Report from the STEPCARE trial

A report on the available data in the trial database

Author

Josef Dankiewicz

Published

January 29, 2026

Current status

3000 participants included at 63 sites, at a rate of 4.38 per day.

Inclusion by Country

Inclusions by Site and Country - Barplot

Overall inclusion curve

Overall inclusion curve with prediction based on current speed

Overall inclusion curve with predictions based on different rates

End date according to these predictions

Rate Date
NA 2 per day 2026-10-06
NA 3 per day 2026-07-14
NA 4 per day 2026-06-03
NA 5 per day 2026-05-09
Current rate of inclusion 4.38 per day 2026-05-23

List of sites and inclusions

location_name country Count
University Hospital Zurich Switzerland 169
Meilahti Hospital Finland 162
Bristol Royal Infirmary United Kingdom 135
Liverpool Hospital Australia 118
Cardiff University Hospital United Kingdom 116
Essex Cardiothoracic Centre United Kingdom 115
Oslo University Hospital Norway 104
Lubeck University Hospital Germany 98
Sahlgrenska University Hospital Sweden 96
St Gallen Hospital Switzerland 96
Luxembourg Hospital Luxembourg 86
Karolinska University Hospital Sweden 80
Princess Alexandra Hospital Australia 78
Leeds General Infirmary United Kingdom 75
St Bartholomew’s Hospital United Kingdom 73
Tampere University Hospital Finland 66
Ghent University Hospital Belgium 64
Skåne University Hospital Lund Sweden 61
Wellington Hospital New Zealand 58
Stavanger University Hospital Norway 57
Skåne University Hospital Malmö Sweden 56
Oulu University Hospital Finland 50
DCCM ICU New Zealand 49
Amsterdam UMC Netherlands 46
Tubingen University Hospital Germany 45
Helsingborg Hospital Sweden 43
The Prince Charles Hospital Australia 42
Bern University Hospital Switzerland 40
St Georges University Hospital United Kingdom 40
Karlstad hospital Sweden 39
Nepean Hospital Australia 35
Kings College Hospital United Kingdom 33
Middlemore ICU New Zealand 33
North Estonia Medical Centre Tallinn Estonia 31
Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast United Kingdom 31
Royal North Shore Hospital Australia 30
Halland Hospital Sweden 29
Kuopio University Hospital Finland 29
Soerlandet Hospital Arendal Norway 29
San Martino Hospital Genoa Italy 28
Jorvi Hospital Finland 26
St George Hospital Australia 26
Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg Hospital Belgium 26
The Sutherland Hospital Australia 23
Brussels University Hospital Belgium 22
Tartu University Hospital Estonia 22
Charite University Hospital Germany 21
Christchurch ICU New Zealand 20
Guys and St Thomas Hospital United Kingdom 19
Skaraborg Hospital Skovde Sweden 18
Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore 17
North Shore ICU NZ New Zealand 15
Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth United Kingdom 12
Kalnes Hospital Norway 10
King Abdulaziz Medical City Saudi Arabia 10
Austin Hospital Australia 8
Jyväskylä Hospital Finland 8
Waikato ICU New Zealand 8
Prague University Hospital Czech Republic 7
University Hospital of Umeå Sweden 6
Whangarei ICU New Zealand 5
Amiri Hospital Kuwait 3
St Vincents University Hospital Ireland 3