Clinical trials: Costs
Oral Cancer
Low-cost Enabling Technology for Image-guided Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) of Oral Cancer Cancer.
Oral cancer in India affects mostly those from the lower socioeconomic groups, due to a higher exposure to risk factors such as the use of tobacco, zarda, khaini, chewing gutka, mawa, and kharra, which are all dry mixtures of…
- Trial name
- UH3-India (NCT03638622)
- Testing
- Photodynamic Therapy
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Ovarian Cancer
Connecting Families to Overcome Ovarian Cancer
This study tests a multi-component, low cost, message-based communication outreach intervention to engage ovarian cancer survivors and their at-risk relatives in considering cancer genetic services.
- Trial name
- NCT04927013
- Testing
- Message-based Outreach Intervention for Survivors, Standard Outreach for Survivors, Message-based Outreach Intervention for Close Relatives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,331 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Second Degree Burn
Evaluating the Cost-effectiveness, Efficacy, Safety and Tolerance of Mepilex® Ag Versus Silvadene®
The primary objective is to compare the incremental costs (direct and indirect) and benefits (healing outcomes, quality of life) of using foam silver dressing (Mepilex® Ag) to a Silver sulfadiazine 1% cream (Silvadene®) from the…
- Trial name
- NCT00742183
- Testing
- Mepilex, Silvadene
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Molnlycke Health Care AB
End-stage Renal Disease
Propaten Randomized Investigation on Cost-benefit and Efficacy
The purpose for this study is to evaluate the patency and outcomes of conventional and heparin anticoagulant bonded arteriovenous grafts in patients with end stage renal disease.
- Trial name
- PRICE (NCT01601873)
- Testing
- PROPATEN, Standard Graft
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Gonorrhea, Chlamydia
Adolescent Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening in the Emergency Department
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are highly prevalent among adolescents. Clinical practices related to screening, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of STIs among adolescents are suboptimal.
- Trial name
- STI (NCT03715335)
- Testing
- Targeted STI Screening, Universally Offered STI Screening
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 98,413 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Hepatitis C, Chronic, Substance Use Disorders
Linkage to Care for Persons With Hep C Infection
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is an ongoing challenge in the United States, with an estimated 2.4 million individuals living with HCV in 2016.
- Trial name
- NCT05397067
- Testing
- Peer specialist (PS), Incentives, telehealth visits
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Carilion Clinic
Gastrectomy, Obesity
Endoscopic vs. Suction Device Calibration in Sleeve Gastrectomy
This study aims to compare the difference in staple usage and post-operative GERD (heartburn) between patients that had an endoscope used versus patients that had a suction calibration system used on them during "laparoscopic…
- Trial name
- NCT03939819
- Testing
- ViSiGi® 3D suction calibration device, Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) calibration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Asthma, Bronchial Diseases
Asthma Data Innovation Demonstration Project
Propeller Health is collaborating with the City of Louisville and other local partners to carry out a focused demonstration project that will evaluate the effectiveness of the Propeller Health approach to asthma management while…
- Conditions
- Asthma, Bronchial Diseases, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Lung Diseases, Obstructive
- Trial name
- ADID (NCT02162576)
- Testing
- Propeller Health intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people
- Sponsor
- David Van Sickle
Arthritis, Psoriatic, Psoriasis
Study Evaluating the Cost of the Treatments of the Refractory Psoriatic Arthritis to the Conventional Therapy
The purpose of this study is to conduct an economic analysis on the cost of conventional therapy as compared to biologic therapy and the direct/indirect costs of disease management in patients with refractory psoriatic arthritis…
- Trial name
- NCT00303186
- Where
- 9 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 107 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Pancreatic Necrosis
Study of a Lumen- Apposing, Covered, Self-Expanding Metal Stent (Axios™) Versus Multiple Double Pigtail Stents
The present study aims to compare the clinical efficacy and cost effectiveness of the AXIOS™ stent versus the "conventional" approach using double pigtail plastic stents in the treatment of patients with walled-off pancreatic…
- Trial name
- NCT02673541
- Testing
- AXIOS™ stent, Double Pigtail Stents
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Abdominal Site, Colostomy Site
LowCostomy: Dedicated Toward Creating a High-quality, Low-cost Colostomy Appliance for Those in Sub-Saharan Africa
The purpose of this study is to examine the safety of the LowCostomy appliance's peristomal adhesive interface composed of a mix of beeswax and pine resin.
- Trial name
- NCT05824351
- Testing
- Tanzanian beeswax-pine resin, Domestic beeswax-pine resin, Hollister's AdaptTM Barrier Rings
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Sedentary Lifestyle, Risk of Disability
The LIFE Study - Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders
Based upon promising results from a pilot study among 424 sedentary older adults who were randomized to a physical activity intervention or a successful aging health education intervention, a Phase 3 multi-center randomized…
- Conditions
- Sedentary Lifestyle, Risk of Disability, Aging
- Trial name
- LIFE (NCT01072500)
- Testing
- Physical Activity, Successful Aging
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,635 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Acute Stroke
Metabolic Costs of Walking Post Stroke
This will be a randomized, matched-group study to compare the cardiopulmonary / metabolic benefits for persons post stroke that learn to walk utilizing early treadmill training post-acute stroke to persons post stroke that learn…
- Trial name
- NCT02108912
- Testing
- ESTT, Traditional outpatient
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Morbid Rates After Spiriva Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Protocol Change
This study evaluates hospitalizations and mortality in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) before and after the implantation of a new COPD treatment plan (replacement of tiotropium soft mist inhaler for…
- Trial name
- NCT06053541
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 3,015,000 people
- Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
Child, Critical Illness
Measuring the Metabolic Cost of Fever
Fever is part of the body's immune response, often triggered by infection. Fever is commonly treated with medicines such as paracetamol, mainly because people feel unwell with fever.
- Conditions
- Child, Critical Illness, Fever
- Trial name
- IGUANA (NCT02939781)
- Testing
- Indirect calorimetry
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Thromboembolism
A Study to Compare Health Care Costs Between Apixaban and Low Molecular Weight Heparin in Patients With Venous Thromboembolism and Cancer
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the health care resource utilization and costs associated with treating patients diagnosed with cancer and venous thromboembolism with apixaban or low molecular weight heparin.
- Trial name
- NCT05643885
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7,304 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Prostatic Hyperplasia
Dutasteride in Enlarged Prostate Economic Assessment: A Retrospective Database Pooled Analysis of Early 5-alpha Reductase Inhibitor Use
This retrospective study aims to assess the economic impact of early initiation of 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor (5ARI) therapy in patients with enlarged prostate (EP) receiving 5ARI and alpha-blocker (AB) combination therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT01332435
- Testing
- 5ARI + AB
- Volunteers
- 6,896 people
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Low Back Pain
Cost Effectiveness of Medical Yoga Therapy on Low Back Pain
This randomized controlled study will evaluate the cost effectiveness of a yoga intervention compared to two evidence based programs; giving advice to stay active and guided exercise sessions.
- Trial name
- MYTH (NCT01653782)
- Testing
- Kundalini yoga, Self care advice, Exercise
- Where
- 3 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 159 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Sepsis, Severe Sepsis
Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock
The ProCESS study is large, 5-year, multicenter study of alternative resuscitation strategies for septic shock. The study hypothesizes that there are "golden hours" in the initial management of septic shock where prompt…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, Septic Shock
- Trial name
- ProCESS (NCT00510835)
- Testing
- Early Goal Directed Therapy (EGDT), Protocolized Standard Care (PSC), Usual Care (UC)
- Where
- 31 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,351 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Addiction
Evaluating Improvement Strategies in Addiction Treatment
Addiction treatment is often characterized by long delays between first contact and treatment as well as high no-show and drop out rates leading to unused capacity in apparently full agencies.
- Trial name
- NIATx 200 (NCT00934141)
- Testing
- Learning Session, Interest Circle Calls, Coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison