Clinical trials: Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
Clinical Implementation, Standardized Tube Feeding Care
Clinical Implementation of the Group Standard for Enteral Feeding Care in Critically Ill Children
This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of the " Standard for Enteral Feeding Care in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients " (T/CNAS 45-2024) in a multicenter setting.
- Conditions
- Clinical Implementation, Standardized Tube Feeding Care, Enteral Nutrition
- Trial name
- NCT07441746
- Testing
- Evidence-based tube feeding care, Routine Enteral Feeding Care
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Water-Electrolyte Imbalance, Intensive Care Units
Fluid Overload and Pulmonary Function
Esophageal atresia is a rare but severe malformation, and it requires early surgery. Coloesophagoplasty is surgical repair of the esophageal with an isoperistaltic transverse colon graft.
- Conditions
- Water-Electrolyte Imbalance, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- NCT05129930
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia ( VAP)
Pre-clinical Diagnosis Using Integrated Microbial and Host Response Signatures to Improve Outcomes From Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Children
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), defined as pneumonia occurring 48 hours after initiation of invasive mechanical ventilation, is insidious in onset and severe in consequence.
- Trial name
- VAP-Dx (NCT07026656)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cambridge
Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Respiratory Failure
Use of Lung Ultrasound to Diagnose the Etiology of Respiratory Failure in a PICU.
The purpose of this study is to determine the utility of point-of-care lung ultrasound (POC-LUS) in identifying the etiology of acute respiratory failure in pediatric patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit.
- Trial name
- NCT03744169
- Testing
- Lung ultrasound, Clinical exam, Chest x-ray
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Pediatrics, Intensive Care Unit
Asia Pediatric Intensive Care Epidemiology and Outcomes Study
The overall objective of this study is to improve the standard of care of critically ill pediatric patients. The specific aims are to describe the clinical profile and outcomes of all admissions to Asian pediatric ICUs, determine…
- Conditions
- Pediatrics, Intensive Care Unit, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- AsiaPedIC (NCT06481644)
- Where
- 2 sites in Singapore, Thailand
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people
- Sponsor
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Mechanical Ventilation Complication, Pediatric ALL
Measuring Thickness of the Normal Diaphragm in Children Via Ultrasound.
Critically ill children treated with invasive mechanical ventilation (iMV) in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) may suffer from complications leading to prolonged duration of ventilation and PICU stay.
- Conditions
- Mechanical Ventilation Complication, Pediatric ALL, Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness
- Trial name
- NCT04589910
- Testing
- diaphragm thickness and thickening fraction
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Cardiac Arrest
Trial of Vasopressin and Epinephrine to Epinephrine Only for In-Hospital Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Cardiac arrest has a very poor prognosis, especially with prolonged efforts at resuscitation, and unfortunately, survivors are often severely neurologically impaired.
- Trial name
- Vasopressin (NCT00628550)
- Testing
- Vasopressin, Epinephrine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Asthma (Diagnosis)
Pediatric Asthma Trial of Corticosteroid Heterogeneity (PATCH): Trial of Dexamethasone Versus Methylprednisolone for Pediatric Critical Asthma
Acute asthma exacerbation is caused by dysregulated pulmonary inflammatory pathways such that standard treatment includes prompt administration of exogenous systemic corticosteroids (SCs), but there remains an ongoing dialogue…
- Trial name
- PATCH (NCT07455396)
- Testing
- Dexamethasone (0.6mg/kg; Max 16mg) Once Daily, Dexamethasone (0.25 mg/kg/dose, Max dose 16mg) every 6-hours, Methylprednisolone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 159 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Renal Disease, Liver Diseases
Outcomes of Children After Hospitalization in Intensive Care Unit
More than 10,000 children are hospitalized in an PICU every year in Canada. While most of them will survive their PICU hospitalization and their critical illness, some children will not recover to their pre-illness level.
- Conditions
- Renal Disease, Liver Diseases, Heart Diseases, Trauma Injury
- Trial name
- APCI (NCT06124092)
- Testing
- neurocognitive tests
- Where
- 8 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 690 people
- Sponsor
- St. Justine's Hospital
Nasogastric Tube
The Use of Ultrasound in Nasogastric Tube Placement in Children Admitted to the Pediatric ICU
The purpose of this study is to determine if ultrasound (US), when used by the clinician, can determine the presence of nasogastric tube (NGT) in the stomach of patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
- Trial name
- NCT04104295
- Testing
- Ultrasound following X-ray
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Pediatric Intensive Care Units
A Korean Point Prevalence Study of Acute Rehabilitation for Kids in the PICU (PARK-PICU)
This study investigates the prevalence of acute rehabilitation practices among children in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs).
- Trial name
- NCT07629297
- Testing
- Acute Rehabilitation (Observed Practice)
- Where
- 13 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 396 people
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Comfort
Comfort Intervention in PICU Children
This randomized controlled trial evaluates a family-centered comfort intervention for children hospitalized in a pediatric intensive care unit.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Comfort, Anxiety in Children, Fear
- Trial name
- CCI-PICU (NCT07441668)
- Testing
- Intervention Family-Centered Comfort, Standard Care (in control arm)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Thrombocytopenia
Assessment of Risk Factors and Outcome of Thrombocytopenia in ICU Patients
The many comorbidities in the severely ill patient also make thrombocytopenia very common (∼ 40%) in intensive care unit patients.
- Trial name
- NCT05958511
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Communication
Improving Communication in the PICU: The Navigate Study
The project seeks to study the use of an navigator-based intervention called "PICU Supports." The study will test the impact of PICU Supports during and after PICU discharge on parent outcomes (satisfaction with decision making…
- Trial name
- NCT02333396
- Testing
- PICU Supports, Educational Brochure
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 442 people
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Enteral Nutrition, Enteral Nutrition Feeding
Stepwise Enteral Nutritional Algorithm and Patient Outcomes in Pediatric Intensive Care Units
The aim of the study to evaluate the effectiveness and patient's outcome after implementing enteral nutrition algorithm designed to achieve optimal enteral nutrition delivery in the pediatric intensive care unit and to evaluate…
- Conditions
- Enteral Nutrition, Enteral Nutrition Feeding, Enteral Nutrition Intolerance in Critically Ill Patients
- Trial name
- NCT07307027
- Testing
- Stepwise Enteral Nutritional Algorithm
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Probiotic, Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Probiotic Role in Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Critically- Ill Children Admitted at Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
The aim of the work is to evaluate the impact of Probiotics supplementation on prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia in critically ill children admitted at Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Tanta University Hospitals.
- Conditions
- Probiotic, Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, Critically- Ill Children
- Trial name
- NCT07848165
- Testing
- Probiotics, Standard management
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Tanta University
Bacterial Infections
Frequence of Dressing Change and Bacterial Colonization in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
This study is non-inferiority trial design.The relationship between whether dressing change 24hrs after CVC (central venous catheter) catheterization and bacterial colonization of the skin.
- Trial name
- NCT04806776
- Testing
- 24hrs dressings change, 7days dressings change
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 280 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Pain Management, Music Therapy
MUSIDORE PED Study
The aim of this study is to measure the efficacy of music during a painful procedure in pediatric intensive care unit. Music therapy has real effects on the pain level already proven in adults units.
- Trial name
- MUSIDORE (NCT03916835)
- Testing
- Pain evaluation ( FLACC scale) before and during the cleaning care with and without music therapy.
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Parents, Anxiety Postoperative
Impact of Postoperative Medical Equipment Removal/insertion on Parental Anxiety in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
A lot of observationnal studies describe parental stressors in PICU/PCICU, but none studied, prospectively, the links between medical equipment removal/insertion and anxiety modulation.
- Trial name
- NCT05892874
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Claude Bernard University
Pediatric Disorder, Neonatal Disease
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Virtual Family-Centered Rounds
The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of virtual family-centered rounds in the neonatal intensive care unit on parental and neonatal outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT05762835
- Testing
- Virtual family-centered rounds (FCR)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 514 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis