Clinical trials: Intensive Care Units
Pediatric Critical Illness
Pediatric International Nutrition Study 2018
This is a multi-site study of how nutrition is delivered to critically ill patients in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) around the world.
- Trial name
- PINS 2018 (NCT03223038)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,944 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Intensive Care Unit, Health Care Associated Infection
The Effect of Care-oriented Practical Training on Nurses' Intensive and Critical Care Competency and HAIs Indicators
It was aimed to evaluate the effect of care-oriented practical training on the intensive and critical care competencies of nurses, the hand hygiene compliance rate of nurses and care support staff, and HAI indicators.
- Conditions
- Intensive Care Unit, Health Care Associated Infection, Patient-Centered Care, Competence
- Trial name
- NCT06239987
- Testing
- Care-oriented Practical Training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 122 people
- Sponsor
- Akdeniz University
Infectious Disease Transmission
Effectiveness of Chlorhexidine Bathing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
This is a prospective, controlled; crossover study of daily bathing with no-rinse, 2% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) impregnated washcloths versus bathing with water/soap or water according to gestational age and weight (e.g.
- Trial name
- NCT02537964
- Testing
- washcloths impregnated with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Sars-CoV2, Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatism
Covid-19 in Patients With Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatism, Auto-immune or Auto-inflammatory Rare and Non-rare Diseases
Since December 2019, an international outbreak of respiratory illnesses caused by SARS-CoV-2 called covid-19 has become a global challenge.
- Conditions
- Sars-CoV2, Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatism, Autoimmune Diseases
- Trial name
- covid19 fai2r (NCT04353609)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 13,770 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Lille
Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension, Mechanical Ventilation Strategies
Pressure Regulated Volume Control Ventilation in Neonates Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
This study aims to assess the clinical and respiratory outcomes of Pressure-Regulated Volume Control ventilation as compared with patient on pressure-controlled ventilation in neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension.
- Conditions
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension, Mechanical Ventilation Strategies, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Ventilation
- Trial name
- NCT07850908
- Testing
- Pressure-Controlled Ventilation, Group II (Pressure-Regulated Volume Control)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Tanta University
ECMO Outcomes, Respiratory Failure (Pediatric Patients)
ECMO Use in Pediatric Oncology and HSCT Patients: A Descriptive and Comparative Analysis
This was an observational study, with a descriptive and comparative portion. The descriptive analysis, a large single center experience, examined bleeding complications, infectious rates, and survival outcomes in patients under…
- Conditions
- ECMO Outcomes, Respiratory Failure (Pediatric Patients), Malignancies, Hematologic, Solid Tumor Malignancies
- Trial name
- NCT07712835
- Testing
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Prolonged Sedation
Dexmedetomidine for Prolonged Sedation in PICUs
Sedation management of the critically ill patients is still a challenge for the pediatric intensivists. Worldwide the most common sedation approach includes the concomitant use of opioids and benzodiazepines.
- Trial name
- PROSDEX (NCT03760978)
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine
- Where
- 9 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 163 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova
Opinions of the Neonatal Registered Dietitian
Advancing the Role of the Neonatal Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
This observational study aims to identify the needs, engagement levels, and expertise of NICU RDNs and provide insights into their job satisfaction and career longevity.
- Trial name
- NCT06771778
- Testing
- Survey using a questionnaire.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 253 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida International University
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Nosocomial Infection
Easy Hands: Impact of a 3-Step Versus WHO 6-Step Hand Hygiene Technique on Healthcare-Associated Infections in Intensive Care and Hospitalization Units.
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) remain a major cause of morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs worldwide. Hand hygiene is the cornerstone of infection prevention; however, adherence to the full WHO 6-step hand hygiene…
- Trial name
- EASY HANDS (NCT07593417)
- Testing
- 3-Step Hand Hygiene Technique, WHO 6-Step Hand Hygiene Technique
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 1,027 people
- Sponsor
- Fundación Clínica Shaio
Preterm Birth, Pain, Procedural
Maternal Speech Decreases Pain Scores and Increases Oxytocin Levels in Preterm Infants During Painful Procedures
Preterm infants undergo early separation from parents and are exposed to frequent painful clinical procedures, with resultant short- and long-term effects on their neurodevelopment.
- Trial name
- NCT04762004
- Testing
- Maternal speech, Maternal singing, Standard care
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Geneva, Switzerland
Premature Infant
Ultrasound Assessment of BC in the NICU
The overall objective of the proposal is to evaluate the ability of ultrasound to predict and routinely (weekly) monitor changes in the body composition of healthy preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in…
- Trial name
- NCT03241082
- Testing
- ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Heart Defects, Congenital, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
High-Flow Nasal Cannula vs. NIV After Extubation in Children Undergoing Heart Surgery
High-Flow Nasal Cannula vs. NIV After Extubation in Children Undergoing Heart Surgery
- Conditions
- Heart Defects, Congenital, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric, Respiration, Artificial, Extubation
- Trial name
- NCT07059689
- Testing
- High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV)
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Bloody Stool, Necrotizing Enterocolitis
a Clinical Risk Score to Predict Bloody Stool in Neonates
Bloody stool is a main focus in non-neonatal intensive care unit ward, and it is one of the risk factors in neonates with subsequent necrotizing enterocolitis(NEC) and usually lead to longed duration of hospitalization.
- Trial name
- NCT05055817
- Testing
- bloody stool group, non-bloody stool group
- Where
- China
- Sponsor
- Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University
Peripheral Intravenous Line
Effectiveness of Peripheral Intravenous Line Securement With Splint in Neonates
Splints are often used in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) to immobilize the limb and stabilize the catheter, theoretically reducing complications by minimizing movement at the catheter site.
- Trial name
- NCT07589010
- Testing
- Splint, Neonates were not supported with a splint
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 192 people
- Sponsor
- Muhammad Aamir Latif
Brain Death, Organ Donation
Donation Network to Optimize Organ Recovery Study
This study consists in an cluster-randomized clinical trial involving near 60 Brazilian intensive care units (ICUs) with a high notification rate of potential donors of organs and tissues.
- Trial name
- DONORS (NCT03179020)
- Testing
- Checklist use, Usual care
- Where
- 63 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 1,535 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Moinhos de Vento