Clinical trials: Health Care Delivery
Delivery of Health Care
Soft Skills and Surgical Performance
Background and hypothesis: Virtual reality (VR) training in minimal invasive surgery (MIS) is known to be feasible and beneficial in surgical residency.
- Trial name
- SSPSP (NCT01137305)
- Testing
- VR- training
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg
Bipolar Disorder, Mood Disorders
Delivering Telemetry-Triggered Educational Content Using MyChart in Mood Disorders
Mood disorders - principally major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder - are a significant public health issue affecting one in four people during their lives in total, over 8 million Canadians are affected by mood…
- Trial name
- NCT03575728
- Testing
- MyChart-MHT
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism
Oral Health Care in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Persons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are characterized by impairments in social interactions, speech and communication, restricted patterns of behaviour, and unusual sensory sensitivities.
- Trial name
- CREASED (NCT03830541)
- Testing
- Oral care delivery analysis in participants with ASD
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- University of Novi Sad
Stroke, Caregiver Social Support
Optimizing Stroke Family Caregiver Support Across the Care Continuum by Improving the Timing of Intervention Delivery
About 50% of stroke survivors have limitations in their activities of daily living on return to the community. Family caregivers provide invaluable support to these individuals during their recovery and rehabilitation.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Caregiver Social Support, Caregiver Mental Health, Caregiver Sense of Control Over Life
- Trial name
- NCT00958607
- Testing
- Timing it Right Stroke Family Support Person Intervention, Self-directed program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 310 people
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Prematurity
Developmental Impact of NICU Exposures (DINE)
The DINE study will test the hypothesis that potentially avoidable NICU-based exposures contribute to the neuro-cognitive and somatic impairments prevalent among NICU graduates.
- Trial name
- DINE (NCT03061890)
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Pregnancy Related, Doula Care
Labor and Delivery Doula Program to Reduce Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality in Kansas
The study was done to learn how doula-enhanced care provided to Black birthing people improved perceived communication and quality care.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Doula Care, Black Maternal and Infant Health, Prenatal Care
- Trial name
- Doula (NCT07157059)
- Testing
- Doula Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Moral Distress
The Interplay Between Moral Distress, Moral Resilience, and Mental Health Outcomes Among Neonatal Care Providers
Due to highly specialized medical care neonatal care providers are faced with numerous responsibilities which makes neonatal care a particularly challenging and stressful work environment.
- Trial name
- MoD (NCT06836323)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Asthma
Launching an Asthma Initiative Designed to Improve Asthma Management and Outcomes
Following on from a 10 year study conducted in Finland this study is designed to test the validity and sustainability of an enhanced asthma management model for the UK.
- Trial name
- NCT02140671
- Volunteers
- 33,370 people
- Sponsor
- Research in Real-Life Ltd
Suicidal Behavior
Brief Intervention and Contact Program Main Trial
Suicide is a significant public health concern and causes approximately 1.5% of all deaths in the general population in Canada. Research shows that for individuals with comorbid psychiatric illness and suicidal behaviour, the…
- Trial name
- BIC (NCT05656781)
- Testing
- Brief Intervention and Contact (BIC) based on Word Health Organization (WHO)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Severe Malaria, Severe Anaemia
Post-discharge Malaria Chemoprevention Implementation Trial in Benin
The proposed research aims to conduct implementation trials in Benin, co-designed with national stakeholders, to evaluate different delivery strategies for optimizing health system delivery of post-discharge malaria…
- Trial name
- PDMC-SL (NCT06601712)
- Testing
- Adherence support strategy A, Adherence support strategy B, Control
- Where
- 2 sites in Benin
- Volunteers
- 648 people
- Sponsor
- Institut de Recherche Clinique du Benin
Major Depressive Disorder
A Remote Electronically Delivered Integrated Care Pathway: A Feasibility Study
This is a one-armed observational study and feasibility trial of a remote electronically-delivered integrated care pathway for the treatment of adolescents.
- Trial name
- eCARIBOU (NCT05086120)
- Testing
- eCARIBOU
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia, Primary
Understanding Health Services Delivery for Fibromyalgia
This research study aims to: i) Explore and understand how health and social care for people with fibromyalgia living in the UK is organised and delivered.
- Conditions
- Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia, Primary, Fibromyalgia, Secondary
- Trial name
- NCT04771260
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aberdeen
Maternal Mortality, Maternal Morbidity
An Implementation Study of Interventions to Promote Safe Motherhood in Jimma Zone Ethiopia
Ethiopia has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality among all countries in Africa and indeed worldwide, with a maternal mortality ratio of 676 per 100,000 live births in 2011 (UNFPA, 2012).
- Trial name
- NCT03299491
- Testing
- MWA intervention, IEC intervention
- Volunteers
- 3,784 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Premature Birth, Pregnancy Preterm
Engaging Mothers & Babies; Reimagining Antenatal Care for Everyone (EMBRACE) Study
This is a randomized comparative effectiveness study of two forms of enhanced prenatal care among 674 Medi-Cal eligible pregnant individuals in Fresno, California.
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, Pregnancy Preterm, Prenatal Stress, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- EMBRACE (NCT04154423)
- Testing
- Glow! Group Prenatal Care, Individual Prenatal Care with CPSP
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 678 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Premature Infants
Compliance to Synagis (Palivizumab) Under Daily Pediatrician´s Conditions in Premature Infants 33 - 35 wGA
Compliance to Synagis (palivizumab) is a key factor to obtain maximal protection against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection as shown in the IMpact study.
- Trial name
- NCT01077271
- Where
- 45 sites in Austria
- Volunteers
- 124 people
- Sponsor
- Abbott
Preterm Birth
Multiperfusion Neonatal System
Infusion and parenteral nutrition play an important role in the management of neonatal intensive care patients. Administration of drugs and parenteral nutrition solutions to the patient is performed via different systems…
- Trial name
- EDELWEISS (NCT05058534)
- Testing
- Multiline Neo®
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 640 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Intensive Care Units Neonatal, Parenting
A Mobile Web-Based Parenting Intervention to Strengthen Social-Emotional Development of Low Birth Weight Infants
Low birth weight (LBW) infants are at significantly elevated risk for a host of detrimental outcomes including cognitive, language, and social delays and disabilities, which persist into adulthood.
- Conditions
- Intensive Care Units Neonatal, Parenting, Infant Health
- Trial name
- NCT05532202
- Testing
- NICU Mom and Baby Net, NICU Developmental Awareness System
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- Georgia State University
Delivery of Health Care, Smoking Cessation
Increasing Smoking Cessation Counselling in Primary Care Using a Chronic Disease Management System
This pilot study will determine the feasibility of studying a new smoking cessation management module in an existing chronic disease management system.
- Trial name
- NCT01004276
- Testing
- New, improved smoking cessation management module
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Quality of Care
Electricity Access and Maternal Care in Rural Health Facilities in Uganda
The investigators will conduct a stepped wedge cluster-randomized controlled trial in maternity care facilities in Uganda to evaluate the impact of the provision of a reliable light source on the quality of delivery care…
- Trial name
- NCT03589625
- Testing
- Solar Suitcase
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,268 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
HIV
Integrated Care Delivery of HIV Prevention and Treatment in AGYW in Zambia
The study team will test a multilevel package of interventions to connect adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) with a source of regular care to provide a sustainable platform for successful implementation of regular human…
- Trial name
- NCT03995953
- Testing
- SHIELD intervention (Support for HIV Integrated Education, Linkages to care, and Destigmatization), Integrated wellness care (IWC) clinics
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 2,150 people
- Sponsor
- RTI International