ICU clinicians' early judgment of six-month recovery after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Is this trial a fit for you?

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 asks ICU doctors and nurses who treat patients enrolled in the STEPCARE study to complete a brief questionnaire estimating six-month neurological outcome and quality of life based on clinical assessment during the first 24 hours after admission. Those clinician estimates will be compared to the actual neurological outcomes and patient-reported quality of life recorded by the STEPCARE study. The goal is to determine how well early bedside impressions match later, multimodal outcome data without changing patient care. No interventions are delivered as part of this study; it uses existing STEPCARE patients and clinician assessments at participating hospitals.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Doctors and nurses working in the Intensive Care Unit treating patients included in the STEPCARE study (NCT 05564754)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Doctors and nurses who do not have a direct treatment relationship with a patient included in the STEPCARE study

Where it's running

• Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg
  Genk, Belgium Recruiting
• Ghent University Hospital
  Ghent, Belgium Recruiting
• Universitätsklinikum Lübeck
  Lübeck, Germany Recruiting
• Policlinico San Martino
  Genova, Italy Recruiting
• Wakefield Hospital
  Wellington, New Zealand Recruiting
• King Abdulaziz Medical City
  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Patrick Druwé, MD, PhD
• Email: patrick.druwe@uzgent.be
• Phone: 003293321387

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.