Clinical trials: Critical Care, Intensive Care
Critically Ill, Post Intensive Care Syndrome
Testing of a New Therapeutic Vibration Device to Reduce Neuromuscular Weakness in Hospitalized Patients
Objective: Test the ability of vibration to produce physiologic, biochemical, and anatomic changes consistent with exercise that would help prevent the development of muscle weakness that occurs when patients are immobile for…
- Trial name
- NCT03479008
- Testing
- Therapeutic Vibration Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Intensive Care Unit, Muscle Weakness
Use of Neuromuscular Electrostimulation (NMES) for Treatment or Prevention of ICU-Associated Weakness
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether neuromuscular electrostimulation (NMES) will decrease ICU-associated weakness.
- Trial name
- NMES (NCT00709124)
- Testing
- Neuromuscular Electrostimulation (NMES) CareStim Muscle Stimulation Device (Care Rehab; McLean, VA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Critical Illness
Exploration of Investigating ICU Mobilisation With Vasoactive Drugs
There is a need to know more about the safety of mobilizing intensive care unit (ICU) patients who are receiving vasoactive drugs that support the heart and blood pressure.
- Trial name
- NCT03869541
- Testing
- Mobilization
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Diabetes
Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Critically Ill
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if The Guardian® blood-sugar monitoring device can be used reliably in patients with high blood sugar who are receiving care in the ICU.
- Trial name
- NCT00707434
- Testing
- Guardian® blood-sugar monitoring device
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Critical Illness, Fever
Safety and Efficacy of Acetaminophen in the Intensive Care Unit.
The intensive care unit (ICU) team needs to know what effects acetaminophen has in critically ill patients. Acetaminophen is better known as Tylenol. It is the drug given to reduce fever.
- Trial name
- SEA-ICU (NCT02280239)
- Testing
- Acetaminophen
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Communication, Critical Illness
Improving Family Meetings in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
This study aims to improve communication between medical teams, patients, and families in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit.
- Trial name
- NCT03749330
- Testing
- CICU Team And Loved Ones Communicating (CICU TALC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 451 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Anemia
Age of Blood in Children in Pediatric Intensive Care Units
ABC PICU is a randomized clinical trial that will compare the clinical consequences of RBC storage duration in 1538 critically ill children.
- Trial name
- ABC-PICU (NCT01977547)
- Testing
- Short storage RBC age
- Where
- 37 sites in United States, Canada and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 1,538 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Critical Illness
Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access in Pediatric Intensive Care Patients
The purpose of this study is to see how fast and accurate two different techniques used by physicians to insert catheters in children are.
- Trial name
- NCT00207883
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 212 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Agitation
Acupuncture to Improve Comfort of Children on a Ventilator in the Intensive Care Unit
The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture is effective at improving comfort in children on a ventilator in the intensive care unit.
- Trial name
- NCT01848158
- Testing
- acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Acute Respiratory Failure, Post-Intensive Care Syndrome
Mobile Critical Care Recovery Program for Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors
The m-CCRP randomized controlled trial will evaluate the efficacy of a collaborative critical care recovery program from acute respiratory failure (ARF) survivors in accomplishing the Institute of Healthcare Improvement's triple…
- Trial name
- m-CCRP (NCT03053245)
- Testing
- Mobile Critical Care Program, Attention Control
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 503 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Covid19 and Mortality
Factors Affecting Mortality in Critical Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019
Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital, located in Diyarbakır province in southeastern Turkey, was designed as a pandemic hospital from the beginning of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.
- Trial name
- NCT04659876
- Testing
- clinical features and laboratory values
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 445 people
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital
Intensive Care Unit Survivors, Informal Caregivers (Family and Friends)
Improving Psychological Distress Among Critical Illness Survivors and Their Caregivers
Patients who receive life support in intensive care units commonly suffer from persistent depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after discharge.
- Trial name
- NCT01983254
- Testing
- coping skills training, education program
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 417 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Critical Illness, Family Members
Addressing Palliative Care Needs Among Intensive Care Unit Family Members
The quality of palliative care is highly variable for many patients treated in intensive care units (ICUs) and their family members.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Family Members, Psychological Distress, Informal Caregivers
- Trial name
- ICUconnect (NCT03506438)
- Testing
- Needs-focused mobile app, Usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Bed-ridden Patient, Solid Organ Transplant
Use of an Off-the-Shelf Exergame as an In-Bed Gamified Rehabilitation Intervention for Severely Deconditioned Inpatients: A Feasibility Study
1. Study Title: Use of an Off-the-Shelf Exergame as an In-Bed Gamified Rehabilitation Intervention for Severely Deconditioned Inpatients: A Feasibility Study 2.
- Conditions
- Bed-ridden Patient, Solid Organ Transplant, Post Critical Care
- Trial name
- NCT06937463
- Testing
- Rehabilitation
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Asan Medical Center
Depression
Preventing Depression in People Receiving Mechanical Ventilation in an Intensive Care Unit
This study will determine the effectiveness of antidepressant medication in preventing depression and improving recovery in people who have been supported by mechanical ventilators in an intensive care unit (ICU).
- Trial name
- NCT00872027
- Testing
- Escitalopram
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Mechanical Ventilation, Critical Illness
Dexmedetomidine Versus Propofol in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)
This is a randomized controlled trial to compare propofol to dexmedetomidine for prolonged sedation (> 24 hours) in critically ill patients who require mechanical ventilation.
- Trial name
- NCT01059929
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine, Propofol, Fentanyl
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Septic Shock
The Conservative vs. Liberal Approach to Fluid Therapy of Septic Shock in Intensive Care Trial
The purpose of this trial is to assess patient important benefits and harms of IV fluid restriction vs. standard care fluid therapy in patients with septic shock.
- Trial name
- CLASSIC (NCT03668236)
- Testing
- Isotonic crystalloids
- Where
- 31 sites in Belgium, Czechia and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 1,554 people
- Sponsor
- Anders Perner, MD, PhD
Critical Illness
LOGIC-Insulin Algorithm-guided Versus Nurse-directed Blood Glucose Control During Critical Illness
The LOGIC-Insulin computerized software algorithm will be compared with a nurse-directed protocol, both targeting a blood glucose level of 80-110 mg/dL, in critically ill patients
- Trial name
- LOGIC-1 (NCT01420302)
- Testing
- Nurse directed, LOGIC-Insulin
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Greet Van den Berghe
Cerebral Palsy, Sensorimotor Deficits
A Study of Neurophysiologically Based Occupational Therapy Intervention (NBOTI) for Feeding in the NCCU.
Many critically ill newborns in the neonatal intensive care (NICU) or critical care unit (NCCU) environment develop feeding and movement problems.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Sensorimotor Deficits, Sensory Processing Disorder, Feeding Problems
- Trial name
- NBOTI (NCT00766051)
- Testing
- The intervention group: Neurophysiologically Based Occupational Therapy Intervention (NBOTI)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Critical Illness
Does Acetylsalicylic Acid Reduce the Mortality of Patients Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit
Platelets play a central part not just in homeostasis and thrombosis as the primary effector cells, but they are also key cells in the regulation of the immunological response to various stressors.
- Trial name
- NCT02285153
- Testing
- Acetylsalicylic acid lysinate, 0.9% sodium-chloride solution
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna