Endoscopic Interventions in Patients With COVID-19

Completed

• Conditions: Change; Endoscopy, COVID-19

• Registration Number: NCT04423003
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital Tuebingen

Brief Summary

This is a combined study including a descriptive part about the preparations for COVID-19 and the impact of COVID-19 on the daily routine of the work in an Interdisciplinary Endoscopic Unit (IEU), and a point-prevalence analysis for possible positive SARS-CoV-2 carriers among the staff of the IEU, and finally a prospective analysis of SARS-CoV-2 positive patients who required endoscopic intervention.

Results are presented in the captures: 1. SARS-CoV-2-pandemic related restructuring of the processes in the IEU, 2. SARS-CoV-2-pandemic related impact on the staff of the IEU, and 3. Analysis of endoscopic interventions in patients with confirmed or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Detailed Description

This article is intended to provide an overview of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on an interdisciplinary endoscopy unit (IEU, gastroenterological endoscopy, surgical endoscopy, and bronchoscopy) at the University Hospital Tübingen, a center for tertiary care in South-western Germany. First, preparations for COVID-19 pandemic with respect to the IEU are presented, and compared with those of other endoscopy units (7, 8). Additionally, the direct impact of SARS-CoV-2 on the staff of the IEU will be shown, together with a point-prevalence analysis of SARS-CoV-2 of the staff at the end of the SARS-CoV-2 wave in Tübingen. Finally, to our knowledge for the first time, we conducted a prospective single center analysis of the patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, which required a diagnostic or therapeutic endoscopic intervention.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-05-15
• Study Completion: 2020-05-15
• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-08
• Study First Posted: 2020-06-09
• Last Update Posted: 2020-06-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• patients with proven or suspected infections with SARS-CoV-2 infection, who required endoscopic interventions

Exclusion Criteria

• all other patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
death in time of observation	01.March 2020 to 5. May 2020	death in time of observation

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital of Tuebingen; 🇩🇪 Tuebingen, Germany