Acute Chest Triage Rapid Intervention Guided by Home Care or Telecare

ISRCTN ISRCTN55776263
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN55776263
Secondary identifying numbers N/A
Submission date
22/08/2005
Registration date
08/09/2005
Last edited
14/12/2010
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Respiratory
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Frances Mair
Scientific

Department of General Practice and Primary Care
Division of Community-based Sciences
1 Horselethill Road
University of Glasgow
Glasgow
G12 9LX
United Kingdom

Email fm46c@clinmed.gla.ac.uk

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Not specified
Study typeTreatment
Scientific title
Study acronymACTRIGHT
Study objectivesTo compare a telecare intervention with traditional home care delivered by nurses to patients with acute exacerbations of COAD
Ethics approval(s)Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedChronic Obstructive Airways Disease (COAD)
InterventionTelecare delivered in patient's own home versus traditional nurse visits.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measure1. Respiratory-related Quality of Life
2. Economic outcomes
Secondary outcome measures1. Nurse and patient satisfaction measures
2. Quality and reliability of equipment
Overall study start date01/10/2001
Completion date30/09/2005

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexBoth
Target number of participants200 across intervention (telecare) and control (home care) arms
Key inclusion criteriaPatients referred to Accident and Emergency (A&E) for assessment, following exacerbation of COAD. Inclusion criteria include forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) <80% predicted, Systolic blood pressure (BP) >100 mmHg, pH >7.4, pO2 >6.7 kPa
Key exclusion criteriaExclusion criteria include pneumothorax, uncontrolled left ventricular failure (LVF), acute electrocardiogram (ECG) changes, asthma, pneumonia, and previous participation in trial.
Date of first enrolment01/10/2001
Date of final enrolment30/09/2005

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Scotland
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Department of General Practice and Primary Care
Glasgow
G12 9LX
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

North Liverpool Primary Care Trust (UK)
Hospital/treatment centre

Cottage 2
Newhall Campus
Longmoor Lane
Liverpool
L10 1LD
England
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)151 293 1900
Email enquiries@northliverpoolpct.nhs.uk

Funders

Funder type

Government

NHS Modernisation Fund

No information available

NHS R&D Support Funding

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article preliminary results 01/01/2005 Yes No
Results article results 01/06/2008 Yes No