Clinical trials: Medical Errors
Fatigue, Sleep Deprivation
Effect and Utilization of Protected Time Among Interns on Extended Duty-Hour Call Shifts
This study will test the feasibility and effectiveness of protected time for physicians in training during 30 hour shifts in a medical intensive care unit. The primary outcome will be fatigue.
- Conditions
- Fatigue, Sleep Deprivation, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT00983008
- Testing
- Protected time and Dedicated time
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Providence Health & Services
Tyrosinemia, AKU
Evaluation of TYR Sphere in France
10 participants aged 3 years and over with tyrosinaemia or alkaptonuria will be prescribed Tyr sphere following an assessment of their individual needs by their dietitian.
- Trial name
- TYR sphere Fra (NCT04761588)
- Testing
- Tyr sphere
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Vitaflo International, Ltd
Refractive Errors
Clinical Validation Study Protocol for SmartEyes Smart Optometry Measurement Device (Medical Device Clinical Validation Study)
This study aims to evaluate the SmartEyes smart refraction measurement device in two phases under real outpatient optometry room visits at Wuhan Children's Hospital.
- Trial name
- CVSP-SOMD (NCT07803094)
- Testing
- SmartEyes smart refraction measuring device, Topcon KR800, Subjective refraction
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Medical Errors, Preventable Adverse Events
Reducing Adverse Events in Pediatric Intensive Care Units in Argentina
Introduction: Errors in communication, and during transfers of information and medical responsibility, are frequent and risky. Objectives: Primary: To evaluate the effect of the implementation of the I-PASS® transfer program on…
- Trial name
- NCT03924570
- Testing
- IPASS
- Where
- 5 sites in Argentina
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy
Phenylketonurias
Evaluation of PKU Explore France
PKU explore France is an exploratory study to evaluate the acceptability of PKU explore, a food for special medical purposes, for use in the dietary management of phenylketonuria in infants from 6 months to 3 years of age…
- Trial name
- NCT04898829
- Testing
- PKU explore
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Vitaflo International, Ltd
Adverse Drug Events
Improving Safety by Basic Computerizing Outpatient Prescribing
The study will measure the effect of basic clinical decision support on medical errors and adverse drug events in the ambulatory setting.
- Trial name
- NCT01091038
- Testing
- Basic Clinical Decision Support, Routine Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 228 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Medication Errors and Other Product Use Errors and Issues
Meds@HOME App to Support Medication Safety
This study determines whether the mHealth intervention, Meds@HOME, helps caregivers improve medication administration to Children with Medical Complexity (CMC) who use high-risk medications.
- Trial name
- NCT05816590
- Testing
- Med@HOME Mobile App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 336 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Phenylketonurias, PKU
Evaluation of PKU Sphere in Italy
20 participants with PKU will build-up their dietary intake of PKU sphere over 2-16 weeks, depending on their level of metabolic control whilst doing so.
- Trial name
- NCT04679467
- Testing
- PKU sphere
- Where
- 4 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Vitaflo International, Ltd
Burnout, Adverse Event
The Impact of a Novel Coaching Program on Medical Errors and Well-Being of Physicians
This is a randomized controlled trial with a mixed method design to determine the impact of coaching on self-perceived medical errors, burnout, and resilience.
- Conditions
- Burnout, Adverse Event, Medical Education
- Trial name
- CARE (NCT05557981)
- Testing
- Coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 332 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Nurse-Patient Relations
Peer Education Impact on Student Nurse Patient Safety
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ministry of Health define patient safety as the prevention of errors and adverse effects. Medical errors are a global problem and one out of every 10 patients is seriously harmed.
- Trial name
- NCT06257173
- Testing
- Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Mucopolysaccharidoses
A Cross-specialty Collaboration Platform for Mucopolysaccharidosis Confirmative Diagnosis
In this study the investigators is aimed to establish the MPS screening algorithm for high risk patients who had medical history of previous surgical repair or presence of inguinal and/or umbilical hernia with combination of any…
- Trial name
- NCT03017677
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Mackay Memorial Hospital
Adverse Drug Event, Potential Adverse Drug Event, and Quality Measures
Emergency Pharmacist Safety Study
The Emergency Department (ED) is a unique environment in medicine, and many safety mechanisms used in other hospital settings cannot be applied in the ED.
- Trial name
- NCT00382434
- Testing
- presence of an emergency pharmacist in the ED
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,224 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Critical Illness, Safety Issues
TraceBook: the Clinical Proof of Concept on the Intensive Care.
The effectiveness of current checklists is hampered by lack of acceptance and compliance. Recently, a new type of checklist with dynamic properties has been created to provide more specific checklist items for each individual…
- Trial name
- TraceBook (NCT03599856)
- Testing
- TraceBook
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 408 people
- Sponsor
- Catharina Ziekenhuis Eindhoven
Teamwork During Neonatal Resuscitation
Improving Teamwork for Neonatal Resuscitation
The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) is the curriculum used to teach providers how to care for newborns in the delivery room. Breakdowns in teamwork and communication contribute to NRP quality problems.
- Trial name
- NCT00651794
- Testing
- Teamwork training, Standard NRP curriculum, Skills practice with low-fidelity mannequin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Psychosocial Circumstances
Intervening to Prevent Contextual Errors in Medical Decision Making
This study assessed whether a medical education intervention improves the quality of medical decision making in the care of patients with complex psychosocial -- or contextual -- needs that are essential to address when planning…
- Trial name
- NCT00856557
- Testing
- Seminar and Practicum
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 138 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Hepatolenticular Degeneration; Wilson
Performance and Safety of MEX-CD1 Low-volume Continuous Veno-venous Haemodialysis Medical Device for Copper-extraction in Patients With Wilson's Disease
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the MEX-CD1 hemodialysis medical device in patients suffering from Wilson's Disease. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the device work as expected by removing the excess of…
- Trial name
- MEXWILS (NCT05917327)
- Testing
- Low-volume continuous veno-venous haemodialysis
- Where
- 4 sites in France, Spain
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Mexbrain
Hypercholesterolemia, Hypercholesterolemia, Familial
Evaluating the Efficacy of Pediatric Lipid Screening Alerts
The purpose of the study is to evaluate prospectively the impact of different system alerts on the prescription of lipid panels to pediatric Geisinger patients (9-11 years old), as per the now-universal guidelines.
- Conditions
- Hypercholesterolemia, Hypercholesterolemia, Familial, Hypercholesteremia in Children, Hyperlipidemia in Children
- Trial name
- NCT04118348
- Testing
- Best Practice Alert, Health Maintenance Topic
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13,340 people
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Urea Cycle Disorder, Inborn Errors of Metabolism
A Collection of Case Studies in Infants With UCD to Evaluate Infant Growth and the Safety of a New Medical Food for UCD
Original study: Study aims to enroll 3-5 children with confirmed Urinary Cycle Disorder (UCD). Subjects meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria are included during the baseline visit.
- Trial name
- NCT03911089
- Testing
- UCD Anamix Infant
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Nutricia Research
Heart Failure
Coordinated Assessment of Notifications of Trials Containing Overt Published Errors
Clinical research, like all science, is self-correcting, with errors detected by the scientific community and communicated to the publishing journals, which then relay the information (and its resolution) to its readers.
- Trial name
- NCT01901523
- Testing
- Reporting of discrepancy to journal
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Medication Errors
Serious Medication Errors in Pediatrics: Evaluation of Prevention Strategies
The purpose of this study is to determine how effective ward-based clinical pharmacists and computerized physician order entry systems are in reducing serious medication errors in pediatric inpatients.
- Trial name
- NCT00153205
- Testing
- computerized physician order entry
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital