Clinical trials: Utilization, Health Care
Congenital Heart Disease in Children
Outcomes and Health Care Resource Utilization in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Procedures
The incidence of moderate to severe congenital heart disease (CHD) in the United States is estimated to be 6 per 1000 live-born full term infants.
- Trial name
- NCT04604418
- Testing
- No intervention. It is observational
- Where
- 10 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's 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)
Neuromuscular Diseases
Reliability Study of a Motor Function Measure Digitalized Playful Completion Modules
Neuromuscular diseases include more than 200 rare disorders affecting muscles or the nervous system. Functional scales assessing motor function are tools allowing to measure the evolution of motor impairment of patients with a…
- Trial name
- MFM-Play (NCT05227274)
- Testing
- Items completion with or without a MFM-Play
- Where
- 10 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
After-hours Care
Differentiated Access to Out-of-hours Primary Care Through Emergency Access
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to test the use of an emergency button that allows patients to jump the telephone waiting line at the out-of-hours primary care in two regions in Denmark if they perceive their…
- Trial name
- Akutknappen (NCT02572115)
- Testing
- Akutknappen - used, Akutknappen - not used
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 7,385 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Patient Compliance
Parent Engagement Package: Comparing Strategies for Engaging Parents Into Parenting Programs
This study tests the effectiveness of different strategies for engaging parents into an evidence-based parenting skills intervention, the Triple P Positive Parenting Program, offered universally to parents of children attending…
- Trial name
- NCT03147716
- Testing
- Enrollment Flyer, Testimonial Booklet, Teacher Endorsement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 854 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Health Education, First Aid
Readiness for Basic Life Support in Schools
This research is a response to problems with Cardiovascular Disease in Colombia, where circulatory system diseases are the first cause of mortality in the adult population, making them a critical issue for the country.
- Conditions
- Health Education, First Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Trial name
- NCT04914871
- Testing
- Protocol UN Lifeguard Kids in the Tunja version, Educational session accident prevention and wound management
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
HIV-1-infection, Mental Health Issue
SYV: A Mental Health Intervention to Improve HIV Outcomes in Tanzanian Youth
The overall objectives of this proposal are to support positive coping strategies that bolster mental health and lead to improved HIV outcomes among Young People Living with HIV (YPLWH).
- Conditions
- HIV-1-infection, Mental Health Issue, Adherence, Medication
- Trial name
- NCT05374109
- Testing
- SYV: Sauti ya Vijana (The Voice of Youth intervention)
- Where
- 6 sites in Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 690 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Utilization, Laboratory, Hospital
Effect of Norms on Laboratory and Imaging Testing (ENLITen)
Studies suggest that some laboratory tests ordered for hospitalized patients are duplicative or have limited value. This study will evaluate a normative feedback intervention to reduce overuse of laboratory tests for hospitalized…
- Trial name
- ENLITen (NCT02330289)
- Testing
- Normative report card
- Volunteers
- 154 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Mental Health Literacy
Web-based Mental Health Literacy Program
Mental health literacy is a concept that aims to improve the skills of individuals to overcome difficulties in providing the appropriate help they need in this area.
- Trial name
- NCT04597996
- Testing
- web based education for students
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dokuz Eylul University
Patient Compliance
Human Papilloma Viruses (HPV) Vaccine Adherence Community Clinic Study
There has been very limited research that has looked at electronic reminders (text messages) and its effectiveness in adherence to vaccination among low-income minority populations.
- Trial name
- NCT01908517
- Testing
- HPV Vaccine Electronic Reminders
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 522 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- East Carolina University
Chest Pain, Acute Coronary Syndrome
The Evaluation and Management of Patients With Acute Chest Pain in China
The purpose of this study is to describe the characteristics, evaluation, management and outcomes of acute chest pain, and to provide opportunities for future initiatives to improve the emergency care for patients experiencing…
- Trial name
- NCT02384863
- Where
- 7 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 18,000 people
- Sponsor
- Yuguo Chen
Asthma in Children, Medication Adherence
Financial Incentives to Improve Asthma
The aim of this pilot randomised controlled trial is to assess the effectiveness of a short-term financial incentives intervention at bringing about behaviour change, namely short-medium term improvements in inhaled…
- Trial name
- FINA (NCT05322044)
- Testing
- Financial incentives
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Medication Adherence
Early Prototyping and Usability Testing (ACPS)
The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to refine and test a mobile health intervention for promoting medication adherence in a population of adolescents and young adults with chronic health conditions.
- Trial name
- ACPS (NCT05719064)
- Testing
- Adaptive Cell Phone Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Healthy Subjects, Health Care Providers
The Factors Affecting Intentions of Medical Staff to Use Personal Health Record in Northern Hospitals of Taiwan
Application of health information technology be able to solve a lot of problems of medical management, and effective actions to achieve the purpose of medical care.
- Trial name
- NCT01124084
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital
Benzodiazepine Dependence, Benzodiazepine Abuse
Prevention of Benzodiazepine Misuse in Primary Care
Benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-like hypnotics (z-drugs) are prevalent and addictive narcotics. Guidelines recommend restricted prescription of these drugs for anxiety and insomnia.
- Conditions
- Benzodiazepine Dependence, Benzodiazepine Abuse, Substance Use Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT04533230
- Testing
- Educational intervention with prescription feedback, Information on treatment guidelines
- Where
- Sweden
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Acute Coronary Syndrome
A Retrospective Swedish Cohort Study on Health Outcomes, Life Expectancy, Resource Use and Costs in Patients With a History of Myocardial Infarction and Additional Risk Factors for Atherothrombosis
To characterize and estimate the size of different populations with a history of acute coronary syndrome in Sweden. To assess the burden of illness (co-morbidities, mortality rates healthcare resource utilization and…
- Trial name
- HELICON (NCT01984307)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Disasters, Disaster Preparedness
Effectiveness of an Audiovisual Disaster-Education Intervention on Disaster Risk Perception and Preparedness Belief Among Senior High-School Adolescents
This cluster-randomized controlled trial tests whether a short, standardized disaster-education video improves two psychological precursors of disaster preparedness among senior high-school students in a hazard-prone district of…
- Conditions
- Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Health Behavior, Risk Perception
- Trial name
- DERAP (NCT07781527)
- Testing
- Audiovisual disaster-education module, Attention-matched general-health video
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tanjungpura University
Schizophrenia
PREvent First Episode Relapse (PREFER)
Many patients who have recently received a diagnosis of schizophrenia (e.g., "first-episode schizophrenia") respond very well to their antipsychotic medication when they are acutely ill.
- Trial name
- NCT00220714
- Testing
- atypical antipsychotics:oral vs. long-acting route, Family Psychoeducation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center
Smoking Cessation Intervention, Smoking Abstinence
Boosting Chinese Healthcare Service Providers' Utilization of Smoking Cessation Interventions by 'WeChat WeQuit' Program
In this single-blind, randomized trial, undertaken in China with 8-week interventions and follow-up to 52 weeks, about 2,200 providers will be randomly allocated to the intervention or control group.
- Trial name
- NCT03556774
- Testing
- 'WeChat WeQuit' smoking cessation training program
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 2,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital
Nursing Education
Use of ChatGPT in Developing Health Materials on 'Immunization' for Nursing Students
Purpose: This study aims to determine the effect of using ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence program, on the development of health materials on immunization by senior nursing students.
- Trial name
- NCT06894888
- Testing
- artifial intelligence education
- Where
- Cyprus
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Near East University, Turkey