In-hospital FallsHEMO-CIHNCT03687541
In-hospital Falls and Hemorrhagic Complications : a Descriptive Analysis in Rennes University Hospital
An observational study of In-hospital Falls, run by Rennes University Hospital at 1 site in France.
Trial summary
Anticoagulant and antiplatelet treatments have well defined indactions, with a clearly proved benefit, respectivly for prevention of arterial and venous emblism and for prevention of athermo-related arterial thrombosis. Bleeding risk represents the main adverse effect of these antithrombotic medications. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- In-hospital Falls
- How many people
- 157 participants
- Where
- 1 siteFrance
- Study dates
- 7 Sep 2018to 10 Oct 2018
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Hospitalized patients in internal medicine unit for whom an in-hospital fall was reported
Who may be able to join
- Hospitalized patients in internal medicine unit in Rennes University Hospital, from 1/01/2017 to 31/12/2017
- Age over 18
- In-hospital fall reported in unwanted event database
- Separated inclusion for each fall in the same patient
Who cannot join
- Adults on legal protection (safeguarding justice, trusteeship, guardianship) or deprived of liberty
- Patient opposed to inculsion
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Anticoagulant and antiplatelet treatments have well defined indactions, with a clearly proved benefit, respectivly for prevention of arterial and venous emblism and for prevention of athermo-related arterial thrombosis.
Bleeding risk represents the main adverse effect of these antithrombotic medications. Then benefit-risk ratio is sometimes difficult to evaluate, especially for elderly patients prone to fall (incidence of falls estimated to 30% per year for patients over 65), exposed on the one hand to thromboembolic risk and on the other hand to bleeding risk.
Read more
Associations between falls and antithrombotic-related bleeding risk had already been evaluated in several studies :
- Concerning anticoagulant treatments in patients at high risk of falls, retrospective studies shown a overrated risk of intracranial hemorrhage and mortality, but those results remain discordant wtih 3 major prospective studies on larger populations.
- Concerning antiplatelet treatments in patients at high risk of falls, majority of retrospective studies reported an overrated risk of major bleeding, intracranial bleeding and mortality, but datas remain fewer than for anticoagulant and results are as well discordant with prospective studies.
- No difference of morbi-mortality is clearly estalblished depending of antithrombotic treatment class (anticoagulant versus antiplatelet), however there is a cumulative risk in case of association of both anticoagulant and antiplatelet.
- Main factors associated with fall-related bleeding for patients on anticoagulant include age, female sex, anemia, chronic kidney disease, dementia and polymedication.
Thus, the purpose of this study is to specify whether occurrence of falls justify to reconsider prescription of antithrombotic treatments in patients having an indication of antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy.
Read the detailed description
Retrospective, descriptive and non-interventional study over a period of 12 months (from 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2017), from unwanted events database of Rennes University Hospital.
Patients meeting criterias receive an information mail. Without opposition over a period of 3 weeks, datas will be treated, focusing on the event and its consequencies until hospital outing.
Baseline characteristics :
- Demographic datas : age, sex
- Antithrombotic treatement, treatment class and molecule
- Last INR dosage before the fall for patients of vitamin K antagonists
- Antithrombotic treatment indication : supra-ventricular arythmia, heart valve mecanical prothesis, severe left ventricle hypokinesia, venous thromboembolism, anti-phospholipid syndrome, myeloproliferative disorder, atheroma (in primary or secondary prevention)
- Comorbidities : history of bleeding (including hemorrhagic stroke), haemostasis disorder, thrombocytopenia, anemia, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, alcohol abuse, ischemic stroke or transient ischemic stroke, cognitive disoreder, active neoplasm, HAS-BLED score, HEMORRHAGE score
- Other undergoing treatments : total number of medications, antihypertensive treatment, psychotropic treatment, non-steroid anti-inflamatory treatment
Description of fall-related bleeding events rate (until hospital outing) according to the severity :
- Any severity bleedings
- Major bleedings (hemorrhagic shock, deglobulisation, red blood cells transfusion required, vital or functional-threatening bleeding spot, uncontrolled hemorrhage requiring specialized haemostatic intervention)
- Intracranial bleeding
- Fatal bleeding
Modification of the antithrombotic prescription in the aftermath of the fall :
- Discontinuation or suspension of antithrombotic treatment
Sub-group analysis for each previous item, according to undergoing antithrombotic treatment at the moment of the fall :
- Curative-dose anticoagulant in monotherapy
- Preventive-dose anticoagulant in monotherapy
- Antiplatelet in monotherapy
- Curative-dose anticoagulant and antiplatelet in association
- Preventive-dose anticoagulant and antiplatelet in association
- No antithrombotic treatement
- Conditions
- In-hospital Falls
- Keywords
- In-hospital falls, fall-related bleeding, anticoagulant-related bleeding, antiplatelet-related bleeding, antithrombotic-related bleeding
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Any-severity fall-related hemorrhagic events rate
All reported hemorrhagic events after a fall
Measured: The inclusion day
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted27 Sep 2018
- Study start7 Sep 2018
- Primary completion10 Oct 2018
- Study completion10 Oct 2018
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for In-hospital FallsStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Rennes University HospitalThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Retrospective
- Enrolment
- 157 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Patrick Jego, MD PhD, Principal investigator, Rennes University Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03687541
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 35RC18_3089_HEMO-CIH
- Acronym
- HEMO-CIH
- Status last verified
- Sep 2018
- First submitted
- 26 Sep 2018
- Last updated
- 19 Dec 2018
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 19 Dec 2018. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- In-hospital Falls and Hemorrhagic Complications : a Descriptive Analysis in Rennes University Hospital
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03687541
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- HEMO-CIH / 35RC18_3089_HEMO-CIH
- Conditions
- In-hospital Falls
- Keywords
- In-hospital falls, fall-related bleeding, anticoagulant-related bleeding, antiplatelet-related bleeding, antithrombotic-related bleeding
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 157 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Rennes University HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 7 Sep 2018 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 10 Oct 2018 (actual)
- Study completion
- 10 Oct 2018 (actual)
- First posted
- 27 Sep 2018 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Anticoagulant and antiplatelet treatments have well defined indactions, with a clearly proved benefit, respectivly for prevention of arterial and venous emblism and for prevention of athermo-related arterial thrombosis.
Bleeding risk represents the main adverse effect of these antithrombotic medications. Then benefit-risk ratio is sometimes difficult to evaluate, especially for elderly patients prone to fall (incidence of falls estimated to 30% per year for patients over 65), exposed on the one hand to thromboembolic risk and on the other hand to bleeding risk.
Associations between falls and antithrombotic-related bleeding risk had already been evaluated in several studies :
- Concerning anticoagulant treatments in patients at high risk of falls, retrospective studies shown a overrated risk of intracranial hemorrhage and mortality, but those results remain discordant wtih 3 major prospective studies on larger populations.
- Concerning antiplatelet treatments in patients at high risk of falls, majority of retrospective studies reported an overrated risk of major bleeding, intracranial bleeding and mortality, but datas remain fewer than for anticoagulant and results are as well discordant with prospective studies.
- No difference of morbi-mortality is clearly estalblished depending of antithrombotic treatment class (anticoagulant versus antiplatelet), however there is a cumulative risk in case of association of both anticoagulant and antiplatelet.
- Main factors associated with fall-related bleeding for patients on anticoagulant include age, female sex, anemia, chronic kidney disease, dementia and polymedication.
Thus, the purpose of this study is to specify whether occurrence of falls justify to reconsider prescription of antithrombotic treatments in patients having an indication of antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy.
Detailed description
Retrospective, descriptive and non-interventional study over a period of 12 months (from 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2017), from unwanted events database of Rennes University Hospital.
Patients meeting criterias receive an information mail. Without opposition over a period of 3 weeks, datas will be treated, focusing on the event and its consequencies until hospital outing.
Baseline characteristics :
- Demographic datas : age, sex
- Antithrombotic treatement, treatment class and molecule
- Last INR dosage before the fall for patients of vitamin K antagonists
- Antithrombotic treatment indication : supra-ventricular arythmia, heart valve mecanical prothesis, severe left ventricle hypokinesia, venous thromboembolism, anti-phospholipid syndrome, myeloproliferative disorder, atheroma (in primary or secondary prevention)
- Comorbidities : history of bleeding (including hemorrhagic stroke), haemostasis disorder, thrombocytopenia, anemia, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, alcohol abuse, ischemic stroke or transient ischemic stroke, cognitive disoreder, active neoplasm, HAS-BLED score, HEMORRHAGE score
- Other undergoing treatments : total number of medications, antihypertensive treatment, psychotropic treatment, non-steroid anti-inflamatory treatment
Description of fall-related bleeding events rate (until hospital outing) according to the severity :
- Any severity bleedings
- Major bleedings (hemorrhagic shock, deglobulisation, red blood cells transfusion required, vital or functional-threatening bleeding spot, uncontrolled hemorrhage requiring specialized haemostatic intervention)
- Intracranial bleeding
- Fatal bleeding
Modification of the antithrombotic prescription in the aftermath of the fall :
- Discontinuation or suspension of antithrombotic treatment
Sub-group analysis for each previous item, according to undergoing antithrombotic treatment at the moment of the fall :
- Curative-dose anticoagulant in monotherapy
- Preventive-dose anticoagulant in monotherapy
- Antiplatelet in monotherapy
- Curative-dose anticoagulant and antiplatelet in association
- Preventive-dose anticoagulant and antiplatelet in association
- No antithrombotic treatement
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Retrospective
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Hospitalized patients in internal medicine unit for whom an in-hospital fall was reported
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Hospitalized patients in internal medicine unit in Rennes University Hospital, from 1/01/2017 to 31/12/2017
- Age over 18
- In-hospital fall reported in unwanted event database
- Separated inclusion for each fall in the same patient
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Adults on legal protection (safeguarding justice, trusteeship, guardianship) or deprived of liberty
- Patient opposed to inculsion
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Any-severity fall-related hemorrhagic events rate
Time frame: The inclusion day
All reported hemorrhagic events after a fall
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 19 Dec 2018.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Patrick Jego, MD PhD principal investigator
Rennes University Hospital
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of In-hospital Falls, run by Rennes University Hospital at 1 site in France.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Dec 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Any-severity fall-related hemorrhagic events rate (time frame: The inclusion day). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Dec 2018.