Allied Health in Rheumatology Triage Project | NCT02465879

Studies
Allied Health in Rheumatology Triage Project

NCT02465879

Sponsor

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Jun 30, 2016Estimated

Enrollment

295Actual

Phase

Not Applicable

Conditions

Inflammatory Arthritis

Interventions

Therapist Triage

Countries

Not provided

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

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Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Jun 2015

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

May 2015

Primary Completion Date

Dec 2015Actual

Completion Date

Dec 2015Actual

First Submitted Date

Jun 4, 2015

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Jun 4, 2015

First Posted Date

Jun 9, 2015Estimated

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Jun 29, 2016

Last Update Posted Date

Jun 30, 2016Estimated

Sponsor/Collaborators Module

Responsible Party, by Official Title

Dr. Mary Bell, Rheumatologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences CentrePrincipal Investigator

Lead Sponsor

Sunnybrook Health Sciences CentreOTHER

Collaborators

Name	Class
The Arthritis Society, Canada	OTHER
Ontario Rheumatology Association	UNKNOWN
Ontario Best Practices Research Initiative	UNKNOWN

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Is FDA Regulated Drug

Not provided

Is FDA Regulated Device

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Is Unapproved Device

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Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

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FDAAA801 Violation

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Description Module

Brief Summary

There is accumulating evidence that early treatment leads to better outcomes for patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA). Triage, which is the process of identifying the urgency of a patient's disease state efficiently and correctly, may facilitate early referral to a rheumatologist. Several studies have suggested that placing allied health professionals (occupational therapists, physical therapists, nurses, etc.) in a triage roll may reduce wait time for patients with suspected IA. The goal of this investigation will be to demonstrate the system-level impact of an Arthritis Society extended role occupational therapist (OT) or physical therapist (PT) working in a triage role in improving access to rheumatologists for people with IA. In this study two groups will be observed: intervention and "usual care" as determined by historical chart review. Wait times will be compared between both groups.

Detailed Description

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Design Module

Study Type

Interventional

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Not provided

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Not Applicable

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

295Actual

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
Therapist Triage	Experimental	All subjects in this group will be triaged by an extended role occupational or physical therapist prior to their visit with the rheumatologist.	Other: Therapist Triage

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
Therapist Triage	Other	An extended role occupational or physical therapist will triage each subject in the study to determine the urgency of their case and how soon they need to see the rheumatologist.

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Time to first visit with the rheumatologist (wait time)		3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Time to diagnosis		3 months
Time to treatment (disease-modifying antirheumatic drug)		3 months

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

New referrals from a GP
Adults with possible IA (determined by rheumatologist through paper triage)

Exclusion Criteria:

Currently on a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)
Previously seen by a rheumatologist.
FM, non-IA OA; soft tissue rheumatism; mechanical LBP

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

18 Years

Maximum Age

Not provided

Standard Ages

AdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Not provided

Sampling Method

Not provided

Condition Browse Module

MeSH Terms

ID	Term
D001168	Arthritis
D015535	Arthritis, Psoriatic
D013167	Spondylitis, Ankylosing
D001172	Arthritis, Rheumatoid

Ancestor Terms

ID	Term
D007592	Joint Diseases
D009140	Musculoskeletal Diseases
D025242	Spondylarthropathies
D025241	Spondylarthritis

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