Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Gavin Perkins
ORCID ID
Contact details
Warwick Medical School
Coventry
CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
g.d.perkins@warwick.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
6.0
Study information
Scientific title
Electronic Advanced Life Support (e-ALS) training evaluation: an open-label randomised controlled trial
Acronym
e-ALS study
Study hypothesis
In healthcare providers seeking advanced life support training, a 1 day face to face Advanced Life Support (ALS) course supplemented by e-learning material is equivalent to the 2 day face to face conventional ALS course with respect to the course learning outcomes
Ethics approval
West Midlands Research Ethics Committee, approved on 24/07/2008 (ref: 2008027resus)
Study design
Open-label randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Other
Patient information sheet
Condition
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training
Intervention
Seven hours of distance e-learning prior to attending a 1-day face to face training course vs 2 day face to face conventional ALS course.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Performance during initial cardiac arrest scenario test conducted at the end of the course.
Secondary outcome measures
1. Overall pass rate
2. Multiple choice questions score
3. Airway pass rate
4. Initial assessment and resuscitation pass rate
5. CASTest score
6. Candidate evaluation
Overall trial start date
01/01/2009
Overall trial end date
01/06/2010
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Healthcare providers planning to undertake a Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support Course.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
2,762
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Unable or unwilling to accept random allocation to e-ALS or conventional ALS training
2. Refusal of consent
Recruitment start date
01/01/2009
Recruitment end date
01/06/2010
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Warwick Medical School
Coventry
CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Sponsor details
c/o Miss Elizabeth Adey
First Floor Lincoln House
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Bordesley Green East
Birmingham
B9 5SS
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Not defined
Funder name
Resuscitation Council (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
1. 2012 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22751757
Publication citations
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Results
Perkins GD, Kimani PK, Bullock I, Clutton-Brock T, Davies RP, Gale M, Lam J, Lockey A, Stallard N, , Improving the efficiency of advanced life support training: a randomized, controlled trial., Ann. Intern. Med., 2012, 157, 1, 19-28, doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-1-201207030-00005.