Clinical Research Directory

Vascular Events in Noncardiac Surgery Patients Cohort Evaluation Study 2

VISION-2 is an international, multi-site, prospective observational cohort study of 20,000 patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Continuous biometric data will be blindly collected for the first 30 postoperative days, in hospital and at home, using Vitaliti™. Following study enrollment and baseline data collection, follow up visits will occur in-hospital, at 30-days, and 1-year post-operatively. VISION-2 has 3 primary objectives, among participants who underwent noncardiac surgery, we will: 1) determine the pattern and frequency of physiological precursors (i.e., biophysical signals) to MINS, BIMS, sepsis, and infection without sepsis; 2) build prediction models from these biophysical signals and their extracted features through supervised machine learning, for the prediction and early detection of those complications; and 3) build a biobank for evaluation of novel biomarkers.

Improving Surgical Patient Outcomes Through Implementation of a SemiStructured Intraoperative Anesthesia Handoff Tool

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of a semi-structured intraoperative anesthesia handoff tool on patient outcomes and to assess the validity of the 5-Factor Perceived Shared Mental Model Scale (5-PSMMS) in a healthcare setting and whether the perception of Shared Mental Model (SMM) mediates the effect of the intraoperative handoff tool on postoperative outcomes

Evaluation of Cranial Flap Fixation With Montage Flowable Settable Bone Paste

Montage Flowable Settable Bone Paste is a self-setting calcium phosphate cement indicated for use in the repair of neurosurgical burr holes, contiguous craniotomy cuts and other cranial defects with a surface area no larger than 25cm2. It is also intended to be used for the fixation of cranial bone flaps following craniotomy. The MONTAGE Flowable device comprises two separate components of paste-like consistency containing granular calcium phosphate, calcium stearate, vitamin E acetate, a triglyceride, polyalcohols and a mixture of a lactide-diester and polyester-based polymers. When mixed together in the applicator tip, the components of the MONTAGE Flowable device form a cohesive paste-like material that adheres to the bone surface and remains in place following application. The resulting hardened, resorbable material is primarily calcium phosphate. The components must be mixed immediately prior to use.

Reducing Deaths After Surgery in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Pilot Cluster Randomised Trial

SurgPASS is a pilot randomised cluster trial utilising a pre-operative checklist with the aim of reducing deaths after surgery. If SurgPASS is successful, the intervention will be implemented in a separate full-scale cluster randomised trial.

Web-based International Register of Emergency Surgery and Trauma

The WIRES-T project (Web-based International Registry of Emergency General Surgery and Trauma) has been set up to allow to all the EGS (Emergency General Surgery) and Trauma surgeons to register their activity and to obtain a worldwide register of traumatic and non traumatic surgical emergencies. This will give the opportunity to evaluate results on a macro-data basis and to give index allowing stratifying, evaluating and improving the outcomes.