Clinical trials: Ethics
Comorbidities and Coexisting Conditions, Ethics
eCardiacRehab - a Hybrid Patient-Centered eHealth Programme
The overall aim of eCardiacRehab trial is to meet rehabilitation needs of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) regardless of their access to traditional place-based rehabilitation by developing and evaluating the efficacy…
- Conditions
- Comorbidities and Coexisting Conditions, Ethics, Continuity of Patient Care, Older Adults (65 Years and Older)
- Trial name
- eCardiacRehab (NCT07590635)
- Testing
- eCardiacRehab
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital
Advanced Cancer, Ethics
Decision to Limit or Withdraw Specific Therapies for Advanced Cancer and Hematological Malignancies.
The decision to limit or withdraw specific therapies (DLWT) in patients with advanced cancer is a complex process that is always painful for patients, relatives and professionals.
- Trial name
- WHATELSE (NCT02841124)
- Testing
- interviews
- Where
- 5 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Critical Illness, Ethics
Life Sustaining Treatments in Critically Ill Children
Summary of the Research on Withdrawing and Withholding Life-Sustaining Treatment for Critically Ill Children Background Medical treatments require regular evaluation to ensure they align with the patient's best interests…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Ethics, End of Life Care
- Trial name
- LST-Ped-Int (NCT07401420)
- Testing
- There is no intervention
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Göteborg University
Disorders of Consciousness, Qualitative Research
Families Expectations and Hope Raised by an Evaluation of Consciousness in Patients in a Vegetative State
Progress in resuscitation has increased the chances of survival after anoxic or traumatic brain injury. More and more patients with severe cerebral damages are resuscitated but upon awakening from coma, some patients remain in a…
- Conditions
- Disorders of Consciousness, Qualitative Research, Ethics, Neuroimaging
- Trial name
- REVE (NCT02879565)
- Testing
- Semi structured interviews + EEG exams
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Physician's Role, Opinions
Anesthesiologist Perspectives/Opinions/Ethics on Intraoperative/Intraprocedural Code Status and Intraoperative/Intraprocedural Code Status Management Plans
This survey aims to understand anesthesiologists' opinions on intraoperative/intraprocedural code status management (like for example, Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)) in various patient scenarios.
- Trial name
- AnesOpIntraDNR (NCT05883228)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Joseph Hendrix
Analyses, Ethical, Digital Storytelling
Digital Storytelling-role Play for Ethical Behaviours to Protect Patient Rights and Ethical Sensitivity
This study aimed to investigate the effect of an ethics education using role-play and digital storytelling, on nursing students' ethical behaviours to protect patient's rights and ethical sensitivity.
- Conditions
- Analyses, Ethical, Digital Storytelling, Role Playing, Nursing Students
- Trial name
- NCT06679686
- Testing
- Role Playing, Digital Storytelling
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gazi University
End of Life, Palliative Care
Reasons of Transfer in Emergency Units of Patients in End of Life Situation.
This qualitative study aimed to describe and understand the factors leading to the admission in emergency unit of patients coming from their home, in an end of life situation.
- Trial name
- CACTUS (NCT02861469)
- Testing
- Semi-structured interviews
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Cognitive Function 1, Social
Wellbeing, Stress Reduction and Social Cognition
There are many ways to improve wellbeing. This study will compare two 8-week wellbeing training programs. In addition to looking at how well the programs reduce stress and enhance wellbeing, the investigators will also ask…
- Trial name
- NCT04494737
- Testing
- Active Comparator: Program 1, Active Comparator: Program 2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Inflammation of Mouth, Acute Mucous Inflammation
Efficacy of Anthocyanin Mouthrinse for Oral Anti-inflammation From Orthodontic Treatment
The purpose of this study is to compare the oral inflammatory reduction effect caused from orthodontic treatment of anthocyanin and placebo mouthrinse.
- Trial name
- NCT02536781
- Testing
- Anthocyanin
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Khon Kaen University
Older Women
The Research Ethics Committee of Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University
Postural stability is a key determinant of functional independence in elderly populations, particularly among women due to age-related declines in muscle strength and balance.
- Trial name
- BBS-PT (NCT07508176)
- Testing
- examine correlations among all major hip and knee musles in elderly women in addition to identifying which hip and knee muscles serve as independent predictors of functional balance via
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Postoperative Analgesia, Thoracic Surgery
Comparison of Erector Spina Plane Block and Thoracic Paravertebral Block for Analgesia After Thoracotomy
This study aims to compare the postoperative analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block (ESPB) and thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) in patients undergoing thoracotomy.
- Trial name
- NCT06778161
- Testing
- nerve block
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Elzem SEN
Ethics
Examining the Ethical Attitudes of Nurses Working in a University Hospital
This study aims to examine the ethical attitudes of nurses working in a university hospital. The study includes nurses from departments such as internal medicine, surgery, intensive care, and emergency services.
- Trial name
- NCT06933810
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 507 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hasan Kalyoncu University
Coercion to Participate in Research
Development of Coercion Assessment Scale
In this study, the investigators seek to further develop the CAS as a comprehensive, reliable, and valid instrument for measuring coercion to participate in research among adult substance abusing offender populations.
- Trial name
- CAS (NCT01482637)
- Testing
- CAS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 228 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Treatment Research Institute
Robotic, Laparoscopic
Short- and Long-term Outcomes of Robotic vs Laparoscopic Right Colon Cancer: a 10-year Single-center Retrospective Study
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the short-term outcomes and long-term outcomes of robot-assisted right colon group for cancer compared to laparoscopic-assisted right colon group.
- Conditions
- Robotic, Laparoscopic, Colon Cancer, Long-term Outcomes
- Trial name
- NCT06454253
- Testing
- Da Vinci Robot Surgical System
- Volunteers
- 1,879 people
- Sponsor
- Taiyuan Li
Cesarean Section
To Compare the Effects of Oxytocin and Carbetocin on Intraoperative Hemodynamic Changes in Cesarean Section Surgeries.
To compare the effects of oxytocin and carbetocin, used as uterotonics in elective caesarean section surgeries, in terms of intraoperative hemodynamic changes.
- Trial name
- NCT06956365
- Testing
- Group-C, Group-O
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yuzuncu Yil University
Patient Participation, Patient Relations, Nurse
" Socially Pertinent Robot in Gerontological Healthcare "
The SPRING project intends to develop a social assistance robot, called ARI, capable of interacting with several users (patients, families) in noisy and busy hospital environments to inform, guide and entertain them and to…
- Conditions
- Patient Participation, Patient Relations, Nurse, Professional Role
- Trial name
- Spring (NCT05089799)
- Testing
- Exposure and interaction with a socially assistive robot
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
To be Approved by the Ethics Committee
Radiofrequency and Myofascial Pain Syndrome in Postpartum Pelvic Pain
About 30% of women experience pain in the perineum and pelvic region one year after the vaginal labor, rising up to 50% when it is triggered during vaginal penetration, called this pain as dyspareunia.
- Trial name
- RASDOP (NCT06469632)
- Testing
- Active Comparator: Experimental Group 1, Experimental: Experimental Group 2
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alcala
Service Evaluation
Evaluating a Clinical Ethics Committee (CEC) Implementation Process
This is a Mixed-method study with retrospective quantitative assessment and prospective qualitative evaluation focused on the development and implementation of a multidisciplinary Clinical Ethics Committee (CEC), 16 months from…
- Trial name
- Val_CEC (NCT05466292)
- Testing
- Survey1, semi-structured interview_1, semi-structured interview_2
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
Pediatric Disorder, Critical Illness
Attitudes to Decisions to Withdraw or Withhold Life-sustaining Treatments in Critically Ill Children
The aim of this study is to investigate attitudes on decisions to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatments in critically ill children in Swedish intensive care units.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Disorder, Critical Illness, Ethics, Narrative
- Trial name
- LSTPedSurvey (NCT06281743)
- Testing
- Survey
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Göteborg University
Ethics Support
Ethics Communication in Groups Among Healthcare Professionals (The Ethics-com Study).
Moral distress has been described as a condition with frustration, guilt, anger and as one reason for health care professionals to leave the profession.
- Trial name
- Ethics-com (NCT05146102)
- Testing
- ethics communication in group, in line with "the one to five-step method"
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umeå University