Clinical trials: Cardiac Infection
Staphylococcus Aureus, Bacteremia
Echocardiography Versus no Echocardiography in S. Aureus Bacteraemia and VIRSTA Score < 3
Staphylococcus aureus is the most frequent cause of both healthcare-associated and community-acquired bloodstream infections worldwide.
- Conditions
- Staphylococcus Aureus, Bacteremia, Infective Endocarditis
- Trial name
- VIRSTA-VAL (NCT06457386)
- Testing
- systematic echocardiography, no echocardiography arm
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 700 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Gingivitis, Cardiovascular Diseases
Dietary Nitrate Functional Gum Effect on Gingivitis and Heart Health
The purpose of this research is to determine the effects of a chewing gum containing dietary nitrate to gingival and heart health. Dietary nitrates are commonly found in leafy vegetables and beets.
- Conditions
- Gingivitis, Cardiovascular Diseases, Gingival Diseases, Gingival Bleeding
- Trial name
- NCT06029283
- Testing
- dietary nitrate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Heart Failure, Implant Infection
Complications in Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Assistance: Evaluation of Infection Management.
End-stage heart failure in children is a rare cause of infant mortality. The most frequent cause is dilated cardiomyopathy, often of undetermined origin, which can lead to cardiogenic shock refractory to standard medical…
- Trial name
- VADINFECT (NCT05983341)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Cancer, Cardiac Anomaly
Using NPT to Evaluate Providing PPC as ELNEC-PPC WBT for Nurses
The purpose of this study is to explain the provision of palliative care at the end of life by the implementation of the ELNEC course, as WBT Program using the Normalization Process Theory, that focus attention on how complex…
- Conditions
- Cancer, Cardiac Anomaly, Cystic Fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy
- Trial name
- ELNEC-PPC (NCT04461561)
- Testing
- end-of-life nursing education consortium-pediatric palliative care as web based-training plus usual care
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Altoosi University College
Sepsis, Septic Shock
Central Venous Catheter Colonisation Among Critically Ill Patients in Intensive Care Units
Background: Central Venous catheter insertion technique and indwelling time are major risk factors for CVC colonisation. Colonisation occurs through microbial migration and biofilm formation along the catheter insertion tract.
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Septic Shock, Post-cardiac Surgery, Post-Cardiorespiratory Arrest Coma
- Trial name
- NCT03270774
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Heart Failure, COPD
CREATION Health Readmission Risk Assessment Tool
This study occurs in two phases. Phase 1 involves initial item development and measurement validation of a new tool for identifying hospitalized patients at high risk for preventable readmission.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, COPD, Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
- Trial name
- NCT03424382
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,218 people
- Sponsor
- AdventHealth
Respiratory Failure, Pneumothorax
Driving Pressure And EFL in Adult Cardiac Surgery
During general anesthesia, functional residual capacity (FRC) is reduced. If the FRC is lower than the minimum volume required to maintain the opening of the airways, there is a derecruitment of the lung parenchyma, leading to…
- Conditions
- Respiratory Failure, Pneumothorax, Atelectasis, Respiratory Infection
- Trial name
- NCT03064659
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Ospedale San Raffaele
Congestive Heart Failure
AC6 Gene Transfer for CHF
This research study is designed to determine: 1) whether gene transfer using an agent called Ad5.hAC6 (adenovirus-5 encoding human adenylyl cyclase type 6) can be given safely to patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) and…
- Trial name
- NCT00787059
- Testing
- Ad5.hAC6, Sucrose (3%)
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Hammond, H. Kirk, M.D.
Infection, Acute Coronary Syndrome
Association Between Levels of D-Dimer, Fibrinogen and PAI-1 in Elderly Patients With Infection and Occurrence of Cardio- and Cerebro-vascular Disease After Discharge
The association between the levels of d-dimer, fibrinogen and PAI-1 in plasma of elderly patients admitted to internal medicine departments because of infection and the occurrence of cardio- and cerebro-vascular disease after…
- Conditions
- Infection, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Cerebrovascular Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00512603
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Wolfson Medical Center
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma
Evaluation of ST2 and IL-33 in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Trouble Breathing
Trouble breathing (dyspnea) is a nonspecific symptom associated with many diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (lung disorder in which the flow of air to the lungs is blocked), asthma, pneumonia, pulmonary…
- Conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, Pulmonary Embolism, Pneumonia
- Trial name
- NCT00707811
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Acute Myocardial Infraction or Chest Pain, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Developing Enhanced Prediction Models
In this study, patients will be prospectively enrolled for data collection to design prediction models that integrate claims data (inpatient, outpatient, and pharmacy), electronic health record data (on clinical, social, and…
- Conditions
- Acute Myocardial Infraction or Chest Pain, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Diabetes
- Trial name
- PREDICT (NCT02983812)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis Diagnosis
Diagnostic Accuracy of CAD4TB and C-reactive Protein Assay as Triage Tests for Pulmonary Tuberculosis
In the TB TRIAGE+ ACCURACY study, the accuracy of the following products will be determined: CAD4TB (Delft Imaging System, NL), a digital chest x-ray analysis software Afinion CRP assay (Alere Afinion, USA), which detects a…
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis Diagnosis, Covid-19, HIV
- Trial name
- TB TRIAGE+ (NCT04666311)
- Testing
- Accuracy of CAD4TB and Afinion CRP assay for pulmonary TB, CAD4COVID+WBC and COVID-19 RDT for SARS-CoV-2 infection
- Where
- 2 sites in Lesotho, South Africa
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people
- Sponsor
- Klaus Reither
Supraventricular Arrhythmia, Septic Shock
Rate, Rhythm or Risk Control for New-onset Supraventricular Arrhythmia During Septic Shock: a Randomized Controlled Trial
New-onset supraventricular arrhythmia (NOSVA) is reported in 40 % of patients with septic shock and is associated with hemodynamic alterations and mortality.
- Trial name
- CAFS (NCT04844801)
- Testing
- Risk control strategy, Heart-Rate control strategy:, Rhythm control strategy:
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Sepsis
Persistent Multiorgan Failure in Intensive Care Units
Multiorgan failure (MOF) as a result of any critical condition is a complex set of immunological and biochemical interactions leading to death in patients who are effectively subjected to primary resuscitation (correction of…
- Conditions
- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Sepsis, Multiorgan Failure
- Trial name
- PROPOSe (NCT03604731)
- Testing
- cytokine adsorbtion during extracorporeal circulation
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Research Institute for Complex Problems of Cardiovascular Diseases, Russia
Cardiac Infection
Gentamicin in Cardiac Surgery
Surgical site infection (SSI) is a serious postoperative complication after cardiac surgery that have a negative impact on a patient's health and survival.
- Trial name
- NCT06454643
- Testing
- Flucloxacillin and gentamicin, Flucloxacillin and ceftriaxone
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Al-Rasheed University College
Acute Kidney Injury, Uremic; Toxemia
Prognostic Role of the Uremic Toxin Indoxyl Sulfate on Vascular and Cardiac Functions During Acute Kidney Injury
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent disease in conventional hospital departments and in intensive care units. It's associated with a high risk to develop chronic kidney disease (CKD), even after a single small AKI episode.
- Conditions
- Acute Kidney Injury, Uremic; Toxemia, Vascular Dysfunction, Cardiac Dysfunction
- Trial name
- VASC-AKI (NCT05659589)
- Testing
- blood sample
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Acute Brain Injury
The NEUROlogically-impaired Extubation Timing Trial (NEURO-ETT)
This trial in brain-injured patients will test which of the following will lead to better patient outcomes: (1) an airway management pathway consisting of daily assessments and removal of the breathing tube as soon as patients…
- Trial name
- NCT04291235
- Testing
- Airway Management Pathway, Usual Care
- Where
- 14 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 332 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Scheduled Cardiac Surgery, Sternotomy
Postoperative Rehabilitation After Cardiac Surgery in Patients at Risk of Respiratory Complications. Effects of a Continuous Bi-laterosternal Infusion of Ropivacaine Through Multihole Catheters
Postoperative pain after cardiac surgery is a risk factor for postoperative complications. In cardiac surgery, pain is more intense during the first 48 hours and disturbs the patient's capacity of coughing, deep breathing, and…
- Conditions
- Scheduled Cardiac Surgery, Sternotomy, Elderly Patients, Obesity
- Trial name
- BLS-Sterno (NCT01828788)
- Testing
- Ropivacaine
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
COPD, Sepsis
Effect of Nebulized Bronchodilators on Heart Rate
The purpose of the study is to determine adverse events rates of nebulized albuterol versus levalbuterol among adult critically ill patients and determine if a differential exists in adverse events between the two drugs.
- Conditions
- COPD, Sepsis, Shock
- Trial name
- NCT01151579
- Testing
- Levalbuterol, Albuterol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people
- Sponsor
- Fahim Khorfan, MD
Influenza, Cardiovascular Complication
InFLUenza and the HEART An Investigation Into the Acute and Lasting Cardiac Effects of Influenza Infection
"Influenza and the Heart: An investigation into the acute and lasting cardiac effects of influenza infection" the investigators aim to assess the mechanisms for cardiovascular disease in patients suffering an acute influenza…
- Trial name
- FluHeart (NCT05084846)
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 241 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Gentofte, Copenhagen
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