COVID-19 OUTBREAK AND SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION (SOT) : AN INTERNATIONAL WEB-BASED SURVEY

Completed

• Conditions: COVID-19 OUTBREAK AND SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION

• Registration Number: NCT04367896
• Lead Sponsor: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

Brief Summary

Background COVID-19 has brought into questioning the equitable distribution of resources. Solid Organ Transplants (SOT) are life-saving procedures. Rapid changes in the management of patients are occurring, with potential for inequity. Drawing on professionals across transplant specialities, we investigated resource distribution specifically for SOT to guide healthcare policies.

A multidisciplinary team developed a survey. The survey included demographic questions to contextualise respondents, questions on resource allocation for SOT. Multiple strategies were used to distribute the survey internationally. Descriptive, uni-multivariate ordinal regressions analysis were performed. Open comments were analysed using qualitative methods.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-24
• Status Verified: 2020-04
• Primary Completion: 2020-04-17
• Study Completion: 2020-04-17
• Study First Submitted: 2020-04-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-04-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-28
• Study First Posted: 2020-04-29
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 1819

Inclusion Criteria

• transplant surgeons, referring doctors, transplant physicians, transplant coordinators, transplant ICU doctors, COVID-19 ICU, Infectious Disease Doctors, Pulmonologists, Internist, and Ethicists

Exclusion Criteria

• not applicable

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Equity of resource distribution	20/04/2020	Question 2"I feel that the current policy to allocate most resources to COVID-19 meets the equity of access in healthcare for different diseases" with four possible alternative answers (strongly agree, partially agree, partially disagree and strongly disagree).
Management of Solid Organ Transplant during COVID-19 pandemic	20/04/2020	Question 1"Given the COVID-19 outbreak, should liver transplant activities be stopped?" with three possible answers (Completely, Selectively and Not at All)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Equity rank of resource distribution	20/04/2020	Scale (10 strongly agree- 0 strongly disagree).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli"; 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy