Clinical trials: Critical Illness
Mechanically Ventilated, Critically Ill Children
Sedation Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine Versus Midazolam in Critically Ill Ventilated Children
There is a significant lack of adequately powered randomized clinical trial (RCT) data to determine the comparative safety and effectiveness of sedative treatments in pediatric patients.
- Trial name
- NCT04082767
- Testing
- Precedex, Midazolam
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Douglas Fraser
Critical Illness
Topical Application of Silver Nanoparticles and Oral Pathogens in Ill Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine whether oral topic silver nanoparticles are effective to reduce potential pathogen microbial loads in mechanical ventilation patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02761525
- Testing
- silver nanoparticles
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí
Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children
Utility of NGAL to Diagnose AKI in Critically Ill Children
Acute Kidney Injury is common in critically ill children and is associated with high morbidity and mortality in pediatric intensive care unit.
- Trial name
- NCT03034876
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Respiratory Failure
Cycling of Sedative Infusions in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine if the reduction of the total amount of sedative critically pediatric ill patients receive in the PICU will achieve a significant decrease in mechanical ventilation days and a decrease in…
- Trial name
- NCT01333059
- Testing
- Midazolam, Normal saline, Fentanyl
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Javier Gelvez, MD
Low Cardiac Output
Comparison of Techniques for Assessing Cardiac Output and Preload in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients
Each year in the United States more than 30,000 children are admitted to intensive care units. The majority of these children have some degree of heart instability during their stay, yet there is currently no routine way to…
- Trial name
- NCT00167440
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Critical Illness, Pediatric Intensive Care
Continuous vs Bolus Protein (Protein Regimen Outcomes) in Critically Ill Children (Kids In Distress)
The goal of this intervention study is to evaluate the difference in nutrition status markers (weight and muscle mass) when giving dietary protein by continuous or bolus delivery in critically ill children ages 1-11y.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Pediatric Intensive Care, Enteral Nutrition Therapy, Dietary Protein
- Trial name
- PRO-KID (NCT06721923)
- Testing
- Dietary protein
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Delirium
Lived Experiences and Impact of Delirium in Critically Ill Children: a Qualitative Study
The investigators aim to conduct a qualitative study evaluating the long and short-term recollection and experiences of critically ill children with delirium as well as collect the lived experience of the caregiver and healthcare…
- Trial name
- NCT04168515
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Seizures
Electrographic Seizure Management and Neurobehavioral Outcomes in Critically Ill Children
Electrographic seizures are common in critically ill patients leading to increased use of resource-intense continuous EEG monitoring for seizure identification and management.
- Trial name
- NCT03419260
- Testing
- Clinically indicated EEG monitoring.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Coagulation Disorder
Evaluation of Coagulopathy in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients.
Novel coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), this pneumonia was first emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan, China and rapidly spread around the world .
- Trial name
- NCT04479280
- Testing
- Sonclot Coagulation and platelet function Analyzer SCP1, Sienco, USA
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Critical Care, Hypoxia
Conservative Versus Liberal Oxygenation Targets in Critically Ill Children
A feasibility study to determine if it is possible to perform a safe, adequately powered, and affordable multi-centre study in critically ill children comparing current practice of liberal targets for systemic oxygen levels with…
- Conditions
- Critical Care, Hypoxia, Pediatric ALL
- Trial name
- Oxy-PICU (NCT03040570)
- Testing
- Conservative oxygenation target, Liberal oxygenation target
- Where
- 3 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Rehabilitation
Early Rehabilitation in Critical Illness Survivors
Background: Few studies showed that early rehabilitation on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) results in a better functional outcome at hospital discharge and reduced hospital stay.
- Trial name
- ER (NCT02754505)
- Testing
- Early rehabilitation, Usual care
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- Danube Hospital
Critical Illness
Early In-bed Cycling in Critically Ill Children
To evaluate the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the efficacy of early in-bed cycling in addition to usual care physiotherapy, compared to usual care physiotherapy, on functional recovery…
- Trial name
- wEECycle (NCT02358577)
- Testing
- In-bed cycling, Usual Care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Colonic Neoplasms, Rectal Neoplasms
Endoscopically Assisted Colostomy With Colopexy for Critically Ill Patients Without General Anesthesia or Laparotomy
Indications for colostomy are rectal or anal cancer, diverticular disease, radiation enteritis, complex perirectal fistulas, anorectal trauma, severe incontinence, motility and functional disorders.
- Conditions
- Colonic Neoplasms, Rectal Neoplasms, Fecal Incontinence
- Trial name
- EACC (NCT02308631)
- Testing
- ENDOSCOPICALLY ASSISTED COLOSTOMY WITH COLOPEXY
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Pims-Ts
PIMS-TS in Intensive Care: Retrospective Cohort Trial
Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2, (PMIS-TS) represents the new unit, partially imitating the previously described Kawasaki disease.
- Trial name
- PIMS-TS INT (NCT05388396)
- Testing
- PIMS-TS diagnostic a treatment
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Brno University Hospital
Critical Illness, Pneumonia, Viral
Comparison Between Different Doses of Steroids in COVID-19 Patients
aim of this study is to compare between standard dose methyl prednisolone and mega dose methyl prednisolone as regards outcome reflected by mortality rate, percentage of mechanically ventilated patients and icu length of stay of…
- Trial name
- COVID-19 (NCT05279482)
- Testing
- observation for outcome of methylprednisolone dose
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Stress Hyperglycemia
Incidence and Course of Stress Hyperglycemia in Critically Ill Children Admitted to PICU of Assiut University Children Hospital
Detection of the prevelance of stress hyperglycemia in patients admitted to pediatric intensive care unit of Assiut university children hospital , asses its pattern ,course ,risk factors, its relation to the outcome and its…
- Trial name
- NCT04591561
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Metabolic Acidosis, Critical Illness
The Threshold of Serum Anion Gap as a Screening Tool for Organic Acidosis
Background: The serum anion gap (AG) is commonly used as a screening tool for acid-base disorders. With modern laboratory techniques using ion-selective electrodes to measure the main electrolyte components of the AG, our…
- Conditions
- Metabolic Acidosis, Critical Illness, Anion Gap Acidosis, Lactic Acidosis
- Trial name
- NCT04975906
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 16,475 people
- Sponsor
- Changi General Hospital
Airway Clearance, Mechanical Insufflation-exsufflation
Mechanical Insufflation-Exsufflation in Critically Ill Patients
Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) is an established airway clearance technique for patients with chronic conditions like neuromuscular diseases.
- Conditions
- Airway Clearance, Mechanical Insufflation-exsufflation, Mechanical Insufflation-exsufflation Session ( With Cough Assist), Delphi Study
- Trial name
- DELMI-E (NCT07420946)
- Testing
- Delphi Questionnaire
- Where
- 4 sites in Italy, Spain and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Medipol University
Covid19, Critically Ill
Risk Factors for Mortality for COVID-19 Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit
Studying clinical characterization of critically ill COVID-19 patients in a single center Studying Risk factors for Day 28 Mortality in COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care unit
- Trial name
- ICUCOVID-KK (NCT04805645)
- Testing
- No intervention (Retrospective Cohort Observational)
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Clinical Research Centre, Malaysia
Critically Ill
Health and Quality of Life One Year After Discharge From the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
The goal is to capture the Quality of life and survival of patients one year after the stay at ICU. Data will be collected during the stay in the ICU and evaluated.
- Trial name
- QoL_ICU (NCT02671916)
- Testing
- questionnaire
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Prof. Dr. med. Cristoph Haberthür