Clinical trials: Emergency Department Patients
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
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
Covid19
Adhesive Tape Placement on Patients' Masks in the Emergency Department Increases Compliance of Proper Face Mask Use
Methods 123 patients were enrolled in a randomized controlled trial at Eskenazi Hospital from April 2020 until October 2020. We permitted patients to either use their own mask (due to low resources institutionally) or we provided…
- Trial name
- NCT04812184
- Testing
- Tape Face Mask
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Kidney Stones, Ureteral Stones
The Efficacy of Tamsulosin in the Treatment of Ureteral Stones in Emergency Department Patients
To determine if emergency department patients with acute ureteral colic pain due to a ureteral stone who are treated with tamsulosin, versus placebo, will experience a shorter time to passage of their stone or resolution of their…
- Trial name
- NCT00448123
- Testing
- Tamsulosin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 127 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Robert Swor
Acute Pain, Fractures
Comparing Ketamine and Morphine in the Treatment of Acute Fracture Pain
Opioid pain medications such as morphine and dilaudid are commonly used in emergency departments to treat pain in patients. Physicians are familiar with the side effects of these medications; the most concerning of which is…
- Trial name
- NCT02430818
- Testing
- ketamine, morphine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Chest Pain
Impact on Management of the HEART Risk Score in Chest Pain Patients
Aim of this study is to quantify the impact of the use of the HEART risk score on patient outcome and on costs in patients with chest pain presenting at the emergency room, as compared to not using the score.
- Trial name
- HEART-Impact (NCT01756846)
- Testing
- usual care, use of HEART risk score
- Where
- 9 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 3,666 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UMC Utrecht
Pyelonephritis Acute
Patient-Directed Antimicrobial Duration in Acute Uncomplicated Pyelonephritis
This pilot study will randomize 40 female patients with acute uncomplicated pyelonephritis to receive standard duration of therapy versus patient-directed antimicrobial duration (PDAD).
- Trial name
- NCT06127160
- Testing
- Cephalexin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brett A Faine
Acute Pain
Protocolized vs Nonprotocolized Treatment of Adult ED Patients With Acute Severe Pain
Patients treated with protocolized pain management (1 mg of IV hydromorphone followed by an additional 1 mg IV hydromorphone if the patient wants more) will have better pain relief and no more adverse events than patients…
- Trial name
- NCT00627367
- Testing
- Hydromorphone, Nonprotocolized
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 224 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Pain
Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Hydromorphone in Elderly Emergency Department Patients With Acute Severe Pain
The hydromorphone protocol is more effective than usual care in Emergency Department (ED) patients age 65 years and older in terms of proportion who choose to forgo additional pain medication within 60 minutes post-baseline in…
- Trial name
- NCT01429285
- Testing
- Hydromorphone, Usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Postoperative Pain, Laparotomy
Transversus Abdominis Plane Block Versus Erector Spinae Plane Block
The TAP block, first described by Rafi in 2001, is comprised of deposition of a local anesthetic into the anatomical plane between the internal oblique and transverses abdominis muscles, where thess thoracoabdominal nerves…
- Trial name
- NCT03989570
- Testing
- transversus abdominis plane block, erector spinae plane block, control group
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hassan Mokhtar Elshorbagy Hetta
Homosexuality, Gender Identity
Patient Centered Methods to Collect Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Status in the ED
This trial is the final phase of a three phase PCORI-funded study to develop and test patient-centered approaches to collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) information in the ED.
- Trial name
- EQUALITY (NCT02701049)
- Testing
- Methods to collect SO/GI information in the ED
- Volunteers
- 749 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
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
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
Hypertension, High Blood Pressure
Pre-clinical Cardiac Dysfunction Among Asymptomatic Hypertensive Patients
This project will evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of a novel, multidisciplinary approach to identify and treat pre-clinical cardiac dysfunction (PCCD) in asymptomatic hypertensive patients identified in a single…
- Conditions
- Hypertension, High Blood Pressure, Ventricular Hypertrophy, Diastolic Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT00689819
- Testing
- Exercise, Weight Loss, Low Sodium Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
Contraception Behavior
A Trial of an Adolescent Male Sexual Health Intervention
Early unintended fatherhood and rates of sexually transmitted infections remain national concerns, disproportionately affecting minority, underserved adolescent males, many of whom frequently use emergency departments (EDs) for…
- Trial name
- DrEric (NCT04969289)
- Testing
- Dr. Eric Digital Health Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
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
Abscesses
Prospective Randomized Trial of Bactrim on 7 Day Outcome in Patients With Uncomplicated Abscesses
Patients will be enrolled in a multi-center study to prospectively evaluate outcome after treatment for an uncomplicated skin abscess. All patients will receive incision and drainage and wound cultures.
- Trial name
- NCT00973765
- Testing
- bactrim
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 212 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- 59th Medical Wing
Dehydration
Ultrasound of the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) and Dehydration Status in Pediatric Emergency Patients
Objective: Although approximately 9% of patients presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Department (ED) are dehydrated, there is no reliable method to measure objectively the degree of intravascular dehydration.
- Trial name
- NCT00267644
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Antonios Likourezos
Fentanyl, Platelet Reactivity
Platelet Reactivity With Fentanyl, Morphine, or no Narcotic
The goal is to determine whether fentanyl and morphine have similar effects in reducing aspirin's effect upon platelets in emergency department patients with chest discomfort.
- Trial name
- NCT05367336
- Testing
- Morphine, Fentanyl
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Corewell Health South
Acute Severe Pain
Titration of Intravenous Hydromorphone
This is an exploratory, hypothesis-generating safety and efficacy study for patients who come to the ER in acute (less than 7 days in duration) severe pain. Patients with chronic pain will not be enrolled.
- Trial name
- NCT01892709
- Testing
- Hydromorphone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 215 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center