Clinical trials: Benchmark
Focus: Otologic Surgery Training
Virtual Temporal Bone Surgery: Defining and Translating Metrics
The goal of this project is to improve the efficiency of training and assessment of technical skill in surgical treatment of otologic disease.
- Trial name
- NCT01493765
- Testing
- Simulator training with expert scoring
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)
Swiss Secondary Prevention and Rehabilitation Registry
The SwissPR study is to continuously monitor patient characteristics and short- and long-term benchmark quality measures and outcomes of patients participating in a 12-week ambulatory CR program.
- Trial name
- SwissPR (NCT05500859)
- Testing
- Data collection at Baseline, 3 months after baseline (BL), 1-year follow-up, Telephone follow-up and questionnaire 3 years and 5 years after BL
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Typhoid Fever
Commercial Typhoid Tests Validation
The study aims to perform a head to head comparison of 11 typhoid tests currently in the market and simultaneously develop a sample set that can be used in future evaluations of emerging technologies.
- Trial name
- NCT04673487
- Testing
- 1. SD Bioline Salmonella Typhi IgG/IgM Fast test, 2. Typhidot Rapid IgG/IgM combo test, 3. TUBEX TF test, 4.Typhoid IgG/IgM Combo Rapid Test CE, 5. Enterocheck WB test, 6. Test-itTM Typhoid IgM test
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- Kenya Medical Research Institute
Educational Problems
Deliberate Practice With Validated Metrics Improves Skills Acquisition
Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of deliberate vs. self-guided practices on acquiring needling skills by novice learners.
- Trial name
- NCT03154372
- Testing
- Expert supervised practice with validated metrics, self guided practice with validated metrics
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Cork
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Reliability of Ultrasound Metrics Used in Hip Dysplasia Diagnostics - a Prospective Study
Several measurements are used to evaluate hip dysplasia in hip ultrasound of children. Despite having being used since the 1980s, reliability studies have failed to find acceptable reliaiblity values for the gold standard…
- Trial name
- NCT06233487
- Testing
- Repeat hip ultrasound measurements
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aarhus University Hospital
Type1diabetes
Evaluation of the Glucose Metrics After Eating Pizza Margherita in Hybrid Closed Loop Users
In previous study the investigators proved that blood glucose after eating pizza margherita could be managed with a simple wave bolus of insulin in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes under controlled conditions.
- Trial name
- NCT05729776
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Burn
Multicenter Benchmarking of Functional and Psychosocial Outcomes of Pediatric Burn Survivors
The purpose of this study is to establish an expected recovery trajectory (recovery model) in terms of physical and psychological function of the pediatric burn patient.
- Trial name
- NCT00239668
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Alexander Disease
Evaluation of Outcome Metrics in Alexander Disease
The purpose of this study is to define the natural history of Alexander Disease, a leukodystrophy that causes neurological dysfunction.
- Trial name
- AxD Outcomes (NCT02714764)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Primary Care Quality Metrics, Well Child Visits in First 15 Months of Life NQF 1392
The Impact of Patient Complexity on Healthcare Utilization
Healthcare providers are routinely being assessed for metrics designed to assess the quality of the care they deliver. There is growing consensus that these measurements, which typically assess the percentage of patients meeting…
- Conditions
- Primary Care Quality Metrics, Well Child Visits in First 15 Months of Life NQF 1392, Diabetes Mellitus NQF 0059, Colorectal Cancer Screening NQF 0034
- Trial name
- NCT03327896
- Testing
- Charlson score and Community Social Deprivation
- Volunteers
- 200,000 people
- Sponsor
- OCHIN, Inc.
Type1diabetes
Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Type 1 Diabetes Initiating Minimed 780G: Glucose Metrics vs Insulin Metrics, is There a Difference
In this observaltional study, 240 patients aged >12 years old with T1DM who are on multiple daily injections or insulin pump and are scheduled to start using MiniMed 780G system will be included.We aim to compare patients'…
- Trial name
- NCT06646107
- Testing
- MInimed 780G
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Attikon Hospital
Postoperative Morbidity
Investigating Trends in Compliance With Quality Assurance Metrics
Over 40 million major operative procedures are performed in the US annually and comprise about 40% of healthcare expenditures. Despite decades of research, perioperative mortality and morbidity remain a major healthcare system…
- Trial name
- NCT03119532
- Testing
- Receive metric feedback email
- Volunteers
- 672 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Motility Disorder of Intestine
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Small Bowel Motility
This project involves the development, validation and application of a novel test using MRI to assess gastrointestinal motility a vital process that mixes the contents of our digestive tract.
- Trial name
- NCT02754869
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Automated Insulin Delivery for Type 1 Diabetes - Beyond Glucose Metrics
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if transitioning to automated insulin delivery (AID) systems, can improve objectively measured sleep quality and quantity and alleviate cardiovascular risk factors in both children…
- Trial name
- AID-BEYOND (NCT06469593)
- Testing
- Automated insuling delivery system
- Where
- 3 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Infant, Newborn, Infant, Low Birth Weight
Benchmarking Initiative to Reduce Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
This study tested whether Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) teams trained in benchmarking -- comparing care practices between different NICUs to see which practices prevent bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) -- and quality…
- Conditions
- Infant, Newborn, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Premature
- Trial name
- Benchmarking (NCT00067613)
- Testing
- Benchmarking Management Practices, Standard Management Practices
- Where
- 17 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4,095 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Neonatal Research Network
Brain Concussion, Reflex, Pupillary
Utility of Pupillary Metrics in Diagnosis and Management of Concussion in Children
The purpose of this study is to gather information and compare the potential use of pupillometry to identify concussions and post concussive syndrome with standard age appropriate assessments.
- Conditions
- Brain Concussion, Reflex, Pupillary, Post-Concussion Syndrome, Brain Injuries, Traumatic
- Trial name
- NCT04540445
- Testing
- Pupillary Assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Orange County
Malnutrition
NutritionDay in Worldwide Hospitals: An International Audit and Registry on Nutrition and Outcome
Malnutrition at hospital admission is a risk factor for an unfavourable outcome, prolonged hospital stay and delayed recovery. In these patients the incidence of complications such as nosocomial infections, poor ventilatory…
- Trial name
- nutritionday (NCT02820246)
- Testing
- nutrition
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 250,000 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Wellness, Psychological
Physician-Nurse Dyad Rounding: A Collaborative Approach to Improve Unit-Level Metrics
The project will be implemented on one unit at a time until the co-rounding process has been implemented on each Medical-Surgical unit.
- Trial name
- NCT06336915
- Testing
- Physician-Nurse Dyad Rounding
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Methodist Health System
Establish Normative pH Values in Neonates
Product Validation Study of RightSpot Infant pH Indicator for Rapid Bedside Verification of Proper Nasogastric (NG) Tube Placement in Newborn Intensive Care (NICU) Patients
Objectives: 1. To validate the accuracy of pH measurements of gastric fluid by comparing the readings from the RightSpot Infant pH Indicator to a standard clinically approved pH monitor 2.
- Trial name
- NCT02279264
- Testing
- RightSpot Infant pH Indicator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- RightBio Metrics
Glaucoma
Benchmarking Management of Glaucoma Using the Diopsys VEP/PERG Protocols.
Establish electrophysiological benchmarks, using the Diopsys Visual Evoked Potential/ Pattern ERG (VEP/PERG) protocols of populations with Glaucoma following: 1) Baseline VEP/ERG prior to treatment; and 2) VEP/PERG after…
- Trial name
- NCT02594280
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Diopsys, Inc.
Primary Health Care for Children
Impact of a Real-time Mentoring Tool on Antibiotic Prescription (medAL-mentor)
The goal of this ancillary study, part of the DYNAMIC project, is to reduce antibiotic prescription and improve the quality of care for children in primary care in Tanzania using a near real-time mentoring tool (called…
- Trial name
- medAL-mentor (NCT05901155)
- Testing
- MedAL-mentor
- Where
- 40 sites in Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 37,000 people
- Sponsor
- Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, Switzerland