Diagnostic yield of an ambulatory patch monitor in Emergency Department syncope patients unexplained after Emergency Department evaluation – a pilot study (PATCH-ED). v1

Version: 1.3 Date: 02/04/2015 Sponsor:This study is sponsored by NHS Lothian. Funding:Applications will be made to Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. Ambulatory patches will be provided byiRhythm Technologies, Inc. San Francisco, CA. BNP strips will be provided by Alere. Authorisations and Approvals:This study will be registered with the NIHR research portfolio. IRAS Project ID:179127 Chief Investigator:Dr Matthew Reed Consultant, NHS Career Research Fellow & Honorary Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine. Emergency Medicine Research Group Edinburgh (EMeRGE), Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, UK. E-mail:matthew.reed@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Co-Investigator:Professor Alasdair Gray Professor of Emergency Medicine. Emergency Medicine Research Group Edinburgh (EMeRGE), Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, UK. E-mail:alasdair.Gray@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Co-Investigator:Dr Neil Grubb Consultant in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology. Department of Cardiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, UK. E-mail:neil.grubb@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Co-Investigator:Dr Chris Lang Consultant in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology. Department of Cardiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, UK. E-mail:chris.lang@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Study Co-ordination Lead Research Nurse:Kirsty Simpson Emergency Medicine Research Group Edinburgh (EMeRGE), Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, UK. E-mail:Kirsty.Simpson@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Statistician:Dr Christopher J. Weir MRC Hub for Trials Methodology Research Centre for Population Health Sciences University of Edinburgh Medical School Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AGE-mail:Christopher.Weir@ed.ac.uk