Clinical trials: sponsored by University Health Network, Toronto
- Lead sponsor (exact) University Health Network, Toronto
- Age group Children (under 18)
- Accepts healthy volunteers yes
Myocardial Injury, Myocarditis
Myocardial Injury and Outcomes Following COVID-19 Vaccination (MYOVAX Study)
The study will focus on cardiac blood and imaging biomarkers to facilitate early recognition of patients at risk for myocardial injury after COVID-19 vaccination.
- Conditions
- Myocardial Injury, Myocarditis, COVID-19 Vaccination, SARS-CoV-2
- Trial name
- MYOVAX (NCT04967807)
- Testing
- Cardiac PET/MRI, Blood Biomarkers
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
FES Implementation Pediatrics
Physical rehabilitation interventions that promote activity-dependent neuroplasticity are desired for children with CP as this will result in improved motor skill and function.
- Trial name
- NCT06689007
- Testing
- Implementation Intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Asthma
Magnetic Resonance (MR) in Asthmatic Patients
Asthma is a disease of small airways. Affected areas have reduced lung ventilation causing reflex vasoconstriction. MR perfusion imaging of the lungs is a sensitive method of imaging zonal lung perfusion.
- Trial name
- NCT00188487
- Testing
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the thorax
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Impostor Phenomenon
IMPROV-ing The Impostor Phenomenon
The impostor phenomenon refers to feelings of self-doubt and fraudulence in one's own abilities, despite the presence of external evidence to suggest otherwise.
- Trial name
- NCT05230030
- Testing
- Improvisation Workshop
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Hypertension
Use of a Hypertension Tool to Manage Blood Pressure in Hemodialysis
The objective of this project is to develop, validate, and implement a tool to help manager hypertension in patients on hemodialysis.
- Trial name
- NCT03089385
- Testing
- Hypertension tool
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Flap Necrosis
Near Infrared Imaging and Flap Necrosis
Skin flaps following mastectomy breast surgery that do not have enough oxygen are at risk for necrosis which can increase wound healing problems, postoperative recovery time and be costly to the hospital systems and affect the…
- Trial name
- NCT03476499
- Testing
- Near Infrared Imaging (NIR) device
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Fontan Physiology
Feasibility and Efficacy of Portable Non-invasive Negative Pressure Ventilation in Fontan Patients
The human heart has 4 chambers: 2 collecting chambers (atria) and 2 pumping chambers (ventricles) to allow blood flow within two distinct circuits: "pulmonary" and "systemic".
- Trial name
- FONTAN-CMR (NCT03251742)
- Testing
- Hayek RTX ventilator
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Education, Training
Assessment of a Web-Based Simulation in Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) Views
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is often used by anesthesiologists during cardiac surgery, as a monitoring tool in non-cardiac surgery, and as a point of care diagnostic tool in the intensive care unit (ICU).
- Trial name
- Web-SimTEE (NCT03262532)
- Testing
- Web-base simulator, No web-base simulator
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Patient Simulation
Virtual Reality Simulation for Teaching and Assessment of Anesthesia Crisis Management
In this study, Investigators are going to develop and test a device to apply virtual reality simulation to improve and help for teaching and assessment of anesthesia crisis management.
- Trial name
- NCT03434002
- Testing
- Training by Virtual Reality Simulation, Training by Mannequin Based Simulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Effects of Photographic Aids (Photos of Faces) on Patient Recall of Their Clinical Care Team, Effects of Photographic Aids (Photos of Faces) on Clinician-patient Communication
Put a Face to a Name (Part A): The Effects of Photographic Aids on Patient Satisfaction, Clinician Communication, and Quality of Care
Communication is critical within healthcare, and is the root cause of most errors. With increased adoption and use of new information technologies and mediated communication systems, such as Electronic Health Records (EHR), that…
- Conditions
- Effects of Photographic Aids (Photos of Faces) on Patient Recall of Their Clinical Care Team, Effects of Photographic Aids (Photos of Faces) on Clinician-patient Communication, Effects of Photographic Aids (Photos of Faces) on Overall Patient Satisfaction
- Trial name
- Face2Name (NCT01658644)
- Testing
- Provision of Clinical Care Handout
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 256 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Deglutition Disorders, Dysphagia
Development of a Web-Based Course to Maintain Skills in Nurses Trained to Screen for Dysphagia
This research aims to facilitate the successful implementation of the new Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario dysphagia screening model for acute stroke patients.
- Conditions
- Deglutition Disorders, Dysphagia, Stroke
- Trial name
- NCT00570557
- Testing
- TOR-BSST© Refresher Training
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Bone Density, Osteopenia
The Influence of Vibration on Bone Mineral Density in Women Who Have Weak Bones After Menopause
This study will examine whether whole-body vibration slows down bone loss in healthy postmenopausal women with osteopenia. Whole-body vibration is a promising novel therapy that involves standing on a platform which produces…
- Conditions
- Bone Density, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis, Post-Menopause
- Trial name
- NCT00420940
- Testing
- Juvent 1000 Dynamic Motion Therapy (DMT) Platform
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Breast Cancer
Light Based Analysis of Developing Breast Tissue in Adolescent Girls: a Feasibility Study
The proposed pilot study attempts to investigate the feasibility of Optical Spectroscopy (OS) as a method to quantify breast tissue composition and density in adolescent females.
- Trial name
- NCT00188591
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Temporal Arteritis
MRI Superficial Temporal Artery
Repeat MRI of the Superficial temporal Artery in 5 volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT00188448
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Tourette's Syndrome, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Study of Clonidine on Sleep Architecture in Children With Tourette's Syndrome (TS) and Comorbid ADHD
In the present study, we examine the question "Will day-time aggression in children improve when their night-time sleep is treated with pharmacological intervention (i.e.
- Trial name
- NCT00152750
- Testing
- APO-clonidine
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto