Clinical trials: Emergency Departments
Health-risk Behaviours, Non Communicable Diseases
Screening and Educating Emergency Department Attendees on Health-risk Behaviours
Aim: To determine the feasibility and potential efficacy of a proactive approach using a brief self-determination theory-based intervention to help people attending the ED modify their health-risk behaviours and lead healthier…
- Trial name
- NCT05680519
- Testing
- theory of planned behaviour, foot-in-the-door technique, and self-determination theory intervention, Control group
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Erector Spinae Plane Block
Nerve Block for Severe Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department
Currently, the standard treatment of nonsurgical abdominal pain in the Emergency Department (ED) includes narcotic pain medication. This can be addictive and contributes to the current opioid epidemic.
- Trial name
- ESPB (NCT07826936)
- Testing
- Bupivacaine (erector spinae plane block)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Nursing Education
The Effect of Emergency Escape Room Simulation on Students' Knowledge, Anxiety and Satisfaction Level
This research is a randomized controlled study type. The population of the research consisted of a total of 40 students studying at the Hamidiye Nursing Faculty of the University of Health Sciences and taking the emergency…
- Trial name
- NCT06619119
- Testing
- Excape room simulation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Endotracheal Intubation
ED Airway Management in the Netherlands.
Airway management is one of the resuscitative procedures patients may undergo in the Emergency Department (ED). While this is a high risk procedure, to date there is no data available on airway management practices, success or…
- Trial name
- DEAR (NCT06558630)
- Testing
- Endotracheal intubation
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Frisius Medisch Centrum
Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Ambulance Clinicians' Experiences of Attending OHCA in Children
This research will explore ambulance clinicians' experiences of attending out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) incidents involving children. OHCA occurs when the heart stops beating.
- Trial name
- NCT06922019
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 2,137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Warwick
Contraception
Ovarian Function With ENG Implant and UPA Use
Same day initiation of the etonogestrel (ENG) implant and oral ulipristal acetate (UPA) would overcome contraceptive access barriers to people capable of pregnancy with recent unprotected intercourse to ongoing contraception.
- Trial name
- NCT04291001
- Testing
- ENG implant, oral ulipristal acetate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Procedural Anxiety, Laceration of Skin
Virtual Reality for Anxiolysis During Laceration Repair in the Pediatric Emergency Room
The investigators propose a pilot study to examine the feasibility of utilizing immersive virtual reality to reduce procedural anxiety in children undergoing non-facial laceration repair in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
- Trial name
- NCT03475901
- Testing
- Virtual Reality App
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Shortness of Breath, Acute Exacerbation
NT-proBNP for Evaluation of the Dyspneic Patient in the Emergency Room and the Medical Ward
The proposed study intends to evaluate the impact of the NT-proBNP assay on the diagnosis of heart failure in patients with dyspnea of unknown etiology presenting to the emergency room and admitted to the medical wards.
- Trial name
- NCT00271128
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
Pain
iMpact of therapeUtic Live muSic on Pain and Distress Levels During Interventions in the paediatriC Emergency Department
The Emergency Department (ED) can be stressful and traumatic, especially for children and young people, and the clinical environment can be a frightening, unfamiliar space, which adds to an already anxious experience.
- Trial name
- Music:ED (NCT03956667)
- Testing
- Live Music
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 109 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Non-traumatic Medical Emergency
Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Methods for Identifying Patients At High Risk of Worsening in the Adult Emergency Department
This study will be conducted in the Regional Emergency Room (ER) of the Dijon-Bourgogne University Hospital in Dijon, France. It is an interventional study that will have an impact on medical contact time.
- Trial name
- Quick-TRI (NCT05813431)
- Testing
- FRENCH grid (classification for emergency nurses in French hospitals), QuickSOFA, Capillary lactate assessment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 337 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Frailty, Surgery--Complications
Protocol for Patients Above 75 Years Undergoing Emergency Laparotomy
In the ProPEL study the effect of a protocol designed for elderly patients about to undergo emergency abdominal surgery will be investigated. The protocol addresses issues of both frailty and ceiling-of -care decisions.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Surgery--Complications, Outcome, Fatal, Frail Elderly Syndrome
- Trial name
- (ProPEL) (NCT04293653)
- Testing
- Protocol for patients above 75 undergoing emergency laparotomy or laparoscopy
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital
Abscess, Cellulitis
Incision and Drainage Versus Needle Aspiration in Soft Tissue Abscesses
The incidence of skin and soft tissue infections has increased dramatically over the last decade, in part due to increased prevalence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA).
- Trial name
- NCT01085929
- Testing
- Incision and Drainage, Ultrasound Guided Aspiration
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Dysmenorrhea, Pain
The Effect of Distraction Techniques Used in Intramuscular (IM) Injections on Pain in Adolescents Presenting to the Emergency Department With Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Controlled Study
Brief Summary: This study investigates the effectiveness of non-pharmacological techniques for managing dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain) in adolescents.
- Conditions
- Dysmenorrhea, Pain, Distraction Methods
- Trial name
- "HSTT-SB Dysme (NCT06842329)
- Testing
- Halfer Skin Tape Technique, ShotBlocker Technique, Standard Intramusculer injection
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Duygu MEZDE
Emergency Patients
Analyzing Patient Flows at the Emergency Department by Data Analytics, Simulation, and Optimization
In this project, investigators apply operations research techniques, more specifically data analytics, system simulation, mathematical modelling, and optimization, for analyzing and improving operations in the Emergency…
- Trial name
- NCT05025683
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 23,425 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Children, Lacerations
Pain and Anxiety Management With Oral Narcotic for Pediatric Suture Repair
The purpose of this study is: To determine whether oral narcotic medication versus placebo improves the pain and anxiety scores for pediatric patients requiring laceration repair in the pediatric emergency department and…
- Conditions
- Children, Lacerations, Procedures, Child
- Trial name
- NCT01053637
- Testing
- hydrocodone/acetaminophen, Sugar water
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Impact of a Decision Aid on Patient Decision Making in Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients
We are doing a study to assess the impact of including patients in making decision regarding their own medical care in the emergency department. We will randomly assign them to either receive a decision aid or usual care.
- Trial name
- NCT01077037
- Testing
- Decision Aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 204 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Acupuncture
Efficacy of Electroacupuncture on Acute Abdomen Emergency Care
Contrast to conventional Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine is the most common used therapy of complementary and alternative medicine.
- Trial name
- NCT03199495
- Testing
- electroacupuncture
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Changhua Christian Hospital
Respiratory Tract Infections
A Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infection for Adults and Children in Emergency Department and Urgent Care Settings
Inappropriate antibiotic use is a major public health concern. Excessive exposure to antibiotics results in emergence and spread of drug-resistant bacteria, potentially avoidable adverse drug reactions, and increased healthcare…
- Trial name
- MITIGATE (NCT03022929)
- Testing
- Enhanced Antimicrobial Stewardship Commitment and Feedback
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 257 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Hypertension Emergency, End-organ Damage
Post Marketing Study to Evaluate the Two Dose Regimens of Nicardipine Injection in Hypertensive Emergency Patients
To compare the efficacy and safety of two dose adjustment regimens (i.e. weight-based and non-weight-based) for the treatment of Chinese hypertensive emergency patients.
- Trial name
- NCT01872039
- Testing
- Perdipine injection
- Where
- 5 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 163 people
- Sponsor
- Astellas Pharma China, Inc.
Child, Preschool
How Young is Too Young for Virtual Reality? Determining Usability and Acceptability in Ages 2-6 in the Emergency Department
Children who present to the emergency department often require painful procedures (intravenous catheterization, laceration repair, fracture reduction, etc.).
- Trial name
- NCT03692377
- Testing
- Virtual Reality
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
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