Clinical trials: Evidence Based Medicine
Substance Use Disorders, Risk Behavior
Culturally Informed Family Based Treatment of Adolescents: A Randomized Trial
This Stage II randomized trial tests Culturally Informed \& Flexible Family Based Treatment for Adolescents (CIFFTA) developed as part of a Stage I treatment development effort and yielding promising preliminary findings.
- Conditions
- Substance Use Disorders, Risk Behavior, Psychiatric Disorders, Family Dysfunction
- Trial name
- CIFFTA (NCT01823250)
- Testing
- Family Therapy based on Structural Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Psychoeducational Sessions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 190 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Body Weight, Obesity
Meta Analysis of the Effect of a Low Glycemic Index Diet and Glycemic Load on Body Weight
A low glycemic index (GI) diet has been associated with improved glycemic control in type 2 diabetes patients and a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
- Conditions
- Body Weight, Obesity, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Trial name
- NCT02557022
- Testing
- GI and/or GL
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Substance Abuse
Testing ALERT With GTO in Middle Schools
To test the efficacy of Project ALERT with the support enhancement tool, Getting To Outcomes.
- Trial name
- GTO-ALERT (NCT05219422)
- Testing
- Project ALERT, Getting to Outcomes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
Prostate Cancer, Evidence Based Medicine
A Cluster Package Intervention to Promote an Evidence-based Use of PSA-tests in General Practice
It is widely acknowledged that prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing can lead to false-positives, overdiagnosis and overtreatment of prostate cancer.
- Conditions
- Prostate Cancer, Evidence Based Medicine, Prostate Specific Antigen
- Trial name
- NCT06748456
- Testing
- Podcast, Cluster meeting, Hand-out material 1
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Evaluation of Educational Intervention to Teach Principles of Evidence-based Medicine (EbM) in Biology Classes
The purpose of this study is to identify the effect of a short term educational intervention for upcoming biology teachers to teach principles of Evidence-based Medicine (EbM) and Good Scientific Practice (GSP) to high-school…
- Trial name
- NCT01567267
- Testing
- Experimental educational intervention, Standard educational intervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 87 people
- Sponsor
- Goethe University
Decision Making
Practice Guidelines Grading Systems
Clinical practice guidelines (CPG) are systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances.
- Trial name
- NCT00940290
- Testing
- Graded Clinical Recommendation
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterey
Acute Renal Injury
Dialyzing Wisely - Improving the Delivery of Acute Renal Replacement Therapy to Albertans
Implementation of an evidence-based and best practices acute RRT pathway aiming to decrease acute RRT program and healthcare systems costs while improving important patient-reported outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT05186636
- Testing
- KPI reports, Prescriber reports
- Where
- 15 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 9,348 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
HEALing Communities Study
This study will test the impact of implementing the Communities That Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) intervention on opioid overdose deaths within 67 highly affected communities with the goal of reducing opioid overdose…
- Trial name
- NCT04111939
- Testing
- Communities That HEAL, Wait-list control
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- RTI International
Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension
Evidence-based Laboratory Test Order Sets in Primary Care
Cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate what the effect is of evidence-based order sets aimed at five indications on the appropriateness of laboratory test ordering in primary care.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases, Fatigue
- Trial name
- NCT02950142
- Testing
- CPOE with order sets for lab testing, CPOE without order sets for lab testing
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 288 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Smoking Cessation
ISTAPS: A Stepped Primary Care Smoking Cessation Intervention
Primary care centers can play a very important role in helping people to stop smoking. There is a large body of research on the effectiveness of specific interventions especially addressed to people who want to stop smoking.
- Trial name
- NCT00125905
- Testing
- Advice, Motivational Interviewing, Nicotine Gum and Patch
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 3,012 people
- Sponsor
- Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
Overweight, Obesity
Meta-analyses of Total and Individual Fructose-containing Sugars and Incident Cardiometabolic Disease
Since uncontrolled observational studies first linked fructose to the epidemic of obesity almost a decade ago, it has become a focus of intense concern regarding its role in the obesity epidemic and increasing burden of…
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obesity, Dyslipidemia, Hyperlipidemia
- Trial name
- NCT01608620
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Healthy Volunteer
OrthoEvidence Trial Assessing Japanese Knowledge Updates
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to clarify whether providing translated evidence summary (Advanced Clinical Evidence (ACE) reports from OrthoEvidence) will increase the access to the summary compared to…
- Trial name
- OTAKU (NCT05250622)
- Testing
- Japanese-translated evidence summaries (Advanced Clinical Evidence report from OrthoEvidence), English evidence summaries (Advanced Clinical Evidence report from OrthoEvidence)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Body Weight, Obesity
Meta-analyses of Nuts and Risk of Obesity
Peanuts and tree nuts (almonds, pistachios, walnuts, pecans, pine nuts, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts) (herein referred to as "nuts") are a good source of unsaturated fatty acids, vegetable protein, fibre, and…
- Conditions
- Body Weight, Obesity, Overweight, Adiposity
- Trial name
- NCT02654535
- Testing
- Dietary tree nuts & peanuts
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Body Weight, Obesity
Meta-analyses of Food Sources of Fructose-Containing Sugars and Obesity
Sugars have been implicated in the epidemics of overweight and obesity. This view is supported by lower quality evidence from ecological observations, animal models, and select human trials.
- Conditions
- Body Weight, Obesity, Overweight, Adiposity
- Trial name
- NCT02558920
- Testing
- Fructose-containing Sugars
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Diabetic Foot Ulcer, Amputation
Herbal Preparation Used as Adjuvant Therapy on Diabetic Ulcers
Chronic foot ulcers occurring among diabetic patients are difficult to heal. The frequent elderly age with co-morbidities, vascular insufficiencies, peripheral neuropathies and super imposed infections, all contribute towards the…
- Trial name
- NCT00393510
- Testing
- TCM
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
Treatment Recommendations for Patients With ADHD TDApp2
The purpose of this study is to compare the recommendations made by TDApp2 with those by relevant clinical practice guidelines in children/adolescents with ADHD.
- Trial name
- NCT05651685
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Universitat de Girona
Overweight, Obesity
Meta-analysis of Fructose-Containing Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) and Weight Change
Since uncontrolled observational studies first linked fructose to the epidemic of obesity almost a decade ago, it has become a focus of intense concern regarding its role in the obesity epidemic.
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obesity, Diabetes, Prediabetes
- Trial name
- NCT01608607
- Testing
- Fructose-containing sugar sweetened beverages
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease, Occlusive Disease of Artery of Lower Extremity
IDOMENEO - Is Treatment Reality in Vascular Medicine Evidence-based and Follows Guideline Recommendations? A Project for Quality Development Exemplified by Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
The prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and the proportion of endovascular procedures for treatment are increasing worldwide.
- Conditions
- Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease, Occlusive Disease of Artery of Lower Extremity, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- IDOMENEO (NCT03098290)
- Testing
- Catheter-based endovascular revascularization, Bypass-Surgery, Endarterectomy
- Where
- 35 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 5,608 people
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Myocardial Infarction (MI)
Patient Characteristics, Persistence to Treatment and Outcome Events in Patients Treated With Ticagrelor 60 mg After Myocardial Infarction in Real-world Clinical Practice
This is an observational study based on secondary data extracted from multiple register-based data sources in the US and Europe (Sweden, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany).
- Trial name
- ALETHEIA (NCT04568083)
- Where
- 6 sites in United States, Germany and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 7,035 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Diabetes, Prediabetes
Meta-analyses of Pasta as Part of Low Glycemic Index Diets and Adiposity
Pasta is an important example of a food which can lower the glycemic index (GI) of the diet, a property that has been exploited extensively in studies of low GI dietary patterns.
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Prediabetes, Overweight, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT02961088
- Testing
- Pasta as part of a low GI/GL diet
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto