Clinical trials: Emergency Department
Bronchiolitis
Inhaled Hypertonic Saline Use in the Emergency Department to Treat Acute Viral Bronchiolitis
Acute viral bronchiolitis is an extremely common childhood disease, responsible for approximately 17% of childhood admissions to hospital per year, with an annually cost that reaches U$ 500 million.
- Trial name
- NCT02045238
- Testing
- Hypertonic Saline, Chest X-Ray, Respiratory virus screening test
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Psychiatric Emergency, Aggression
TREC-Lebanon: A Trial for Rapid Tranquilisation for Agitated Patients in the Emergency Setting
This is a randomised controlled trial comparing haloperidol + promethazine versus haloperidol + promethazine + chlorpromazine for agitated patients in the emergency department.
- Conditions
- Psychiatric Emergency, Aggression, Agitation
- Trial name
- TREC (NCT03639558)
- Testing
- Haloperidol + Promethazine + Chlorpromazine, Haloperidol + Promethazine
- Where
- 2 sites in Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Joseph Dib
Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases
Targeting of UnControlled Hypertension in Emergency Department
The proposed project underscores the following: 1) The prevalence of uncontrolled/undiagnosed hypertension (HTN) in underrepresented groups presenting to the ED is alarmingly high, and 2) ED engagement and early risk…
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases, Vascular Diseases
- Trial name
- TOUCHED (NCT03749499)
- Testing
- HTN Educational Video, Visual Echocardiogram Image Clips, Mobile Health and Remote BP monitoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 574 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Odontalgia, Toothache
CBD for Dental Pain
The purpose of this study is to evaulate CBD as a therapeutic approach for dental pain. Eligible subjects presented with emergency dental pain will be give a single dose of Epidiolex (FDA-approved CBD) or placebo and will be…
- Trial name
- NCT04642404
- Testing
- Epidiolex 100 mg/mL Oral Solution
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Oral Intubation
GlideScope Versus Direct Laryngoscope for Emergency Intubation
The purpose of this study is to assess if the GlideScope video laryngoscope is superior to the Macintosh direct laryngoscope for definitive airway management in acutely-injured patients.
- Trial name
- NCT01235065
- Testing
- type of laryngoscope
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 623 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Advanced Cancer, Hematologic Malignancy
Fatigue in Emergency Center Patients
1. To describe fatigue severity and its related symptom clusters in cancer patients who are seeking emergency care for fever, pain, shortness of breath, or cancer therapy-related gastrointestinal toxicities. 2.
- Conditions
- Advanced Cancer, Hematologic Malignancy, Fatigue
- Trial name
- NCT00504985
- Testing
- Surveys
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Acute Respiratory Failure
Bougie Use in Emergency Airway Management
This prospective, open-label trial randomizes adult patients intubated in the ED with a Macintosh blade to use or not use a bougie for the first intubation attempt. The primary outcome is first pass success.
- Trial name
- BEAM (NCT02902146)
- Testing
- Bougie, Endotracheal tube
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 757 people
- Sponsor
- Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Stroke (CVA) or TIA, Diabetes
Risk Factors, Costs, and Impacts of ED Boarding
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the risk factors, costs, and operational impacts of emergency department boarding (patients admitted to the hospital but remaining in the emergency department awaiting…
- Conditions
- Stroke (CVA) or TIA, Diabetes, Asthma (Diagnosis), COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Trial name
- NCT07532564
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30,486 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Emergency Contraception
Piroxicam and Levonorgestrel Co-treatment for Emergency Contraception
This is a randomised controlled trial aimed at comparing the efficacy of levonorgestrel (LNG) co-administered with piroxicam or placebo for oral emergency contraception (EC).
- Trial name
- NCT03614494
- Testing
- Piroxicam 40 mg, Levonorgestrel 1.5mg
- Where
- 2 sites in Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 860 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dr. Hang Wun Raymond Li
Pain
Ketamine For Acute Treatment of Pain in Emergency Department
The aim of the study is to compare the safety \& efficacy of low dose ketamine and morphine versus morphine alone for acute generalized pain in the Emergency Department (ED).
- Trial name
- KETAFAP (NCT02306759)
- Testing
- Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Procedural Sedation and Analgesia
Ketamine Versus Co-administration of Ketamine and Propofol for Procedural Sedation in a Pediatric Emergency Department
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of the co-administration of intravenous ketamine and propofol to intravenous ketamine as a single agent for procedural sedation in the pediatric emergency department.
- Trial name
- NCT01387139
- Testing
- Ketamine, Ketamine Co-administered with Propofol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 183 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Dementia
Deprescribing Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Emergency Department for Persons Living With Dementia
Aim 1: To demonstrate the feasibility by determining proportion of completed medication reconciliation, Central Nervous System active Potentially Inappropriate Medication (CNS PIM) use among patients with Alzheimer's Disease and…
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT06273917)
- Testing
- PRIDE
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Pain
An Efficacy and Safety of Proprietary Formulations of Oral Ketamine + Aspirin in Treatment of Acute Headache
Headaches affect over 50% of patients annually, with close to 4% of ED visits for headache. Most headaches managed in the ED are benign, with 90% of these headaches classified as tension, migraine, or cluster.
- Trial name
- NCT04860713
- Testing
- aspirin and ketamine, Nurtec (Rimegepant)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Antonios Likourezos
Pain
Safety and Efficacy Study of Fentanyl Buccal Tablet Use in the Emergency Department for Isolated Extremity Injury
The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate fentanyl buccal tablet (FBT) for analgesia in comparison to standard analgesia, to determine if the FBT allows for faster achievement of "significant analgesia"
- Trial name
- FAIRTOP II (NCT01270659)
- Testing
- Fentanyl, Oxycodone/acetaminophen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Pregnancy, Unplanned, Pregnancy; Accident
Levonorgestrel Intrauterine System For Emergency Contraception
The purpose of this research study is to test the levonorgestrel intrauterine system as a method for emergency contraception. Emergency contraception refers to pregnancy prevention after an act of intercourse.
- Trial name
- LIFE (NCT01539720)
- Testing
- Ulipristal acetate, levonorgestrel IUS
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 274 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri
Migraine Disorders
A Pilot Clinical Trial of a New Neuromodulation Device for Acute Attacks of Migraine in Children and Adolescents
Migraine is a neurological disease characterized by severe and recurrent headaches. Children and adolescents with migraine often present to the emergency department (ED) with acute attacks, where migraine accounts for up to ~30%…
- Trial name
- NCT05102591
- Testing
- Ketorolac, Metoclopramide, Active Remote Electrical Neuromodulation Device
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Stroke, Acute
Efficacy and Safety of Trans Sodium Crocetinate (TSC) for Treatment of Suspected Stroke
This study will assess the potential efficacy and safety of TSC as early treatment for both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke when administered while subject is in ambulance being transported to hospital.
- Trial name
- PHAST-TSC (NCT03763929)
- Testing
- Trans-Sodium Crocetinate
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc
Epistaxis
Topical Intranasal Tranexamic Acid for Epistaxis in the Emergency Department
It is estimated that epistaxis results in 4.5 million emergency department visits per year throughout the United States. Due to the adverse effects of standard treatment options for epistaxis, tranexamic acid (TXA) may be…
- Trial name
- NCT02930941
- Testing
- Tranexamic Acid, 0.9% Sodium Chloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Shortness of Breath Episode, Tachycardia
Verification of Prediction Algorithm
Prospective observational clinical study to verify an algorithm used to predict cardiopulmonary events in patients presenting to the emergency department.
- Conditions
- Shortness of Breath Episode, Tachycardia, Bradycardia, Difficulty Breathing
- Trial name
- VPAC (NCT02863666)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Belgium
- Volunteers
- 673 people
- Sponsor
- Zoll Medical Corporation
Pregnancy
A Randomized Prospective Analysis of Time to Diagnosis and Length of Stay of Emergency Department Pelvic Ultrasonography
The goal of this project is to compare the efficiency of pelvic ultrasounds performed by emergency medicine residents and attending physicians to the efficiency of pelvic ultrasounds performed by the department of radiology.
- Trial name
- NCT02268877
- Testing
- Emergency Medicine Physician Ultrasound, Ultrasound
- Volunteers
- 224 people
- Sponsor
- Denver Health and Hospital Authority