The RAD-HOME Project: a Pilot Study of Domiciliary Teleradiology

NCT01098916 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 69

Last updated 2010-04-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Aim of the study is to assess feasibility and safety of a public territorial radiology service for home hospitalized frail elderly patients whose health conditions discourage the transportation to hospital.

Conditions

  • Acute Congestive Heart Failure
  • Exacerbation of COPD
  • Pneumonia
  • Fractures
  • Osteomyelitis

Interventions

RADIATION

Home X-rays

X-rays examinations performed at home

RADIATION

X-rays in hospital

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • FondazioneCRT

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Teresa Cammarota, MD · Fifth Radiology Department, San Giovanni Battista Hospital of Torino

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2009-06-30
Completion
2009-06-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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Diseases

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