Clinical trials: Critical Care
Critical Care
Evaluating Air Leak Detection in Intubated Patients
This trial is designed to assess the effectiveness of the AnapnoGaurd 100 system relative to standard of care (SOC) Control, in the course of mechanical ventilation and intubation.
- Trial name
- NCT01857986
- Testing
- AnapnoGuard 100 control unit
- Where
- 4 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- Hospitech Respiration
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
Critical Illness
Family Satisfaction (FS) in the Intensive Care Unit
There is increasing awareness that high-quality care in the intensive care unit also includes care of visiting family members according to their needs.
- Trial name
- NCT01449734
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 217 people
- Sponsor
- Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Germany
Acute Respiratory Failure Requiring Mechanical Ventilation
Eye-Control Trial: Wearable Eye-Tracking Device as Means of Communication
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of use of a wearable communication device for critically ill patients who are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and mechanically ventilated.
- Trial name
- NCT04582149
- Testing
- EyeControl Eye-tracking Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Conscious Sedation, Deep Sedation
Effects of Two Different Sedation Regimes on Auditory Evoked Potentials and Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Sedation may be necessary in intensive care to facilitate diverse therapeutic interventions, but the use of sedative drugs may increase the risk of delirium and long-term cognitive impairment.
- Conditions
- Conscious Sedation, Deep Sedation, Critical Care
- Trial name
- NCT00641563
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine, Midazolam, Remifentanil
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Critical Illness
Daily Checklists and Outcome in the Intensive Care Unit
Medical errors account for tens of thousands of deaths and tens of billions of dollars in healthcare costs in the United States every year.
- Trial name
- NCT01396044
- Testing
- Electronic checklist, Verbal prompting
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 451 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Acute Respiratory Failure
Diaphragm Ultrasound Vs Transpulmonary Pressure To Set PEEP in ARDS
This is a proof of concept study where the investigators aim to study the correlation between the use of a simple bedside ultrasound measurement of diaphragmatic muscle excursion with established (but time consuming) measurements…
- Trial name
- NCT02463773
- Testing
- Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Post-Resuscitation Syndrome, Critical Illness
Predicting Mortality in Patients With Return of Spontaneous Circulation After Cardiac Arrest
This retrospective observational cohort study aims to identify early predictors of short- and mid-term mortality in adult patients who achieved return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after cardiac arrest.
- Conditions
- Post-Resuscitation Syndrome, Critical Illness, Cardiac Arrest, Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
- Trial name
- PROM-ROSC (NCT07020091)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 168 people
- Sponsor
- Ahmet Düzgün
Deep Sedation, Ventilators, Mechanical
Pain, Agitation and Delirium (PAD) Protocol in the Duke CICU
This study aims to examine the use of protocol directed sedation using the Duke PAD protocol with the current sedation medications of propofol or dexmedetomidine compared to the PAD protocol with midazolam, per cardiac intensive…
- Conditions
- Deep Sedation, Ventilators, Mechanical, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- NCT02903407
- Testing
- Midazolam, Propofol, Dexmedetomidine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Critical Care, Walking
Validity of an Actigraph Accelerometer Following Critical Illness
This study will determine whether an Actigraph GT3X accelerometer can identify body position and quantify step count in a ward based population recovering from critical illness.
- Conditions
- Critical Care, Walking, Posture
- Trial name
- NCT03295630
- Testing
- Accelerometer
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Psychological Distress, Depression
Mobile Mindfulness to Improve Psychological Distress After Critical Illness
Many survivors of the intensive care unit (ICU) suffer from persistent symptoms of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Conditions
- Psychological Distress, Depression, Anxiety, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT02701361
- Testing
- mobile mindfulness, standard mindfulness, education
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Palliative Care, Critical Illness
A Needs-focused Palliative Care Intervention for Older Adults in ICUs
The quality of intensive care unit (ICU)-based palliative care is highly variable, particularly for the 2 million older adults admitted annually to ICUs.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Critical Illness, Aging, Care Delivery Model
- Trial name
- PCplanner (NCT04414787)
- Testing
- PCplanner
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 151 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Delirium, Cognitive Impairment
Family Automated Voice Reorientation Study
This randomized clinical trial tests a cognitive reorientation intervention to prevent delirium in the intensive care unit using scripted audio messages, recorded by the patient's family and played at hourly intervals during…
- Conditions
- Delirium, Cognitive Impairment, Health, Subjective, Sleep
- Trial name
- FAVoR (NCT03128671)
- Testing
- FAVoR Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 178 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
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
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Critical Illness
Animal Assisted Interactions With Animal Robot in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
The purpose of this study is to: 1. Establish the feasibility and acceptability of a therapeutic robot, Paro, for critically ill patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 2.
- Conditions
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Critical Illness, Physical Therapy Modalities, Occupational Therapy
- Trial name
- PARO (NCT05075395)
- Testing
- PARO therapy seal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
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
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
Respiratory Failure
Vitamin D in Ventilated ICU Patients
The increasing rate of hospital-acquired infection and antibiotic resistance are major causes of prolonged ICU stay and death in hospitalized patients.
- Trial name
- R21 HL-110044 (NCT01372995)
- Testing
- Enteral Vitamin D3 50,000 IU, Enteral Vitamin D3 100,000IU, Inactive substance
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
One-year Outcome After Prehospital Intubation
One-year Outcome After Prehospital Intubation
The primary aim of this study was to describe the long-term outcome of critically ill or severely injured patients not in cardiac arrest treated by an EMS physician.
- Trial name
- NCT02307123
- Testing
- Intubation
- Volunteers
- 483 people
- Sponsor
- Tampere University Hospital
Hypotension and Shock
BP Management System User Acceptance Testing
This is a feasibility study for an investigational clinical decision support system ("the System") intended to optimize the management of blood pressure (BP) for patients during vasopressor infusion.
- Trial name
- NCT04688450
- Testing
- VIGORIS Blood Pressure Management Clinical Decision Support System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Andrew Tomas Reisner