Clinical trials: Death
End of Life Process
Can We Improve the Quality of Care at the End of Life in Israel?
The purpose of this study is to determine whether end-of-life training of ICU professionals leads to improvements in ICU care process, teamwork and family satisfaction.
- Trial name
- ISRAEOLC (NCT02129283)
- Testing
- Simulation training
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization
Death, HIV Infection
Community-based Evaluation of a Pilot PMTCT Project in Kafue District
In this study, the investigators will assess the population effectiveness of using routine HAART as a PMTCT strategy, through a community-based survey.
- Trial name
- NCT00753428
- Testing
- Community-based Survey
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 4,129 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Metastatic Breast Cancer, End of Life
Evaluation of the Acceptability, Appropriateness, and Feasibility/Usability of a Metastatic Breast-cancer Specific Prognostic Calculator Among Clinicians
I this qualitative study, Investigators will conduct semi-structured interviews with clinicians that are involved in the care of patients with breast cancer to evaluate the acceptability, appropriateness, and…
- Trial name
- NCT05440929
- Testing
- Clinician Qualitative Interview
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality, Stillbirth and Neonatal Mortality
Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care: The EmONC Trial
The objective of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality by increasing access to and improving the quality of obstetric and neonatal care for pregnant women in study clusters.
- Trial name
- EmONC (NCT01073488)
- Testing
- Community Mobilization, HBLSS and facility improvement
- Where
- 7 sites in Argentina, Guatemala and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 267,181 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Sepsis, Pneumonia
Improved Accessibility of EmONC Services for Maternal and Newborn Health: a Community Based Project
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an integrated EmONC package (community mobilization, training of community-based health care providers and a maternal and neonatal health pack) reduce perinatal and neonatal…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Pneumonia, Omphalitis, Birth Asphyxia
- Trial name
- EmONC (NCT01751945)
- Testing
- EmONC package
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 12,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Death, Carotid Artery Disease
NOR-SYS: The Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study
NOR-SYS is a clinical research program about young ischemic stroke patients from 15 to 60 years. Patients, partners and the couple´s adult children who are at least 18 years old, are all invited to ultrasound examinations due to…
- Conditions
- Death, Carotid Artery Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Peripheral Artery Disease
- Trial name
- NOR-SYS (NCT01597453)
- Testing
- Lifestyle counseling
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 1,062 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital
Heart Failure
Trial of an Interactive CD-Program on 6 Months Readmission Rate in Patients With Heart Failure
The purpose of this study is to determine whether extra education of patients with chronic heart failure can reduce 6 months readmission rate to hospital.
- Trial name
- NCT00311194
- Testing
- 6 months readmission rate to hospital
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 206 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swedish Heart Lung Foundation
Cardiomyopathies, Cardiac Arrest
AI-powered ECG Analysis Using Willem™ Software in High-risk Cardiac Patients (WILLEM)
WILLEM is a multi-center, prospective and retrospective cohort study. The study will assess the performance of a cloud-based and AI-powered ECG analysis platform, named Willem™, developed to detect arrhythmias and other abnormal…
- Conditions
- Cardiomyopathies, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiac Arrhythmias, Sudden Cardiac Death
- Trial name
- WILLEM (NCT05890716)
- Testing
- AI-powered ECG analysis to detect cardiac arrhythmic episodes
- Where
- 13 sites in Netherlands, Spain
- Volunteers
- 5,342 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Idoven 1903 S.L.
Neonatal Sepsis
Use of Probiotics to Reduce Infections, Death and ESBL Colonisation
This study examines the effect of oral probiotic treatment to newborns on preventing hospitalizations, death and colonization with Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Gram negative bacteria.
- Trial name
- ProRIDE (NCT04172012)
- Testing
- Labinic (R) probiotic mixture
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Haydom Lutheran Hospital
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Apnea
Incidence and Severity of Cardiorespiratory Events in Infants at Increased Epidemiological Risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
OBJECTIVES: I. Assess and compare the incidence and severity of cardiorespiratory events documented by home monitoring in infants at increased epidemiological risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). II.
- Trial name
- NCT00004392
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Stable Angina, Myocardial Infarction
Heart Rate and Cardiovascular Diseases Prognosis in People With Stable Coronary Artery Disease
The Cardiovascular disease research using Linked Bespoke studies and Electronic Records (CALIBER) e-health database was the data resource for this study.
- Conditions
- Stable Angina, Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Failure
- Trial name
- NCT02244853
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 51,703 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Perinatal Mortality
Low-dose High-frequency Training of Facility Health Care Providers in Mali
This 3-arm cluster randomized trial (C-RCT) has the following objectives: Primary Aim To evaluate the effectiveness of an on-site case-based focused low-dose high-frequency training strategy in a primary health care facility…
- Trial name
- NCT03656237
- Testing
- Usual Training, Audits + LDHF Training
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Labor Induction
A Randomized Trial of Two Regimens of Misoprostol for Second Trimester Termination for Intrauterine Fetal Death
Misoprostol (Cytotec®) is a synthetic prostaglandin E1 analog that has been marketed in the United States since 1988 as a gastric cytoprotective agent.
- Trial name
- NCT00141895
- Testing
- Misoprostol
- Where
- Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 73 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- American University of Beirut Medical Center
Perinatal Problems, Still Births
Community-based Perinatal and Newborn Care in Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan: an AKU-AKHSP Collaboration
There is limited evidence from community-based interventions to guide the development of effective maternal, perinatal and newborn care practices and services in developing countries.
- Conditions
- Perinatal Problems, Still Births, Neonatal Deaths
- Trial name
- NCT02412293
- Testing
- Health Education & Promotion, Training of Health Workers, Community Mobilization
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 3,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Death; Neonatal, Death, Infant
Trial to Compare BCG-Bulgaria and BCG-Denmark
The trial will be a two-year outcome assessor-blinded RCT at the maternity ward of Hospital Simão Mendes (HNSM) in urban Bissau, Guinea-Bissau to compare vaccination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) Danish strain (AJ Vaccines…
- Conditions
- Death; Neonatal, Death, Infant, Morbidity;Newborn, Morbidity;Infant
- Trial name
- BCGSTRAIN IV (NCT05397678)
- Testing
- BCG-Denmark, BCG-Bulgaria
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 15,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project
Stillbirth, Perinatal Death
A Feasibility Randomised Control Trial to Evaluate Early Perinatal Bereavement Counselling for Parents Who Have Experienced a Perinatal Death
The goal of this feasibility randomised control trial is to determine if a trial to evaluate perinatal bereavement counselling for parents who have experienced a perinatal death is feasible.
- Conditions
- Stillbirth, Perinatal Death, Psychological, Grief
- Trial name
- PEARL-C (NCT07494760)
- Testing
- Bereavement Counselling, Usual bereavement care
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Perinatal Mortality
Saving Babies Lives
The central hypothesis of this study is that a neonatal healthcare programme that has a significant impact on neonatal mortality and which spans the healthcare journey from village to referral hospital can be developed and…
- Trial name
- SBL (NCT04663620)
- Testing
- Saving Babies Lives Programme, No Saving Babies Lives Programme
- Where
- Cambodia
- Volunteers
- 24,040 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Maternal Death Affecting Fetus or Newborn, Delivery Complication
Impact of a Smartphone Intervention on Tanzanian Women's Childbirth Location
This study investigates whether training Community Health Workers (CHW) to use a smartphone-based prenatal counseling application as a "job aid" instead of the existing paper based standard is associated with increased women's…
- Conditions
- Maternal Death Affecting Fetus or Newborn, Delivery Complication, Obstetric Complication, Birth Injuries
- Trial name
- SUSTAIN1 (NCT03161184)
- Testing
- SUSTAIN Smartphone training of CHW (SP+), SUSTAIN Paperbased training of CHW (SOC)
- Volunteers
- 572 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Death, Death, Infant
Coupons for Safe Water Project
Guaranteeing access to safe drinking water is still a challenge in rural households in developing countries, and unsafe water sources are responsible for millions of deaths each year around the world.
- Conditions
- Death, Death, Infant, Diarrhea, Diarrhea, Infantile
- Trial name
- Coupons (NCT05766826)
- Testing
- Coupons for safe water program: Treatment, Coupons for safe water program: Control
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 3,468 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Terminal Cancer
Towards Cancer Patient Empowerment for Optimal Use of Antithrombotic Therapy at the End of Life
Despite the fact that antithrombotic therapy (ATT) has little or even negative effects on the well-being of cancer patients during their last year of life, stopping ATT is rare in clinical practice.
- Trial name
- SERENITY (NCT05706740)
- Testing
- Physician survey on antithrombotic medication during end-of-life care in cancer patients
- Where
- 12 sites in Denmark, France and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 467 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz