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Describing, understanding and reacting upon variations in cardiac catheterization - the KARDIO study

Describing, understanding and reacting upon variations in cardiac catheterization - the KARDIO study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00021165
Enrollment
1600
Registered
2020-03-26
Start date
2018-09-19
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-06

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

Conditions

I25 I20 R07

Interventions

Group 1: "Before" (control phase): conventional treatment or diagnostics Group 2: "After" (intervention phase): treatment or diagnostics according to a regional pathway developed by peers (clinical pa

Sponsors

Philipps-Universität MarburgAbt. f. Allgemeinmedizin
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with chest pain / chest tightness, shortness of breath or similar symptoms for which you (recruiting doctors) are considering at least a distant cause of CHD; Even patients who already have a CHD; Even patients that you e.g. at V.a. seek acute coronary syndrome (home visit, emergency room); Regardless of consequence (general, specialist and / or inpatient treatment)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Age <18 years, Lack of knowledge of German

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Frequency of cardiac catheterization (Telephone patient survey on use of services (modified FIMA) in intervention and control groups, each at T1 = 3 months)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Frequency of non-invasive diagnostics to clarify CHD Survey: Telephone patient questionnaire on the use of services (modified FIMA) in the intervention and control groups, each at T1 = 3 months Definition of non-invasive diagnostics: exercise ECG, stress echocardiography, CT angiography and / or CT coronary calcification, cardio-MRI, myocardial scintigraphy, myocardial PET Share of use decision support Survey: Telephone patient survey on decision support (dichotomous, own question) in intervention and control group, each at T1 = 3 months Joint decision-making on cardiac catheters Survey: Telephone patient survey for joint decision-making (PEF-9) on the further procedure in the intervention and control groups, each at T1 = 3 months

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactNorbert Donner-Banzhoff

Philipps-Universität Marburg

allgemeinmedizin@uni-marburg.de06421/2865120

Outcome results

None listed

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