characteristic of a systemic inflammatory response to tissue injury and it has been long recognised that a large and ongoing systemic inflammatory response is associated with the development of multiple organ failure and infective disease (4, 5).

One of the cardinal signs of severe COVID-19 infection is a marked systemic inflammatory response (2). This response bears striking similarity to the systemic inflammatory response experienced by patients undergoing major elective surgical resections for cancer (6, 7). Indeed, the systemic inflammatory response and the associated metabolic stress has been most well characterised in major elective surgery, where the relationship between the magnitude of the post-operative systemic inflammatory response and the development of post-operative complications is now well recognised, as is the effect of patient comorbidity on this relationship (8, 9). Such work has informed therapeutic manoeuvres including minimally invasive surgery, pre-operative optimisation (e.g. anaesthesia, nutrition and steroids) and enhanced recovery protocols.

The aim of the present study was to examine whether routinely collected clinicopathological characteristics of patients with COVID-19 on admission were informative on the immune and metabolic stress experienced by patients with COVID-19 and whether such characteristics were informative on subsequent outcome.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Electronic patient records for patients who attended the Emergency Department (ED) and Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) at Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI), Glasgow, U.K., during the initial 7-week period of the COVID-19 pandemic in Glasgow city (17th March 2020 - 1st May 2020) were examined for routine clinical, laboratory and clinical outcome data. GRI is a university teaching hospital that serves an urban population with a high burden of socio-economic deprivation and offers the full spectrum of adult acute receiving specialties to patients over 16 years old. In line with NHS policy, this study was approved by the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Caldicott guardian.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

250

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

      • Glasgow, United Kingdom, G4 0SF
        • Glasgow Royal Infirmary

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 to 100 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

General hospital population

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Clinical, radiological and PCR positive COVID-19 diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria:

  • less than 18 years old

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
Alive or Dead with COVID-19 diagnosis
Patients selected in phase 1 of study according to Health Protection Scotland criteria for diagnosis of COVID-19 infection Patients selected for phase 2 (validation phase) by PCR result
Validation of scores of systemic inflammatory response

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
mortality
Time Frame: 30-day
30-day mortality and prognostic score
30-day

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Donogh Maguire, PhD, NHS GGC

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2021

Study Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 22, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 22, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

July 23, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 23, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 22, 2020

Last Verified

July 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

Anonymised patient data will be made available on reasonable request

IPD Sharing Time Frame

6 months

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • CSR

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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