Clinical trials: Evidence-based Medicine
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
Cancer
CAM in Hospice Palliative Care in Taiwan
The study aims to explore the effects of silver spike point (SSP) treatment on common symptoms including pain, breathlessness, nausea/vomiting, dry mouth etc. of terminal cancer patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02663063
- Testing
- SSP treatment
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Critical Illness
The Clinical Informationist: Does the Model Work
This study is investigating the effects of an established clinical informationist program (evidence-based practice support service in which information professionals with significant clinical knowledge bases and advanced…
- Trial name
- NCT00226291
- Testing
- Synthesized evidence report
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 299 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
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
Myocardial Infarction (MI)
Patient Characteristics, Persistence to Treatment and Outcome Events in Patients Treated With Ticagrelor 60 mg After Myocardial Infarction in Real-world Clinical Practice
This is an observational study based on secondary data extracted from multiple register-based data sources in the US and Europe (Sweden, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany).
- Trial name
- ALETHEIA (NCT04568083)
- Where
- 6 sites in United States, Germany and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 7,035 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Depression, Anxiety, Suicide
Mental Health in Primary Care
The goal of this study is to evaluate in an effectiveness-implementation type I hybrid trial, an enhanced version of eHealth Familias Unidas for reducing depressive, anxious symptoms and suicide behavior in Hispanic youth.
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Suicide, Drug Use
- Trial name
- NCT05426057
- Testing
- eHealth Familias Unidas Mental Health
- Where
- 17 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 468 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Alcohol and Substance-Related Mental Disorders
Effectiveness of an Evidence-based Stepped Care System for Alcohol and Other Drug Use Problems Among Congolese Refugees in Zambia
This is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the effectiveness of a screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) stepped-care system in reducing unhealthy AOD use among Congolese refugees and the…
- Trial name
- NCT05471921
- Testing
- SBIRT, Treatment as usual
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Zambia
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Sepsis
Implementation and Effectiveness of Engagement and Collaborative Management to Proactively Advance Sepsis Survivorship
The purpose of this study is to evaluate if implementation of the Sepsis Transition and Recovery (STAR) program within a large healthcare system will improve outcomes for high-risk patients with suspected sepsis, while…
- Trial name
- ENCOMPASS (NCT04495946)
- Testing
- Sepsis Transition and Recovery (STAR) program, Usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,894 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Health Knowledge Attitudes and Practice
Evidence Based Medicine in General Practice
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the basis of work for physicians- practitioners in all specialties, including family medicine. Various issues in diagnosis, treatment and prognosis appear in daily work with patients and a…
- Trial name
- EBMINGP (NCT01801683)
- Testing
- Intervention-using PEARLS
- Volunteers
- 98 people
- Sponsor
- University of Split
Circadian Rhythms
Real-World Use of an iPad-Based Light Therapy App, With Optional Biomarker Collection
This study looks at how adults use an iPad-based light app in everyday life. Light is the main signal that sets the body's internal clock, which controls daily rhythms in sleep, alertness, and many other body systems.
- Trial name
- NCT07744711
- Testing
- Circadian OS iPad-based light app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Circadian OS, Inc
Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus
Clinical Decision Support for Medication Management and Adherence
This three-year, grant funded project will be conducted by the Division of Clinical Informatics in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Duke University Medical Center.
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Stroke, Myocardial Ischemia
- Trial name
- NCT00979225
- Testing
- Medication Management report, Care manager email notices
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
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
Cardiovascular Diseases
Nudges for Statin Prescribing in Primary Care
The objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of nudges to clinicians, patients, or both to initiate statin prescriptions for patients that meet national guidelines.
- Trial name
- NCT04307472
- Testing
- Clinician Nudge, Patient Nudge
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4,131 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
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
Lumbar Degenerative Disease, Shared Decision Making
Effectiveness of Implementing Shared Decision-Making on Quality of Care Among Patients With Lumbar Degenerative Diseases.
Background: Shared decision making (SDM) is a patient-centered and evidence-based model of clinical decision making. The feature of SDM is that clinicians work together with patients to plan the most appropriate and practical…
- Conditions
- Lumbar Degenerative Disease, Shared Decision Making, Patient Decision Aids, Evidence-based Medicine
- Trial name
- NCT03679494
- Testing
- Shared decision making support tool
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Diabetic Nephropathy
Naoxintong Capsule for Diabetic Nephropathy With Dampness Retention Pattern: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled TrialAcronymNXT-DKD
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a leading cause of end-stage kidney disease worldwide and is associated with a high risk of cardiovascular events and mortality.
- Trial name
- NXT-DKD (NCT07698223)
- Testing
- Naoxintong Capsule
- Where
- 8 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 410 people
- Sponsor
- Chen Xiangmei
Heart Failure, Socioeconomic Adversity
Early Assessment and Initiation of GuideLine-Directed Evidence-Based Management-HF
EAGLE-HF (Early Assessment and initiation of GuideLine-directed Evidence-based management-HF) is a prospective single site study of a multinational, unblinded, randomized-controlled, longitudinal trial called SYMPHONY.
- Trial name
- EAGLE-HF (NCT06849752)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Gastroenterology
A Randomized Clinical Trial of Shenbai Granules in Reducing Recurrence of Colorectal Adenoma
This study evaluates Shenbai Granules in Prevention of Colorectal Adenomatous Polyp Recurrence After Colonoscopy.Half of participants will receive Shenbai Granules,while the other half will receive a placebo.
- Trial name
- NCT03616444
- Testing
- Shenbai Granules
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Jiangsu Famous Medical Technology Co., Ltd.