Pediatric Intensive Care Transport Registry

NCT07070258 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: REG-EK-270072024
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The aim is to establish a nationwide registry for pediatric intensive care transports in Germany. The project aims to describe and analyse the need for, and current practice of, specialised transports. These data could then be used for future demand planning.

Conditions

Critical Care Medicine; Transportation of Patients; Pediatrics

Keywords

intensive care transport; critical care transport; pediatrics; registry

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Most frequent reason for pediatric intensive care transport

  At enrollment

Study Arms (1)

Critically ill children undergoing interhospital pediatric intensive care transport

All critically ill children undergoing interhospital pediatric intensive care transport, aged at least 27 days and with a corrected gestational age of over 41 weeks, are eligible for inclusion. The upper age limit for enrolment is 18 years. Critical care transports are defined as transports that meet at least one of the following criteria: I) The transport was performed by a dedicated critical care transport team using an intensive care ambulance (Type C vehicle) or an air ambulance. II) The transport was accompanied by a specialist in intensive care or emergency medicine. III) The in-hospital destination of the transport is a critical care area, such as an intensive care unit, a trauma room, a resuscitation area, an operating theatre, an emergency imaging procedure or an emergency intervention.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 27 Days - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All critically ill children undergoing interhospital pediatric intensive care transport and arriving at a participating center.

You may qualify if:

• Critically ill children aged at least 27 days and a corrected gestational age of over 41 weeks AND
• Maximum age of 17 years AND
• Interhospital transport AND
• Critical care transport by a dedicated critical care transport team using an intensive care ambulance (Type C vehicle) or an air ambulance OR
• The transport was accompanied by a specialist in intensive care or emergency medicine. OR
• The in-hospital destination of the transport is a critical care area, such as an intensive care unit, a trauma room, a resuscitation area, an operating theatre, an emergency imaging procedure or an emergency intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Philipps University Marburg: lead
• Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

University of Dresden

Dresden, 01307, Germany

RECRUITING

Philipps University of Marburg

Marburg, 35043, Germany

RECRUITING

Central Study Contacts

Nadine Mand, Dr. med.

CONTACT

004964215862671; mandn@staff.uni-marburg.de

Stefan Winkler, Dr. med.

CONTACT

0049 351 458-18552; stefan.winkler@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Target Duration: 1 Day
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Head of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Marburg

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 8, 2025
• First Posted: July 17, 2025
• Study Start: November 25, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2029
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2029
• Last Updated: July 20, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DE (2)