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Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis on Prehospital Risk Assessment in Patients Suspected of Non-ST-segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Non ST Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Interventions
Device: Combined risk score
Other: Usual care
Device: point-of-care troponin
Registration Number
NCT06051110
Lead Sponsor
Catharina Ziekenhuis Eindhoven
Brief Summary

Patients with a non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) are currently transported and admitted to the nearest emergency department (ED) for risk stratification, diagnostic workup, and treatment. Recently, several prospective studies have been performed on the diagnostic performance of point-of-care (POC)-troponin and combined risk scores (CRS) for pre-hospital risk assessment and triage of NSTE-ACS patients. Also the first intervention trials on triage decisions based on POC troponin and CRS have been performed. Initial results are indicating that prehospital triage based on these diagnostic tools is feasible and safe, although sample sizes were relatively small and underpowered to detect differences in major adverse cardiac events (MACE). The objective of this individual patient data meta-analysis is to determine the diagnostic performance of POC troponin and combined risk scores for prehospital risk assessment and triage in suspected NSTE-ACS patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
8000
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Patients suspected for NSTE-ACS;
  2. Prospective study
  3. Original data
  4. Presenting prehospital (EMS)
  5. Prehospital risk assessment using at least POC-troponin, performed and analyzed by EMS.
  6. Outcome data available on in-hospital ACS or MACE within 30 days.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Enrolling only a specific subpopulation from the general ACS population
  2. Studies with less than 100 patients
  3. Studies enrolling only patients with STEMI.
  4. Studies published before 1995 / the pre-troponin era
  5. Studies performed by general practitioners.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Combined risk scoresCombined risk scorePatients in who risk-stratification was performed by the use of a combined risk score in the EMS setting
Usual careUsual carePatients who receive usual care by EMS protocols
point-of-care troponinpoint-of-care troponinPatients in who risk-stratification was performed by the use of a point-of-care troponin in the EMS setting
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of participants with the diagnosis NSTE-ACSDuring index hospitalization, up to 1 day in the ED

Diagnosis of NSTE-ACS (NSTEMI or unstable AP) during index hospitalization (as assessed by the treating physician)

MACEWithin 30 days

All cause death, myocardial infarction, revascularization

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Health care utilizationWithin 30 days after inclusion

Number of double invasive coronary angiography procedures

MACE1 week

All cause death, myocardial infarction, revascularization

Total health care costsAt 30 days
All cause deathWithin 30 days and 1 year follow-up
The number of participants undergoing invasive coronary angiographyDuring or after index hospitalisation, up to 30 days
The number of participants undergoing coronary revascularisationDuring or after index hospitalisation, up to 30 days

percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)

Alternative diagnoses other than NSTE-ACSduring 30 day follow-up after inclusion

If no NSTE-ACS is diagnosed, what is the alternative diagnosis (such as pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection, pneumothorax)

Safety endpoints concerning intracoronary angiography and/or PCIduring 30 day follow-up after intracoronary angiography and/or PCI

Death

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Catharina hospital Eindhoven

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

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