Nurse or doctor? study tests best team for emergency hospital calls
NCT ID NCT04507737
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study looks at two different ways to staff a rapid response team—the team that rushes to help when a hospital patient suddenly gets worse. One team includes an ICU doctor and nurse, the other an ICU nurse without a doctor. The goal is to see if the nurse-led team works just as well. About 1,500 adult patients in a general hospital will take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a nurse-led rapid response team is just as effective as a doctor-led team, potentially changing how hospitals staff these teams.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center trial, so results may not apply to all hospitals. The study is about team composition, not a new treatment, so the impact is limited to hospital procedures.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Admitted to any general ward of the hospital AND * Aged ≥ 18 years AND * In need of RRT attention Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 * Admitted to the delivery ward * Admitted to any ward in the anesthetic department * ICU * High Dependency Unit * Post Operation Department * Operating Theatre * Same Day Admissions - Surgery Ward * Not admitted at the time of call * Evaluation track in Emergency department (prior to being seen by a doctor) * Out-Patient departments * X-ray department * Any patient who cannot be randomized at the time of call
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nordsjællands Hospital
RECRUITINGHillerød, Danmark, 3400, Denmark
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