Clinical trials: Emergency Department
Hospitalization, Child Health
Comparative Effectiveness of Direct Admission & Admission Through Emergency Departments for Children
At a national level, emergency departments (EDs) serve as the portal of hospital admission for 75% of hospitalized children. The remainder occur via direct admission, defined as admission to hospital without first receiving care…
- Trial name
- NCT04192799
- Testing
- Direct admission, ED admission
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,997 people
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Syncope
Syncope Decision Aid for Emergency Care
Syncope, or transient loss of consciousness/fainting, is a common emergency department (ED) complaint responsible for over 1 million ED visits yearly.
- Trial name
- SynDA (NCT02971163)
- Testing
- SynDA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Abdominal Pain, Renal Colic
High Dose IV Lidocaine vs Hydromorphone for Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department
Intravenous lidocaine will be given at a dose of 2 mg/kg intravenously to patients in the emergency department with a diagnosis of acute abdominal pain.
- Trial name
- HIDO-LIDO (NCT04398316)
- Testing
- Lidocaine Iv, HYDROmorphone Injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Headache, Migraine
Study of Intramuscular Ropivacaine Injections for Treatment of Pediatric Headache
Objective: To determine if lower paracervical intramuscular ropivacaine injection is an effective treatment for pediatric headache in an emergency department setting.
- Trial name
- NCT00680823
- Testing
- Ropivacaine, Normal saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Robert Hickey
Sickle Cell Anemia Crisis
Does IV Acetaminophen Reduce Opioid Requirement in Pediatric Patients With Acute Sickle Cell Crises?
The purpose of this study is to determine whether IV acetaminophen can decrease the need for subsequent opioid administration in the acute management of sickle cell crisis pain in the pediatric emergency room.
- Trial name
- NCT03541980
- Testing
- Acetaminophen, Normal saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Influenza Vaccination
PROmotion of FLU Vaccine Uptake in the Emergency Department - PROFLUVAXED
The goal of this research is to increase influenza vaccine acceptance and uptake in vulnerable populations whose primary (and often only) health care access occurs in emergency departments (ED Usual Source of Care Patients).
- Trial name
- PROFLUVAXED (NCT05836818)
- Testing
- Question (Q), Messaging (M)
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 776 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Contraception
EC PK in Women With Normal and Obese BMI
A well-designed pharmacokinetics (PK) study may identify the physiologic basis for observed differences in levonorgestrel emergency contraception (LNG-EC) and ulipristal acetate emergency contraception (UPA-EC) failure rates in…
- Trial name
- NCT02689804
- Testing
- LNG-EC, UPA-EC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Alcohol Abuse
Study of Mobile Phone Delivered Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption
In this study, the investigators will be developing and testing a mobile phone text message intervention to reduce alcohol use for people at risk of alcohol dependence.
- Trial name
- mROAD (NCT02158949)
- Testing
- mROAD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Clinical Decision Support, Buprenorphine
Clinical Decision Support to Implement ED-initiated Buprenorphine for OUD
Emergency Departments (EDs) frequently care for individuals with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). Buprenorphine (BUP) is an effective treatment option for patients with OUD that can safely be initiated in the ED.
- Conditions
- Clinical Decision Support, Buprenorphine, Opioid-use Disorder
- Trial name
- EMBED (NCT03658642)
- Testing
- Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
- Where
- 22 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,047 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Dehydration
Study of Subcutaneous Rehydration With Recombinant Human Hyaluronidase for Infants and Children
The aim of the study is to evaluate the safety, effectiveness and ease of use of subcutaneous (SC) rehydration using HYLENEX-augmented SC infusion of fluids and electrolytes for the rehydration of pediatric patients with mild to…
- Trial name
- INFUSE-PR (NCT00477152)
- Testing
- hyaluronidase (human recombinant)/rehydration fluid
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Fall Patients, Delirium
Implementation of Multidisciplinary Assessments for Geriatric Patients in an ED Observation Unit
This project will implement a 2 step protocol for multidisciplinary geriatric assessment in the Emergency Department (ED). Candidate: Dr.
- Conditions
- Fall Patients, Delirium, Quality of Life, Functional Status
- Trial name
- IMAGE (NCT04068311)
- Testing
- Geriatric Screening tools
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 373 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Conscious Sedation
Procedural Sedation And Analgesia in Children in the Emergency Department: The Role of Adjunct Therapies
The role of Adjunct therapies such as Child Life therapy and Music listening during Procedural Sedation and Analgesia(PSA) for children during painful procedures has not been studied in the Emergency Department (ED).
- Trial name
- NCT02518919
- Testing
- Child life intervention, Music listening
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Michigan
Covid-19 Vaccine, Vaccine Hesitancy
PROmotion of COvid-19 VA(X)Ccination in the Emergency Department - PROCOVAXED
The goal of this research is to increase COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and uptake in vulnerable populations whose primary (and often only) health care access occurs in emergency departments (ED Usual Source of Care Patients).
- Trial name
- PROCOVAXED (NCT05142332)
- Testing
- Covid-19 vaccine education materials
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 541 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Suicide, Suicide Threat
Initiating Ketamine in Acutely Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department
Current treatment for acutely suicidal patients are limited to hospitalization, psychotherapy, electro-convulsant therapy, or a combination of the aforementioned. However, this has added to the national boarding problem.
- Conditions
- Suicide, Suicide Threat, Depression Severe
- Trial name
- NCT04260607
- Testing
- Ketamine Hydrochloride, Normal saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune
Bronchiolitis
Heliox-Driven Racemic Epinephrine in Treatment of Bronchiolitis in Pediatric ED Patients
The purpose of this study is to assess whether children with moderate to severe bronchiolitis treated with standard racemic epinephrine therapy via 70:30 helium-oxygen (heliox) driven nebulization will have improvements in…
- Trial name
- NCT00116584
- Testing
- heliox, oxygen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Louisville
Obesity, Contraception
Effectiveness of Orally Dosed Emergency Contraception in Obese Women - UPA
Obese women are significantly more likely than their normal BMI counterparts to experience failure of orally-dosed emergency contraceptives.
- Trial name
- UPA-Obesity (NCT02859337)
- Testing
- UPA-ECx1, UPA-ECx2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Asthma, Acute Asthma
Budesonide Inhalation Suspension for Acute Asthma in Children
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the addition of budesonide inhalation suspension (BIS) to the standard therapy of albuterol, ipratropium bromide, and systemic corticosteroids (SCS) for moderate to severe asthma…
- Conditions
- Asthma, Acute Asthma, Reactive Airway Exacerbation
- Trial name
- NCT00393367
- Testing
- Budesonide inhalation suspension (0.5 mg/2mL) 2mg, albuterol (5mg/mL) 7.5 or 10mg, Prednisolone, prednisone, or methylprednisolone, Albuterol, ipratropium bromide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 179 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Heart Arrest, Cardiac Arrest
Pre-arrival Instructions Effect on Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
The investigators hypothesized that pre-arrival instructions would increase the likelihood of bystanders performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
- Conditions
- Heart Arrest, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
- Trial name
- NCT02007499
- Testing
- Pre-Arrival Instructions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 274 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Migraine
Hydromorphone Versus Prochlorperazine + Diphenhydramine for Acute Migraine
Opioids are commonly used to treat migraine in North American Emergency Departments. We are comparing efficacy and adverse events of hydromorphone, an opioid, to that of prochlorperazine, a dopamine antagonist with known efficacy…
- Trial name
- NCT02389829
- Testing
- Hydromorphone, Prochlorperazine, Diphenhydramine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 127 people
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Fatigue
SleepTrackTXT Feasibility and Pilot Study
Aim 1: To determine if real-time assessments of perceived sleepiness and fatigue using text-messaging impacts an emergency medicine clinician's Attitudes, Perceived Norms, Self-Efficacy, Alertness Habits, Perceived Importance of…
- Trial name
- SleepTrackTXT (NCT02063737)
- Testing
- Text-message assessments only, Text-message interventions for high level fatigue
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh