None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This is sub-study of another trial that is nearing completion. This trial has been registered on the ANZCTR: ACTRN12611001228976, Title: Impact of an Integrated Point of Care Testing service for patients presenting to the Emergency Department on time to disposition decision: a randomised trial. In this trial appropriate patients presenting to the emergency department were randomised to have blood tests performed either by a point of care device or by the central laboratory. There were two main groups that were enrolled: patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome, and a general group of patients who only needed blood tests from the limited selection available by point of care. Randomisation was stratified according to these two groups. The primary outcome of this trial was time to admission/discharge decision. This sub-study involves only those patients suspected of an acute coronary syndrome, and following them up at 3 months for clinical outcomes. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that performing troponin testing using a point of care device in the emergency department and operated by emergency staff will produce the same clinical outcomes at 3 months amongst patients suspected of having an acute coronary syndrome.
Interventions
This is sub-study of another trial that is nearing completion. This trial has been registered on the ANZCTR: ACTRN12611001228976, Title: Impact of an Integrated Point of Care Testing service for patients presenting to the Emergency Department on time to disposition decision: a randomised trial. In this trial appropriate patients presenting to the emergency department were randomised to have blood tests performed either by point of care or by the central laboratory. There were two main groups tha
This is sub-study of another trial that is nearing completion. This trial has been registered on the ANZCTR: ACTRN12611001228976, Title: Impact of an Integrated Point of Care Testing service for patients presenting to the Emergency Department on time to disposition decision: a randomised trial. In this trial appropriate patients presenting to the emergency department were randomised to have blood tests performed either by point of care or by the central laboratory. There were two main groups that were enrolled: patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome, and a general group of patients who only needed blood tests from the limited selection available by point of care. Randomisation was stratified according to these two groups. The primary outcome of this trial was time to admission/discharge decision. This sub-study involves only those patients suspected of an acute coronary syndrome, and following them up at 3 months for clinical outcomes. Patients suspected of an acute coronary who were randomised to the point of care arm of the study had their first troponin test performed by a point of care device (Radiometer AQT-90). This device takes 12 minutes to process the sample. This test was performed only once.
Sponsors
St George Hospital
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
18 years or greater Presentating to the Emergency Department Suspected on clinical grounds to have an acute coronary syndrome
Exclusion criteria
acute ST elevation myocardial infarction
Outcome results
None listed