VIP2 study
Overview of the VIP2 study (POETICS2 in UK)
VIP2 stands for Very old Intensive Care Patients study 2.
An ESICM supported study conducted from the HSRO & NAHP section in ESICM.
ClinicalTrials.gov registration.
Follow the VIP2-project on ResearchGate.
The VIP2-study was called the POETICS2 study in Great Britain.
Background
This study sought to develop a prognostic score for specifically very old, critically ill patients defined as patients ≥ 80 years). This was a large, prospective, multinational, multicentre study. We gathered age-specific information about the elderly patient: frailty (Clinical Frailty Scale), cognitive function (IQCODE), activity of daily life (KATZ ADL) and co-morbidity, in addition to organ failure score (SOFA). Outcomes were registered as outcome at 30 days (alive or dead) and 6 months in a sub-study. Also, an Frailty score interrater variability was recorded in a sub-study.
Results
The goal was to recruit 20 consecutive ICU patients ≥ 80 years.
3920 patients were recruited from 242 ICUs in 22 countries.
The first paper has been published.
See the list of publications.
VIP2 coordinators
| Christian Jung | German coordinator | Dusseldorf, Germany |  |
| Hans Flaatten | Principal Investigator of the VIP study group and Past chair HSRO section | Bergen, Norway |  |
| Bertrand Guidet | Co-Principal Investigator of the VIP study group and French coordinator | Paris, France | |
| Dylan W de Lange | The Netherlands coordinator and Chair of ESICM HSRO section | Utrecht, The Netherlands | |
| Alessandro Morandi | Cremona, Italy | | |
| Antonio Artigas | Spanish coordinator | Barcelona, Spain | |
| Ariane Boumendil | Statistician | Paris, France | |
| Brian Marsh | Irish coordinator | Dublin, Ireland | |
| Carole Boulanger | Exeter, England | | |
| Finn Andersen | Norwegian coordinator | Ålesund, Norway | |
| Ivo W Soliman | Utrecht, The Netherlands | | |
| Jesper Fjølner | Danish coordinator | Viborg, Denmark | |
| Joerg Schefold | Bern, Switzerland | | |
| Maurizio Cecconi | Italian coordinator | Milan, Italy | |
| Michael Joannidis | Austrian coordinator | Innsbruck, Austria | |
| Muhammed Elhadi | Lybian coordinator | Tripoli, Libya | |
| Rui Moreno | Portuguese coordinator | Lisboa, Portugal | |
| Sandra Oeyen | Belgium coordinator | Ghent, Belgium | |
| Sten Walther | Swedish coordinator | Linkoping, Sweden | |
| Susannah Leaver | United Kingdom coodinator | London, England | |
| Tilemachos Zafeiridis † | Greek coordinator | Larissa, Greece | |
| Wojciech Szczeklik | Polish coordinator | Krakow, Poland | |
| Ximena Watson | United Kingdom coodinator | London, England | |
| Yuriy Nalapko | Ukranian coordinator | Lugansk, Ukraine | |