Telemedical Interdisciplinary Care for Patients with Esophageal Atresia

Telemedical Interdisciplinary Care for Patients with Esophageal Atresia - TIC-PEA

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00020951

Enrollment

104

Registered

2020-04-03

Start date

2020-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Q39.0 Q39.1 Q39.2 Q39.3 Q39.4 Q39.5 Q39.6 Q39.8 Q39.9

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention (Group 1): Telemedical case conferences Group 2: Control (Group 2a): Retrospective depersonalized data from the KEKS e.V. patient registry (patient organization for children and

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

No minimum to 12 Months

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Newborns and infants born with esophageal atresia/ trachea-esophageal fistula during the first year of life.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Operative repair outside Germany. Lack of technical requirements to use the software for video-confecence.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Total number of esophageal dilatations during the first year of life.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Length of hospital stay during the first year of life (cumulative number of days). Length of intensive care during the first year of life (cumulative number of days). Length of mechanical ventilation during the first year of life (cumulative hours). Total parenteral nutrition during the first year of live (cumulative number of days). Cumulative treatment expenses during the first year of life, including cost of telemedical conferences. Total number of operations during the first year of life. Complications. Co-morbidity. Age at the time of commencement of full oral Feeds. Gain in body weight during the first year of life. Social-economic Status.	—

Measure

Time frame

Length of hospital stay during the first year of life (cumulative number of days). Length of intensive care during the first year of life (cumulative number of days). Length of mechanical ventilation during the first year of life (cumulative hours). Total parenteral nutrition during the first year of live (cumulative number of days). Cumulative treatment expenses during the first year of life, including cost of telemedical conferences. Total number of operations during the first year of life. Complications. Co-morbidity. Age at the time of commencement of full oral Feeds. Gain in body weight during the first year of life. Social-economic Status.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactTatjana T. König

Universitätsmedizin Mainz

TIC-PEA@unimedizin-mainz.de06131 17 7107

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026