ICU-related Out of Pocket Expenses (ICOPE)
Recruiting now
Conditions studied: Cost of ICU, Out of Pocket Expenses
In brief
The ICU-related Out-of-Pocket Expenses (ICOPE) study is a multinational, prospective observational study conducted in African and Asian countries to quantify ICU-related out-of-pocket expenditures and catastrophic health expenditure among patients and families. The study will include all patients admitted to participating ICUs during a predefined 14-day recruitment window, provided they have an ICU stay longer than 24 hours and informed consent is obtained. A minimum sample size of 354 patients is planned, including both ventilated and non-ventilated patients. Participants will be followed until ICU discharge, with additional follow-up at 30 days and 6 months after admission, resulting in a total study duration of 18 months. The primary objective is to quantify ICU-related out-of-pocket costs and assess the proportion of patients experiencing catastrophic health expenditure, comparing ventilated and non-ventilated groups, while secondary objectives include identifying risk factors for catastrophic expenditure and documenting coping strategies used by families to manage ICU costs.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07439692
- Run by
- Nat Intensive Care Surveillance - MORU
- People needed
- 354
- Starts
- 2024-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2026-07-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-02-27
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- All patients admitted to the participating ICUs during a predefined window of 14 days and expected to have a duration of stay >24 hours will be eligible for the study.
You may not qualify if…
- lack informed consent.
Where it is running
- Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital — Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan (enrolling)
- Ibne-e-Sina Emergency Hospital — Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan (enrolling)
- Sheikh Zayed Hospital — Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan (enrolling)
- Rabia Balkhi Hospital — Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan (enrolling)
- Apollo Imperial Hospital — Chittagong, Chattogram Division, Bangladesh (enrolling)
- Chattogram Medical College Hospital — Chittagong, Chattogram Division, Bangladesh (enrolling)
- CSCR — Chittagong, Chattogram Division, Bangladesh (enrolling)
- 250 Bedded General Hospital — Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh (enrolling)
- Bangladesh Institute of Applied Health Sciences (BIAHS) — Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh (enrolling)
- Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) — Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana (enrolling)
- JSS Medical College, Mysore — Mysore, Karnataka, India (enrolling)
- Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences — Kochi, Kerala, India (enrolling)
- Bharati Hospital and Research Centre — Pune, Maharashtra, India (enrolling)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) — New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India (enrolling)
- Apollo Main Hospital — Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (enrolling)
- Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital — Kisii, Kisii County, Kenya (enrolling)
- AKU Mombasa — Mombasa, Mombasa County, Kenya (enrolling)
- Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi — Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya (enrolling)
- Nakuru Level 5 Hospital — Nakuru, Nakuru County, Kenya (enrolling)
- Nyeri County Referral Hospital — Nyeri, Nyeri County, Kenya (enrolling)
- International Islamic University Malaysia Medical Centre — Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia (enrolling)
- Chitwan Medical College (CMC) Teaching Hospital — Bharatpur, Bagmati, Nepal (enrolling)
- Civil Hospital — Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal (enrolling)
- HAMS Hospital — Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal (enrolling)
- Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital — Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal (enrolling)
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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