Clinical trials: completed, sponsored by Unity Health Toronto
Homelessness, Youth
Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness 2.0 (TYOH 2.0)
Introduction: This 12-month pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) built on previous community-engaged work and explored whether portable rent subsidies and an intervention targeting identity capital (purpose, control…
- Trial name
- NCT05781503
- Testing
- Identity Capital Intervention (Coach + Co-designed Leadership Guide), Monthly Rent Subsidies
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Cerebral Hemorrhage Risk in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
This study is one of the three projects of an NIH Rare Disease Clinical Research Consortium. A "consortium" is a group of centres sharing information and resources to perform research.
- Trial name
- BVMC6203 (NCT01158807)
- Where
- 19 sites in United States, Canada and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 2,272 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Homelessness, Youth
Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness 2.5 (TYOH 2.5)
The idea for this study came from the research team's current study called Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness (TYOH) 2.0, which provides coaching and a leadership guide to youth transitioning out of homelessness.
- Trial name
- NCT06425458
- Testing
- Co-Designed Strengths-Based Leadership Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Exploring the Efficacy and Usability of the My Autism Passport (MAP).
To address developmental service navigation by families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) an innovative paper-based tracking tool called the Pediatric Developmental Passport (Passport) was created by Dr.
- Trial name
- NCT04259671
- Testing
- My Autism Passport (MAP) Application
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Quality of Health Care, HIV/AIDS
Using Electronic Medical Record Data to Improve HIV Primary Care
This cluster randomized control trial examines whether an audit and feedback study improves care of patients living with HIV/AIDS in a family health team setting.
- Conditions
- Quality of Health Care, HIV/AIDS, Electronic Health Records
- Trial name
- NCT04107233
- Testing
- Audit and Feedback
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Sudden Cardiac Death, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Canadian Sudden Cardiac Arrest Network
The overall aim of the project is to develop a national registry to accurately measure the burden of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) among the general Canadian population.
- Trial name
- C-SCAN (NCT03642587)
- Testing
- There is no intervention in this study.
- Where
- 6 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 82,054 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Operating Room Efficiency
Minimizing Peri-operative Time Delays, Maximizing Operating Room Efficiency: A Pilot Study
The primary objective is to prospectively identify Operating Room (OR) time delays from the time the patient who is undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy enters the OR to exiting the OR.
- Trial name
- NCT03257384
- Testing
- Black box recording of surgery
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Uterine Fibroid
Design of an Intra-operative Blood Conservation Pathway at Open Myomectomy
Uterine fibroids are benign uterine masses that can be removed through a surgical procedure called a myomectomy. Myomectomy is often associated with a significant amount of blood loss for the patient.
- Trial name
- NCT03211481
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Rate of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease at St. Michael's Hospital
A retrospective review of women who came through the ER at SMH with a pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) or tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) between 1995-2005.
- Trial name
- NCT00783419
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Group B Streptococcus
The Prevalence of Group B Streptococcus Positive Pregnant Patients in an Inner City Tertiary Care Center
A retrospective review of the prevalence of Group B Streptococcus Positive Pregnant Patients in an Inner City Tertiary Care Center
- Trial name
- NCT01251289
- Volunteers
- 628 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Preterm Labor, Fetal Glucocorticoid Exposure
The Effect of Antenatal Corticosteroids on the Fetal Thymus - a Possible Role in Fetal Immune Programming
Administration of corticosteroids is standard practice for pregnant patients at risk of preterm labour to reduce the risk of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, intraventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis and…
- Trial name
- NCT03057717
- Testing
- 2D ultrasound assessment
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Infertility
Access to Infertility Services: Clinic Perspective
Since the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the 1980s, there have been significant advances made in the management and long-term prognosis for infected…
- Trial name
- NCT00782132
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Hemorrhagic Shock
Effect of Remote Ischemic Conditioning on Trauma Patients With Hemorrhagic Shock
The purpose of the study is to evaluate whether remote ischemic conditioning is a safe and effective intervention to prevent the development of inflammation and coagulopathy in trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock.
- Trial name
- NCT02071290
- Testing
- Pneumatic tourniquet
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
COVID-19 Experience
Data Collection on the Model Schools Pediatric Health Initiative at 5 SBHC Sites: COVID-19 Questionnaire
The Model School Pediatric Health Initiative arose out of concern about health access inequities and disparities among some of Toronto's most vulnerable children living in our inner-city neighborhoods.
- Trial name
- SBHC (NCT04534595)
- Testing
- COVID-19
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 851 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Evaluation of Preterm NAVA Catheter Placement
Positioning of EDI Catheter In Premature Infants
Nasogastric (NG) and orogastric (OG) feeding tubes have a high incidence of malpositioning, occurring in up to 59% of preterm infants (Lopes 2019).
- Trial name
- PIPI (NCT05107713)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Overdose
SOONER Feasibility Study Protocol
Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution programs (OEND) involve training and equipping people who are likely to be bystanders to opioid overdose to recognize and respond to opioid-related emergencies by activating…
- Trial name
- SOONER (NCT03821649)
- Testing
- SOONER Training and Naloxone Kit Kit, Community or Hospital-Based Training
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Educational Achievement
School Based Health Care: A Model for Improving Educational Achievement for Children in Inner City Schools
Developmental problems have tremendous impact on children, affecting academic achievement and mental health later in life.The process of receiving a developmental assessment is long and arduous, and may require multiple physician…
- Trial name
- NCT04540003
- Testing
- Access to School Based Health Centre
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 147 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, Critical Illness
Mechanical Ventilation Discontinuation Practices
Background: The requirement for ventilator support is a defining feature of critical illness. Weaning is the process during which the work of breathing is transferred from the ventilator back to the patient.
- Conditions
- Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, Critical Illness, Spontaneous Breathing Trial, Weaning Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
- Trial name
- IOS (NCT03955874)
- Where
- 14 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,868 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Endoscopy, Gamification
Applying Gamification to Postgraduate Endoscopic Training
Simulation-based training curricula for gastrointestinal endoscopy have been developed and have been shown to be effective. It is possible that these curricula may be further improved.
- Conditions
- Endoscopy, Gamification, Simulation
- Trial name
- NCT03176251
- Testing
- Gamified-Integrated Curriculum
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Cystic Fibrosis, Burkholderia Cepacia Infection
Tobramycin Inhalation Powder (TIP) in Cystic Fibrosis Patients Infected With Burkholderia Cepacia Complex
The objective of this study is to determine if tobramycin inhalation powder (TIP) can reduce the amount of Burkholderia Cepacia Complex (BCC) species - type of bacteria, in the sputum of cystic fibrosis patient.
- Trial name
- NCT02212587
- Testing
- TOBI
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto