Applicability of Syncope Guidelines in Cataluña

Brief Loss of Consciousness Clinical Trial

— SYNCAT  

Official title:

Observational Study of the Application of the ESC2009 Syncope Guidelines in Cataluña

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01721369
• Other study ID #: SYNCAT
• Status: Completed
• Start date: November 2011
• Est. completion date: March 2013

Study information

• Verified date: September 2020
• Source: Medtronic Bakken Research Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of SYNCAT study is to study the level of adherence of the centers in Cataluña tu the Syncope Guidelines ESC2009 for the diagnosis and treatment of syncope and the impact that following them can have in the prognosis of these patients.

Description:

The aim of SYNCAT study is to analyze the level of adherence of Syncope Guidelines ESC2009 for the management, diagnosis and treatment of syncope in a specific territory with similar health structure, the region of Cataluña in Spain that includes aprox. 7,000,000 inhabitants, including different complexity level of hospitals and the impact that following guidelines can have in the prognosis of these patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 581
• Est. completion date: March 2013
• Est. primary completion date: March 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 15 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Each patient that comes from the Emergency room and/or in office doctors visit (Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Neurology...) with Transient Loss of Conscience (T-LOC)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients younger than 15 years old

• Pregnant women

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Brief Loss of Consciousness
• Syncope
• Unconsciousness

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Transient Loss of Consciousness (T-LOC)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Medtronic Bakken Research Center

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of Patients That Adhere to the 2009 Syncope Guidelines (ESC2009)	To analyze the number of patients that an etiologic diagnose was established according to the New Syncope Guidelines ESC2009 in the hospital care, in a particular community with hospitals with different levels of care in a specific region of Spain.	12 months