Clinical trials: End of Life
Sudden Cardiac Death, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Heart Failure Optimization Study
This study is designed as a multi-center prospective observational study of newly diagnosed Heart Failure (HF) patients to test the hypothesis that additional Ejection Fraction (EF) recovery occurs between 90 and 180 days as…
- Conditions
- Sudden Cardiac Death, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Heart Failure, Heart Failure Low Output
- Trial name
- HF-Opt (NCT03016754)
- Testing
- Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator
- Where
- 67 sites in United States, Austria and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 602 people
- Sponsor
- Zoll Medical Corporation
Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease
Caregiver Outlook: An Intervention to Improve Caregiving in Serious Illness
Informal caregivers provide a majority of care for patients during serious illness. Lack of preparation and completion may leave caregivers less capable of caring for a loved one or making crucial decisions influencing care.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT01672294
- Testing
- Preparation and life completion, Attention Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 286 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Study of Chemoradiotherapy With or Without Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) For The Treatment of Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer (MK-3475-A18/KEYNOTE-A18/ENGOT-cx11/GOG-3047)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy compared to placebo plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy in participants with locally advanced cervical cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT04221945
- Testing
- Pembrolizumab, Cisplatin, External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT)
- Where
- 176 sites in United States, Australia and 28 more
- Volunteers
- 1,060 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Pilot Testing Dementia-Enhanced Training and Tool for Home Hospice Clinicians
The purpose of this study is to pilot test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a clinically useful, inclusive dementia-enhanced training and tool for use by home hospice clinicians to improve care and…
- Trial name
- EDITH-HC (NCT05719077)
- Testing
- EDITH-HC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer, Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
A Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) for First Line Treatment of Recurrent or Metastatic Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck (MK-3475-048/KEYNOTE-048)
Participants with recurrent or metastatic (R/M) squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (HNSCC) will be randomly assigned to receive pembrolizumab monotherapy [pembro mono], pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy with a platinum-based…
- Trial name
- NCT02358031
- Testing
- Pembrolizumab, Cisplatin, Carboplatin
- Volunteers
- 882 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Preterm Infant, Hypothermia, Newborn
Early Kangaroo Mother Care in Gambian Hospitalised Unstable Neonates
The mortality effect of kangaroo mother care in stable newborns <2000g is well established but mortality effect in unstable newborns is not conclusively known.
- Conditions
- Preterm Infant, Hypothermia, Newborn, Death, Kangaroo Mother Care
- Trial name
- eKMC (NCT03555981)
- Testing
- Early Kangaroo Mother Care, Standard care
- Where
- The Gambia
- Volunteers
- 279 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Pain
The Use of a Digital Application for Reporting Pain and Pain Management in Home Hospice
Poor adherence to pain management and high pain intensity associated with serious, advanced illness is a major public health concern.
- Trial name
- ePainSupport (NCT04869085)
- Testing
- e-PainSupport
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Melanoma
Relative Bioavailability Study of Subcutaneous Injection Versus Intravenous Infusion of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Participants With Advanced Melanoma (MK-3475-555/KEYNOTE-555)
The purpose of this study is to characterize the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) following single subcutaneous (SC) injection of pembrolizumab Dose A versus pembrolizumab Dose C in adults with advanced…
- Trial name
- NCT03665597
- Testing
- Pembrolizumab Dose C, Pembrolizumab Dose A, Pembrolizumab Dose B
- Where
- 15 sites in Australia, South Africa and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 138 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Platinum Pre-treated Recurrent/Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Cancer (MK-3475-122/KEYNOTE-122)
This is a study of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) versus standard treatment (capecitabine, gemcitabine, or docetaxel) for the treatment of recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC).
- Trial name
- NCT02611960
- Testing
- Pembrolizumab, Capecitabine, Gemcitabine
- Volunteers
- 233 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Brain Death, Heart Failure
Intravenous Thyroxine for Heart-Eligible Organ Donors
This randomized controlled trial will evaluate whether intravenous thyroxine infusion given to brain-dead organ donors who are eligible to donate hearts for 12 hours will result in more hearts transplanted than saline placebo
- Trial name
- NCT04415658
- Testing
- Thyroxine, Saline
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 838 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Brain Death
Nutritional Status and Enteral Absorption Capability After Brain Death
The investigators propose to assess 36 donors' nutritional status using accepted parameters (prealbumin, resting energy expenditure); to assess nutrient intestinal absorption through 13Curacil breath tests; and to evaluate serum…
- Trial name
- HRSA Nutrition (NCT00858390)
- Testing
- enteral feeding with Oxepa® and Glutasolve®
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Flutter
SAFEty of Two Strategies of ICD Management at Implantation
The aim of this prospective observational study is to evaluate the safety, over a follow-up of 2 years, of two strategies, consisting in performing or not performing defibrillation testing(DT) during first implant of implantable…
- Conditions
- Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Flutter, Sudden Cardiac Death
- Trial name
- SAFE-ICD (NCT00661037)
- Testing
- Implantable defibrillator
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 2,120 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
KEYMAKER-U01 Substudy 3: Efficacy and Safety Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) When Used With Investigational Agents in Participants With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Previously Treated With Anti-programmed Cell Death Receptor Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Therapy (MK-3475-01C/KEYMAKER-U01C)
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in combination with boserolimab (MK-5890), MK-4830, MK-0482 in participants with advanced squamous or non-squamous NSCLC that have been…
- Trial name
- NCT04165096
- Testing
- Pembrolizumab, Boserolimab, MK-4830
- Where
- 39 sites in United States, Hungary and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Pharmacokinetics, Solid Tumor
Study of Boserolimab (MK-5890) as Monotherapy and in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Adults With Advanced Solid Tumors (MK-5890-001)
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and pharmacokinetics of boserolimab (MK-5890) when administered alone and in combination with pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in adults.
- Conditions
- Pharmacokinetics, Solid Tumor, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms
- Trial name
- NCT03396445
- Testing
- Boserolimab, Pembrolizumab, Pemetrexed
- Where
- 18 sites in United States, Chile and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 182 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Extensive-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
Study of Durvalumab in Combination With Platinum and Etoposide for the First Line Treatment of Patients With Extensive-stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
Study to determine the safety and tolerability profile of durvalumab with platinum (cisplatin or carboplatin) plus etoposide (EP) as first-line treatment in participants with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer.
- Trial name
- LUMINANCE (NCT04774380)
- Testing
- Durvalumab, Cisplatin, Carboplatin
- Where
- 35 sites in Bulgaria, Canada and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 152 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
LQT2 Syndrome
Study to Evaluate the Effect of Eleclazine on QT, Safety, and Tolerability in Participants With Long QT2 Syndrome
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of oral eleclazine (formerly GS-6615) on corrected QT (QTc) interval in participants with long QT2 syndrome.
- Trial name
- NCT02365506
- Testing
- Eleclazine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Gilead Sciences
End of Life, Cancer
Enhancing Community Capacity to Improve Cancer Care Delivery
Undertreated patient symptoms and resulting acute care use require approaches that improve symptom-burden. Previously a a lay health worker (LHW)-led symptom screening intervention was developed for patients with advanced cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT04107116
- Testing
- Program participants, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 832 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention
A Study of an Ad26.RSV.PreF-based Regimen at the End of Shelf-life in Adults Aged 60 to 75 Years
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate non-inferiority in terms of humoral immune responses of Ad26.RSV.preF-based study vaccine lots representative of different aged vaccine in comparison to a non-aged Ad26.RSV.preF-based…
- Trial name
- NCT05101486
- Testing
- Ad26.RSV.PreF-based Vaccine
- Where
- 13 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 755 people
- Sponsor
- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V.
Health Education, Sudden Infant Death
Study of the Impact of Parental Note Taking on the Effectiveness of Anticipatory Guidance
The delivery of anticipatory guidance is an essential component of pediatric practice. Given the large amount of information to be shared during each encounter and the limited time available, there is a need for an effective and…
- Trial name
- NCT01014169
- Testing
- Note taking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer NSCLC
A Clinical Trial of Durvalumab (MEDI4736) as 1st Line Therapy in Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
This is a single-arm phase II clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the PD-L1 inhibitor durvalumab as first-line therapy in 47 patients with advanced NSCLC and ECOG Performance Status 2 (PS2).
- Trial name
- NCT02879617
- Testing
- durvalumab
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Academic Thoracic Oncology Medical Investigators Consortium