Trial for the Use of Pretest Probability to Reduce Unnecessary Testing for Low-Risk Patients With Chest Pain
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Official title
Randomized, Controlled Trial for the Use of Pretest Probability to Reduce Unnecessary Testing for Low-Risk Patients With Chest Pain
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate if the implementation of quantitative pretest probability assessment will significantly reduce the unnecessary use of the intra-emergency department chest pain center. Specifically, the study will examine whether the PREtest Consult acute coronary syndrome (ACS) pretest probability assessment system can significantly reduce the use of chest pain unit evaluation in very low risk emergency department (ED) patients, can safely discharge patients with a pretest probability ≤ 2.0%, can reduce unnecessary procedures and lower hospital costs and will examine patient satisfaction of patients with whom pretest probability assessment was used compared to those with whom it was not used. The researchers hypothesize that patients in the control group of the study will have statistically significant reductions in mean time spent in the emergency department, mean charges billed to the patient or their insurance carrier, hospital length of stay, mean number of procedures or tests performed without a statistically significant change in patient satisfaction or adverse outcome.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00243516
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 400 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 30, 2005
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Sep 30, 2007
- Last update posted
- Nov 8, 2007
2005 – 2007
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolinas Medical Center | Charlotte | North Carolina | 28203 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted Nov 8, 2007 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
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