Clinical trials: Critically Ill
Nutrition, Critical Illness
Micronutrients in Critically Ill Patients
Nutritional support is an important component of modern critical care. The practice of vitamin and micronutrient supplementation is variable and official guidelines are not consistent.
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Critical Illness, Vitamin Supplementation
- Trial name
- MiNuCrit (NCT04136119)
- Testing
- questionnaire
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Critical Illness
ICU Fluid Utilization Survey in Southeast Asia
The objective of this study is to examine the use of different types of fluids for resuscitation in different phases of fluid management in 3 types of critically ill patients including (1) not bleeding, not septic but need volume…
- Trial name
- Fluid-SEA (NCT06034990)
- Testing
- 10-min online survey
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chulalongkorn University
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Pathobiomes in Gut of Critically Ill Patients
Despite powerful antibiotics, 50% of the intestinal tracts of critically ill surgical patients are colonized by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, whose mere presence in this site increases mortality fourfold by mechanisms that remain…
- Trial name
- NCT06822465
- Testing
- P. aeruginosa using in vitro and in vivo assays
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Intubation; Difficult or Failed, Educational Problems
Difficult Airway Simulation-based Training
Difficult airways remain a significant problem in anaesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine. Simulation-based training gives better outcomes compared to non-simulation and non-intervention education.
- Conditions
- Intubation; Difficult or Failed, Educational Problems, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- NCT05913492
- Testing
- Simulation training
- Where
- Ukraine
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bogomolets National Medical University
Severe Sepsis, Critical Illness
Ultrasound Measurement of Reactive Hyperemia in Critical Care
The investigators hypothesize that doctors and nurses can undergo a brief period of training and then use ultrasound to accurately measure blood flow in a forearm artery after a brief period when this flow is interrupted with a…
- Trial name
- URHC (NCT01726595)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Critical Illness
Functional Outcomes in Children Post Critical Illness
Improvements in medical care have led to decreasing mortality rates in critically ill children, which have been reported to be as low as 5%.
- Trial name
- NCT03730844
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 129 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Insufficient Lactation
Improving Lactation Success in Black Mothers of Critically Ill Infants
Racial disparities result in Black infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) receiving less breast milk (BM) than White and Hispanic infants.1 BM improves infant health yet mothers of critically ill infants produce…
- Trial name
- NCT05147987
- Testing
- Hands free wearable breast pump
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Sleep Disturbance, Sleep Disorder
Efficacy of a Sleep Hygiene Toolkit for Patients in ARU
Sleep Hygiene Study Abstract: INTRODUCTION Sleep is integral to the health of a person and can have multifaceted contributions to a person including their physical, cognitive, and psychosocial well-being.
- Conditions
- Sleep Disturbance, Sleep Disorder, Insomnia, Critical Illness Myopathy
- Trial name
- NCT05541692
- Testing
- Sleep Hygiene Toolkit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Coronary Artery Disease
Intravenous Fish Oil in Critically Ill Cardiac Patients
A large body of evidence has accumulated showing that n-3 PUFAs exert extensive cardiac effects. The development of commercial solutions of FO opens perspectives for therapeutic applications in patients with acute cardiac…
- Trial name
- FO-cardiac (NCT00516178)
- Testing
- Fish oil emulsion, Saline
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Critical Illness
Family Presence on Multidisciplinary Patient Care Rounds in ICU
Family presence on patient care rounds in adult intensive care units remains the least studied area of family-centered care. Despite support from professional organizations and critical care experts, very few critical care units…
- Trial name
- NCT05449990
- Testing
- Participation in PFCC-IR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Critical Illness, Loss of Consciousness
Developing Strategies to Facilitate Consent of Legally Authorized Representatives to Clinical Trials
This study aims to gather insights into the perceptions of legal representatives regarding the recruitment process for clinical trials in the intensive care setting when the patients cannot decide for themselves.
- Trial name
- NCT06471400
- Testing
- interview
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Freiburg
Circulatory Failure
Fluid Responsiveness Predicted by PtcO2 in Critically Ill Patients
Our goal was to study the feasibility of predicting fluid responsiveness by transcutaneous partial pressure of oxygen (PtcO2) in the critically ill patients.
- Trial name
- PtcO2-FR (NCT02083757)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Southeast University, China
Critical Illness, Neuropathy
Inter-Device Reliability of the NPi-300 Pupillometer
The purpose of this study is to explore the inter-device reliability between the NPi-200 and NPi-300.
- Trial name
- TRIPLE (NCT04993833)
- Testing
- NPi-200 and NPi-300 pupillometers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Mechanical Ventilator Weaning, Critically Ill
Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist for Weaning From Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Children
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare weaning from mechanical ventilation in critically ill children. The main questions it aims to answer are: Will weaning with neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) mode…
- Conditions
- Mechanical Ventilator Weaning, Critically Ill, Mechanical Ventilation, Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist
- Trial name
- NCT06157593
- Testing
- NAVA
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chulalongkorn University
Anxiety, Depression
Improving Patient and Family Centered Care in Advanced Critical Illness
One in five deaths in the U.S. occurs in or shortly after discharge from an intensive care unit (ICU), typically following decisions made by surrogate decision makers to forego life prolonging treatment.
- Trial name
- PARTNER (NCT01844492)
- Testing
- The PARTNER Intervention, ICU Usual Care Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Septic Shock, Candidiasis
Candida Host Defense Response After Septic Shock in the Critically Ill
Septic shock is associated with acquired immunoparalysis which is associated with a high risk of nosocomial acquired infection. Nosocomial candidiasis is associated with a 50% rate of mortality but is difficult to diagnose.
- Trial name
- IMMUNOCANDIDA (NCT03136081)
- Testing
- Candidiasis infection occurence
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Vitamin A Deficiency in Children
Prevalence Of Vitamin A Deficiency In Critically Ill Children With Sepsis And Its Association With Clinical Outcomes
Aim of the work is to assess the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in critically ill children with sepsis and the association between vitamin A deficiency and clinical outcomes
- Trial name
- NCT06391437
- Testing
- Extraction of blood sample
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Benha University
Heart Failure, Sepsis
Skeletal Muscle Oxygenation in Critically Ill
It is possible to measure skeletal muscle tissue oxygenation (StO2) using near infrared spectroscopy(NIRS). It is performed non invasively.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Sepsis, Septic Shock, Cardiogenic Shock
- Trial name
- NCT00384644
- Testing
- NiRS measurment of tissue oxygenation
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Critical Illness Myopathy, Critical Illness Polyneuropathy
Improved Recovery of Walking in Acquired Muscle Weakness
The aim of Re-Walk-Easy is to evaluate the effects of rehabilitation based on electrical stimulation on the motor performance of critically ill patients.
- Trial name
- Re-Walk-Easy (NCT06786390)
- Testing
- Rehabilitation protocol: FES, Rehabilitation protocol without FES
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ETS
Covid-19, Critical Illness
Understanding Community Considerations, Opinions, Values, Impacts, and Decisions for COVID-19
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is affecting the way many people live their lives, including seeking medical care and maintaining good self-care to keep healthy.
- Conditions
- Covid-19, Critical Illness, Attitude of Health Personnel, Attitude to Health
- Trial name
- UC-COVID (NCT04373135)
- Testing
- Brief educational video
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,971 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles