NCT06503198

Brief Summary

Canadian hospitals continue to struggle with severe emergency department and hospital bed capacity shortages. Maximizing bed availability and minimizing emergency department and urgent-centre visits by providing patients with alternative options to care is an important part of the solution. Surgical patients with frailty are at high risk of requiring subsequent acute-hospital care. The VICTORY trial will answer an important question that will inform how to improve care for surgical patients with frailty by determining the effect of virtual care with CloudDX technology compared to standard care to see if it can result in an increase in the number of days alive and at home that older people with frailty experience after planned surgery.

Trial Health

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On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
1,000

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable surgery

Timeline
46mo left

Started Jan 2025

Longer than P75 for not_applicable surgery

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
recruiting

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress25%
Jan 2025Jan 2030

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

June 24, 2024

Completed
22 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

July 16, 2024

Completed
7 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

January 29, 2025

Completed
3 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

January 31, 2028

Expected
2 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

January 31, 2030

Last Updated

February 4, 2025

Status Verified

January 1, 2025

Enrollment Period

3 years

First QC Date

June 24, 2024

Last Update Submit

January 31, 2025

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Number of days each patient spends alive and at home following surgery

    This validated, patient-centered outcome is calculated as the sum of all days alive within 30-days of surgery minus any days spent in hospital (index or readmission), rehabilitation, or nursing home/long term care centers. Death will be assigned a '-1' value; those surviving 30-days will be assigned an outcome value of their count of days alive and at home

    30 days

Other Outcomes (15)

  • Resource use- Index length of stay

    30 days

  • Resource use- Readmission

    30 days, 1 year

  • Resource use- Readmission length of stay

    30 days

  • +12 more other outcomes

Study Arms (2)

Virtual Care

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention group participants will be enrolled in a PVC program prior to admission, including receipt of a cellular-enabled tablet and Cloud DX remote monitoring equipment. Through Cloud DX remote monitoring technology, intervention group participants will receive the following intervention: remote automated monitoring, frailty-tailored daily symptom survey, Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living survey, FAM-CAM survey, Virtual RN assessment, medications.

Behavioral: Virtual care

Standard Care

NO INTERVENTION

The standard care group will receive their post-hospital discharge management in alignment with standard of care at the hospital where they had surgery.

Interventions

Virtual careBEHAVIORAL

Through Cloud DX, intervention group participants will receive: Remote Automated Monitoring: measurement of: blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, temperature and weight. Frailty-tailored daily symptom survey: The recovery survey consists of questions related to infection, bleeding, pain, appetite, dehydration, appetite, syncope and falls. The tablet will prompt the participant to complete a Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (IADL) survey. The FAM-CAM survey will also be pushed by Cloud DX to be completed. Virtual RN assessment: a virtual RN assessment will be scheduled at a minimum of every 2 days for the first 7 days. The virtual RN will also perform the 4AT Delirium Assessment. Medications: the virtual RN will undertake medication review and reconciliation. In addition, they will provide counselling regarding analgesic support and monitor for drug interactions.

Virtual Care

Eligibility Criteria

Age60 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Age \> 60years
  • Diagnosis of frailty (Clinical Frailty Score \>4)
  • Elective surgery
  • Fluent in English

You may not qualify if:

  • Preoperative institutional residence
  • Planned postoperative non-home discharge (i.e. rehabilitation or convalescence)
  • Patient unable to interact with virtual care and/or technology
  • Cognitive impairment preventing ability to provide independent informed consent to surgery and the trial
  • Patient lives in an area without cellular or internet service

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

The Ottawa Hospital

Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y1J8, Canada

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Frailty

Interventions

Telemedicine

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic ProcessesPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Delivery of Health CarePatient Care ManagementHealth Services Administration

Study Officials

  • Sylvie Aucoin, MD

    The Ottawa Hospital

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Emily Hladkowicz, PhD

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Masking Details
The VICTORY Trial is a multicenter, innovative clinical trial using an individual patient, parallel-arm randomized controlled trial design of 1,000 older patients living with frailty being discharged from hospital after elective surgery.
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Model Details: Individual patient, parallel-arm randomized controlled trial
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

June 24, 2024

First Posted

July 16, 2024

Study Start

January 29, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

January 31, 2028

Study Completion (Estimated)

January 31, 2030

Last Updated

February 4, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-01

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

Individual participant data, including data dictionaries, will be available. This includes individual participant data that underlie the results reported in this article, after deidentification (text, tables, figures, and appendices). The Study Protocol, Statistical Analysis Plan and Informed Consent Form will also be made available. Data will be available beginning 3 months and ending 5 years following article publication of one year follow up data. Data will be shared with researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal. Data can be used to achieve aims in a proposed proposal or for individual participant data meta-analysis. Proposals should be directed to the Principal Investigator. To gain access, data requestors will need to sign a data access agreement. Data will be shared via an appropriate 3rd party website that is consistent with ethical and health privacy compliant legislation at the time of study conclusion.

Shared Documents
SAP
Time Frame
Data will be available beginning 3 months and ending 5 years following article publication of one year follow up data.
Access Criteria
Data will be shared with researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal. Data can be used to achieve aims in a proposed proposal or for individual participant data meta-analysis. Proposals should be directed to the Principal Investigator. To gain access, data requestors will need to sign a data access agreement. Data will be shared via an appropriate 3rd party website that is consistent with ethical and health privacy compliant legislation at the time of study conclusion.

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