Long-term patient-important outcomes after septic shock: a protocol for 1-year follow-up of the CLASSIC-trial

Maj-Brit Nørregaard Kjaer, Tine Sylvest Meyhoff, Martin Bruun Madsen, Peter Buhl Hjortrup, Morten Hylander Møller, Ingrid Egerod, Jørn Wetterslev, Theis Lange, Maria Cronhjort, Jon Henrik Laake, Stephan M Jakob, Marek Nalos, Ville Pettilä, Iwan C C van der Horst, Marlies Ostermann, Paul Mouncey, Maurizio Cecconi, Ricard Ferrer, Manu L N G Malbrain, Christian AhlstedtSøren Hoffmann, Morten H Bestle, Louise Gyldensted, Lars Nebrich, Lene Russell, Marianne Vang, Christoffer Sølling, Anne Craveiro Brøchner, Bodil Steen Rasmussen, Anders Perner

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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 languageEnglish
JournalActa Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Volume64
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)410–416
Number of pages7
ISSN0001-5172
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2020

Keywords

  • cognitive function
  • follow-up
  • HRQoL
  • IV fluid therapy
  • patient important outcomes
  • randomised clincial trial

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