Clinical trials: Illness, Critical
Critical Illness, Echocardiography
Impact of Echocardiography on Management of Critically Ill Neonates
The goal of the study was to estimate the outcome (mortality and morbidity) among hemodynamically unstable neonates, as well as the time to return to hemodynamic stability following the use of ECHO in the management of…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Echocardiography, Neonatology
- Trial name
- NCT06533787
- Testing
- Echocardiography
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sahar Abozkaly Mahmoud
Sepsis, Hyperglycemia
Gluconeogenesis Rates and Its Precursors in Pediatric Sepsis
Critically ill children have abnormal utilization of nutrients such as glucose, lipids and protein. Often sick children have increased glucose concentrations in blood.
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Hyperglycemia, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- NCT01890928
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Critical Illness
Lactoferrin Use in ICU Patients
Introduction: Lactoferrin has several uses due to its effects. It has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral effects. Its safety is proven by food and drug administration.
- Trial name
- RCT (NCT05936528)
- Testing
- Lactoferrin, Antioxidant therapies, Dexamethasone
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 660 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mansoura University Hospital
Critical Illness
Hyporesponsiveness of Natural Killer Cells and a Dysfunctional Inflammatory Response in Critically Ill Patients
To investigate natural killer (NK) cell activities, circulating cytokine levels and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) cytokine production status in critically ill patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02565589
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yonsei University
Airway Management, Tracheal Intubation
Curriculum for Airway Skills in Critically Ill Adults: a Delphi Evaluation
This study using a Delphi methodology, and involving international experts, will help define a training curriculum for physicians involved with airway management in critically ill patients.
- Conditions
- Airway Management, Tracheal Intubation, Critical Illness, Training
- Trial name
- CASCADE (NCT06689748)
- Testing
- Delphi procedure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Critical Illness, Gender Equality
Ethnic and Gender Based Admittance Patterns in the ICU
The dominating proportion of patients in the ICU are men. Studies indicate that men receive more mechanical ventilation, vasoactive drugs, renal replacement therapy, invasive monitoring and have longer length of stay in the ICU.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Gender Equality, Discrimination, Sex, Discrimination, Racial
- Trial name
- EGAP-ICU (NCT05513456)
- Testing
- Randomization to a different factors in the case descriptions
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Critical Congenital Heart Disease, High Altitude
Oxygen Saturation and Perfusion Index ın Neonates at High Altitude
Congenital heart diseases are among the most common congenital anomalies and occur with an incidence of approximately 8ınd12 / 1,000 live births worldwide.
- Trial name
- NCT04290481
- Testing
- oxygen saturation and perfusion index screening
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 501 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Study of Energy Requirements in Critically Ill Newborns
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the total energy expenditure in term and preterm infants in both well and ill states using the doubly labeled water method.
- Trial name
- NCT00006274
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Anxiety Disorder/Anxiety State
The ICU is a Complex Setting Where Critically Ill Patients Are Treated, Impacting Caregivers' Mental Health, Leading to Anxiety and Depression .we Aim to Identify the Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression Among Family Members of ICU Patients in a Tertiary-Level Hospital in Nepal
a prospective observational study conducted in ICU of tertiary hospital under the guidance of mentors of department of critical care medicine TUTH to identify the Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression Among Family Members of ICU…
- Trial name
- HADS (NCT06835673)
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute Of Medicine.
PTSD, Critical Illness
The Experiences of Children and Caregivers Given PICU Storybooks
1. To assess the acceptability and feasibility of a study design aimed at evaluating the efficacy of a newly developed intervention for children and their caregivers following discharge from PICU 2.
- Conditions
- PTSD, Critical Illness, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT04041401
- Testing
- PICU storybook
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Surrey
Child, Only, Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Capnography Monitoring in Ventilated Children
End-tidal CO2 measurements in children will be assessed for their accuracy with arterial CO2 measurements.
- Conditions
- Child, Only, Infant, Newborn, Diseases, Critical Illness, ARDS, Human
- Trial name
- NCT04354220
- Testing
- capnography monitoring, arterial blood gas
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 178 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vincenzo Cannizzaro
Pediatric ALL, Critical Illness
Singapore's Health Outcomes After Critical Illness in Kids
What is the problem? Every year about 2.5 million children are affected by critical illness and require admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
- Conditions
- Pediatric ALL, Critical Illness, Post Intensive Care Unit Syndrome
- Trial name
- SHACK (NCT04637113)
- Testing
- This is a non-interventional study
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Major Injury
Perioperative Research Into Memory: Cognitive Outcome Following Major Burns
The long term survival of patients who require admission to critical care (CC) following a major burn injury (MBI) continues to improve with advanced clinical management.
- Trial name
- PRiMe (NCT03470844)
- Testing
- Face-to-face neurocognitive tests, Psychological screening, fMRI
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
Sepsis, Septic Shock
Central Venous Catheter Colonisation Among Critically Ill Patients in Intensive Care Units
Background: Central Venous catheter insertion technique and indwelling time are major risk factors for CVC colonisation. Colonisation occurs through microbial migration and biofilm formation along the catheter insertion tract.
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Septic Shock, Post-cardiac Surgery, Post-Cardiorespiratory Arrest Coma
- Trial name
- NCT03270774
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Vitamin A Deficiency in Children
Prevalence Of Vitamin A Deficiency In Critically Ill Children With Sepsis And Its Association With Clinical Outcomes
Aim of the work is to assess the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in critically ill children with sepsis and the association between vitamin A deficiency and clinical outcomes
- Trial name
- NCT06391437
- Testing
- Extraction of blood sample
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Benha University
Critical Illness
Functional Outcomes in Children Post Critical Illness
Improvements in medical care have led to decreasing mortality rates in critically ill children, which have been reported to be as low as 5%.
- Trial name
- NCT03730844
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 129 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Acetaminophen,Mechanical Ventilation,Critically Ill Children
Clinical Efficacy of Acetaminophen in Mechanical Ventilation in Children With New Coronary Pneumonia
Patients were randomized to receive either paracetamol during mechanical ventilation. When patients were randomized to receive paracetamol (40 mg/kg per day in 4 doses), a placebo infusion of normal saline was administered…
- Trial name
- NCT05691088
- Testing
- Paracetamol injection
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University
Clinical Reasoning, Critical Illness
The Effect of Case-Based Education on the Development of Nursing Students' Clinical Reasoning Skills
Aim: This study was conducted to determine the effect of case-based education on the development of clinical reasoning skills of nursing students in critical illnesses.
- Trial name
- NCT05504824
- Testing
- Case-based education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara University
Pre-Eclampsia, Critical Illness
Homocysteine in Critically Ill Preeclampsia
Preeclampsia is a disorder characterized by the new onset of hypertension and proteinuria typically presenting after 20 weeks of gestation.
- Trial name
- NCT06413576
- Testing
- homocysteine measurement
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Nutrition, Critical Illness
Micronutrients in Critically Ill Patients
Nutritional support is an important component of modern critical care. The practice of vitamin and micronutrient supplementation is variable and official guidelines are not consistent.
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Critical Illness, Vitamin Supplementation
- Trial name
- MiNuCrit (NCT04136119)
- Testing
- questionnaire
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust