Study Overview

The VIP4 study is an international, prospective, multicenter observational study focusing on very old intensive care patients (VIPs).

The study aims to investigate the impact of acute and chronic cardiovascular diseases on outcomes in very old patients (≥ 80) admitted to the ICU. VIP4 is conducted as a non-interventional observational study and involves ICUs from multiple countries.

If you are visiting the site for the first time and would to be notified of news of the VIP4-study please contact the national coordinator of your country or the study coordination (contact below)

Local investigators from previous VIP studies will be informed about updates related to VIP4.

ICUs interested in participating are welcome to register for the study.

Open

ICU Registration

⚠️ Scheduled Maintenance Notice

On March 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM CET, our REDCap system will undergo a security update. This process may take up to 2 days. During this time, no new ICU registrations will be possible. We apologise for any inconvenience.

If you would like to register during this period, please feel free to contact christina.peter@med.uni-duesseldorf.de. You will then be notified by email as soon as registration is available again.

After registering, you may receive further information from the study team and/or your national coordinator.

Recruitment

Current status

46
ICUs are participating
1
Patients recruited
11
Countries participating
Principal investigator: Christian Jung

National Coordinators

You may also be contacted by the VIP4 national coordinator for your country!

Country Coordinator Contact
Austria Michael Joannidis Michael.Joannidis@i-med.ac.at
Belgium Lien Van Laethem Lien.vanlaethem@uzgent.be
Finland Matti Reinikainen Matti.Reinikainen@pshyvinvointialue.fi
France Jeremie Joffre jeremie.joffre@aphp.fr
Germany Christian Jung christian.jung@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
Greece Evmorfia Kondyli kondylie@uoc.gr
Ireland Aisling Mc Mahon AislingMcMahon@mater.ie
Israel Sigal Sviri Sigals1@hadassah.org.il
Italy Maurizio Cecconi maurizio.cecconi@hunimed.eu
Netherlands Dylan De Lange D.W.deLange-3@umcutrecht.nl
Norway Finn H. Andersen finn.h.andersen@helse-mr.no
Poland Wojciech Szczeklik wojciech.szczeklik@uj.edu.pl
Portugal Rui Moreno / Ricardo Matos r.moreno@mail.telepac.pt
Spain Antonio Artigas aartigas@tauli.cat
Sweden Lina de Geer lina.de.geer@regionostergotland.se
Switzerland Joerg Schefold joerg.schefold@insel.ch
Turkey Arzu Topeli atopeli@hacettepe.edu.tr
United Kingdom Susannah Leaver susannahleaver@nhs.Net
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