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NCT Number: NCT07371741

PICS Clinic Attendance and Recovery Engagement (PICS-CARE)

To identify relevant factors influencing attendance at appointments at the PICS outpatient clinic after intensive care treatment in order to derive targeted measures to increase the participation rate or send more targeted invitations.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Berlin, 13353, Germany

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Björn Weiß, MD, Prof.

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Claudia Denke

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Claudia Spies, MD, Prof.

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Claudia Spies, MD. Prof.

CONTACT

[email protected]

+49 30 450 55 11 02

Désirée Boehnke, MD

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Frédéric Schwarz

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Nicolas Paul, MD, Prof.

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

About this study

This retrospective study examines which factors influence patient attendance at structured follow-up appointments after intensive care treatment in the PICS outpatient clinic at Charité. The focus is on analyzing demographic, clinical, and care-related factors that influence actual participation in follow-up care after intensive care treatment.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients who, between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2025:
  • were invited for follow-up care by the PICS outpatient clinic of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK)
  • were ≥18 years old at the time of the appointment.

Exclusion criteria

  • none

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Follow-up appointment

    Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025

    Participation in the first scheduled follow-up appointment at the post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) outpatient clinic (binary: attended vs. did not attend) is measured by medical record review.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Cancellation of a scheduled follow-up appointment.

    Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025

    Cancellation of a scheduled follow-up appointment is measured by medical record review.

  2. Reasons for canceling a scheduled appointment.

    Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025

    Reasons for canceling a scheduled appointment is measured by medical record review.

  3. Failure to attend a scheduled follow-up appointment.

    Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025

    Failure to attend a scheduled follow-up appointment is measured by medical record review.

  4. Death after discharge from the intensive care unit until the first follow-up appointment.

    Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025

    Death after discharge from the intensive care unit until the first follow-up appointment is measured by medical record review.

  5. Death between the first and second follow-up appointments.

    Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025

    Death between the first and second follow-up appointments is measured by medical record review.

  6. Scheduling a second follow-up appointment after initial presentation at the outpatient clinic.

    Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025

    Scheduling a second follow-up appointment after initial presentation at the outpatient clinic is measured by medical record review.

  7. Attendance at the second scheduled follow-up appointment after initial presentation at the outpatient clinic.

    Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025

    Attendance at the second scheduled follow-up appointment after initial presentation at the outpatient clinic is measured by medical record review.

  8. Scheduling a third follow-up appointment after initial presentation at the outpatient clinic.

    Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025

    Scheduling a third follow-up appointment after initial presentation at the outpatient clinic is is measured by medical record review.

  9. Attendance at the third scheduled follow-up appointment after initial presentation at the outpatient clinic.

    Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025

    Attendance at the third scheduled follow-up appointment after initial presentation at the outpatient clinic is measured by medical record review.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Claudia Spies, MD, Prof.

CONTACT

[email protected]

+49 30 450 551102

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jan 28, 2026
Registry last updated
Feb 12, 2026

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