Interest of the Chair Lift Test in the Prognostic Evaluation of Pulmonary Embolism: a Single-center Open Prospective Study (SIT-EP)

February 13, 2026 updated by: University Hospital, Rouen
The objective of the study is to evaluate the prognostic performance of the chair lift test in the initial assessment of the severity of non-severe pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients, in comparison with the current pulmonary embolism risk stratification score using the sPESI score refined by the use of cardiac biomarkers and right ventricular dysfunction

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

180

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

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

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

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism according to clinical algorithm, confirmed by thoracic angioscan or ventilation perfusion (V/P) scan,
  • Non-serious pulmonary embolism, not requiring intensive care (thrombectomy or fibrinolysis not considered).
  • sPESI score ≥ 1 [or = 0 with elevated troponin or presence of markers of VD dysfunction, or = 0 with need for hospitalization due to comorbidities unrelated to PE (social isolation, comprehension disorders, intercurrent infection, chronic renal failure, advanced cancer...)
  • Patients with no contraindications to chair lift testing (no O2 at the time of testing).
  • Effective anticoagulation for at least 1 hour.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • sPESI score = 0 with outpatient referral.
  • Diagnostic confirmation of Pulmonia Embolism by thoracic angioscan or scintigraphy more than 24h after suspicion of diagnosis.
  • Hospitalization > 24h after introduction of anticoagulation, with subsequent confirmation by scintigraphy.
  • Any sign of serious Pulmonia Embolism, requiring hospitalization in an intensive care unit.
  • Asymptomatic Pulmonia Embolism discovered by chance

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: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: chair lift test
Other: chair lift test
repetitions of the sit-stand position at a self-timed speed (safe and comfortable) as many times as possible for 1 minute

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of the one-minute chair rise test in comparison with the gold standard refined by the use of cardiac biomarkers and right ventricular dysfunction
Time Frame: 1 day
1 day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Overall survival
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
Troponin measurement
Time Frame: 1 day
1 day
Presence or absence of post-pulmonary embolism dyspnea
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University Hospital, Rouen

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Delphine SIMON, MD, University Hospital, Rouen

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)

February 9, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

February 1, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

February 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 4, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 4, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

December 12, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 17, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 13, 2026

Last Verified

February 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2021/0386/HP

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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