For researchers submitting trial data to ClinicalTrials.gov, the Adverse Events module is one of four mandatory results sections. It requires reporting in three primary categories: All-Cause Mortality: A table tracking all deaths that occurred during the study, regardless of cause. Serious Adverse Events (SAEs): A tabular summary of events resulting in death, life-threatening conditions, hospitalization, or significant disability. Other Adverse Events: A table for non-serious events that exceed a specific frequency threshold, such as 5% within any study arm.
Adverse Events Module path is as follows:
Study -> Results Section -> Adverse Events Module -> Event Groups
Study -> Results Section -> Adverse Events Module -> Serious Events
Study -> Results Section -> Adverse Events Module -> Other Events
| Title | Description | Deaths # Affected | Deaths # At Risk | Serious # Affected | Serious # At Risk | Other # Affected | Other # At Risk | View |
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| Pre-Implementation Phase | Participants in this group (before the eHealth app is implemented in the PAU) will be English or French speaking patients, aged 18 and older, scheduled for major non-cardiac elective surgery. Patients will be recruited using standardized procedures, and process and outcome measures will be recorded using the same tools and methods in both study phases to decrease the risk of measurement and selection bias. | 0 | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | View |
| Post-Implementation Phase | Participants in this group (after the eHealth app is implemented in the PAU) will be English or French speaking patients, aged 18 and older, scheduled for major non-cardiac elective surgery. Patient-oriented, personalized risk communication eHealth application: The application features simple and consistent design, large well-lit buttons that tolerate tremor, and simple language. The process will be applied in preoperative clinics at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH), where patients will be asked to provide their personal health history through a series of questions already used on our TOH preoperative health screener. These values will then populate the NSQIP Universal Risk Calculator, which we have calibrated to TOH data, to generate personalized risks of mortality, serious complications, and hospital length of stay. These risk estimates will be communicated directly to the patient using absolute risk estimates represented pictorially (best practice for risk communication to patients). Risk estimates will also be provided to the patient's clinician. | 0 | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | View |