Clinical trials: Device Malfunction
Heart Failure
Developing a Non-invasive Cardiac Functional Health Status Measurement Device
This is a single-center, non-randomized study.Enrolled patients will be placed on a tilt table and a stress test will be performed in a total of 4 different positions. Their blood pressure will be measured at each position.
- Trial name
- NCT01877343
- Testing
- CVInsight(TM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
End Stage Renal Failure on Dialysis, End Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis
Human Factors Validation Testing for the Peripal System; a Manual Connection Assist Device for Peritoneal Dialysis Devices
It is estimated that there are currently over 3 million patients receiving dialysis treatment worldwide. With effective pre-dialysis counselling, a majority of patients choose the home-based therapy peritoneal dialysis (PD) but…
- Conditions
- End Stage Renal Failure on Dialysis, End Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis, Renal Failure, Peritoneal Dialysis
- Trial name
- NCT04292210
- Testing
- Perisafe
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peripal AG
Heart Failure
Bio-signal Telemonitoring Using Electronic Textiles in a Pediatric Population
There is a need for developing reliable and convenient technologies for telemonitoring of physiological signals such as respiration, cardiac function, and activity level in children and especially for those with heart disease.
- Trial name
- NCT04305340
- Testing
- Myant SKIIN Device
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aamir Jeewa
Heart Failure
Improving Goal Directed Medical Therapy for Device Clinic Patients With Reduced EF at UOHI: a QI Initiative (VIGILANT)
This is a quality improvement initiative with the goal of optimizing heart failure (HF) patients seen through the outpatient cardiac implantable electronic device clinic at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI).
- Trial name
- VIGILANT (NCT05085249)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 2,479 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
Asthma, Heart Failure
The General Breathing Record Study
This study will test the use of a new handheld device (called the N-Tidal C), that measures a person's tidal breath carbon dioxide, in diagnosing the cause of someone's breathlessness.
- Conditions
- Asthma, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Motor Neuron Disease
- Trial name
- GBRS (NCT03356288)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- TidalSense
Respiratory Failure, Covid19
Apparatus and Method for Moving Patients
A novel device and process to move patients has been developed, particularly useful for patients with severe respiratory failure (ie COVID 19) who require prone ventilation (moving from their back onto the stomach and then onto…
- Trial name
- AMMP (NCT04882865)
- Testing
- assist
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 191 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
Heart Failure
3D Assessment of RV Function in Patients Undergoing LVAD Implantation
This goal of this study is to analyze images of the right ventricle taken via 3D transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation.
- Trial name
- NCT05376254
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Transfusional Iron Overload, Thalassemia Major
High-Tc Susceptometer to Monitor Transfusional Iron Overload
The proposed research project will continue the application and development of a new method (biomagnetic susceptometry) that measures magnetic fields to determine how much iron is in the liver.
- Conditions
- Transfusional Iron Overload, Thalassemia Major, Sickle Cell Disease, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Trial name
- NCT01241357
- Testing
- Hepatic biomagnetic susceptibility measurement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Wounds and Injuries, Hand Injuries
Use of a Compression Device for Ring Removal: A Prospective Trial
The usual treatment for stuck rings includes a variety of techniques including use of ice to reduce swelling, use of lubricants, and sometimes the use of string or ring cutters.
- Conditions
- Wounds and Injuries, Hand Injuries, Device Malfunction
- Trial name
- NCT04728607
- Testing
- Compression device.
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority