Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 2:28 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 2:28 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03203759
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Resides within either a 5-mile or 20 minute driving radius of emergency department
* Has capacity to consent to study OR can assent to study and has proxy who can consent
* \>= 18 years-old
* Can identify a potential caregiver who agrees to stay with patient for first 24 hours of admission. Caregiver must be competent to call care team if a problem is evident to her/him. After 24 hours, this caregiver should be available for as-needed spot checks on the patient. This criterion may be waived for highly competent patients at the patient and clinician's discretion.
* Primary or possible diagnosis of cellulitis, heart failure, complicated urinary tract infection, pneumonia, COPD/asthma, other infection, chronic kidney disease, malignant pain, diabetes and its complications, gout flare, hypertensive urgency, previously diagnosed atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response, anticoagulation needs, or a patient who desires only medical management that requires inpatient admission, as determined by the emergency room team.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Undomiciled
* No working heat (October-April), no working air conditioning if forecast \> 80°F (June-September), or no running water
* On methadone requiring daily pickup of medication
* In police custody
* Resides in facility that provides on-site medical care (e.g., skilled nursing facility)
* Domestic violence screen positive
* Acute delirium, as determined by the Confusion Assessment Method
* Cannot establish peripheral access in emergency department (or access requires ultrasound guidance)
* Secondary condition: end-stage renal disease, acute myocardial infarction, acute cerebral vascular accident, acute hemorrhage
* Primary diagnosis requires multiple or routine administrations of intravenous narcotics for pain control
* Cannot independently ambulate to bedside commode
* As deemed by on-call medical doctor, patient likely to require any of the following procedures: computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, endoscopic procedure, blood transfusion, cardiac stress test, or surgery
* High risk for clinical deterioration
* Home hospital census is full (maximum 5 patients at any time)
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT03203759
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03203759