The African Critical Illness Outcomes Study

Critical Illness Clinical Trial

— ACIOS  

Official title:

The African Critical Illness Outcomes Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06051526
• Other study ID #: ACIOS
• Status: Completed
• Start date: September 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: January 3, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: University of Cape Town
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

In Africa, the prevalence of critical illness is likely to be higher due to a greater burden of disease, and the associated mortality higher due to limited resources. This is a prospective, observational study to rapidly establish the prevalence of critical illness in in-hospital adult patients in Africa, and the resources available to provide essential critical care (care that should be available to every patient in the world) and factors associated with mortality. Rapid dissemination of these findings may help mitigate mortality from critical illness in Africa. These points provide the rationale for the African Critical Illness Outcomes Study.

Description:

STUDY OBJECTIVES

The objectives of this study are to determine:

1. The proportion of hospital patients who are critically ill,

2. The mortality associated with critical illness,

3. The proportion of critically ill patients who receive essential emergency and critical care,

4. The relationship between essential emergency and critical care provision, and mortality, and

5. The availability of resources necessary to provide essential emergency and critical care.

STUDY DESIGN

An African multi-centre prospective observational cohort study of adult (≥18 years) in-hospital patients. Patient follow up will be for a maximum of 7 days in-hospital.

The primary outcome is in-hospital mortality in adult hospital patients with and without critical illness in Africa.

The intention is to provide a representative sample of the mortality, the risk factors associated with mortality in adult patients with critical illness, and the resources available and interventions provided to treat critical illness in Africa. This study will run between September and November 2023.

PREPARATORY WORK

This study will be run by the African Perioperative Research Group (APORG), with a network of over 600 hospitals in more than 40 African countries which has successfully conducted the African Surgical Outcomes Study (ASOS), the ASOS-2 Trial, the African COVID-19 Critical Care Outcomes Study (ACCCOS) and the African Pediatric Surgical Outcomes Study (ASOS-PEDS).

IMPORTANCE OF THIS STUDY

To decrease the mortality associated with critical illness in Africa, it is important to rapidly establish the potential risk factors for mortality, and resources available to manage these patients. The APORG network has the capacity to provide these data timeously.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20159
• Est. completion date: January 3, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: January 3, 2024
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All adult patients aged 18 years or over who have been admitted for inpatient care in any department or ward in participating hospitals.

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Critical Illness
• Mortality

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sudan	Merowe Daman Hospital	Khartoum

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Cape Town	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sudan, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Presence of critical illness	The number of participants with critical illness.	7 days
Primary	In-hospital mortality (censored at 7-days)	The number of participants with in-hospital mortality (censored at 7-days)	7 days
Secondary	Provision of essential emergency and critical care	To number of critically ill patients who receive essential emergency and critical care.	7 days
Secondary	Length of hospital stay	The length of hospital stay for critically ill patients	7 days
Secondary	Number of essential emergency and critical care resources available for care	The number of essential emergency and critical care resources available	7 days