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WFIT for Critical Illness (WFIT Trial)

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Led By Clark Files, MD

Research Sponsored by Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 6 months post hospital discharge

Awards & highlights

WFIT Trial Summary

This trial will study whether a nurse practitioner with access to daily activity data and telehealth capabilities can improve post-critical illness care for patients in the 6 months after they leave the hospital. The study will compare outcomes, quality of life, patient satisfaction, readmissions, ER visits, and mortality rates for patients in the intervention group vs. those in the control group.

WFIT Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 6 months post hospital discharge

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~6 months post hospital discharge

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6 months post hospital discharge for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Incremental Net Benefit (INB) Cost Effectiveness

Secondary outcome measures

Euro Quality of Life, 5 Dimension, 5 Level (EQ-5D-5L) Questionnaire

Mortality Rate

Number of Emergency Room (ER) Visits

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WFIT Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Patients randomized to intervention will have 6 months of access after hospital discharge for telehealth visits with a nurse practitioner and an activity tracker providing data to the nurse practitioner about subject's daily level of activity.

Group II: Usual CareActive Control1 Intervention

Patients randomized to usual care will follow-up with primary care providers and specialists as recommended by hospital providers, or seek medical care as needed after hospital discharge.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Wake Forest University Health SciencesLead Sponsor

1,244 Previous Clinical Trials

1,004,375 Total Patients Enrolled

10 Trials studying Critical Illness

4,102 Patients Enrolled for Critical Illness

Clark Files, MDPrincipal InvestigatorWake Forest University Health Sciences

1 Previous Clinical Trials

1 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Critical Illness

1 Patients Enrolled for Critical Illness

Rita N Bakhru, MD, MSPrincipal InvestigatorWake Forest University Health Sciences

Media Library

WFIT Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04576065 — N/A

Critical Illness Research Study Groups: Intervention, Usual Care

Critical Illness Clinical Trial 2023: WFIT Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04576065 — N/A

WFIT 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04576065 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is it currently feasible to join this clinical evaluation?

"Concisely, the evidence on clinicaltrials.gov demonstrates that this research endeavor is currently recruiting patients; it was initially posted in March of 2021 and modified as recently as August 2022. This study requires 400 participants from one locale to take part."

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What is the sample size of this experiment?

"Affirmative. According to clinicaltrials.gov, this medical endeavour is actively looking for enrollees as of current; the first posting was on March 19th 2021 and it most recently updated on August 26th 2022. 400 participants are needed from one centre in total."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Wake Forest Post-ICU Telehealth (WFIT) Program

2021. "Wake Forest Post-ICU Telehealth (WFIT) Program". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04576065.