Clinical trials: Evidence Based Medicine
Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes
Diabetes Remote Intervention to improVe Use of Evidence-based Medications
A randomized remote, implementation trial in the Mass General Brigham network was performed on 200 patients with T2D at high CV or kidney risk.
- Trial name
- DRIVE (NCT06046560)
- Testing
- SGLT2 inhibitor, GLP-1 RA, Education-First
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension
Evidence-based Laboratory Test Order Sets in Primary Care
Cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate what the effect is of evidence-based order sets aimed at five indications on the appropriateness of laboratory test ordering in primary care.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases, Fatigue
- Trial name
- NCT02950142
- Testing
- CPOE with order sets for lab testing, CPOE without order sets for lab testing
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 288 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Decision Support Techniques, GRADE Approach
Defining Decision Thresholds for Judgments on Health Benefits and Harms: Study Protocol
The objective of this study is an approach to derive and use decision-thresholds for judgments on health benefits and harms using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Evidence to Decision…
- Trial name
- NCT05237635
- Testing
- descriptive case-scenarios
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,406 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Opiates, Healthy
Factors Affecting Methamphetamine and Opiates Drug Testing
Background: Some legal over-the-counter drugs (such as Vicks VapoInhaler ) and some foods (such as poppy seeds) may cause a positive screening drug test.
- Trial name
- NCT01736332
- Testing
- Vicks VapoInhaler, Poppy seeds
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Evidence-Based Medicine
Using a Systematic Review in Clinical Decision Making: a Pilot Parallel, Randomized Controlled Trial
The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility of running a full-scale trial that compares two formats of a shortened systematic review to a full-length systematic review to be used in clinical decision-making.
- Trial name
- NCT02414360
- Testing
- Shortened Format, Full Length
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Implementation; Digital Health, Chronic Insomnia
Optimizing the Scalability of Evidence-Based Behavioral Sleep Medicine Practices With a Digital Health Platform
The purpose of this study is to compare three different ways to deploy a clinician-decision support platform called NOCTEM COAST among behavioral health care providers who encounter patients with insomnia.
- Trial name
- NCT04366284
- Testing
- No Facilitation Support, External Facilitation Support, External and Internal Facilitation Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Noctem, LLC
Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV
Multimedia WORTH With Black Drug-Involved Women on Probation
The proposed study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that will rigorously evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of delivering a multimedia evidence-based intervention (WORTH) and streamlined HIV testing to…
- Conditions
- Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV, Gonorrhea, Trichomonas
- Trial name
- E-WORTH (NCT02391233)
- Testing
- E-WORTH, Streamlined HIV Testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 354 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Hypertension
VISN Collaborative for Improving Hypertension Management With ATHENA-HTN
This project is a VA HSR\&D-funded Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) project to translate into practice evidence about clinical management of primary hypertension.
- Trial name
- HTN (NCT00374452)
- Testing
- ATHENA-CDS-HTN plus Guideline Link, Guideline Link Only
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia
The Effect of Providing Free Samples of Generic Cardiovascular Medications to Physicians
In this randomized controlled trial, we will provide primary care physicians with free samples of highly effective generic cardiovascular medications.
- Trial name
- SAMPLES (NCT00761904)
- Testing
- Free Generic Samples (hydrochlorothiazide, simvastatin)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 660 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Substance Use
Rapid Adaptation to Prevent Drug Use
Using a 2-group, mixed method cluster randomized trial design, this study will compare standard implementation versus RAPD implementation strategy in Michigan Middle Schools
- Trial name
- RAPD (NCT05806840)
- Testing
- Rapid Adaptation to Prevent Drug Use (RAPD), Standard Implementation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
Prostate Cancer
Shared Decision Making: Prostate Cancer Screening
Interventions to Improve Shared Decision-Making: Prostate Cancer Screening is a prospective study of educational interventions to improve the interaction of physicians and their patients about prostate cancer screening.
- Trial name
- NCT00207649
- Testing
- Shared decision-making for PSA screening tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 641 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lisa Richarson
Smoking Cessation
Integrating Smoking Cessation Into Routine Primary Care Practice
The aim of this study is to determine if providing smokers identified in family doctors offices with follow-up counselling enhances their success with quitting and the number of health professionals helping patients with…
- Trial name
- NCT00799279
- Testing
- Smoking cessation training, support, and telephone follow-up, smoking cessation intervention
- Volunteers
- 835 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Waterloo
Overweight, Obesity
Meta-analyses of the Effect of Liquid Meal Replacements on Cardiometabolic Risk
Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Weight loss is an important therapeutic goal for overweight and obese patients to reduce their risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT02779790
- Testing
- Liquid Meal Replacements
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Development and Evaluation of Hygie, a New Serious Game for Continuing Medical Education of General Practitioners
We produced a prototype video game called Hygie on the 5 most common reasons of consultation in general practice using 9 articles from independent journals based on evidence (reviews by Prescrire and Minerva).
- Trial name
- NCT03486275
- Testing
- Hygie, Source articles
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 3,398 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hygie
Diabetes, Prediabetes
Meta-analyses of Pasta as Part of Low Glycemic Index Diets and Adiposity
Pasta is an important example of a food which can lower the glycemic index (GI) of the diet, a property that has been exploited extensively in studies of low GI dietary patterns.
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Prediabetes, Overweight, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT02961088
- Testing
- Pasta as part of a low GI/GL diet
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Evidence-Based Medicine, Physician-Nurse Relations
Advancing Research and Clinical Practice Through Close Collaboration (ARCC): A Pilot Test of an Intervention to Improve Evidence-Based Care and Patient Outcomes
The primary aim of this pilot study is to evaluate the effects of two variations of the ARCC Intervention Program on nursing processes and outcomes (job satisfaction, group cohesion, EBP knowledge, EBP implementation, EBP…
- Trial name
- NCT00635869
- Testing
- ARCC standard information, ARCC enhanced
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
Acute Otitis Media, Allergic Rhinitis
A Trial of Point of Care Information in Ambulatory Pediatrics
Does presentation of clinical evidence for decision making at point-of-care improve prescribing patterns in ambulatory pediatrics?
- Conditions
- Acute Otitis Media, Allergic Rhinitis, Sinusitis, Constipation
- Trial name
- NCT00368823
- Testing
- Electronic point-of-care delivery system
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Medication Adherence, Mental Health Issue
Integrating a Mental Health Intervention Into Primary Health Care for Refugees
The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of an evidence-based mental health intervention (Common Elements Treatment Approach) on medication adherence, behavioral improvement and clinical outcomesamong adults taking…
- Conditions
- Medication Adherence, Mental Health Issue, Self Efficacy, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT05512624
- Testing
- Common Elements Treatment Approach
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 308 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Rescue Committee
Dyslipidemia, Diabetes
Meta-analyses of the Effect of Important Food Sources of Sugars on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
Fructose-containing sugars have been implicated in the epidemics of obesity, diabetes and related cardiometabolic disorders. This view is supported by lower quality evidence from ecological observations, animal models, and select…
- Conditions
- Dyslipidemia, Diabetes, Prediabetes, Dysglycemia
- Trial name
- NCT02716870
- Testing
- Fructose-containing Sugars
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Health Education
Active Learning and EBP Competency in Undergraduate Physiotherapy
This study aims to evaluate the effect of an active learning-based educational intervention on competencies related to evidence-based practice (EBP) in undergraduate physiotherapy students.
- Trial name
- NCT06945367
- Testing
- Active Learning-Based Research Methods Course
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Nacional de la Matanza