Clinical trials: Drainage
Jugular Venous Blood Flow
Jugular Venous Flow Healthy Volunteers
Our hypothesis is that there will be a decrease in internal jugular venous flow in the park bench position when compared to the supine position.
- Trial name
- NCT02002494
- Testing
- Different positions
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Cross-Sectional Study
The Pharmacist Follows You and Your Medication From Hospital to Your Daily Life and Investigate What This Means to You
Background It is well known that the transfer of a patient from hospital to the general practitioner is related with mistakes in the medication of the patient.
- Trial name
- NCT03079375
- Testing
- basic intervention, extended intervention
- Volunteers
- 1,499 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lene V. Ravn-Nielsen
Emergency Service, Hospital, Information Structuring
Basel Discharge Communication Project
Assessing whether structuring of discharge information improves the sender's recall capacity
- Conditions
- Emergency Service, Hospital, Information Structuring, Physician-Patient Relations, Communication
- Trial name
- BACOP (NCT01540266)
- Testing
- Information structuring, no information structuring
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 242 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Breast Cancer
The Use of a High-frequency Ultrasonic Knife in Breast Cancer Surgery
Background: Lymphatic stasis and seroma formation are common complications of axillary lymphadenectomy in breast cancer surgery.
- Trial name
- UKBC (NCT00996632)
- Testing
- ultrasonic knife (Ultracision®, Ethicon Endo Surgery), conventional diarthermy knife
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 94 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Trieste
Opioid Use, Opioid Dependence
Efficiency And Quality In Post-Surgical Pain Therapy After Discharge
Following inpatient surgery, more than 80% of patients are prescribed opioids for use after discharge, yet up to 90% of patients report leftover opioids, and only 16% maximize non-opioid therapy.
- Conditions
- Opioid Use, Opioid Dependence, Opioid Misuse, Post-Surgical Complication
- Trial name
- EQUIPPED (NCT05221866)
- Testing
- Empowering Patient to Steer Their Pain Management After Surgery, Provider-facing Prescription Aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 711 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Gastro-esophageal Reflux
Safety Study of Airway Clearance Techniques in Infants.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether three airway clearance techniques ( Bouncing, Assisted Autogenic Drainage ( AAD) and bouncing and AAD) provoke or aggravate gastro-esophageal reflux in infants under the age of 1…
- Trial name
- NCT02128867
- Testing
- Assisted Autogenic Drainage (AAD), bouncing and AAD, bouncing
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 159 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Skin Injury
Evaluation of a Novel Sutureless Drain Securement Device
The purpose of this study is to evaluate an investigational sutureless drain securement device (K-Lock) and compare this device to standard drain securement.
- Trial name
- NCT05251753
- Testing
- K-Lock
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Urinary System Disorder
B3 Buddy for Securing Urinary Drainage Bag to Patient While Walking
This clinical trial tests how well the Bag Below Bladder (B3) Buddy device works in securing urinary drainage bags while walking.
- Trial name
- NCT06571058
- Testing
- Assistance, Educational Intervention, Medical Device Usage and Evaluation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Pneumonia, Diarrhea
Azithromycin to Prevent Post-discharge Morbidity and Mortality in Kenyan Children
Children hospitalized with severe illness in sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk of morbidity and mortality following discharge from hospital.
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Diarrhea, Malaria, Co-infection
- Trial name
- Toto Bora (NCT02414399)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Colonoscopy
Propofol and Dexmedetomidine Versus a Propofol Only Regimen for Sedation During Colonoscopy
An ideal sedative for colonoscopy should have properties that include: rapid onset and offset of action, provide cardiopulmonary stability, have minimal adverse effects, and allow for smooth recovery, and early discharge.
- Trial name
- NCT03139279
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine, Propofol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center
Mental Illness
Recovery Bridge: Peer Intervention to Bridge Transition Post Discharge
The time following discharge from psychiatric hospitalization is a high-risk period and has been associated with a range of negative outcomes including high rates of hospital readmission and suicide.
- Trial name
- NCT05758376
- Testing
- Recovery Bridge
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Bacterial Vaginosis, Vaginal Discharge
Study of How Bacterial Vaginosis and Its Treatment Affects Cervical and Vaginal Tissue
This is a research study to determine whether bacterial vaginosis (BV) changes the cervico-vaginal tissue (skin covering the cervix and vagina) and makes women at higher risk for getting HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus).
- Trial name
- CONRADBV (NCT01347632)
- Testing
- Metronidazole
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CONRAD
Medication Management
Discharge Medication Counseling in Hospitalized Children
Our objective is to design and test the efficacy of a health-literacy-informed discharge medication counseling intervention in the inpatient setting to reduce medication dosing errors and improve adherence in hospitalized…
- Trial name
- NCT05143047
- Testing
- Medication counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 198 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Erythema, Drainage
A Comparison of INSORB Staples With Metal Staples in Total Hip Replacement
The purpose of this study is to compare the use of INSORB absorbable staples with metal staples on surgical incision healing after total hip replacement.
- Conditions
- Erythema, Drainage, Bruising, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT00940446
- Testing
- Insorb staples, metal staples (Ethicon metal stapler)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Orthopaedic Research Foundation
Children Who Present to the ED With Minor Febrile Illnesses
Video Discharge Instructions for Fever and ED Recidivism
To evaluate the effect of video discharge instructions on return visits to the ER or ED within 72 hours of the original visit for children with febrile illnesses.
- Trial name
- NCT01655251
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 273 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Pain, Postoperative, Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
A Comparison of Tumescence in Breast Reduction Surgery
The investigators' main hypothesis is that in breast reduction surgery, the use of tumescent solution containing both dilute lidocaine and epinephrine will lead to better control of postoperative pain, nausea, vomiting, shorter…
- Trial name
- NCT01602692
- Testing
- Tumescent solution with dilute lidocaine and epinephrine, Tumescent Solution with dilute epinephrine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Bacterial Vaginosis
Trial of Trimosan Gel Effect on Pessary-associated Bacterial Vaginosis
The primary objective of this prospective, randomized, controlled study is to assess the effect of Trimo-San vaginal gel on the rate of bacterial vaginosis in women who use pessaries.
- Trial name
- TBVAP (NCT01471457)
- Testing
- Trimo-San gel
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Anesthesia
Ambu AuraGain and Teleflex LMA Protector Fiberoptic Assessments in Elective Patients
Participant is being asked to take part in this study because participant is going to have surgery that requires general anesthesia (in which participant is unconscious for the procedure).
- Trial name
- NCT02724956
- Testing
- Ambu AuraGain, Teleflex LMA Protector, Ambu aScope
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Abscess
Antibiotics Versus Placebo in the Treatment of Abscesses in the Emergency Department
The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a difference between an antibiotic, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole versus placebo in healing outcomes of soft tissue abscesses following incision and drainage.
- Trial name
- NCT00867789
- Testing
- Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, Sugar pill
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Disorder of Nipple, Breast Neoplasms
Diagnostic Utility of MRI in Female Patients With Nipple Discharge: A Prospective Trial
The purpose of the proposed prospective study is to determine the diagnostic value of MRI for the evaluation of patients with pathologic nipple discharge.
- Trial name
- NCT02818946
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University