Enhanced Recovery After Intensive Care (ERIC)

Summary

The primary objective of the multi-center stepped-wedge cluster-randomized controlled trial ERIC is to evaluate the effects of a multi-component telemedicine-based intervention delivered by the ICU on the adherence to quality indicators (QI) in intensive care medicine compared to usual care.

Critically ill patients treated on the interventional condition receive daily tele-medical rounds during their ICU stay.

Further secondary objectives are to demonstrate whether the intervention improves patient outcomes 3 and 6 months post ICU discharge, compared to usual care.

Conditions

• Critical Illness

Interventions

OTHER

ICU Usual Care

The control condition delivered at ICU is usual care.

BEHAVIORAL

Tele-ICU

The experimental complex intervention ERIC consists of daily tele-medicine based rounds at ICU. Tele-ICU is implemented after a blended learning program for ICU staff which will be completed prior to the site's crossover.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Innovationsausschuss beim Gemeinsamen Bundesausschuss (G-BA), Berlin, Germany

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Fraunhofer-Institut für Offene Kommunikationssysteme FOKUS, Berlin, Germany

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• BARMER

  collaborator OTHER

• Klinik Ernst von Bergmann Bad Belzig gGmbH, Bad Belzig, Germany

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Technische Universität Berlin

  collaborator OTHER

• Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

  collaborator OTHER

• Charite University, Berlin, Germany

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Claudia Spies, MD, Prof. · Department of Anesthesiolgy and Operative Intensive Care Medicine CCM/CVK, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-09-04

Primary Completion

2020-04-15

Completion

2020-11-17

Countries

• Germany

Study Locations