Abstract
BACKGROUND: In patients with septic shock, mortality is high, and survivors experience long-term physical, mental and social impairments. The ongoing Conservative vs Liberal Approach to fluid therapy of Septic Shock in Intensive Care (CLASSIC) trial assesses the benefits and harms of a restrictive vs standard-care intravenous (IV) fluid therapy. The hypothesis is that IV fluid restriction improves patient-important long-term outcomes.
AIM: To assess the predefined patient-important long-term outcomes in patients randomised into the CLASSIC trial.
METHODS: In this pre-planned follow-up study of the CLASSIC trial, we will assess all-cause mortality, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and cognitive function 1 year after randomisation in the two intervention groups. The 1-year mortality will be collected from electronic patient records or central national registries in most participating countries. We will contact survivors and assess EuroQol 5-Dimension, -5-Level (EQ-5D-5L) and EuroQol-Visual Analogue Scale and Montreal Cognitive Assessment 5-minute protocol score. We will analyse mortality by logistic regression and use general linear models to assess HRQoL and cognitive function.
DISCUSSION: With this pre-planned follow-up study of the CLASSIC trial, we will provide patient-important data on long-term survival, HRQoL and cognitive function of restrictive vs standard-care IV fluid therapy in patients with septic shock.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 410-416 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2020 |
Bibliographical note
© 2019 The Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Foundation. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Keywords
- HRQoL
- IV fluid therapy
- cognitive function
- follow-up
- patient important outcomes
- randomised clincial trial
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