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NCT Number: NCT04972526

Resuscitative TEE Collaborative Registry

The general objective of this study is to evaluate the clinical impact and safety of focused, point-of-care transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) used during the evaluation of critically-ill patients in the emergency and intensive care settings. The target population for this study are critically-ill patients over the age of 18 who as part of their routine clinical care are receiving a focused TEE.

The primary objective of this study is to determine the clinical impact and safety of TEE performed during the evaluation of critically-ill patients in the emergency department and intensive care settings.

The secondary objective(s) of this study are to characterize the use of this imaging modality in the subsets of critically-ill patients in shock and cardiac arrest; including but not limited to; description of the frequency of studies, clinical indications, clinician characteristics, echocardiography findings, timing of studies, procedure-related complications and patient outcomes.

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Key information

Conditions

Cardiac Arrest Cardiac Arrest Circulatory Cardiac Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Arrest Heart Diseases Hemodynamic Instability Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Shock

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Benjamin Abella, MD, MPhil

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Eileen McDonnell

CONTACT

[email protected]

215-746-5610

Felipe Teran, MD, MSCE

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

About this study

Vision

The Resuscitative TEE Collaborative Registry aims to accelerate the development of outcome-oriented research and knowledge translation on the use of TEE in emergency and critical care settings.

Mission

The registry aims to catalyze clinical research involving the use of TEE in critically-ill patients through the following strategic initiatives:

  • Facilitate collaboration between different clinical teams and organizations across the entire spectrum of users of TEE in acute care setting, including emergency departments and intensive care units.
  • Standardize data collection and reporting that enables multi-institutional data sharing.
  • Provide an efficient research infrastructure that facilitates data capture, management and analysis, enabling teams around the world to conduct research studies in this field.
  • Make shared data open and accessible to clinicians and researchers.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult critically-ill patients who as part of their routine clinical care receive focused TEE in the emergency department of intensive care setting.

Exclusion criteria

  • Children (age under 18 years)
  • Vulnerable populations

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. The clinical impact and safety of TEE performed during the evaluation of critically ill patients in the emergency department and intensive care settings.

    Time frame: From the time of admission to the hospital until the date of discharge from the hospital or date of death from any cause, whichever occurs first, assessed up to 12 weeks

    Determination of ROSC and survival to hospital discharge

Secondary outcomes

  1. The use of the TEE imaging modality in subsets of critically-ill patients in shock and cardiac arrest.

    Time frame: From the time of admission to the hospital until the date of discharge from the hospital or date of death from any cause, whichever occurs first, assessed up to 12 weeks

    Description of the frequency of studies, clinical indications, clinician characteristics, echocardiography findings, timing of studies, procedure-related complications and patient outcomes.

Study contacts

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

Caleb Suh

CONTACT

[email protected]

5715674373

Felipe Teran, MD, MSCE

CONTACT

[email protected]

9172573841

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Pennsylvania

Other

Collaborators

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of the Clinical Impact and Safety of Focused Transesophageal Echocardiography During Resuscitation of Critically Ill Patients in the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Settings

Acronym: rTEECoRe

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Jul 22, 2021
Registry last updated
Jan 14, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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