Clinical trials: Evidence-Based Medicine
Overweight, Obesity
Meta-analyses of Total and Individual Fructose-containing Sugars and Incident Cardiometabolic Disease
Since uncontrolled observational studies first linked fructose to the epidemic of obesity almost a decade ago, it has become a focus of intense concern regarding its role in the obesity epidemic and increasing burden of…
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obesity, Dyslipidemia, Hyperlipidemia
- Trial name
- NCT01608620
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Real-world Clinical Efficacy of Abatacept in the T3 Data Registry
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of Abatacept in real-world clinical practice. The main hypothesis to be examined in this study is, "Abatacept's effectiveness results in a single real-world clinic (n =…
- Trial name
- NCT01555879
- Testing
- Abatacept
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Arthritis Northwest PLLC
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
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
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Awareness Project: Peer-to-Peer Dissemination
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the introduction of an EBP text for Nursing Research Council (NRC) members to use with RN staff to increase staff belief in, knowledge of and implementation of EBP in…
- Trial name
- NCT00636051
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
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
Polypharmacy, Multiple Chronic Conditions
Protocol for a Multi-site Pilot Study of the OptiMed Clinical Trial
Background: Optimal medication management is one of the essential preconditions for polymedicated home-dwelling older adults with multiple chronic conditions to remain at home and preserve their quality of life and autonomy.
- Trial name
- OptiMed (NCT06688591)
- Testing
- Intervention programme to optimise medication management and prevent MRPs
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HES-SO Valais-Wallis
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
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
HEALing Communities Study
This study will test the impact of implementing the Communities That Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) intervention on opioid overdose deaths within 67 highly affected communities with the goal of reducing opioid overdose…
- Trial name
- NCT04111939
- Testing
- Communities That HEAL, Wait-list control
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- RTI International
Diabetic Foot Ulcer
Trial of Herb Yuyang Ointment to Diabetic Foot Ulcer
The purpose of this study is to determine if dressing change with a kind of herb Yuyang ointment is clinically more efficacious and safer than Conventional treatment in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers.
- Trial name
- NCT00839865
- Testing
- herb ointment
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Guiyang No.1 People's Hospital
Peripheral Arterial Disease, Diabetic Angiopathies
Evaluating Bu Yang Huanwu Decoction For Early Diabetic Vascular Disease
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if adding a Traditional Chinese Medicine formula, Bu Yang Huanwu Decoction (specifically the capsule form called Hua Yu Wan Capsule), to standard treatment can help prevent leg pain at…
- Conditions
- Peripheral Arterial Disease, Diabetic Angiopathies, Arterial Occlusive Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT07658807
- Testing
- Hua Yu Wan Capsule, Aspirin
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Metabolic Syndrome X
Meta-analyses of Impotrant Food Sources of Sugars and Incident Cardiometabolic Diseases
There is an urgent need for stronger evidence to support recommendations for the role of sugars in diabetes and related cardiometabolic diseases.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Metabolic Syndrome X, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT02702375
- Testing
- Fructose-containing Sugars
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Body Weight, Obesity
Meta-analyses of Nuts and Risk of Obesity
Peanuts and tree nuts (almonds, pistachios, walnuts, pecans, pine nuts, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts) (herein referred to as "nuts") are a good source of unsaturated fatty acids, vegetable protein, fibre, and…
- Conditions
- Body Weight, Obesity, Overweight, Adiposity
- Trial name
- NCT02654535
- Testing
- Dietary tree nuts & peanuts
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
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
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
Schizophrenia Disorders, Chronic Illness
Evaluating a Collaborative Care Model for the Treatment of Schizophrenia (EQUIP)
Policy makers and consumers are increasingly concerned about the quality and efficiency of care provided to individuals with severe, chronic illnesses such as schizophrenia.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia Disorders, Chronic Illness, Schizoaffective Disorder, Weight Gain
- Trial name
- NCT00119574
- Testing
- Collaborative Chronic Illness Model
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 443 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug-Resistant Epilepsy, ARX-Related Epilepsy
Occupational Therapy Approach in ARX-Related Epilepsy
This study evaluated the effects of medical ketogenic diet therapy combined with occupational therapy in children with ARX-related epilepsy. Twenty children were included.
- Trial name
- NCT07745608
- Testing
- Occupational Therapy, Medikal Ketogenic Diet Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Uskudar University
Alcohol Abuse, Substance Use
Adaptation and Evaluation of Bright Horizons
This study will test if a program called 'Bright Horizons' is effective at reducing binge substance use among adolescents. Bright Horizons is a culturally adapted intervention developed and tested through a partnership between…
- Trial name
- NCT05743699
- Testing
- Bright Horizons, Case Management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Traumatic Brain Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Patients
Safety and Outcomes of MUSE Stem Cell Therapy in Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury
This prospective observational study evaluates the safety profile and patient-reported outcomes associated with MUSE (Multilineage-differentiating Stress-Enduring) stem cell therapy in individuals aged 6 to 75 with chronic…
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Patients, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); Concussion, Initial Encounter, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); Concussion, Subsequent Encounter
- Trial name
- MUSE-TBI-OBS (NCT07326059)
- Testing
- MUSE Stem Cell Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Mexico
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Healing Hope International
Herb-drug Interactions
Developing a Methodological Framework and a Dissemination Plan for Herb-drug Interactions-related Clinical Practice Guidelines
The goal of this observational study is to develop a methodological framework for clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) related to herb-drug interactions (HDIs).
- Trial name
- NCT07248826
- Testing
- Delphi method survey, Semi-structured interview
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong