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CompletedNCT03789838Updated May 3, 2022

Effect of Sepsis Response Team in the Emergency Department

An observational study in Sepsis, sponsored by Oslo University Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Norway. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-05-03.

Sponsored by Oslo University Hospital · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
245
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Does sepsis response team in the emergency department increase the portion of sepsis patient who receive adequate treatment within one hour?

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Does sepsis response team in the emergency department increase the portion of sepsis patient who receive adequate treatment within one hour? The time from the patients arrive at the emergency department to an adequate antibiotic is given, before and after introduction of a sepsis response team, was registered.

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Conditions studied

  • Sepsis

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In context

Sepsis

1,899 studies on the registry are indexed under Sepsis; 462 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 245 is above the median of 160 across 931 observational studies indexed under Sepsis.

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Lead sponsor

Oslo University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 810 studies on the registry; 148 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Adult patients with suspected sepsis in emergency department

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with suspected sepsis

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who was consider not to need antibiotics
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
245 participants (actual)
Target follow-up
1 Year
Patient registry
Yes

Groups and cohorts

  • Before of sepsis rapid response team

    Time from arrival at the Emergency Department to antibiotic is administered, before introduction of sepsis response team in the Emergency Department.

  • Sepsis rapid response team

    Time from arrival at the Emergency Department to antibiotic is administered, with sepsis response team in the Emergency Department.

    Other: Sepsis rapid response team

Interventions

  • OtherSepsis rapid response team

    Patients with suspected sepsis is managed by a sepsis rapid response team in a structured manner.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Time from arrival the emergency department to antibiotic is given.

    Time from arrival the emergency department to antibiotic is given.

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Oslo University Hospital
    Oslo, 0424, Norway
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References and documents

Publications

  • Trydal E, Martinsen AB, Beisland F, Jacobsen D, Holten AR. [Structured evaluation on arrival of patients with sepsis and initiation of antibiotics]. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2019 May 27;139(9). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.18.0216. Print 2019 May 28. Norwegian. PubMed 31140244 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 3, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03789838
Lead sponsor
Oslo University Hospital
Responsible party
Aleksander Rygh Holten (Consultant Physician, Oslo University Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 31, 2018
Start date
May 15, 2017
Primary completion
May 15, 2018
Completion
May 15, 2018
Last update
May 3, 2022

Study contacts

Aleksander Holten, Phd, MD
principal investigator · Oslo University Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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