Prospective Registry of Outcomes and Management of Acute Ischaemic Syndromes

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This is a multi-centre UK study designed to evaluate if an educational intervention programme delivered to health care professionals can improve the use of evidence based treatments in the management of patients admitted to hospital with non-ST elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome. A total of 38 centres participated, half received the educational intervention. Patients were followed to hospital discharge. Patients were followed up at 6 months. Longer term follow up through the Office Of National Statistics will be performed.

Detailed Description
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This is a multi-centre UK study designed to evaluate if an educational intervention programme delivered to health care professionals can improve the use of evidence based treatments in the management of patients admitted to hospital with non-ST elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome. A total of 38 centres participated. A cluster randomised method was used and half of centres received the educational intervention. Patients were followed to hospital discharge. Patients were followed up at 6 months and longer term follow up for mortality will be performed through the national databases.

Official Title
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Prospective Registry of Outcomes and Management of Acute Ischaemic Syndromes

Conditions
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Acute Coronary Syndromes, Coronary Artery Disease

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Educational intervention programme


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria:All patients admitted to the hospital (either through casualty or directly to the wards), with a good clinical history of an acute coronary syndrome with one or more of the following: Ischaemic changes on the admission ECG (including patients with bundle branch block) Elevated Troponin or cardiac enzymes on admission Normal ECGs but with evidence of pre-existing coronary artery disease i.e., evidence of a prior history of MI, coronary revascularisation, coronary angiography demonstrating the presence of significant coronary stenosis or a stress test demonstrating ischaemia (treadmill, echo or nuclear scan) Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: Patients with persistent ST elevation >1mm in two or more contiguous leads on the ECG. Patients treated with thrombolytic therapy, or for whom thrombolytic therapy was considered on admission.
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment


Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Behavioral: Educational intervention programme|nan|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adherence to the educational programme measured by the frequency of use of the evidence based treatments: Aspirin, Heparin, Clopidogrel, Beta blockers, Statins. |  |  | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Comparison of investigations and tests |  |  | 
| Use of other treatments |  |  | 
| Counselling for lifestyle changes |  |  | 
| Referral to smoking cessation clinics |  |  | 
| Cardiac rehabilitation |  |  | 
| Compliance to treatment at 6 months |  |  | 
| Comparison of clinical events at 6 months |  |  | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome, educational intervention, evidence based practice, guidelines