How social and economic factors affect recovery after intensive care
Official title: SOcioeconomics Status and Post-Intensive Care Syndrome
Run by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon · NCT06697236 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project will test whether social and economic circumstances predict longer-term physical, cognitive, or emotional problems after ICU stays in adults who had septic shock, ARDS, or prolonged ventilation or vasopressor support.
Quick facts
| Study type | Observational |
|---|---|
| Ages | 18 Years and up |
| Sex | All |
| Enrollment | 180 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon Academic / other |
| Locations | 1 site (Dijon) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | September 26, 2025 |
| Main results expected | September 2027 |
| Study ends | September 2027 |
| Registry record updated | October 2, 2025 |
| Trial ID | NCT06697236 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
Is this trial a fit for you?
✓Likely a good fit
Adults treated in the CHU Dijon ICU for septic shock, ARDS, or who received mechanical ventilation and/or catecholamines for three days or more who can give oral informed consent and understand French.
✕Probably not a fit
People who are minors, lack French social security coverage, are under legal protection measures, or cannot understand French are not eligible and would not directly benefit from participation.
A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.
What this trial studies
This observational study at CHU Dijon will enroll adult ICU patients meeting risk criteria for Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) and collect socioeconomic data using the EPICES score alongside standardized PICS and PICS-F questionnaires. Clinical information about the ICU stay (reason for admission, severity, organ support, complications) will be combined with patient- and family-reported outcomes to explore associations. Oral consent is obtained and one relative per patient may complete a family questionnaire. The goal is to identify social determinants linked with worse post-ICU recovery to inform targeted follow-up and support pathways.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, findings could help target social support and rehabilitation resources to ICU survivors at higher risk of long-term problems.
How similar studies have gone: Previous research has linked socioeconomic deprivation to worse post-ICU outcomes and the EPICES index is a validated French tool, so this work builds on existing observational evidence rather than testing a new therapy.
Who can join: the full rules
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Patients : * Patients hospitalised in intensive care for septic shock or acute respiratory distress syndrome or with a duration of mechanical ventilation and/or treatment with catecholamines ≥ 3 days (population targeted by the HAS 2023 recommendations for the risk of developing a PICS). * Patients who have given their oral consent after having been informed about the conduct of this study. Patient's relatives : * Person identified by the patient as the reference person or the person to be informed * Person who has given oral consent after having been informed about the conduct of this study * Person able to complete a questionnaire * Limited to 1 relative per patient Exclusion Criteria: Patients : * Patient not affiliated to or not benefiting from a social security scheme * Patients who are minors * Person subject to a legal protection measure (curatorship, guardianship) * Person subject to a legal protection measure * Patient unable to understand the French language and to consent to the research protocol * Major incapable or unable to express consent * A bedridden or demented patient Patient's relatives : * Minor * Relative unable to be interviewed due to state of health * Relative under guardianship, curatorship or safeguard of justice * Relative unable to understand the French language and to consent to the research protocol
Where it's running
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CHU Dijon Bourgogne
Dijon, France Recruiting
Study contacts
- Study coordinator: Jean-Pierre QUENOT
- Email: jean-pierre.quenot@chu-dijon.fr
- Phone: 03 80 29 36 85
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How to take part
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
- Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.