Clinical trials: Upper Limb Surgery
Cardiac Surgery, Central Venous Catheter Thrombosis
Continuous Heparin Infusion to Prevent Catheter-related Thrombosis
Catheter-related thrombosis could impair blood flow in the vein, block the central venous catheter, induce catheter-related infection or venous thromboembolism in the deep veins or pulmonary vessels, which furthermore progress…
- Conditions
- Cardiac Surgery, Central Venous Catheter Thrombosis, Heparin
- Trial name
- NCT04767113
- Testing
- Heparin sodium, Normal saline
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital
Fracture Elbow
Cast or Operation for Medial Epicondyle Fracture Treatment in Children
This protocol describes a multicenter, prospective randomized and patient preference cohort superiority trial of medial epicondyle fracture treatments comparing functional outcomes between children treated with operative…
- Trial name
- COMET (NCT05131672)
- Testing
- open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF), cast immobilization
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 334 people
- Sponsor
- Joseph Janicki
Melanoma (Skin)
High-Dose or Low-Dose Interferon Alfa Compared With No Further Therapy Following Surgery in Treating Patients With Stage III Melanoma
RATIONALE: Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of cancer cells. It is not known whether giving high-dose or low-dose interferon alfa is more effective than no further therapy in treating patients with stage III…
- Trial name
- NCT00002763
- Testing
- recombinant interferon alfa
- Where
- 86 sites in Austria, Belgium and 19 more
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Surgery, Anesthesia, Local
Regional Anesthesia for Totally Awake Upper Limb Surgery in PEDiatric Population
Peripheral loco-regional anesthesia (LRA) for anesthetic purposes is a technique widely used in adults for upper limb surgery. In pediatrics, LRA is not classically considered on its own.
- Conditions
- Surgery, Anesthesia, Local, Pediatric ALL
- Trial name
- RATAPED (NCT04846855)
- Testing
- local anaesthetic injection
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- GCS Ramsay Santé pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche
Thyroid Cancer, Surgery
Thyroxine Replacement Therapy After Lobectomy for Low-risk Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common thyroid cancer and has a good prognosis.According to the 2015 American thyroid association (ATA) guidelines, no gross extrathyroidal extension and the number of pathological…
- Conditions
- Thyroid Cancer, Surgery, Recurrence
- Trial name
- NCT06087068
- Testing
- Thyroxine
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Anesthesia, Local, Postoperative Pain
Comparison of Supraclavicular and Costoclavicular Brachial Plexus Blocks in Pediatrics
In upper extremity surgeries, the brachial plexus block can be performed with different techniques at various levels depending on the proximal and distal level of the surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT04782778
- Testing
- Bupivacaine 0.25% Injectable Solution
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University
Hemorrhage, Surgical
Clinical Safety and Performance of GATT-Patch in Open Liver Surgery
The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical safety and performance of GATT-Patch for management of haemorrhage during elective open liver surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT04819945
- Testing
- GATT-Patch
- Where
- 3 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- GATT Technologies BV
Cerebral Palsy
Comparison of Tendon Transfer, Botox Injections and Ongoing Treatment in Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy
Doctors use different treatments for people with Cerebral Palsy. Surgery is one option. Botulinum toxin injections are another option; these are given directly into spastic muscles to weaken them temporarily.
- Trial name
- UECP (NCT00250081)
- Testing
- Upper Extremity Tendon transfer, Botulinum Toxin injections in Upper Extremity, Regularly ongoing therapy
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Shriners Hospitals for Children
Surgical Site Infections, Hypothermia
Feedback on Perioperative Temperature Management and Patient Outcomes: Three-arm Trial to Compare Feedback
The investigators aim to assess the impact of benchmarked and ranked feedback on anesthesiologists' perioperative temperature management and subsequent patient outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT02414191
- Testing
- Benchmarked Feedback, Ranked Feedback
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute