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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Start participants who enrolled in the study, received the OPTIMAL intervention, and were observed during data collection. | 0 | None | 0 | 94 | 0 | 94 | View |
| Residents | Resident participants who were cared in the study site, and received care from the staff participants before and after the OPTIMAL intervention was delivered to staff. | 0 | None | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 | View |
| Families | In this study, we were initially planning to recruit families for our Aim 1 to collect feedback on the OPTIMAL intervention. The fact that we recruited 94 staff (initially planned for 20 staff recruitment), which is much more than we planned, and we were able to collect feedback from these staff on the OPTIMAL intervention which helped refinement of the intervention. Our team agreed that we received adequate feedback to move to Aim 2 and 3 (testing the OPTIMAL intervention in NH staff and residents, where families were not included in the proposed study). Therefore, we did not enroll families as participants, but communicated with them regarding the refined OPTIMAL and engaged N=5 family members in this effort where they served as community stakeholders and no individual characteristics were needed to be collected (rather than study participants/subjects who need to consent to be enrolled and followed up over time). | 0 | None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | View |