Clinical trials: Critical Ill Patients
Critical Illness, Hyperglycemia
Multicentre LOGIC-Insulin Algorithm-guided Versus Nurse-directed Blood Glucose Control During Critical Illness (LOGIC-2)
Most critically ill patients are confronted with hyperglycaemia, which is associated with an increased mortality and morbidity risk.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Hyperglycemia, Hypoglycemia
- Trial name
- LOGIC-2 (NCT02056353)
- Testing
- LOGIC-Insulin algorithm, Paper protocol
- Where
- 4 sites in Belgium, Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 1,550 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Muscle Loss
Muscle Mass Loss in Critically Ill Patients.
The purpose of the study is to describe the change in muscle mass in critically ill patients. The study will examine rectus femoris cross sectional area with ultrasound and identify risk factors of this changes.
- Trial name
- MUSIC (NCT03865095)
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- Masaryk University
Venous Thrombosis, Critical Illness
Risk Prediction of Venous Thromboembolism in Critically Ill
Introduction: Venous thromboembolism (VTE), including both deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, is a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT03773939
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 5,400 people
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Groningen
Intensive Care Unit Syndrome
High Protein Intake in Critically Ill Ventilated Patients
This prospective interventional randomized control study was conducted on forty patients with respiratory failure; all patients were intubated and mechanically ventilated for at least three days.
- Trial name
- NCT04977440
- Testing
- Whey protein
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Critical Illness, Diabetes Mellitus
Central Venous vs Arterial Blood Gas and CO2 Gap in Critically Ill Patients With and Without Diabetes
Frequent monitoring of acid-base status, ventilation, and tissue oxygenation is essential for managing critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Diabetes Mellitus, Acid-Base Imbalance, Tissue Hypoperfusion
- Trial name
- NCT07799727
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Critical Illness, Respiratory Failure
Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit
High-risk critically ill patients often require mechanical ventilation either to primarily support the respiratory function or when the ventilation is insufficient to maintain adequate gas exchanges as a result of other organ…
- Trial name
- NCT00221520
- Testing
- midazolam with 2 different levels of sedation scores
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Severe Burns, Fluid Resuscitation
Fluid Resuscitation in Burn Patients
Balanced solutions with low chloride concentration could represent an alternative to high chloride concentration solutions. Such balanced solutions contain other acid as buffers (i.e. acetate and/or gluconate).
- Trial name
- CARE (NCT03118362)
- Testing
- Plasmalyte, Ringer lactate
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Critically Ill Patients, Neutropenic Fever Patients
Observational Prospective Study of the Predicted Value of Immature Thrombocytes Counts in Three Different Groups of Critically Ill Patients
Immature Platelet Fraction (IPF) is a new value in CBC blood tests Recent Studies showed that this value may be another prognostic factor in critically ill patients such as those admitted to ICU, or those with neutropenic Fever.
- Conditions
- Critically Ill Patients, Neutropenic Fever Patients, Patients With Hip Fractures
- Trial name
- NCT02016859
- Testing
- Immature Platelet Fraction
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Dr. Yishai Ofran
COVID-19
Effect of CytoSorb Adsorber on Hemodynamic and Immunological Parameters in Critical Ill Patients With COVID-19
This prospective randomized single Center study investigates to what extent the physical elimination of the inflammatory mediators using the CytoSorb adsorber reduces the morbidity of severely and critically ill patients with…
- Trial name
- CYTOCOV-19 (NCT04344080)
- Testing
- CytoSorb-Therapy
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Colistin
Pharmacokinetics of Colistin in Critically Ill Patients With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Colistin is a lipopeptide antibiotic administered as an inactive prodrug - colistin methanesulfonate (CMS). Colistin is a drug with a narrow therapeutic window; the limiting factors are mainly nephrotoxicity and neurotoxicity…
- Trial name
- COL-ECMO2022 (NCT05542446)
- Testing
- Colistin
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic
Severe Sepsis, Septic Shock
Volume Replacement With Albumin in Severe Sepsis
BACKGROUND The association between mortality and hypoalbuminemia has been observed in several diseases. Nonetheless, the efficacy of albumin on survival in critically ill patients is controversial.
- Trial name
- ALBIOS (NCT00707122)
- Testing
- Albumin and Crystalloids, Crystalloids
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,818 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Critical Illness
Effects of Early Testosterone Gel Administration on Physical Performance in the Critically Ill
Critically ill patients experience major insults that lead to increased protein catabolism. Hypermetabolism occurs early and rapidly during the first week of critical illness to provide amino acids for the production of energy…
- Trial name
- TestICUs (NCT05825092)
- Testing
- Androgel Topical Product, Physical performance, Muscle strength
- Where
- 5 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Respiration, Artificial, Positive-Pressure Respiration
VENtilation Modalities During Transport of PostoperatIve CRITically Ill Patients to the ICU
Patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery may require postoperative mechanical ventilation and transfer from the operating room to the intensive care unit (ICU).
- Conditions
- Respiration, Artificial, Positive-Pressure Respiration, Postoperative Complications (Cardiopulmonary), Postoperative Complications
- Trial name
- VENTICRIT (NCT07646249)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Societa Italiana Anestesia Analgesia Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva
Critically Ill, Haemodynamic Instability
Transducer Levelling Errors in Everyday ICU Practice - A Multicentre Blinded Observational Study
Invasive pressure monitoring (arterial blood pressure via arterial catheter and central venous pressure via central venous catheter) is fundamental to clinical decision-making in intensive care.
- Trial name
- NCT07330505
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Vastra Gotaland Region
Critical Illness
Neuroendocrine Dysfunction in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients
Research studies in adults have shown that certain hormones may be decreased or may not work normally which contributes to how sick a person becomes. The purpose of this project is to study hormones in children.
- Trial name
- NCT00207896
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Critical Illness
Multi-component Family Support Tool Intervention (FST)
The National Academy of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health have called for urgent action to improve the care delivered to the nearly 1,000,000 older Americans who die in intensive care units (ICUs) annually or survive…
- Trial name
- FST (NCT05019261)
- Testing
- Multi-component Family Support Intervention
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,039 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Hyperglycemia, Critical Illness
Computerized Glucose Control in Critically Ill Patients
The aim of the study is to determine whether the use of the CGAOtm software is associated with a decrease in 90-day mortality when compared with the use of standard care methods for glucose control with target blood glucose…
- Trial name
- CGAO-REA (NCT01002482)
- Testing
- CGAO-based Glucose Control, Standard-Care Glucose Control
- Where
- 35 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 2,684 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier of Chartres
Critical Illness, Mechanical Ventilation
Cost-Effectiveness of Inhaled Sedation Versus Intravenous Propofol in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Adults
The goal of this observational study is to learn whether inhaled sedation is a cost-effective alternative to intravenous propofol in mechanically ventilated critically ill adults admitted to the intensive care unit.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Mechanical Ventilation, Respiratory Insufficiency
- Trial name
- NCT07734350
- Testing
- Isoflurane, Propofol (Astra-Zeneca)
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital H+ Queretaro
Critical Illness
Validation of Prediction Model of Vitamin D Deficiency
Many studies have pointed out that patients with vitamin D deficiency have a longer stay in the intensive care unit and a poor prognosis.
- Trial name
- NCT05094388
- Testing
- Admitted to intensive care units
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Critically Ill, Acute Kidney Injury
Renal Resistive Index and Cardiac Output Changes During Resuscitation Predict the Occurrence of Acute Kidney Injury in Septic Shock Patients
Record the renal resistive index and hemodynamic parameters ( record the cardiac output and stroke volume if the patient's next to kin agree to undertake a PiCCO monitoring ) before and after resuscitation for severe sepsis or…
- Conditions
- Critically Ill, Acute Kidney Injury, Septic Shock
- Trial name
- CORRI (NCT01862588)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Zhongda Hospital