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Behavioural Intervention

Emergency care at home for Emergency Medical Services

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Recruiting

Research Sponsored by Brigham and Women's Hospital

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 from the time a consultation is placed in the electronic health record to the time a patient is seen by a clinician, up to 2880 minutes.

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will compare how effective it is to receive emergency care at home versus going to the hospital emergency room.

Who is the study for?

Adults over 18 living in permanent housing within the Home Hospital area, who intend to visit the emergency department and are patients of a Mass General Brigham primary care provider. Excluded are those with workers' comp or motor vehicle accident insurance, living in healthcare facilities, with substance use or acute psychiatric issues, needing inpatient care or therapies, at high risk (e.g., very high heart rate or low blood pressure), or requiring certain exams and monitoring not available at home.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study compares the effectiveness of emergency care provided at home with traditional emergency department care. Participants will either receive emergency treatment in their own living space or at a physical emergency department location to determine which is more effective.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial compares locations of care rather than medications, there are no direct side effects like with drugs. However, risks may include potential delays in care or lack of immediate access to emergency interventions that are available in a hospital setting.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ from the time a consultation is placed in the electronic health record to the time a patient is seen by a clinician, up to 2880 minutes.

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~from the time a consultation is placed in the electronic health record to the time a patient is seen by a clinician, up to 2880 minutes.

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and from the time a consultation is placed in the electronic health record to the time a patient is seen by a clinician, up to 2880 minutes. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Primary outcome measures

Participant with an emergency department presentation, observation, or hospitalization within 9 days

Secondary outcome measures

Number of days at home within 9 days

Time spent receiving care

Time to care initiation

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Emergency care at homeExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Emergency care in the patient's home.

Group II: Usual careActive Control1 Intervention

Emergency care in a brick-and-mortar emergency department.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Brigham and Women's HospitalLead Sponsor

1,616 Previous Clinical Trials

11,469,450 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Are there any available vacancies for participants in this clinical trial?

"Indeed, the details on clinicaltrials.gov affirm that this investigation is presently in need of volunteers. This research was first made public on February 2nd, 2024 and its most recent update was on March 7th, 2024. The researchers aim to recruit around fifteen hundred participants from a single site."

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What is the current number of participants involved in this clinical study?

"Indeed, the information available on clinicaltrials.gov indicates that this particular research study is actively in pursuit of eligible candidates. Initially posted on February 2nd, 2024 and most recently revised on March 7th, 2024, the trial aims to enroll a total of 1500 participants at a single designated site."

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Recent research and studies

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Emergency Care at Home

David Levine 2024. "Emergency Care at Home". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06299774.

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