Clinical trials: Best Practice
Dental Infection, Clindamycin
Evaluation of an Educational Intervention on Antibiotics in Dental Care
The goal of this randomized trial is to estimate the impact of personalized prescribing portraits and educational materials on prescribing of antibiotic medications by dentists in British Columbia, Canada.
- Conditions
- Dental Infection, Clindamycin, Antibiotics
- Trial name
- NCT07016217
- Testing
- Early Plain Portrait and Letter, Early Complete Portrait and Letter, No intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 3,498 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Pilonidal Sinus
Bascom Cleft Lift for Primary Wound Healing in Complex and Recurrent Sacrococcygeal Pilonidal Sinus Disease
The goal of this observational study is to improve care for patients with complex or recurrent pilonidal sinus disease by developing and implementing a best practice care pathway, including a standardized cleft lift operation.
- Trial name
- BATCRAC (NCT06683274)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis, Netherlands
Colorectal Polyp
Prediction of Diminutive/Small Polyp Histology: Didactic vs. Computer-based Training
Bowel cancer is one of the most common cancers and the best method of diagnosing it is through endoscopic examination of the bowel (colonoscopy).
- Trial name
- NCT03843567
- Testing
- Endoscopic characterisation training
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Birmingham
Pregnancy Related, Sexual Behavior
Rigorous Evaluation of High School FLASH
High School FLASH is a 15-session comprehensive sexual health curriculum designed for classroom settings in grades 9 to 12. The basis of High School FLASH is a public health approach to behavior change.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Sexual Behavior, STD
- Trial name
- NCT04079608
- Testing
- FLASH curriculum, Sexual Health Education for Adolescents
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,597 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ETR Associates
Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder
Children's Bipolar Network Treatment Trial I
This is a naturalistic treatment and follow-up study of youth with bipolar spectrum disorders (BSDs) across four US sites of The Childhood Bipolar Network (CBN).
- Conditions
- Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder, Other Specified Bipolar and Related Disorder
- Trial name
- CBN (NCT05427123)
- Testing
- Medication or psychosocial treatment
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Balance Training for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
The study will involve direct knowledge translation of a laboratory-based study of balance training for patients with COPD, first to the investigators PR program and then, after disseminating the results, this approach could be…
- Trial name
- NCT02080442
- Testing
- Balance training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Samantha Harrison
Lyme Disease
Perceptions,Social Representations and Experience of Lyme Borreliosis and Ticks in Adolescents Likely to be Infected and Their Parents
the study is offered to adolescents aged 12 to 17 and their families suspected of or suffering from Lyme barilliosis. During inclusion, three interviews will be carried out for each family.
- Trial name
- ADO-LY (NCT05678478)
- Testing
- semi-directed interview concerning the experience of adolescents and their parents on Lyme borreliosis and on the tick.
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil
Pediatric Cancer, Physical Activity
Pediatric Physical Activity for Children With Cancer
The goal of this pilot study is to test the feasibility and participant adherence (pediatric patients diagnosed with childhood cancer) to a virtual, 12-week physical activity program. The aims of this project are to: 1.
- Trial name
- PePA (NCT06012825)
- Testing
- Physical Activity
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Hawaii
Wound, Re-Epithelialization
Phenytoin in the Healing of Clean Surgical Wounds
The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential healing properties of phenytoin. The investigators will use the donor site of a split skin thickness graft (SSTG) to model a basic wound in a randomized controlled trial…
- Trial name
- NCT02413658
- Testing
- Phenytoin, Sugar solution
- Where
- Cambodia
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Surgical Center, Cambodia
Multiple Organ Failure, Critical Illness
Supplemental Parenteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Adults: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
One of the essential treatments for assisting patients in their recovery from illness is the provision of nutrition in a liquid form which is delivered into the stomach or as a fluid into the vein.
- Trial name
- NCT01847534
- Testing
- Supplemental PN, Standard Care
- Where
- 6 sites in Australia, New Zealand
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre
Endometrial Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma, Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma
Short Course Vaginal Cuff Brachytherapy in Treating Participants With Stage I-II Endometrial Cancer
This randomized phase III trial studies short course vaginal cuff brachytherapy to see how well it works compared with standard of care vaginal cuff brachytherapy in treating participants with stage I-II endometrial cancer.
- Conditions
- Endometrial Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma, Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, Endometrial Serous Adenocarcinoma, Stage I Uterine Corpus Cancer
- Trial name
- SAVE (NCT03422198)
- Testing
- Vaginal Cuff Brachytherapy, Short course vaginal cuff brachytherapy
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 188 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Atopic Dermatitis
Real-world Effectiveness Study of Long-term Treatment With Dupilumab in Participants ≥6 Years With Atopic Dermatitis
This is a Prospective, non-interventional (NIS) observational study in patients (≥6 years) with atopic dermatitis (AD) receiving dupilumab for the prospective evaluation of signs and symptoms, quality of life and disease control.
- Trial name
- PROTYPE2 (NCT06039241)
- Where
- 55 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 572 people
- Sponsor
- Sanofi
Depression
Cluster Randomized Trial of Knowledge Brokering to Integrate Mood and Smoking Cessation in Ontario Primary Care
Compared to smokers who are not depressed, smokers with depression who try to quit smoking are 10% less likely to succeed when given standard treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT03130998
- Testing
- Remote Knowledge Broker (rKB), Emails
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 2,765 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Embryonal Carcinoma
Active Surveillance, Bleomycin, Etoposide, Carboplatin or Cisplatin in Treating Pediatric and Adult Patients With Germ Cell Tumors
This phase III trial studies how well active surveillance help doctors to monitor subjects with low risk germ cell tumors for recurrence after their tumor is removed.
- Conditions
- Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Embryonal Carcinoma, Germ Cell Tumor, Malignant Germ Cell Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT03067181
- Testing
- Best Practice, Biopsy Procedure, Biospecimen Collection
- Where
- 629 sites in United States, Australia and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 1,780 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Post Partum Hemorrhage
A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial to Predict Postpartum Hemorrhage
This research project aims to enhance the safety of childbirth by using advanced computer models to predict the risk of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). PPH is a significant concern for mothers during and after delivery.
- Trial name
- NCT06513351
- Testing
- Novel PPH Risk Prediction Model - Comparator Arm B
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12,500 people
- Sponsor
- Holly Ende
Schizophrenia
Cognitive Enhancement Therapy for Early-Stage Schizophrenia
This study will determine the effectiveness of cognitive enhancement therapy (CET) in treating cognitive abnormalities in people experiencing the early stages of schizophrenia.
- Trial name
- NCT00167362
- Testing
- Cognitive enhancement therapy (CET), Enriched supportive therapy (EST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Surgery, Laparoscopic
The Effect of an Ergonomic Educational Intervention on Laparoscopic Surgeons' Ergonomic Risk Scores (ErgoEd)
This study aims to determine whether education of surgeons can reduce the physical strain of performing surgery. Laparoscopic surgery is known to be beneficial for patients but can cause both short- and long-term musculoskeletal…
- Trial name
- ErgoEd (NCT06622980)
- Testing
- Education
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Personalized Estimates of Response and Severity Outcomes in Newly-diagnosed JIA
The PERSON-JIA Trial is a cluster-randomized trial testing the use of Shared Decision Making (SDM) with families for treatment of children with arthritis.
- Trial name
- PERSON-JIA (NCT05310799)
- Testing
- Shared Decision Making (SDM)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 842 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Balance Training in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
A growing body of evidence suggests that individuals with chronic lung disease have important deficits in balance control that may be associated with an increased risk of falls.
- Trial name
- NCT01424098
- Testing
- Balance training program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Roger Goldstein
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children
This study will determine whether cognitive behavioral therapy delivered by either psychologists or psychiatrists can improve the effectiveness of serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment in children with obsessive compulsive…
- Trial name
- NCT00074815
- Testing
- Serotonin reuptake inhibitors management, Cognitive behavioral therapy by a psychologist, Instructional cognitive behavioral therapy by a psychiatrist
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University