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Mid-term Survival and Quality of Life of Elderly Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery

This study is not yet open for participant recruitment.
Verified July 2012 by Hadassah Medical Organization
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Hadassah Medical Organization
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01654900
First received: July 16, 2012
Last updated: July 31, 2012
Last verified: July 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

The purposes of the investigators study is to examine the overall survival and quality of life in elderly patients (> 75 years) undergoing open heart surgery at Hadassah medical center between 2008-2011. All alive patients will be phone interviewed using the 36-item short form health survey. Results will be compared to similar health survey results (36-SF)obtained from a group of Israeli adults who had no open heart surgery (controlled group). The investigators hypothesize that elderly patients achieve improvement in quality of life after open heart surgery with acceptable operative morbidity and mortality.


Condition Intervention
Quality of Life
 Other: No intervention in this study

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Retrospective
Official Title: Mid -Term Survival and Quality of Life of Elderly Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Heart Surgery
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Hadassah Medical Organization:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Quality of life [ Time Frame: 2-4 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 207
Study Start Date: October 2012
Groups/Cohorts Assigned Interventions
Patients age >75 y who underwent open hear surgeary
The cohort study consist of all patients > 75 y, undergoing open heart surgery between 2008-2011 at Hadassah medical center.
 Other: No intervention in this study

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   75 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population

All patients age >75 y who underwent open heart surgery between 2008-2011 at hadassah medical center.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • all patients age > 75 years who discharged alive after surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

  • death
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01654900

Contacts
Contact: Oz Shapira, MD 00 972 2 6776960 ozshapira@hadassah.org.il
Contact: Hadas Lemberg, PhD 00 972 2 6777572 lhadas@hadassah.org.il

Locations
Israel
Hadassah Medical Organization Recruiting
Jerusalem, Ein Kerem, Israel, 91120
Contact: Oz Shapira, MD     00 972 2 6776960     ozshapira@hadassah.org.il    
Contact: Hadas Lemberg, PhD     00 972 2 6777572     lhadas@hadassah.org.il    
Sub-Investigator: Uzi Izhar, MD            
Sponsors and Collaborators
Hadassah Medical Organization
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Oz Shapira, MD Hadassah Medical Center
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Hadassah Medical Organization
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01654900     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: Heart90-HMO-CTIL
Study First Received: July 16, 2012
Last Updated: July 31, 2012
Health Authority: Israel: Ministry of Health - Director General

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 19, 2013