Clinical trials: Deaths
Death Anxiety, Occupational Stress
Effect of Expressive Arts Therapy on Death Anxiety in Intensive Care Unit Nurses
This randomized controlled trial aimed to evaluate the effect of expressive arts therapy on death anxiety among intensive care unit nurses.
- Conditions
- Death Anxiety, Occupational Stress, Psychological Distress
- Trial name
- Expressive Art (NCT07462936)
- Testing
- Expressive Arts Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ondokuz Mayıs University
Neonate, Asphyxia
Multimodal Analysis of Early Biomarkers of the Impacts of Perinatal Asphyxia
Current diagnostic methods rely primarily on clinical symptoms, supplemented by brain imaging and physiological tests. However, these signs of injury only become apparent once significant damage has occurred, thus delaying…
- Conditions
- Neonate, Asphyxia, EEG, Eye Tracking
- Trial name
- Neurobiom (NCT07702500)
- Testing
- EEG
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Sleep, Pregnancy
Halifax PrenaBelt Trial
Back and right-sided sleeping position in pregnant women has recently emerged as a potential risk factor for low birthweight (LBW) and stillbirth (SB) in the medical literature.
- Conditions
- Sleep, Pregnancy, Stillbirth, Infant, Low Birth Weight
- Trial name
- NCT02377817
- Testing
- PrenaBelt
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Allan Kember
Clinical Decision-Making
Mixed Methods Study Web-based Life Support Decision Aid
Patients and families want to be involved in healthcare decisions. When the decision-making process does not engage older patients and their families, the care provided does not match patient preferences or meet their needs.
- Trial name
- eLSDA (NCT03271658)
- Testing
- Web based life support patient decision aid, Decision coaching
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Perinatal Mortality, Cause of Neonatal Death
Verbal Autopsy to Assess Early Neonatal Death and Stillbirth
The NICHD Global Network (GN) for Women's and Children's Health Research, a multi-site, international research network, provides a unique infrastructure to implement an expanded perinatal verbal autopsy study using the FIRST…
- Conditions
- Perinatal Mortality, Cause of Neonatal Death, Cause of Stilbirth
- Trial name
- VA (NCT00640055)
- Testing
- Coordinator, Physician-assigned cause of death
- Where
- 4 sites in Guatemala, Pakistan and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
Palliative Care
The PROAKTIV Study
The overall objective of this study is to identify whether the systematic anticipation of highly structured specialized palliative home care into primary care influences the quality of care and care utilization.
- Trial name
- NCT04673760
- Testing
- Specialized palliative home care
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 149 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Maternal Mortality, Access to Health Care
Project to Use Community Health Workers to Reduce Maternal Deaths
The purpose of this trial is to establish if several interventions will help women in rural Tanzania access health care services during pregnancy and at the time of delivery.
- Trial name
- EWH (NCT03024905)
- Testing
- Village meeting and travel vouchers, Birth kit with misoprostol
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 17,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bruyère Health Research Institute.
Aging Problems
Enhancing Care of the Aged and Dying in Prisons Ph II
The mission of corrections is to provide custody, control and care for incarcerated individuals. United States prisons are required by constitutional law to provide adequate care for growing numbers of older inmates who will…
- Trial name
- NCT03055429
- Testing
- Full Scale Unit
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 241 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Klein Buendel, Inc.
Cervical Cancer, Cancer
The Association Between Cervical Cancer Screening and Cancer Occurrence
To investigate the protective effect of cervical cancer incidence and mortality by screening attending frequency or screening pattern, and to evaluate the possible risk of developing malignancies among women with cervical…
- Trial name
- NCT01015079
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 6,000,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Pelvic Anatomy, Retroperitoneum
Systematic Anatomical Description of the Female Pelvic Retroperitoneum in Cadavers
This observational descriptive cadaveric study aims to describe the main anatomical relationships of the female pelvic retroperitoneum using standardized anatomical dissection.
- Conditions
- Pelvic Anatomy, Retroperitoneum, Cadaveric Study, Surgical Anatomy
- Trial name
- RETRO-PELVIS (NCT07522931)
- Testing
- Anatomical Dissection
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
Stillbirth, Perinatal Death
A Feasibility Randomised Control Trial to Evaluate Early Perinatal Bereavement Counselling for Parents Who Have Experienced a Perinatal Death
The goal of this feasibility randomised control trial is to determine if a trial to evaluate perinatal bereavement counselling for parents who have experienced a perinatal death is feasible.
- Conditions
- Stillbirth, Perinatal Death, Psychological, Grief
- Trial name
- PEARL-C (NCT07494760)
- Testing
- Bereavement Counselling, Usual bereavement care
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Lymphatic Filariasis
Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) Triple Drug Therapy for Lymphatic Filariasis
The DOLF Triple Drug Therapy for Lymphatic Filariasis study will determine the frequency, type and severity of adverse events following triple-drug therapy (IVM+DEC+ALB, IDA) compared to the standard two-drug treatment (DEC+ALB…
- Trial name
- NCT02899936
- Testing
- 3 drug dose - IDA, 2 drug dose - DA
- Where
- 4 sites in Haiti, India and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 23,789 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Opioid Overdose
Preventing Opioid Overdose Deaths by Empowering Pharmacists to Dispense Naloxone
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the Empowering Community Pharmacists program on pharmacists' knowledge, perceived barriers, attitudes, confidence, and intentions regarding naloxone services…
- Trial name
- NCT05093309
- Testing
- Educational Webinar, Resources, Reminders
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Auburn University
Maternal Death During Childbirth
Critical Delays in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation During Simulated Obstetric Crisis: a Prospective Observational Study.
Maternal cardiac arrest is underreported and continues to occur at rate of 1:20,000 pregnancies. Despite being predominantly younger patients, survival rates among pregnant women are poor with one case series reporting a survival…
- Trial name
- NCT04050631
- Testing
- maternal arrest simulation on L&D floor
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KidSIM Simulation Program
Maternal Death Affecting Fetus or Newborn, Delivery Complication
Impact of a Smartphone Intervention on Tanzanian Women's Childbirth Location
This study investigates whether training Community Health Workers (CHW) to use a smartphone-based prenatal counseling application as a "job aid" instead of the existing paper based standard is associated with increased women's…
- Conditions
- Maternal Death Affecting Fetus or Newborn, Delivery Complication, Obstetric Complication, Birth Injuries
- Trial name
- SUSTAIN1 (NCT03161184)
- Testing
- SUSTAIN Smartphone training of CHW (SP+), SUSTAIN Paperbased training of CHW (SOC)
- Volunteers
- 572 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Terminal Cancer
Towards Cancer Patient Empowerment for Optimal Use of Antithrombotic Therapy at the End of Life
Despite the fact that antithrombotic therapy (ATT) has little or even negative effects on the well-being of cancer patients during their last year of life, stopping ATT is rare in clinical practice.
- Trial name
- SERENITY (NCT05706740)
- Testing
- Physician survey on antithrombotic medication during end-of-life care in cancer patients
- Where
- 12 sites in Denmark, France and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 467 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
COVID-19, Cytokine Storm
Fluoxetine to Reduce Intubation and Death After COVID19 Infection
This project will test the efficacy of fluoxetine to prevent serious consequences of COVID-19 infection, especially death. Becoming sick with COVID-19 virus or any other serious respiratory condition is not fun.
- Trial name
- NCT04377308
- Testing
- Fluoxetine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toledo Health Science Campus
Fetal Death, Fetal Anomaly
Antenatal Palliative Care
In France, according to current legislation, termination of pregnancy could be performed without any upper gestational age limit, if there is a strong probability that the fetus will be affected by a particularly severe and…
- Trial name
- SPAN (NCT03795857)
- Testing
- Semi-structured interviews
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
HIV Infections, Opioid-Related Disorders
Drug Treatment Combined With Drug and Risk Reduction Counseling to Prevent of HIV Infection and Death Among Injection Drug Users
Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS are serious global health problems. Injection drug use is currently the major mode of transmission of HIV in many countries.
- Trial name
- NCT00270257
- Testing
- Buprenorphine/Naloxone
- Where
- 4 sites in China, Thailand
- Volunteers
- 1,251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Smartphone Addiction
Meditation-Based Online Psychological Intervention
As the primary users of smartphones, emerging adults represent a key population for such research. Using a randomised controlled trial, the investigators compared mindfulness-of-death meditation with traditional mindfulness…
- Trial name
- NCT07379541
- Testing
- Mindfulness of Death (MoD) - 16-Day Online Meditation Course, Mindful Breathing Practice (MBP) - 16-Day Online Meditation Course
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 259 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Normal University