Clinical trials: Deaths
End of Life Care, Cancer
Serious Illness Communication Project
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of implementing a "Serious Illness Conversation Guide" to guide patient/family-clinician discussions and planning about end-of-life care decisions.
- Trial name
- NCT01786811
- Testing
- Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 994 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Brain Death
Optical Assessment on Brain Death Via a Oxygen Supply Procedure
This study aims to evaluate brain death with optical probes. The changes of hemodynamic parameters including oxyhemoglobin (HbO2) and deoxyhemoglobin (Hb) were detected by near infrared spectroscopy probes attached on the…
- Trial name
- NCT03864887
- Testing
- Oxygen supply of high-low-high procedure, Oxygen supply of low-high-low procedure, Optical monitor for hemodynamic parameter.
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Abdominal Muscles Strength, Abdominal Muscles Endurance
Combined Effects of Dead Bug Exercise and Double Straight Leg Raises Versus Conventional Physical Therapy Exercise on Core Stability and Waist Circumference in Healthy Young Individuals
Increased sedantry lifestyle has caused a decrese in core stability. Moreover alongwith sedantry lifestyle unhealthy eating habits have also increased causing an increase in abdominal adiposity and waist circumference.
- Conditions
- Abdominal Muscles Strength, Abdominal Muscles Endurance, Abdominal Muscles Flexibility, Waist Circumference
- Trial name
- NCT07467044
- Testing
- Combination of Dead Bug Exercise and Double Straight Leg Raises, Abdominal stretches
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Health Sciences Lahore
Elective Procedures Requiring Mechanical Ventilation
Evaluation of Novel Cardio-Pulmonary Physiological Monitor, the VQm PHM™, for Acute Care Medicine
This is a prospective, observational study to assess agreement of pulmonary health parameters measured by a new non-invasive physiologic monitor, the VQm pulmonary health monitor (PHM)™ with clinical gold standards.
- Trial name
- NCT04730063
- Testing
- VQm PHM™
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rostrum Medical Innovations Inc.
Cause of Mortality, Cause of Neonatal Death
Defining Causes of Deaths in South and Southeast Asia
Brief Summary: Mortality data are important in low and middle-income countries to assess the population health status and trends.
- Conditions
- Cause of Mortality, Cause of Neonatal Death, Cause of Child Death, Cause of Maternal Death
- Trial name
- SEACTN-VA (NCT04595656)
- Testing
- verbal autopsy interview
- Where
- 5 sites in Bangladesh, Burma and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 3,413 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Stillbirth, Neonatal Death
Intermittent Auscultation Using Handheld Doppler: a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Perinatal Outcomes in Uganda
A novel handheld Doppler has been developed which is rugged and is powered only by a hand crank. This study aims to test the use of this Doppler versus the Pinard horn to monitor the fetal heart rate in labour in a hospital…
- Trial name
- NCT02273037
- Testing
- Fetal heart rate Doppler, Partograph
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,987 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Sudden Cardiac Death
Pre-warning Risk Scoring System for Sudden Cardiac Death
The goal of this observational study is to identify potential indicators for pre-warning of sudden cardiac death (SCD), including clinical biochemistry markers, electrocardiogram, echocardiography, MRI and CT imaging values…
- Trial name
- NCT06440083
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University
Cancer Patients, Cancer-related Pain
A Consensus on Opioid Prescription for Oncologic Patients in Latin America - A DELPHI Study.
As seen worldwide, cancer incidence is increasing in Latin America achieving an amount of 1.3 million new cases annually.1 In addition, it is expected that up to 70% of patients with cancer will experience pain2, one of the most…
- Trial name
- NCT04844788
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto do Cancer do Estado de São Paulo
Maternal Death
Maternal Health Service Utilization Among Women of Reproductive Age in Sidama Region, Ethiopia
Introduction: Maternal health service (MHS) utilization helps to decrease maternal morbidity and mortality. However, the existing evidence is not sufficient to design effective and efficient strategies.
- Trial name
- MHSU (NCT05865873)
- Testing
- Health education
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hawassa University
Advanced Maternal Age Pregnancy, High Risk Pregnancy
University Hospital Advanced Age Pregnant Cohort
The University Hospital Advanced Age Pregnant (UNIHOPE) Cohort is the major part of the National Key Research and Development Program on Reproductive Health \& Major Birth Defects Control and Prevention Project, which is funded…
- Conditions
- Advanced Maternal Age Pregnancy, High Risk Pregnancy, Perinatal Death, Maternal Death
- Trial name
- UNIHOPE (NCT03220750)
- Where
- 9 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 22,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Perinatal Problems, Still Births
Community-based Perinatal and Newborn Care in Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan: an AKU-AKHSP Collaboration
There is limited evidence from community-based interventions to guide the development of effective maternal, perinatal and newborn care practices and services in developing countries.
- Conditions
- Perinatal Problems, Still Births, Neonatal Deaths
- Trial name
- NCT02412293
- Testing
- Health Education & Promotion, Training of Health Workers, Community Mobilization
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 3,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asthma
Folic Acid Clinical Trial: Follow up of Children (FACT 4 Child)
FACT 4 Child is a follow up study of mothers who participated in the Folic Acid Clinical Trial (NCT01355159) and their children at 4-6 years of age to determine the effect of high dose folic acid supplementation on social…
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asthma, Executive Dysfunction, Emotional Problem
- Trial name
- NCT03269110
- Testing
- SRS 2, CBCL, BRIEF-P
- Where
- 58 sites in Australia, Canada and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 664 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Seroma, Hematoma
Efficacy and Safety of ARTISS for Flap Adherence in Abdominoplasty
The purpose of the study is to compare the safety and efficacy of ARTISS versus standard of care in adhering tissue places and reducing seroma/hematoma formation in subjects undergoing abdominoplasty.
- Trial name
- NCT01112735
- Testing
- FS VH S/D 4 s-apr (= two-component fibrin sealant, double virus inactivated, made from pooled human plasma), Standard of care
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Critical Illness, Death, Sudden
Critical Health Assessment and Outcomes Score/Study
CHAOS is based on the investigator's new and exciting results from pre-clinical and large longitudinal multi-center observational clinical studies of critically ill patients and asymptomatic community-based adults with little or…
- Trial name
- CHAOS (NCT02766166)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Critical Illness
Decision Support Among Surrogate Decision Makers of the Chronically Critically Ill (INVOLVE)
Each year, millions of Americans are admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU). For more than half of them, ICU admission initiates a cascade of decisions about treatment and end-of-life care.This is particularly the case for…
- Trial name
- INVOLVE (NCT03099746)
- Testing
- INVOLVE, Informational Support, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 281 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Death, Stroke
Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation and Long-term Survival
The aim of the investigators trial was to evaluate association between new onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) and late cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
- Conditions
- Death, Stroke, Myocardial Infarction
- Trial name
- POAF (NCT02349269)
- Volunteers
- 519 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kuopio University Hospital
Cardiovascular Diseases, Stroke
Prediction of Primary Cardiovascular Events Using the Multimarker Approach
The study of biochemical risk factors for cardiovascular diseases is important not only for analysis, but also for preventive measures, given that changes in the level of biomarkers can be detected before the first clinical…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, Death
- Trial name
- NCT05704569
- Testing
- measurement of multiple biomarkers
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karaganda Medical University
Maternal Mortality Disparities, Maternal Morbidity Disparities
Scaling up Maternal Health Equity Best Practices
This study works with prenatal and postnatal care providers in 12 Michigan counties to scale up best practices for maternal health equity.
- Trial name
- NCT06541951
- Testing
- Services as usual, Scale-up implementation approach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Autonomic Dysfunction in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and SUDEP
The study aimed at detection of autonomic dysfunction among cases with temporal lobe epilepsy; using different electrophysiological techniques.
- Trial name
- NCT06269822
- Testing
- Sympathetic skin response, heart rate variability test, quantitative EEG
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Neoplasms (Cancer / Tumors), Palliative Care
Nurse-Led Culturally Adapted Palliative and End-of-Life Training for Oncology Nurses in Oman
This study evaluated a nurse-led, culturally adapted training program in palliative and end-of-life care (N-PELTP) for oncology nurses in Oman.
- Conditions
- Neoplasms (Cancer / Tumors), Palliative Care, Terminal Care
- Trial name
- N-PELTP (NCT07460570)
- Testing
- N-PELTP Palliative and End-of-Life Training Program
- Where
- 2 sites in Oman
- Volunteers
- 189 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sultan Qaboos University