Transition cAre inteRvention tarGeted to High-risk patiEnts To Reduce rEADmission

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• Last refreshed on: 6 February 2023
• Main ID: NCT03496896
• Date of registration: 04/04/2018
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: University Hospital Inselspital, Berne
• Public title: Transition cAre inteRvention tarGeted to High-risk patiEnts To Reduce rEADmission TARGET-READ
• Scientific title: Transition cAre inteRvention tarGeted to High-risk patiEnts To Reduce rEADmission (TARGET-READ)
• Date of first enrolment: April 3, 2018
• Target sample size: 1393
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03496896
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Health Services Research. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Switzerland

Contacts

• Name: Jacques Donzé, MD, MSc
• Affiliation: Bern University Hospital

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Adult Patients planned to be discharged home/nursing home from a medical department.

- Hospital stay of at least 24 hours.

- Patient at higher risk of 30-day readmission based on the simplified HOSPITAL score.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previous enrolment in this trial.

- Patient is not living in the country in the next 30 days.

- No phone to be reached at.

- Not speaking the local language.

- Refusal to participate, or unable to give consent.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Patient Readmission

Intervention(s)

Other: TARGET

Primary Outcome(s)

30-day unplanned readmission or death [Time Frame: 30 days after hospital discharge]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Costs of readmission [Time Frame: 30 days after hospital discharge]

Patient's perspective (satisfaction) on quality of transition of care between hospital and home [Time Frame: 30 days after hospital discharge]

Post-discharge health care utilization 3 [Time Frame: 30 days after hospital discharge]

Main cause of readmission or death [Time Frame: 30 days after hospital discharge]

Post-discharge health care utilization 2 [Time Frame: 30 days after hospital discharge]

Post-discharge health care utilization 1 [Time Frame: 30 days after hospital discharge]

Post-discharge health care utilization 4 [Time Frame: 30 days after hospital discharge]

30-day mortality [Time Frame: 30 days after hospital discharge]

First 30-day unplanned readmission [Time Frame: 30 days after hospital discharge]

Time to first unplanned readmission or death [Time Frame: Within 30 days after hospital discharge]

Secondary ID(s)

2018-00084

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Swiss National Science Foundation

University of Bern