Clinical trials: Critical Ill Patients
Critical Illness, Sepsis
Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency and Pancreatic Enzyme Supplementation in Critically Ill Adult Patients
Malnutrition is a frequent problem in critically ill patients that is associated with detrimental clinical outcomes. To provide adequate nutritional support, current studies focused mostly on the choice of delivery timing…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Sepsis, Diabetes, Cardiac Arrest
- Trial name
- NCT01753024
- Testing
- Enteral nutrition (EN)
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 362 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai 10th People's Hospital
Respiratory Insufficiency
VivaSight-SL™ Versus Bronchoscopy for Percutaneous Tracheotomy
Optical guidance for percutaneous tracheotomy in intensive care is usually performed by bronchoscopy. Recently, an endotracheal tube with a camera mounted at its tip (VivaSight-SL) has been introduced that allows for endotracheal…
- Trial name
- VivaPDT (NCT02861001)
- Testing
- conventional bronchoscopy, VivaSight-SL tube
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Weaning Failure, Mechanical Ventilation
P0.1 and Extubation Failure in Critically Ill Patients
Weaning and extubation are essential steps for the management of critically ill patients when mechanical ventilation (MV) is no longer required.
- Conditions
- Weaning Failure, Mechanical Ventilation, Critically Ill
- Trial name
- NCT05802745
- Testing
- Reintubation
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Alcohol Use Disorder, Critically Ill
Brief Intervention for ICU Patients with Alcohol Use Disorders
Patients non-electively admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) will be screened for eligibility. The investigators will include adult patients with risk level alcohol use, defined by AUDIT-C score (>5 for females, >6 for males).
- Trial name
- ICU-BI (NCT03047577)
- Testing
- Brief intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 237 people
- Sponsor
- University of Helsinki
Acute Kidney Injury
Frailty and Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients Receiving CRRT
This nationwide observational cohort study will investigate the association between frailty, chronological age, and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in Sweden.
- Trial name
- CRRT-AF (NCT07837219)
- Volunteers
- 22,000 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Assessment of Activity of Anti-Xa Factor in Patients Treated With Continuous Veno-venous Hemodiafiltration Receiving Anticoagulant Prophylaxis
Impact of Continuous Veno-venous Hemodiafiltration on Efficacy of Administration of Prophylactic Doses of Enoxaparin or Fondaparinux in Critically Ill Patients.
Dose of anticoagulant prophylaxis in patients with continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration may be insufficient to keep anti-Xa factor activity in prophylactic range.
- Trial name
- NCT04671160
- Testing
- Assessment the activity of anti-Xa factor.
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Gdansk
Critically Ill
POC Analysis of IO Blood Samples Within Critically Ill Patients
This study aims to investigate whether point-of-care (POC) analysis of intraosseous (IO) blood samples from critically ill emergency patients are accurate enough for emergency decision making, in comparison with arterial…
- Trial name
- NCT03746496
- Testing
- point-of-care laboratory analysis
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
Critical Illness, Infection
AbioKin - Antibiotic Kinetics
The purpose of this study is to investigate the pharmacokinetic properties in critically ill patients of a few of the most used antimicrobial drugs (amikacin, linezolid, meropenem, piperacillin/tazobactam, vancomycin).
- Trial name
- NCT02609646
- Testing
- Linezolid, Meropenem, Piperacillin-tazobactam combination product
- Where
- 11 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- Gruppo Italiano per la Valutazione degli Interventi in Terapia Intensiva
Emergency Patients
Management Standard of Bone Marrow Infusion in Acute and Critical Patients
As the spike in the number and severity of patients with critical patients, then quickly effective transfusion treatment demand becomes more and more serious, and the pattern of infusion pathways have traditionally used already…
- Trial name
- NCT04951596
- Testing
- Investigate the current situation
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine
Critical Illness
Developing and Testing a Nurse-Led Technology-Enhanced Family Engagement Program
Family engagement in care for ICU patients is essential to ensure patient-centered clinical outcomes such as reducing ICU length of stay (LOS) by about a day, and hospital LOS from 3.78 days to 2.29 days.
- Trial name
- NCT06128655
- Testing
- Participation in PFCC-IR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
SARS-CoV2 Infection
Characteristics of Critically Ill Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection (COVID-19)
A multicenter observational, prospective cohort study that consisted of a large-scale data source of hospital ICU admissions and patient-level clinical data in Spain.
- Trial name
- GETCOV-2 (NCT04948242)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de Tarragona.
To Determine If Blood Level (NGAL) Could Accurately Early Detect Acute Renal Damage in All Patients Requiring Critical Care
NGAL in Prediction of AKI and Patient Outcomes
This single-center prospective non-randomized observational research included 120 critically ill persons, at Sohag University hospital's critical care unit.
- Trial name
- NGAL AKI (NCT06691607)
- Testing
- Serum NGAL level
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Sohag University
Critical Illness, Dysphagia
Detection of Neuromuscular Complications in Critically Ill Patients
Dysphagia and the intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) are common and outcome-relevant neuromuscular complications in critically ill patients, especially after prolonged mechanical ventilation, sepsis and multi-organ…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Dysphagia, Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness, Neuromuscular Diseases
- Trial name
- NMCiCIP (NCT04541602)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rostock
Critical Illness, Diastolic Dysfunction
Diastolic dYsfunctioN AssessMent in critICally Ill Patients
The role of the left ventricular diastolic function (LVDD) in the weaning failure from mechanical ventilation in unclear. Specifically, is unclear whether the outcome of the weaning process could be affected by a pre-existing…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Diastolic Dysfunction, Diastolic Heart Failure, Weaning Failure
- Trial name
- DYNAMIC (NCT04584203)
- Testing
- Bedside Echocardiography, Spontaneuos breathing trial, Bedside Echocardiography_1
- Where
- 8 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 297 people
- Sponsor
- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center
Acute Respiratory Failure, Respiratory Insufficiency
HERMES: Quality and Safety of Advanced Respiratory Support During Patient Transport
The HERMES Phase III study is an international, multicenter, prospective observational investigation designed to characterize the quality and safety of patient transport during advanced respiratory support.
- Conditions
- Acute Respiratory Failure, Respiratory Insufficiency, Respiratory Distress, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- HERMES (NCT07805603)
- Testing
- Advanced Respiratory Support During Patient Transport
- Where
- 4 sites in Colombia, Egypt and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 565 people
- Sponsor
- Medipol University
COVID-19, Critical Illness
Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19
Objective of this observational multicentric retrospective-prospective study is to describe the number and the characteristics of patients with Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS-CoV2 positivity…
- Trial name
- 2019nCoV_ICU (NCT04388670)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- Policlinico Hospital
Muscle Wasting in Critically Ill
Protein Delivery in Intermittent and Continuous Enteral Nutrition in ICU Patients
Acute skeletal muscle wasting in ICU patients is associated with functional impairment and with increased risk of death. Of what we know today, physical disability can persist up to 5 years.
- Trial name
- ProBoNo (NCT03587870)
- Testing
- Enteral nutrition with Fresubin Intensive
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 113 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Critically Ill
Effect of Enteral Nutrition Enriched in Protein and Based on Indirect Calorimetry Measurement in Chronically Critically Ill Patients
This is a single-center, prospective, randomized, comparative, double-blind controlled clinical study intended to establish 1) the optimal method of determining calorie requirements and 2) the optimal amount of protein supply in…
- Trial name
- NCT01142570
- Testing
- Caloric Support (Group 1), Caloric Support (Group 2), Protein dose of 1.1 to 1.5 grams per kilogram weight.
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Rabin Medical Center
COVID-19, Critical Illness
Interleukin-6 Antagonists in Critically-ill Covid-19 Patients
The emerging SARS-COV2 virus has shed a new light on the cross-talks between the immune and the hemostatic system. In this study we aim to evaluate the dynamic change in coagulation caused by the modulation of the inflammatory…
- Trial name
- HEMOCOV (NCT05218369)
- Testing
- IL6 Antagonist
- Where
- 3 sites in Hungary
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pecs
Infection During Renal Replacement Therapy, Critically Ill
Ceftaroline Pharmacokinetics in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Dosing of ceftaroline in patients with chronic kidney disease is defined, but there is no data on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the drug in patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).
- Trial name
- NCT04152694
- Testing
- Ceftaroline levels in CRRT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore