Clinical trials: Medication Errors
Hypertension
Reduce Medication Errors by Translating AESOP Model Into CPOE Systems
Medication errors are common, life-threatening, costly but preventable. Information technology and automated systems are highly efficient for preventing medication errors and therefore widely employed in hospital settings.
- Trial name
- AESOP (NCT03484793)
- Testing
- AESOP service system
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Cytomegalovirus Retinitis, HIV Infections
A Study of Foscarnet Plus Ganciclovir in the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus of the Eye in Patients With AIDS Who Have Already Been Treated With Ganciclovir
To examine the safety and tolerance of the administration of ganciclovir and foscarnet given together or alternately; to determine the interactive pharmacokinetics (blood level) profile of long-term combined and alternating…
- Trial name
- NCT00000970
- Testing
- Foscarnet sodium, Ganciclovir
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Gaucher Disease
A Survey to Assess Participants', Caregivers', and Nurses' Use and Understanding of Educational Material on Velaglucerase Alfa (VPRIV) Home Infusion
The main purpose of this survey is to determine participants', caregivers', and nurses' understanding and use of educational materials (EM) on VPRIV home treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT05669729
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Takeda
Hematologic Malignancies, Nonmalignant Diseases
Study of Clofarabine and Fludarabine Drug Exposure in Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation (HCT)
Fludarabine and clofarabine are chemotherapy drugs used extensively in bone marrow transplantation. The goal of this study is to determine what causes some children to have different drug concentrations of clofarabine and…
- Conditions
- Hematologic Malignancies, Nonmalignant Diseases, Immunodeficiencies, Hemoglobinopathies
- Trial name
- NCT03609814
- Testing
- Clofarabine, Fludarabine Injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Intensive Care
Drug Administration From Enteral Nutrition Tube
Enteral nutrition protocols are applied in patients who do not have gastrointestinal dysfunction but in whom oral feeding is contraindicated.
- Trial name
- NCT05790291
- Testing
- Checklist
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emel Külekçi
Hypercholesterolemia, Familial Hypercholesterolemia
A 52-week Post-marketing, Observational Study to Confirm the Safety and Efficacy of Zetia Alone or in Combination With Other Lipid-lowering Drugs in Japanese Subjects With Hypercholesterolemia (Study P05245)
This study is a non-interventional (observational) study in Japan to confirm the safety and efficacy of Zetia when administered alone or in combination with other lipid-lowering drugs in daily medical practice throughout a…
- Conditions
- Hypercholesterolemia, Familial Hypercholesterolemia, Homozygous Sitosterolemia
- Trial name
- NCT00705211
- Testing
- Ezetimibe, Ezetimibe + other lipid-lowering medication(s)
- Volunteers
- 1,794 people
- Sponsor
- Organon and Co
Cytomegalovirus Retinitis, HIV Infections
Comparison of Two Drugs, Cidofovir and Ganciclovir, in Treating Patients With AIDS Who Have CMV Retinitis
To compare cidofovir with a commonly used treatment regimen, ganciclovir given by mouth (oral) and through an eye device (intraocular) , in order to determine the safety and effectiveness of cidofovir in preventing vision loss in…
- Trial name
- NCT00000894
- Testing
- Cidofovir, Probenecid, Ganciclovir
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Dyslipidemia, Diabetes
Meta-analyses of Fructose and Cardiometabolic Risk
Diabetes and heart associations continue to discourage high intakes of dietary fructose, a constituent part of the sucrose molecule that is found in fruits and vegetables as a natural sugar and in some processed foods and…
- Conditions
- Dyslipidemia, Diabetes, Prediabetes, Dysglycemia
- Trial name
- NCT01363791
- Testing
- Dietary fructose
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Pompe Disease (Late-onset)
Study Determining the Frequency of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Late-onset Pompe Disease
This is a multicenter prospective non-drug screening study. The working period is 12 months. There is no research product to be followed or used in the study.
- Trial name
- VICTORIA (NCT04120168)
- Testing
- Laboratory Tests
- Where
- 51 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 590 people
- Sponsor
- Turkish Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Medication Errors
Improving Parental Understanding of Medication Instructions Through a Pictogram-Based Intervention
Liquid medication administration errors are common, and place children at risk for adverse events. Caregivers with low socioeconomic status (SES), low education and poor health literacy skills are at increased risk for errors.
- Trial name
- NCT00537433
- Testing
- Pictogram
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Safety Issues
Medication Errors in the Spanish System of Communication of Incidents in Anaesthesia: Ten Year Analysis.
Background: The incidents related to medication are an important cause of avoidable health damage in the perioperative environment.
- Trial name
- SENSAMED (NCT03615898)
- Testing
- Medication errors analysis
- Volunteers
- 7,072 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitario La Fe
Sleep Deprivation, Depression
Work Hour Reductions, Medical Errors, and Intern Well-Being at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center Intensive Care Unit
The purpose of this study is to determine whether reducing intern work hours and eliminating extended shifts in the intensive care unit will reduce prescribing errors and improve intern well-being.
- Trial name
- NCT00996320
- Testing
- Reduced work hour schedule
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Providence Health & Services
Immunity Disorders, Inborn Errors of Immunity
Genetic and Immunologic Characterization of IEI
Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI) include clinically heterogeneous rare genetic diseases depending on mutations in about 300 different genes.
- Trial name
- NCT05803356
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 156 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Burlo Garofolo
Bleeding ,Arrhythmias, Heart Failure, Acute Renal Failure, Acute Liver Failure, Dyspnoea, Gout
Extended Drug Utilization Study Among Patients Exposed to Ticagrelor, Clopidogrel and Prasugrel
The purpose of the study is to describe patient characteristics and drug usage among patients that are prescribed ticagrelor for the first time and to compare them with patients who are prescribed clopidogrel and prasugrel for…
- Trial name
- NCT01276275
- Testing
- Risk of selected safety events
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 7,200 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Electronic Prescribing
Evaluation of Electronic Prescribing in Hospital Ambulatory Care Clinics
All reliably evaluated POE systems to date have been desktop computer based, but now there is widespread use and acceptance among physicians of PDA devices for a variety of purposes.
- Trial name
- NCT00252395
- Testing
- PDA-based Electronic Prescribing Software
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Medication Errors, Patient Safety
Safety Action Feedback and Engagement (SAFE) Loop
This trial will test whether a new intervention, the Safety Action Feedback and Engagement (SAFE) Loop, enhances nurse incident reporting practices, improves nurses' perceptions of incident reporting, and lowers rates of…
- Trial name
- NCT05381441
- Testing
- Safety Action Feedback and Engagement (SAFE) Loop
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,163 people
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Cytomegalovirus Retinitis, HIV Infections
A Study of the Safety and Tolerance of Long-Term Therapy With Intravenous Cytovene (Ganciclovir Sodium) for Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in Persons With AIDS
To evaluate the safety and tolerance of long-term ganciclovir (DHPG) therapy for newly diagnosed macular threatening Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in AIDS patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00002034
- Testing
- Zidovudine, Ganciclovir
- Where
- 9 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
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
Inborn Errors of Metabolism
Orphan Drugs for Inherited Metabolic Diseases
The aim of this study is to report and describe all the patients with confirmed diagnosis of inherited metabolic disease (IMD) treated with orphan medicinal products (OMPs) in a cohort of adult patients followed in a reference…
- Trial name
- NCT05818566
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- University of Lausanne
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal, Misadventures to Patients During Surgical and Medical Care
SEPREVEN: a Stepped-wedge Randomised Controlled Trial
Adverse events are frequent in Neonatal Intensive Care Units' (NICU) patients and account for a high morbidity and mortality. Possible severe adverse events are central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), ventilator…
- Conditions
- Intensive Care Units, Neonatal, Misadventures to Patients During Surgical and Medical Care, Catheter-related Bloodstream Infection (CRBSI) Nos, Quality of Healthcare
- Trial name
- SEPREVEN (NCT02598609)
- Testing
- Education program for NICU caregivers
- Where
- 12 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 8,000 people
- Sponsor
- Dr Caeymaex Laurence