Clinical trials: Quality Improvement
Quality Improvement in Patient Handoff
Quality Improvement in Handover of General Internal Medicine In-patients
Miscommunication during patient handover can jeopardize patient safety and is the focus of Quality Improvement initiatives by many organizations.
- Trial name
- NCT01796756
- Testing
- Handover program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,168 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Anemia, Neoplasms
Asses the Impact of Early Starting Erythropoetin in the Reduction of Transfusions Blood in Childrens
Anemia is a frequent complication among cancer patients, both as a result of the malignancy of the disease and the aggressiveness of the treatment.
- Conditions
- Anemia, Neoplasms, Chemotherapeutic-Induced Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT05704894
- Testing
- Erythropoietin
- Volunteers
- 320 people
- Sponsor
- Blau Farmaceutica S.A.
Atopic Dermatitis
Improvement In Scratch Behavior And Sleep In Patients With Atopic Dermatitis
This single blind study is to primarily evaluate wearable devices and Observer Reported Itch Assessment in children to assess reduction of itch and night-time scratch in response to Crisaborole treatment vs.
- Trial name
- PAD (NCT05200403)
- Testing
- Crisaborole 2%, Vehicle treatment, Accelerometry device for children
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Papillomavirus Vaccines, Adolescent Health Services
AFIX to Improve HPV Vaccination
The University of North Carolina will test the effectiveness of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's AFIX model for increasing HPV vaccination coverage among adolescents.
- Trial name
- AFIX (NCT02370459)
- Testing
- AFIX in-person consultation, AFIX webinar consultation
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 223 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Human Papillomavirus Infection
Quality Improvement Strategies to Increase Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination in Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems
HPV vaccination coverage is at lower levels than the national goal. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies for increasing HPV vaccination coverage among adolescent within the context of large…
- Trial name
- NCT03887793
- Testing
- VACs
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Unplanned Return to the Operating Room in Orthopaedics, Closed-Loop Quality Improvement Programme
Unplanned Return to the Operating Room in Orthopaedics: Closed-Loop Quality Improvement Programme
This multicentre, prospective, before-and-after quality improvement study will evaluate a hospital-level closed-loop management programme for unplanned return to the operating room in orthopaedics.
- Trial name
- UROR-LOOP (NCT07744633)
- Testing
- Closed-Loop Quality Improvement Programme for Unplanned Return to the Operating Room in Orthopaedics
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Peking University Third Hospital
Influenza
Influenza Reminder Text-Messaging
Through a large, population-level quality improvement effort within the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Care Network, we will evaluate text message reminders on flu vaccination rates for both patients with and without a…
- Trial name
- NCT06587984
- Testing
- Text message reminder
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 228,361 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Aging
Reducing Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescribing for Older Patients in the ED
This research is being conducted to learn which implementation strategy of EQUIPPED is most effective to improve prescribing practices of ED providers toward older Veterans and determine the factors influencing implementation of…
- Trial name
- EQUIPPED (NCT04004936)
- Testing
- EQUIPPED with Active Feedback, EQUIPPED with Passive Feedback
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Mental Health Wellness 1, Psychosocial Problem
Effects of Routine Feedback to Clinicians on Youth Mental Health Outcomes: A Randomized Cluster Design
The purpose of this clinical trial was to test the hypothesis that clients of clinicians who were scheduled to receive weekly feedback on their clients' progress would improve faster than clients of clinicians who were not…
- Trial name
- NCT01308879
- Testing
- Contextualized Feedback Systems (CFS)tm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 356 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Asthma
Web System for Engaging Families & Doctors in Continuous Asthma Quality Improvement
Asthma, one of the most common pediatric illnesses, is optimally managed according to National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) guidelines yet this is not often done in primary care.
- Trial name
- Asthma (NCT02435394)
- Testing
- Remote Coach plus Asthma Module, Asthma Module- No Coach, CHADIS- no Asthma Module
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Total Child Health, Inc.
Extubation Failures
Study to Evaluate Causes of Failure to Extubate
This is a prospective chart review of all extubations in the pediatric intensive care unit. Over a one year period all extubations in the unit are to be recorded on a designated form and standard variables charted and compared.
- Trial name
- RIPE (NCT01598246)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy
Study of Lactulose in Children With Chronic Liver Disease
Pediatric patients with chronic liver disease may have Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy(MHE)which can cause changes in behavior,intelligence and neurological function.By utilizing cognitive and developmental testing we will…
- Trial name
- MHE (NCT00811434)
- Testing
- Lactulose
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Anesthesia
Anesthesia Quality Institute National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry
The Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI) is home to the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry (NACOR), a data warehouse that has been designated as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) by the Centers for Medicare and…
- Trial name
- AQINACOR (NCT02504970)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anesthesia Quality Institute
Focus: Hospitalized Patients
Hospital to Home Outcomes
Home Nurse Visit post discharge.
- Trial name
- NCT02081846
- Testing
- Nurse Home Visit, Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Blood Transfusion
Blood Transfusion Reduction - QI Project
Blood Banks of large medical centers have large annual budgets, typically millions of dollars. Blood product wastage results in not only in a loss of the product's cost, but also of the fees involved in transporting, handling…
- Trial name
- NCT04823273
- Testing
- General improvement, In-line help text, Interruptive alert
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,640 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Coordination, Administrative
Coordination Toolkit and Coaching Project
The Coordination Toolkit and Coaching (CTAC) project aims to disseminate strategies for coordination of care for high-risk Veterans via an online toolkit, while evaluating the benefits of adding a distance-coaching strategy to…
- Trial name
- CTAC (NCT03063294)
- Testing
- Online Toolkit, Distance-based coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Obesity
Learn, Engage, Act, Process (LEAP) for MOVE!
The overall goal of this project is to test whether the Learn. Engage. Act. Process (LEAP) intervention helps teams within the Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) local MOVE! group weight management programs be more in line…
- Trial name
- NCT02825680
- Testing
- Enhanced NCP Support, LEAP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Osteoarthritis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
The Impact of Bundled Payments on Quality and Cost of Care
Bundled payment is a new payment reform that encourages health care providers to improve quality and contain costs of care. These arrangements are being rapidly expanded across the country, but evidence about their impact are…
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pneumonia
- Trial name
- NCT02743507
- Volunteers
- 440 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Child Behavior Disorders
Safer Use of Antipsychotics in Youth
This study tests the effectiveness of an intervention treatment algorithm vs. usual care control in a practical clinical trial. Control arm providers will receive a standard medication alert in the electronic medical record (EMR)…
- Trial name
- SUAY (NCT03448575)
- Testing
- Control - Provider Medication Alert Only, Intervention - Alert + CAP Review AND Enhanced BH Access
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 733 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Malaria
ANC & Malaria Diagnostic in Pregnancy
The program's overall objective is to assess the impact of a package of interventions aimed at reducing malaria-related mortality and morbidity in pregnant women and newborns by ensuring access to a package of interventions…
- Trial name
- AQUAMOD (NCT01703884)
- Testing
- ASAQ
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 5,254 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Muraz