Clinical trials: Deaths
Suicide, Assisted, Fasting
Self-directed Dying in the Netherlands
In 2007, the frequency of so-called 'self-directed dying' in the Netherlands was investigated, that is, the voluntary cessation of eating and drinking or the taking of lethal self-collected medication.
- Conditions
- Suicide, Assisted, Fasting, Decision Making
- Trial name
- NCT06186791
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 37,500 people
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
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
Unexpected Infant Death, Prevention & Control
Impact of Prevention of Safe Sleeping and Unexpected Infant Death
The sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is defined as "the sudden death of a child aged from 1 month to 1 year who had been healthy until then, whereas nothing in his known history or in the history of events could have allowed…
- Conditions
- Unexpected Infant Death, Prevention & Control, Safe Sleeping
- Trial name
- MinUTE (NCT07237360)
- Testing
- Sleeping mode
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Bladder Cancer
A Clinical Study of Intismeran Autogene (V940) Treatment and Pembrolizumab in People With Bladder Cancer (V940-005/INTerpath-005)
Researchers are looking for new ways to treat people with high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma (MIUC). Urothelial carcinoma is a type of bladder cancer that begins in cells that line the inside of the bladder and other…
- Trial name
- NCT06305767
- Testing
- Pembrolizumab, Intismeran autogene, Enfortumab Vedotin
- Where
- 74 sites in United States, Australia and 14 more
- Volunteers
- 230 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Palliative Care
Antithrombotic Therapy at the End of Life: The PEACE Study
"Antithrombotic Therapy at the End of Life: The PEACE Study" is a multicenter, non-profit, cross-sectional observational study. In the absence of shared guidelines, therapeutic decisions on antithrombotic drugs vary significantly…
- Trial name
- PEACE (NCT07338071)
- Testing
- antithrombotic drugs
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 410 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Arrhythmia, Cardiovascular Diseases
Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT)
To compare conventional treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF) with two experimental interventions: amiodarone and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD).
- Conditions
- Arrhythmia, Cardiovascular Diseases, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Heart Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT00000609
- Testing
- amiodarone, defibrillators, implantable
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Pregnancy, Spontaneous Abortions
Study of the Best Blastocyst Post Transfer by aCGH
An Observational, blind and prospective study of Preimplantational Aneuploidy Screening by aCGH in Trophectoderm Biopsy
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Spontaneous Abortions, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- NCT01664546
- Testing
- Trophectoderm biopsy
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Buenos Aires
Bereaved Families
The Family Talk Intervention When a Parent or a Child Had Died: A Feasibility Study
This is a family-centered bereavement intervention for families when a parent with dependent children has died. The goals of the manual-based intervention, the Family Talk Intervention (FTI), are to facilitate family…
- Trial name
- NCT07858032
- Testing
- The Family Talk Intervention
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Ersta Sköndal University College
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
M7824 Versus Pembrolizumab as a First-line (1L) Treatment in Participants With Programmed Death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) Expressing Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of bintrafusp alfa (M7824) compared with pembrolizumab in participants with advanced NSCLC with high PD-L1-tumor expression, with no epidermal growth factor receptor…
- Trial name
- NCT03631706
- Testing
- M7824, Pembrolizumab
- Where
- 119 sites in United States, Argentina and 16 more
- Volunteers
- 304 people
- Sponsor
- EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.
Melanoma
Safety and Efficacy of Pembrolizumab Compared to Placebo in Resected High-risk Stage II Melanoma (MK-3475-716/KEYNOTE-716)
This 2-part study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) compared to placebo in participants with surgically resected high-risk Stage II melanoma.
- Trial name
- NCT03553836
- Testing
- Pembrolizumab
- Where
- 159 sites in United States, Australia and 14 more
- Volunteers
- 976 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
End of Life, Communication
Informational Meetings for Planning and Coordinating Treatment
This prospective cluster-randomized trial examines the efficacy of a novel communication intervention delivered by trained physician and nurse dyads to parents of children with cancer within the clinicians' practice, to foster…
- Conditions
- End of Life, Communication, Cancer Metastatic
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT04330833)
- Testing
- Novel Communication Intervention, Enhanced Usual Care Parent Education
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
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
End of Life Care
The Effect of Repetitive Standardized Patient Simulation and End of Life Care Education on Nursing Students' Knowledge Attitudes and Moods
This research is a randomized experimental intervention study designed to examine the effect of repetitive standard patient-based education given to nursing students with end-of-life care education nursing on the level of…
- Trial name
- NCT05596487
- Testing
- repetitive standardized patient simulation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Kidney Transplantation, Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Thymoglobulin Induction in Kidney Transplant Recipients
The purpose of this study is to determine if anti-thymocyte globulin (Thymoglobuline) administration in the kidney transplant recipient is able to reduce the amount of damage that kidneys transplanted from deceased donors…
- Trial name
- TIKT (NCT01239563)
- Testing
- antithymocyte globulin, Basiliximab
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
COVID19, Oxygen Therapy
Impact of Prone Position in Patients Under Spontaneous Breathing on Intubation or Non-invasive Ventilation or Death Incidence During COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress
The SARS-Cov2 viral pandemic is responsible for a new infectious disease called COVID-19 (CoronaVIrus Disease), is a major health problem.
- Conditions
- COVID19, Oxygen Therapy, Prone Position, Spontaneous Ventilation
- Trial name
- PROVID-19 (NCT04363463)
- Testing
- prone position
- Where
- 19 sites in France, Monaco
- Volunteers
- 268 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans
Pregnancy Complications
Diamine Oxidase and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
In normal pregnancies, blood histamine concentration remains within normal values; however, the serum histaminolytic activity is increased.
- Trial name
- NCT06281366
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute
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
Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
Electrophysiologic and Morphologic Assessment of the Substrate to Guide Implantation of Defibrillators in Dilated Cardiomyopathy
With the present study the investigators intend to identify the morphologic and electrophysiologic substrate markers of increased arrhythmic risk in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy undergoing implantation of a defibrillator…
- Conditions
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
- Trial name
- EMOSIDD (NCT01378572)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Mitral Valve Prolapse, Cardiac Arrhythmia
Mitral Valve Prolapse, Arrhythmias and Mitral Valve Surgery
Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is associated with malignant ventricular arrhythmias (VA) and sudden cardiac death. A proper electrophysiological and echocardiographic characterization of this population is missing.
- Trial name
- MVP-A&S (NCT05562804)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Ospedale San Raffaele