Clinical trials: Quality Assurance
Problems With Access to Health Care
Quality Assurance of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department
This work aimed to prepare the obstetrics and gynecology department for high education and health care accreditation.
- Trial name
- NCT02101502
- Testing
- Questioner
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 2,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Al-Azhar University
Mood Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders
Facilitating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Depression Management in Substance Use Treatment Programs
Comorbid depression has been consistently linked to worse outcomes for patients in substance abuse treatment programs. Practice guidelines recommend pharmacotherapy for comorbid depression if symptoms persist after a 4-week…
- Trial name
- NCT00137306
- Testing
- Facilitate evidence-based treatment for depression
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Lymphoma
Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Young Patients With Hodgkin's Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill cancer cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00416832
- Testing
- cyclophosphamide, dacarbazine, doxorubicin hydrochloride
- Volunteers
- 648 people
- Sponsor
- Christine Mauz-Körholz
Hypertension
Guidelines for Drug Therapy of Hypertension: Multi-Site Implementation
Clinical trial of implementation of clinical practice guidelines for managing hypertension in primary care clinics.
- Trial name
- NCT00122161
- Testing
- ATHENA Decision Support System, An Automated Clinical Decision Support System for Health Care Providers, Profiling performance
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Insurance Status/Stability
IMPACCT for Kids' Care
Health insurance is important for children. Public insurance programs are available to many children, but some families report being confused about how to get and keep this insurance.
- Trial name
- IMPACCT (NCT02298361)
- Testing
- Health insurance outreach IT tools
- Volunteers
- 27,251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- OCHIN, Inc.
Anesthesia
Quality of Quality Data
Data on quality of clinical anesthesia are important for the improvement of both quality and patient safety in this field. Routine quality data are often collected by professionals busy with patient care.
- Trial name
- QoQ (NCT01524484)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 255 people
- Sponsor
- Johannes Wacker, MD
Overdose, Adverse Event
Consequences of Doing What Should Not be Done in Primary Care
Retrospective observational study in a random selection of 5% of digital records active between 2014 and 2017 to quantify the frequency of Do not do primary care recommendations, calculating the over-cost related to them and…
- Trial name
- SOBRINA (NCT03482232)
- Testing
- Benzodiazepines, Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, paracetamol
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 750,000 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
Colon Polyps
Factors Associated With Short Withdrawal Time and Polyp Detection Rate During Colonoscopy
Colonoscopy withdrawal times are a critical element in determining quality of colonoscopy; however, few studies have evaluated specific factors that may influence the duration of withdrawal, and specifically short withdrawal…
- Trial name
- NCT01487356
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 802 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Postoperative Morbidity
Investigating Trends in Compliance With Quality Assurance Metrics
Over 40 million major operative procedures are performed in the US annually and comprise about 40% of healthcare expenditures. Despite decades of research, perioperative mortality and morbidity remain a major healthcare system…
- Trial name
- NCT03119532
- Testing
- Receive metric feedback email
- Volunteers
- 672 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Prostate Carcinoma
Evaluation of QoL, Tolerability and Use of Zoladex 10,8 SafeSystem for Advanced PCa - German IPEP Trial
Purpose of this study is the evaluation of QoL, tolerability and use of Zoladex 10,8 SafeSystem for advanced PCa under naturalistic conditions
- Trial name
- NCT00540059
- Volunteers
- 1,950 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Myocardial Infarction
Feedback Intervention and Treatment Times in ST- Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Part I (Pilot Phase): The purpose of this study is to examine if formalized data assessment and systematic feedback improves treatment times (i.e.
- Trial name
- FITT-STEMI (NCT00794001)
- Testing
- Data analysis and Feedback
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 50,000 people
- Sponsor
- Karl Heinrich Scholz
Patient Satisfaction
Patient Survey as a Tool to Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
One goal of the investigators of the Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine CCM/CVK, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin is a continuous improvement in the quality of care to the patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02413775
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 821 people
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Homelessness
Applying a Case Management Model in a VA Homeless Program
The VA Grant and Per Diem (GPD) case management aftercare program provides six months of case management for homeless-experienced Veterans undergoing housing transitions.
- Trial name
- NCT05312229
- Testing
- Critical Time Intervention (CTI), External Facilitation, Replicating Effective Programs
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Head Cancer
Evaluation of Quality of Life and Self-assurance and Social Support Earned for Non-cellular Head Cancer
Research objectives: To evaluate the quality of life of patients before and after surgery for benign head tumors ( meningiomas) and malignant tumors at stage I, II and III, to assess whether it depends on the size of the tumor…
- Trial name
- NCT06395805
- Testing
- BREF, ADL, AIS.
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University
Hyperkalemia
Clinical Decision Support System for Quality Assurance in Potassium-Increasing Drug-Drug-Interactions
To investigate the impact of reminders for serum potassium monitoring and of hyperkalemia alerts during potassium-increasing drug-drug-interactions.
- Trial name
- NCT02020317
- Testing
- decision support in potassium-inc. drug-drug-interactions
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 3,341 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Competency-Based Education
Effect of a Competence Based Medical Education Programme on Training Quality in Intensive Care Medicine.
This study evaluates whether the implementation of a competency-based medical education program called CoBaTrICE (Competency Based Training program in Intensive Care in Europe) provides higher levels of competency in comparison…
- Trial name
- COBALIDATION (NCT04278976)
- Testing
- Implementation of CoBaTrICE
- Where
- 14 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alvaro Castellanos Ortega
Point-of-care Ultrasonography (POCUS)
Can a Tailored Quality Assurance Program Help General Practitioners Maintain POCUS Scanning Competence? A Cohort Study From Denmark
Testing of a quality assurance program for general practitioners with an online multiple-choice quiz including still-pictures and video sequences of 10 application specific POCUS examinations.
- Trial name
- NCT05625646
- Testing
- quality assurance program
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
Heart Failure
Improving Goal Directed Medical Therapy for Device Clinic Patients With Reduced EF at UOHI: a QI Initiative (VIGILANT)
This is a quality improvement initiative with the goal of optimizing heart failure (HF) patients seen through the outpatient cardiac implantable electronic device clinic at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI).
- Trial name
- VIGILANT (NCT05085249)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 2,479 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
Health Literacy, Anticoagulation
Electronic KIDCLOT Interactive Thrombosis/Thrombophilia Education; A Quality Assurance Initiative
Effective patient education improves health literacy and engagement thus improving long-term health outcomes. Health literacy is imperative to make informed health decisions and relies on the ability to obtain, process and…
- Trial name
- eKITE (NCT03910933)
- Testing
- elearning patient information
- Where
- 6 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Lead Poisoning, Obesity
QI Study of a Practice Facilitator's Impact in Working With Clinics on Improving Dental, Lead & Obesity Measures for Children
Funded by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services - Medicaid Technical Assistance and Policy Program (MEDTAPP), the "Child Health Excellence Center - a University-Practice-Public Partnership" (CHEC-UPPP) focuses on…
- Conditions
- Lead Poisoning, Obesity, Dental Decay
- Trial name
- NCT01739166
- Testing
- Practice-tailored intervention to increase rates of targeted services
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center