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African Surgical Outcomes Study (ASOS)

NCT03044899 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 11422

Last updated 2017-02-07

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Summary

STUDY OBJECTIVE To confirm the incidence of in-hospital postoperative complications in adult surgical patients in Africa.

STUDY DESIGN Seven day, African national multi-centre prospective observational cohort study of adult (≥18 years) patients undergoing surgery. Patients will be followed up for a maximum of 30 days. We will follow the original International Surgical Outcomes Study (ISOS) study design.

The primary outcome is in-hospital postoperative complications in adult surgical patients in Africa. Secondary outcomes include in-hospital mortality and the relationship between postoperative complications and postoperative mortality.

The intention is to present a representative sample of surgical outcomes across all African countries. This study will run between February and March 2016.

Conditions

  • Surgery
  • Surgery- Complications
  • Mortality

Interventions

PROCEDURE

All surgeries in adult patients

All surgeries in adult patients

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical Research Council, South Africa

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of KwaZulu

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bruce Biccard, MD, PhD · University of KwaZulu

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-01
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • Algeria
  • Benin
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • Libya
  • Madagascar
  • Mali
  • Mauritius
  • Namibia
  • Nigeria
  • Niger
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Senegal
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • The Gambia
  • Togo
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Study Locations

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