The BEACON Registry: Best Expert Agreement for Care of Occult Myocardial Infarction (MI) Nationally

The BEACON Registry: Best Expert Agreement for Care of Occult MI Nationally

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00560248

Acronym

BEACON

Enrollment

1897

Registered

2007-11-19

Start date

2007-11-30

Completion date

2009-09-30

Last updated

2010-02-22

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

Conditions

Chest Pain

Keywords

Chest Pain, STEMI, UA/NSTEMI, ACS, Emergency Department

Brief summary

The purpose of this registry is to assess and improve the process of care and health outcomes of patients presenting to the Emergency Department with chest pain suspected to be of cardiac origin. The study will identify which methods facilitate the diagnosis and risk stratification of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non STEMI, including patients with occult myocardial infarction (MI), and result in a shorter time to definitive diagnosis and treatment.

Detailed description

The BEACON Registry is a multi-center data collection and follow-up registry. Participating Sites will collect information on patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with chest pain. The purpose of the BEACON Registry is to evaluate the impact of new technologies, practice patterns and initiatives on patient time to diagnosis, patient time to treatment, patient survival and overall economics.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients presenting with chest pain suspected to be of cardiac origin.

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Time to definitive diagnosis of STEMI, UA/NSTEMI and non-cardiac chest pain; time to disposition decision will be used as an objective measure of time to definitive diagnosis	Index hospitalization

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Time to treatment, economic outcomes and survival outcomes	1 year

Countries

United States

Outcome results