PREVENT - Prospective Rhythm Event Surveillance in the ER With NetGuard

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00750958

Acronym

PREVENT

Enrollment

287

Registered

2008-09-11

Start date

2008-06-30

Completion date

2008-07-31

Last updated

2008-09-11

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Conditions

Cardiac Event

Keywords

cardiac rhythm changes

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the incidence of clinically significant rhythm and rate changes in ED patients who are not placed on conventional telemetry, and to test the user-friendliness of a automated clinician alter device in hectic and noisy setting of a busy emergency room.

Interventions

PROCEDURENetGuard Automated Clinician Alert System

Monitoring System for in-hospital patients who are typically unmonitored. Identifies and alarms for cardiac rhythm changes.

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* \> 18 yes * Agree to participate in study * Telemetry not indicated * Telemetry not available * Willingness to complete a questionnaire-

Exclusion criteria

* Refusal to participate * Know sensitivity to adhesive * Language/communication barriers * Perceived high risk for lack of study compliance

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Incidence of clinically significant rhythm and rate changes in ED patients.	Patient ED stay

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Measure of user-friendliness of the device.	Patient ED stay

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026