Dysphagia on the Intensive Care Unit

Deglutition Disorders Clinical Trial

— DICE-SWISS  

Official title:

Dysphagia on the Intensive Care Unit - a Multinational European Analysis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03487510
• Other study ID #: DICE
• Status: Completed
• Start date: November 11, 2017
• Est. completion date: May 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: May 2018
• Source: University Hospital Inselspital, Berne
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Recording of routine practice patterns to detect and/or treat Dysphagia on the ICU via interview of local colleagues. This will not allow to record generalizable data, but will reflect the actual routine standard of care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 49
• Est. completion date: May 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: May 1, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria:

• All senior ICU physicians in charge for adult critically ill ICU patients. Respective ICUs must be accredited by the "Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Intensivmedizin".

• ICUs located in Switzerland.

• Senior ICU physicians willing to voluntarily fill in the provided questionnaire.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Deglutition Disorders

Intervention

Other:
• NO interventions apply
does not apply

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Dept. of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bern,	Bern

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital Inselspital, Berne

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of centers using fibre-optic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) vs. non-instrumental methods to detect/ treat dysphagia on the ICU.	Analysis of number of ICUs using instrumental methods (FEES) vs. non-instrumental methods in local (Swiss) centers to detect dysphagia in the ICU.	through study completion, an average of 1 month