NCT07536035Recruiting
Potential of Interface Care Models to Deliver More Appropriate Care to Patients With Acute Medical Illness
Potential of Interface Care Models to Deliver More Appropriate Care to Patients With Acute Medical Illness in Singapore and Decrease Utilisation of Acute Care Bed-days
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Every country in the world is experiencing growth in both the size and the proportion of older persons. As a result of the changes, the profile and needs of people with medical illnesses have evolved. How care is delivered to patients has to keep pace with these changes, or patients will experience poor care at high cost and not have their needs met. A new model of care has emerged to meet these challenges: Acute Medical Unit. Despite considerable investment and popularity of this model, questions remain: (i) Who benefits most from this care model? (ii) How may these models be most effectively implemented for the best results? (iii) How effective are these models? Singapore is well-placed to answer these questions with its national healthcare system and excellent research institutions. The investigators plan to study how effective the model is by comparing patients with similar profiles exposed to both these care models compared to how hospital care is usually provided, looking for four differences: (i) how long patients stay in hospital, (ii) how often they use the emergency department (iii) quality of health (iv) cost. Additionally, the investigators seek to characterise patterns of health needs for this group of patients.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 220 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 25 Jan 2026
- Start date
- 30 Sept 2024
- Primary completion date
- 31 May 2026
- Lead sponsor
- National University Hospital, Singapore
- NCT number
- NCT07536035
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 220
- From 30 Sept 2024 to the primary completion date, 31 May 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Patients undergoing active chemotherapy
Other illness
- Cerebrovascular disease requiring thrombolysis or intravascular intervention
Age
- Below 21 years old
Other
- Patients with active pregnancy
- Patients admitted less than 24 hours
Who the study is looking for
- AMU inclusion criteria - admission from ED to AMU directly
- Control group inclusion criteria - admission from ED to GW directly
- Acute medical illnesses that includes infection-related conditions, falls-disequilibrium, and acute exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Age in the registry: 21 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Singapore | Singapore | Recruiting |
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