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Telemedicine in ICUs: 22,000-Patient trial tests if virtual rounds cut hospital stays

NCT ID NCT05960994

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Completed This study
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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This completed study tested whether a package of telemedicine services — including daily rounds by a specialist, a team of nurses and therapists, and a focus on safety — could reduce how long patients stay in the intensive care unit (ICU). Researchers enrolled 22,000 patients from public and philanthropic hospitals across Brazil. The goal was to see if these virtual tools improve care and shorten ICU stays.

What this could mean

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Active substance
telemedicine intervention package (daily specialist rounds, multidisciplinary team care, and quality/safety management)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that telemedicine tools can improve ICU efficiency and patient outcomes in resource-limited settings.
What could go wrong
This is a completed trial, but results are not yet published. The interventions are complex and may not be easily replicated in other hospitals.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

22,000 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2024

Finished

May 2026

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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 for Intensive care units: * Intensive care units from public or philanthropic hospitals. * ICUs with a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 20 beds. * Intensive care units with physician and nurses available 24 hours a day and physiotherapist available at least ≥ 18 hours a day. Exclusion Criteria for Intensive care units: * Intensive care units with structured multidisciplinary round more than three times a week conducted by an intensive care physician (certified), documented in the medical record, with a fixed duration (\>5 min / patient), using some supporting tool (checklist or standard form), goal oriented, based on established protocols, including all the patients admitted to the ICU. * Intensive care units already doing audit and feedback with specific planning. * Dedicated coronary care units/cardiac intensive care units or other specialized units (cardiac surgery, neurological, burned patients). * Step-down units or semi-intensive cardiac care unit. * Intensive care units without availability of substitute renal therapy. * ICU coordinator specialist in intensive care medicine and management training (MBA in Health Management or equivalent). Inclusion Criteria for patients: * Adult patients (≥ 18 years old). Exclusion Criteria for patients: * Admission for other reasons than medical (e.g., judicial cause, legal reasons, safety reasons). * Previously included in the TELESCOPE II trial (for the primary outcome analysis).

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Critical care Intensive care units Telemedicine

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Einstein Hospital Israelita

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 05651-901, Brazil

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