Clinical trials: Evidence-based Clinical Practice
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
Evidence Based Practice
Education Program on Evidence-based Practices on Nurses' Competencies and Clinical Decision-Making Levels
This clinical trial aims to develop an online education program and an educational booklet for nurses on EBP and to compare the evidence-based competencies and clinical decision-making levels of nurses trained with these two…
- Trial name
- RCT (NCT06569407)
- Testing
- Online Educational Intervention, Educational Booklet
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Koç University
Pain, Obesity, Childhood
Sumamos Excelencia Project: Implementation of Best Practices in Clinical Practice (Thrid Edition)
There is a gap between research and clinical practice, leading to variability in decision-making. Multifaceted implementation strategies are for improving implementation of best practices.
- Conditions
- Pain, Obesity, Childhood, Breast Feeding, Incontinence, Urinary
- Trial name
- SE24 (NCT06522529)
- Testing
- Multifaceted implementation strategy
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Extravasation Injury
Clinical Practice Guideline for Neonatal Extravasation Injury
This study is aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an evidence-based clinical practice guideline in the prevention and management of neonatal extravasation injury, and to examine the change in nurses' knowledge of and adherence…
- Trial name
- NCT04321447
- Testing
- Clinical practice guideline for prevention and management of extravasation injury
- Volunteers
- 213 people
- Sponsor
- United Christian Hospital
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
Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease
Meta-analyses of the Effect of Legumes on Blood Pressure
Legumes are generally recognized as healthy dietary components, and although beans and legumes are recommended in food guidelines in North America, guidelines vary in regards to how much and how often these foods should be…
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease, Dyslipidemia, Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT02600338
- Testing
- Legumes
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Muscle Weakness
Maximal Strength Training in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty
Conventional rehabilitation after total hip arthroplasty (THA) does not seem to restore muscular strength or walking speed. Three-5 years after surgery patients are still not fully rehabilitated.
- Trial name
- NCT02498093
- Testing
- Maximal strength training, conventional rehabilitation
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Diabetes, Prediabetes
Meta-analyses of the Effect of Dietary Pulses on Acute Postprandial Metabolic Control
Dietary pulses (beans, peas, chickpeas, and lentils), more commonly known as "legumes", are generally recognized as healthy components of the diet.
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Prediabetes, Dysglycemia, Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT01605422
- Testing
- Dietary pulses
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Overweight, Obesity
Meta-analyses of the Effect of Liquid Meal Replacements on Cardiometabolic Risk
Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Weight loss is an important therapeutic goal for overweight and obese patients to reduce their risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT02779790
- Testing
- Liquid Meal Replacements
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
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
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
Pain, Incontinence, Urinary
Sumamos Excelencia 2022
There is a gap between research and clinical practice, leading to variability in decision-making. Clinical audits are an effective strategy for improving implementation of best practices.
- Conditions
- Pain, Incontinence, Urinary, Obesity, Childhood, Breastfeeding
- Trial name
- NCT05466656
- Testing
- Continuous quality improvement cycle model
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Teresa Moreno Casbas
Dyslipidemia, Diabetes
Meta-analyses of the Effect of Important Food Sources of Sugars on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
Fructose-containing sugars have been implicated in the epidemics of obesity, diabetes and related cardiometabolic disorders. This view is supported by lower quality evidence from ecological observations, animal models, and select…
- Conditions
- Dyslipidemia, Diabetes, Prediabetes, Dysglycemia
- Trial name
- NCT02716870
- Testing
- Fructose-containing Sugars
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Diabetes, Prediabetes
Meta-analyses of the Effect of Tree Nuts on Glycemic Control and Features of the Metabolic Syndrome
Tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts) are an important source of unsaturated fatty acids, vegetable protein, and fibre, as well as minerals, vitamins, and…
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Prediabetes, Dysglycemia, Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT01630980
- Testing
- Tree nuts
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Prescribing
Testing CDS in OSCAR EMR Using STOPP Criteria
This mixed methods study seeks to assess and understand the impact of using an advanced CDS tool to present the STOPP criteria to support prescribers at the point of decision-making.
- Trial name
- STOPP-RCT (NCT02130895)
- Testing
- STOPP Criteria Decision Support Content
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Rare Diseases
FACE for Children With Rare Diseases
Children with ultra-rare or complex rare diseases are routinely excluded from research studies because of their conditions, creating a health disparity.
- Trial name
- FACE-Rare (NCT04855734)
- Testing
- FAmily CEntered (FACE) pACP Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Dyslipidemia, Diabetes
Meta-analyses of Dietary Pulses and Cardiometabolic Risk
Dietary pulses, more commonly known as "legumes", are generally recognized as healthy components of the diet. Canada's Food Guide encourages consumptions of meat alternatives, such as beans "more often"; and the dietary…
- Conditions
- Dyslipidemia, Diabetes, Prediabetes, Dysglycemia
- Trial name
- NCT01594567
- Testing
- Dietary pulses
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Pneumonia Ventilator Associated, Pneumonia Neonatal
Reduction of the Incidence of NAV in Neonatal Units (INBERNAV-Neo)
The aim of this project is to achieve useful, universal and standardized definitions for the diagnosis and prevention of ventilator-associated neumonia in patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
- Conditions
- Pneumonia Ventilator Associated, Pneumonia Neonatal, Healthcare-associated Infections
- Trial name
- INBERNAV-Neo (NCT07240038)
- Testing
- Multimodal intervention to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia by training the health care team in specific and general evidence-based good clinical practices., Technique with a blind-protected catheter
- Where
- 39 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- Biobizkaia Health Research Institute
Overweight, Obesity
Network Meta-analyses of Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Cardiometabolic Risk
Sugars especially in form or sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) have been singled out as one of the prime culprits in the dual epidemics of obesity and diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT02879500
- Testing
- Diet beverages
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Metabolic Syndrome X
Meta-analyses of Impotrant Food Sources of Sugars and Incident Cardiometabolic Diseases
There is an urgent need for stronger evidence to support recommendations for the role of sugars in diabetes and related cardiometabolic diseases.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Metabolic Syndrome X, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT02702375
- Testing
- Fructose-containing Sugars
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto