Can a simple checklist save lives in the operating room?
NCT ID NCT05440331
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether using a standardized checklist (AnesList) when anesthesiologists hand over patient care in the operating room can reduce serious problems like death, major complications, or return to the hospital within a month after major surgery. About 1,120 adults having major surgery will take part. The goal is to see if better communication between doctors leads to safer outcomes.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 1,120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2023
- Expected to finish
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Oct 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.
Who is studied
Adult patients requiring urgent or planned major surgery (duration of surgery \> 2 hours, requiring a hospital stay of at least 1 night): orthopedics, cardiac, vascular, thoracic, visceral, ENT, plastic surgery; with handover between two anesthesists defined as a definitive relay between one physician anaesthesist and another in operating room; Intensive care anesthesists and nurse anaesthetist working in investigator center during the study.
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient aged \> 18 years; * Patients with score ASA I-IV; * Requiring urgent or planned surgery; * Major surgery (duration of surgery \> 2 hours, requiring a hospital stay of at least 1 night): orthopedics, cardiac, vascular, thoracic, visceral, ENT, plastic surgery; * Handover between two anesthesists defined as a definitive relay between one physician anaesthesist and another in operating room; * Intensive care anesthesists and nurse anaesthetist working in investigator center during the study; * Affiliated to a social security system; * No-opposition to participating to the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Transmission between physician anaesthesist and nurse anaesthetist; * Medical transmission occurs out of anesthesia care out of operating room; * Medical transmission occurs in transitory manner (for example: coffee time, lunch time); * Patients enrolled in an another ongoing study of surgical intervention.
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care - Ambroise Paré Hospital - APHP
RECRUITINGBoulogne-Billancourt, 92100, France
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