Medical College of Wisconsin
David Brousseau
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder affecting approximately 36,000 children in the United States, approximately 90% of whom are Black. The disease is characterized by recurrent, severe pain crises which result in high rates of emergency department visits and hospitalizations, and decreased quality of life. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, as well as the American Society of Hematology, have endorsed pain management guidelines regarding the timeliness of care for children presenting with these acute pain crises. These evidence-based guidelines are infrequently followed, resulting in increased pain and hospitalizations. In additional to other barriers to following the guideline, structural racism has been proposed as a significant contributor and the New England Journal of Medicine recently called for the institution of SCD-specific pain management protocols to combat structural racism and reduce time to opioid administration. The investigators' long-term goal is to improve the care and health outcomes of children with acute painful vaso-occlusive crisis treated in the emergency department. The overall aim of the investigators is to test a care pathway using multifaceted implementation strategies to increase guideline adherent care for children in the emergency department with acute painful vaso-occlusive crisis.
Sickle Cell Crisis
Care pathway
Not Applicable
Study Type : | Interventional |
Estimated Enrollment : | 5328 participants |
Masking : | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose : | Treatment |
Official Title : | Sickle Cell Improvement: Enhancing Care in the Emergency Department |
Actual Study Start Date : | September 1, 2021 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | August 31, 2026 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | August 31, 2027 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Post-intervention |
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No Intervention: Delayed intervention |
Ages Eligible for Study: | to 18 Years |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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Recruiting
Children's Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226