Clinical trials: Practice Guidelines as Topic
Overweight, Obesity
Meta-analyses of the Effect of Liquid Meal Replacements on Cardiometabolic Risk
Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Weight loss is an important therapeutic goal for overweight and obese patients to reduce their risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT02779790
- Testing
- Liquid Meal Replacements
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Analgesics, Opioid, Delivery of Health Care
A Quality Improvement Project to Investigate Individual Provider Variation in Opioid Prescribing From the Emergency Department
This is a study of emergency physicians' prescribing patterns related to opioid (narcotic) medications. We are trying to determine whether giving providers access to their own prescribing data influences their prescribing…
- Conditions
- Analgesics, Opioid, Delivery of Health Care, Drug Prescribing, Over Prescribing
- Trial name
- NCT02665429
- Testing
- Individual prescribing data profile and self-assessment
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 109 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Hypertension
Group Visits to Improve Hypertension Management
This study investigates group medical visits as a quality improvement strategy for hypertension. It studies group visits in which patients see their own primary care provider together with other patients who have hypertension.
- Trial name
- NCT00129493
- Testing
- Group medical visits
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Colorectal Cancer
Translation of Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines to Practice: A System Intervention
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Results from randomized clinical trials and intervention studies have suggested that implementation of a CRC screening program for…
- Trial name
- NCT00122187
- Testing
- Electronic Consult System
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Chronic Kidney Diseases
Evaluating the Implementation of Evidence-Based Kidney Nutrition Practice Guidelines: The AUGmeNt Study Protocol
Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guidelines (EBNPGs) inform registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) care for patients with chronic kidney disease grade 5 treated by dialysis (CKD G5D); however, there has been little evaluation…
- Trial name
- AUGmeNt (NCT05032417)
- Testing
- implementation of evidence-based nutrition practice guidelines
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Colorectal Surgery, Surgical Site Infection
Survey on Practice and Comparison With Best Evidence in Surgical Site Infection Prevention in Colorectal Surgery
Web-based survey to colorectal surgeons assessing knowledge, beliefs and practices regarding the use of preventative measures for SSI.
- Trial name
- PREVISQCOR (NCT03883399)
- Testing
- Survey
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 355 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Granollers
Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
Bilicurves: Using Information Technology to Improve the Management of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
We will use information technology to integrate the 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for management of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia with laboratory reporting of newborn bilirubin test results to improve physician…
- Trial name
- NCT00801619
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 273 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Croup
A Cluster Controlled Trial Comparing Three Methods of Disseminating Practice Guidelines for Children With Croup
The purpose of this study is to identify, from a societal perspective, the costs and associated benefits of three strategies for disseminating and implementing a practice guideline that addresses the management of croup.
- Trial name
- NCT00147849
- Testing
- mailing of printed educational materials, a combination of interactive educational meetings, educational outreach visits, and reminders, identification of local opinion leaders and establishment of local consensus processes
- Sponsor
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Diabetes, Prediabetes
Meta-analyses of Pasta as Part of Low Glycemic Index Diets and Adiposity
Pasta is an important example of a food which can lower the glycemic index (GI) of the diet, a property that has been exploited extensively in studies of low GI dietary patterns.
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Prediabetes, Overweight, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT02961088
- Testing
- Pasta as part of a low GI/GL diet
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Pain, Pain, Acute
Assessing Opioid Care Practices Using CPV Patient Simulation Modules
This study will test the quality of opioid-related physician care decisions using a patient-simulation based measurement and feedback approach that combines multiple-choice care decisions with real-time, personalized scoring and…
- Conditions
- Pain, Pain, Acute, Pain, Chronic, Pain, Neuropathic
- Trial name
- NCT04080037
- Testing
- Quality IQ Patient Simulations
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Qure Healthcare, LLC
Asthma
Guidelines to Practice: Reducing Asthma Health Disparities Through Guideline Implementation
The primary hypothesis the investigators will test is that that improving asthma guideline implementation and providing patients with a unified asthma management plan using a multi-component and multilevel intervention will…
- Trial name
- G2P (NCT02190617)
- Testing
- Enhanced Clinic+ Unified Plan + CHW, Enhanced Clinic+ Unified Management Plan, CHW Home Visit Only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 550 people
- Sponsor
- Public Health - Seattle and King County
Dyslipidemia, Diabetes
Meta-analyses of the Effect of Important Food Sources of Sugars on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
Fructose-containing sugars have been implicated in the epidemics of obesity, diabetes and related cardiometabolic disorders. This view is supported by lower quality evidence from ecological observations, animal models, and select…
- Conditions
- Dyslipidemia, Diabetes, Prediabetes, Dysglycemia
- Trial name
- NCT02716870
- Testing
- Fructose-containing Sugars
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Diabetes, Prediabetes
Meta-analyses of the Effect of Tree Nuts on Glycemic Control and Features of the Metabolic Syndrome
Tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts) are an important source of unsaturated fatty acids, vegetable protein, and fibre, as well as minerals, vitamins, and…
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Prediabetes, Dysglycemia, Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT01630980
- Testing
- Tree nuts
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Dyslipidemia, Diabetes
Meta-analyses of Dietary Pulses and Cardiometabolic Risk
Dietary pulses, more commonly known as "legumes", are generally recognized as healthy components of the diet. Canada's Food Guide encourages consumptions of meat alternatives, such as beans "more often"; and the dietary…
- Conditions
- Dyslipidemia, Diabetes, Prediabetes, Dysglycemia
- Trial name
- NCT01594567
- Testing
- Dietary pulses
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Cardiovascular Diseases, Coronary Heart Disease
Meta-analysis of Oat Fiber and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
Oat fibre has been shown to lower cholesterol and may have cardioprotective effects. However, whether this translates to actual cardiovascular risk reduction is unclear, as there is a lack of controlled human trials.
- Trial name
- NCT05171283
- Testing
- Oats or Oat Fibre
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Sickle Cell Disease
Is the Preoperative Preparation of Sickle Cell Patients Optimal: Assessment of Practices and Post-operative Complications
Children with sickle cell disease systematically receive a transfusion 2 to 5 days before scheduled surgery (with the exception of minor surgeries) in order to avoid post-operative complications of which the vaso-occlusive crisis…
- Trial name
- NCT04264871
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital
Overweight, Obesity
Network Meta-analyses of Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Cardiometabolic Risk
Sugars especially in form or sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) have been singled out as one of the prime culprits in the dual epidemics of obesity and diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT02879500
- Testing
- Diet beverages
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Metabolic Syndrome X
Meta-analyses of Impotrant Food Sources of Sugars and Incident Cardiometabolic Diseases
There is an urgent need for stronger evidence to support recommendations for the role of sugars in diabetes and related cardiometabolic diseases.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Metabolic Syndrome X, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT02702375
- Testing
- Fructose-containing Sugars
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
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
Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes
Meta-Analyses of Low-risk Lifestyle Behaviours and Patient Important Outcomes
Public health policy is universal in recommending the adoption of low risk low-risk lifestyle behaviors for health promotion and prevention of chronic or non-communicable diseases (NCDs).These behaviors generally include…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Cancer, Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT03234101
- Testing
- Low-risk lifestyle behaviours
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto