Clinical trials: Critically Ill, open to volunteers
Metabolism and Nutrition Disorder
Amino Acid Metabolism in Fed Surgical Critically Ill Patients
Introduction Sarcopenia is defined as progressive generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength and function. Sarcopenia due to lack of physical activity is a known phenomenon and is usually observed as a normal part of…
- Trial name
- NCT03451968
- Testing
- amino acid tracer injection for metabolism analysis
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rabin Medical Center
Critical Illness, Ventilated Patients
Critical Illness After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
This is a prospective, multicenter observational trial for patients who develop critical illness after hematopoietic cell transplantation.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Ventilated Patients, Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation, Transplant Complication
- Trial name
- CARE-HCT (NCT07328724)
- Where
- 6 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- Peking University People's Hospital
Acute Respiratory Failure
Tube Size Randomized Trial During Emergency Tracheal Intubation
The BREATHE trial is a parallel-group, pragmatic, randomized clinical trial comparing the effectiveness of smaller versus larger endotracheal tubes for mechanical ventilation of critically ill adults at 7 geographically diverse…
- Trial name
- BREATHE (NCT06939361)
- Testing
- Smaller endotracheal tube, Larger endotracheal tube
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3,180 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Renal Disease, Liver Diseases
Outcomes of Children After Hospitalization in Intensive Care Unit
More than 10,000 children are hospitalized in an PICU every year in Canada. While most of them will survive their PICU hospitalization and their critical illness, some children will not recover to their pre-illness level.
- Conditions
- Renal Disease, Liver Diseases, Heart Diseases, Trauma Injury
- Trial name
- APCI (NCT06124092)
- Testing
- neurocognitive tests
- Where
- 8 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 690 people
- Sponsor
- St. Justine's Hospital
Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Low-intensity Versus Medium-intensity Continuous Kidney Replacement Therapy for Critically Ill Patients
This clinical trial aims to investigate whether the low treatment intensity (12 mL/kg/hr, low-dose hemodialysis/filtration) or the medium treatment intensity (25 mL/kg/hr, standard-dose hemodialysis/filtration) is more effective…
- Trial name
- LIMIT (NCT06014801)
- Testing
- Dialysate fluid, Filtration replacement fluid
- Where
- 9 sites in Japan
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Jikei University School of Medicine
Mechanical Ventilation, Intensive Care (ICU)
Effects of PERMISSive Lung-protective Ventilation on Outcome in Critically Ill Invasively Ventilated Patients
RATIONALE Lung-protective ventilation using a lower respiratory rate (RR) is an appealing strategy to reduce ventilation intensity, which may require permissive hypercapnia.
- Trial name
- PERMISS pilot (NCT07077174)
- Testing
- Permissive lung-protective ventilation, Conventional lung-protective ventilation
- Where
- 5 sites in Netherlands, Spain
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Reinier de Graaf Groep
Ventilator Weaning, Airway Extubation
Can a Pain Monitor Predict When Postoperative Intensive Care Unit Patients Are Ready to Breathe on Their Own? A Pilot Study
The goal of this observational study is to learn if a chest monitor that tracks heart rhythm can help predict whether adults on a breathing machine after surgery will be able to breathe on their own once the breathing tube is…
- Conditions
- Ventilator Weaning, Airway Extubation, Respiration, Artificial
- Trial name
- NCT07771101
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
PICS, PICS-F
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome - Multicentre Prospective Registry Database of the DACH Region
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) refers to long-term cognitive, physical, and psychological impairments that can arise after intensive care treatment.
- Trial name
- PICS-DACH (NCT07290712)
- Where
- 4 sites in Austria, Germany
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Delirium
Melatonin for Treatment of Delirium in Critically Ill Adult Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with melatonin for treatment of delirium in critically ill adult patients.
- Trial name
- DELIRE-ICU (NCT05713877)
- Testing
- Melatonin
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Ciusss de L'Est de l'Île de Montréal
Sepsis, Bloodstream Infections
Blood DdPCR for Early Identification and Dynamic Surveillance of Pathogenic Bacteria in ICU Septic Patients: a Single-centre, Prospective, Observational Study
The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) in identifying pathogenic organisms in ICU sepsis patients, aiming to find a method that allows early identification of pathogenic organisms…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Bloodstream Infections, Critically Ill Intensive Care Unit Patients
- Trial name
- NCT06791889
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Critical Illness, Near-Death Experience
Incidence of Episodes of (Dis)Connected Consciousness Among Emergency Patients Admitted in the Resuscitation Room
This observational study aims to describe the incidence of episodes of disconnected consciousness (including near-death experience (NDE)) and episodes of connected consciousness in patients admitted to the resuscitation room, who…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Near-Death Experience, Consciousness, Loss of, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT06362525
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Liege
Cancer, Critical Care, Cancer Critically Ill
Admission, Triage, and Discharge Criteria for Oncological Patients in the Intensive Care Unit
This study will create one agreed set of rules to help doctors decide which people with cancer should be treated in an intensive care unit (ICU), and when they are well enough to leave it.
- Trial name
- ONCO-TRIAD (NCT07809490)
- Testing
- No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Onco Critical Care Society
Pediatric Intensive Care Units
A Korean Point Prevalence Study of Acute Rehabilitation for Kids in the PICU (PARK-PICU)
This study investigates the prevalence of acute rehabilitation practices among children in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs).
- Trial name
- NCT07629297
- Testing
- Acute Rehabilitation (Observed Practice)
- Where
- 13 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 396 people
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
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
ICU Acquired Weakness, Sepsis
ICU Combined Assessment of Cardio-Respiratory Exercise
This study aims to investigate how sepsis and critical illness can impair the cardiovascular system and microcirculation in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, which can lead to long-lasting muscle weakness/dysfunction or…
- Conditions
- ICU Acquired Weakness, Sepsis, Shock, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- ICU-CARE (NCT06193980)
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Hereditary Diseases, Critical Illness
UW ISeqU: Clinical Impact of Whole-genome Sequencing in Adults
The goal of this study is to learn how clinical whole genome sequencing can help identify diagnoses and guide medical care in adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07718971
- Testing
- Genome sequencing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
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
Intensive Care Unit ICU, Intubation
The Effects of Endotracheal Suctioning on Pain and Serum Markers
The goal of this experimental study is to understand if endotracheal tube (ETT) suctioning increases pain and causes stress on the body in intubated adult ICU patients.
- Conditions
- Intensive Care Unit ICU, Intubation, Critical Illness, Mechanical Ventilation
- Trial name
- NCT06692400
- Testing
- endotracheal tube suctioning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Loma Linda University
Orotracheal Intubation
AI-Integrated 3D-Printed Videolaryngoscope for Orotracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Patients
Background: Orotracheal intubation is an essential procedure in critically ill patients requiring ventilatory support, and the use of videolaryngoscopy is recommended as the gold standard in clinical practice.
- Trial name
- VL-AI (NCT07592702)
- Testing
- Orotracheal intubation using a 3D videolaryngoscope integrated with artificial intelligence (VL-IA)., Commercially available gold-standard videolaryngoscope (VL-C)
- Where
- 4 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Pelotas
Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
Dexamethasone for Treating Severe Hospital-acquired Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients With a Proinflammatory Phenotype
Determine the efficacy of dexamethasone plus standard of care (SOC) as compared to placebo plus SOC for treating severe hospital-acquired pneumonia in critically ill patients with a proinflammatory phenotype; It's an…
- Trial name
- HAP-DEX (NCT06269900)
- Testing
- Dexamethasone
- Where
- 34 sites in France, Greece and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital