Clinical Characteristics and Epidemiology of Chronic Critically Ill Patients in China

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Conditions studied: Chronic Critically Ill

In brief

This study aims to enroll chronic critically ill patients in ICU to investigate the epidemiology of chronic critically ill in China and identify risk factors of poor outcomes among those patients. The main question it aims to answer is: What is the one year mortality of chronic critically ill patients in China? We conduct semi-structured telephone follow-ups to investigate the long-term outcomes of chronic critically ill patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07372742

Run by

West China Hospital

People needed

459

Starts

2025-03-29

Expected to finish

2029-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Must meet: Age greater than 18 years old; Stay in ICU for 8 days or more.
• Meet any of the following criteria:
• Tracheotomy; Continuous mechanical ventilation for over 96 hours; Multiple organ failure; Sepsis or severe infection; Severe trauma; Severe brain injury;

You may not qualify if…

• Refusing to accept follow-up; Patients who have been lost to follow-up;

Where it is running

• West China Hospital of Sichuan University — Chengdu, Sichuan, China (enrolling)

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