Clinical trials: Nursing
Alzheimer Disease
Optimizing Care for Patients With Dementia
Of the 1.4 million nursing home (NH) residents in long term care facilities, more than half have Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
- Trial name
- NCT03442322
- Testing
- transdisciplinary approach, multidisciplinary approach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Postpartum
Home-based Delivery of the Contraceptive Implant in Postpartum Guatemalan Women
Abstract Background: Postpartum contraception is important to prevent unintended and closely spaced pregnancies following childbirth.
- Trial name
- NCT04005391
- Testing
- Offer of Participant's Choice of Contraception Method
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 208 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
COVID-19 Vaccines
Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Nursing Homes
SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, now being administered to skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents and staff, has highly variable acceptance between facilities.
- Trial name
- NCT04732819
- Testing
- High touch multi-pronged behavioral intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 23,768 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Dementia
Music & MEmory: A Pragmatic TRial for Nursing Home Residents With ALzheimer's Disease (METRIcAL)_part2
The purpose of this trial is to test the effects of a personalized music intervention (Music and Memory, Inc.) on agitated and aggressive behaviors for nursing home residents with dementia.
- Trial name
- METRIcAL (NCT04850807)
- Testing
- Music & Memory
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 990 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Ageing
Implementation of Knowledge-Based Palliative Care
The research on ageing during the last couple of decades has increasingly focused on questions regarding the quality of life and life satisfaction of the old people.
- Trial name
- KUPA (NCT02708498)
- Testing
- Educational Intervention
- Where
- 30 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,151 people
- Sponsor
- Lund University
Dementia
Music & MEmory: A Pragmatic TRial for Nursing Home Residents With ALzheimer's Disease_part1
The purpose of this trial is to test the effects of a personalized music intervention (Music and Memory, Inc.) on agitated and aggressive behaviors for nursing home residents with dementia.
- Trial name
- METRIcAL (NCT03821844)
- Testing
- Music and Memory
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,073 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Burn, Child
Virtual Reality Distraction for Procedural Pain Management and Anxiety in Children With Burn Injuries : A Pilot Study
Procedural pain is the most intense and often undertreated pain associated with burn injuries. The use of analgesics does not always provide optimal relief and is accompanied by several side effects.
- Conditions
- Burn, Child, Pain, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT02794103
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Distraction
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- St. Justine's Hospital
Heart Failure
Safety and Effectiveness of Drug up Titration by Nurses Specialized in Heart Failure (HF) Patients
Introduction: Heart Failure (HF) generates multiple hospital admissions and mortality, which are reduced with the administration of Beta-Blocker (BB), Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor (ACEI), Angiotensin II Receptor…
- Trial name
- ETIFIC (NCT02546856)
- Testing
- Heart Failure (HF) nurse up-titration, Heart Failure (HF) cardiologist up-titration
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 320 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo
COPD Exacerbation
Early Assisted Discharge for COPD Exacerbations With Telemonitoring.
To determine if an early assisted discharge program for acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD), with telemonitoring and telephone control, is equally effective and more efficient in terms of use of health care resources, that a…
- Trial name
- NCT01951261
- Testing
- Telemonitoring and telephone control
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 116 people
- Sponsor
- Dr. López Viña
Enteral Feeding Intolerance
Optimal Feeding Tube Placement
A randomized controlled trial comparing current standard blind method to CORTRAK enteral access system (CEAS), an FDA approved electromagnetic device to place enteric tubes.
- Trial name
- NCT04241146
- Testing
- Enteric Tube, CORTRAK enteral access system
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Technology Enhanced Community Health Nursing (TECH-N) Study
The investigators are enrolling 350 young women 13-25 years old diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in Baltimore and randomize them to receive community health nurse (CHN) clinical support using a single post-PID…
- Trial name
- TECH-N (NCT01640379)
- Testing
- Technology Enhanced Community Health Nursing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 286 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Pneumonia
Effects of the Oral Care With Vaccines for Pneumonia in Elderly; Going Home Together Both Physician and Dentist
Prospective study comparing the effects of interventions (combined oral care and pneumococcal plus influenza vaccinations) in preventing pneumonia and increasing the survival rate from pneumonia.
- Trial name
- NCT01403805
- Testing
- Pneumococcal vaccination (Pneumovax NP, 21800AMY10131000), Influenza vaccination (Flubik HA, 16100EZZ01207000), Specific frequency of oral care
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 199 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yubari Kibounomori
Safety, Preschool Age Children
Empowering Preschool Children With Personal Safety Skills
Preschool children are vulnerable to preventable accidents due to limited hazard awareness. This randomized controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of a Multiple Intelligences Theory-based Personal Safety Education Program…
- Conditions
- Safety, Preschool Age Children, Self Administration, Education Entertainment Intervention
- Trial name
- NCT07454538
- Testing
- Multiple Intelligences Theory-Based Personal Safety Education Program (PSEP)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karabuk University
Polypharmacy, Inappropriate Prescribing
Opportunities and Limits to Deprescribing in Nursing Homes:Quality Circle Deprescribing Module
Older people residing in nursing homes (NH) are frequently polymedicated and often prescribed potentially inappropriate medications.
- Trial name
- OLD-NH-QC-DeMo (NCT03688542)
- Testing
- Quality Circle Deprescribing Module
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anne Niquille
Death, Pain
Intervention to Improve Care at Life's End
The BEACON trial (Best Practices for End-of-Life Care for Our Nations' Veterans) was a six-site implementation study to evaluate a multi-component, education-based intervention to improve the quality of end-of-life care provided…
- Conditions
- Death, Pain, Dyspnea
- Trial name
- BEACON (NCT00234286)
- Testing
- Comfort care education intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Hearing Impairment
A Pilot Study to Evaluate Patient Tolerance and Nursing Ease-of-Use of a Novel Hearing Protection Device
Before they are born, babies are protected from hearing very loud noises by their mother's bodies. After delivery, they are exposed to many loud noises that are potentially harmful.
- Trial name
- NEATCAP (NCT02744066)
- Testing
- NEATCAP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Michael Balsan, MD
Prematurity, Stress Reaction
Pilot Study of Nursing Touch and Biobehavioral Stress
Randomized cross-over clinical trial to determine the effect of a nurse-administered comforting touch intervention on the biobehavioral stress responses of preterm infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit.
- Trial name
- P-NAT-BIO (NCT05030233)
- Testing
- Nurse-Administered Touch Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University