Clinical trials: Geriatric Disorders
Rectal Cancer
Laparoscopic Intersphincteric Resection in Elderly Patients
The aim of the present study is to assess if it is possible to offer intersphincteric rectal resection (IRR) to selected patients older than 70 years affected by ultra-low rectal cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT04673526
- Testing
- Laparoscopic intersphincteric resection, Laparoscopic abdomino-perineal procedures
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- ASL Verbano Cusio Ossola
Chronic Illness
Integrated Care Pathways in a Community Setting
The ambition of this study is to raise the quality of care for old and chronically ill patients by establishing a sustainable, systematic prevention and integrated care model for users of home care services.
- Trial name
- NCT01107119
- Testing
- integrated care pathway, usual care
- Where
- 7 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 304 people
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Colorectal Cancer
Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model for Preoperative Frailty in Elderly Patients With Colorectal Cancer
Fried Scale and its related scales were used to analyze the status and risk factors of preoperative frailty in elderly patients with colorectal cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT05879861
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 364 people
- Sponsor
- Zunyi Medical College
Metabolic Syndrome
Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Atahualpa
A recent epidemiologic survey demonstrated a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Atahualpa residents. Now, the investigators attempt to evaluate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in adults aged 40 years or more…
- Trial name
- NCT01770054
- Testing
- obtention of a blood sample
- Where
- Ecuador
- Volunteers
- 517 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Clínica Kennedy
Asthma
Evaluation of the Prevalence of Asthma in a Cohort of Children Born After IVF (Aged 11-15) Compared With a Control Group
Assisted Reproduction Technologies (ART) are increasingly being used worldwide as a result of fertility decline likely caused by changes in both environment and social behaviour.
- Trial name
- EMCeFIV (NCT02636179)
- Testing
- Comparative epidemiological survey
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,792 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital St. Joseph, Marseille, France
Appendicitis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Appendicitis in Children
Study to find out if MRI can diagnose appendicitis in children as well as or better than CT scan and/or ultrasound scan performed at the same time. No additional contrast material or sedation will be used to perform the MRI.
- Trial name
- NCT00723788
- Testing
- MRI of the abdomen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
SARS-CoV-2
A Study to Evaluate Efficacy, Safety, and Immunogenicity of mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Adults Aged 18 Years and Older to Prevent COVID-19
The mRNA-1273 vaccine is being developed to prevent COVID-19, the disease resulting from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection.
- Trial name
- NCT04470427
- Testing
- mRNA-1273
- Where
- 100 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30,415 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ModernaTX, Inc.
Elderly, Knee Arthroplasty
Dexmedetomidine Combined With Ropivacaine for Postoperative Continuous Femoral Nerve Block
Delirium is common in the elderly after orthopedic surgery and is associated with worse outcomes. Continuous femoral nerve block is frequently used for postoperative analgesia after total knee arthoplasty.
- Conditions
- Elderly, Knee Arthroplasty, Nerve Block, Dexmedetomidine
- Trial name
- NCT03629483
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Peking University First Hospital
Prostatic Cancer
Effect of Adding Sufentanil to Epidural Ropivacaine on Perioperative Metabolic and Stress Responses in Combined General/Epidural Anaesthesia for Geriatric Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy
The purpose of this study is to compare metabolic and stress responses in combined general/epidural anesthesia in geriatric cancer patients.
- Trial name
- NCT01086956
- Testing
- epidural infusion of saline, ropivecaine, or ropivacaine and sufentanil
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Yonsei University
Alzheimer's Disease
Biodistribution of 11C-PIB PET in Alzheimer's Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Cognitively Normal Elderly
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by neuritic plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and neuronal cell loss. Amyloid plaques are believed to play an integral role in AD.
- Trial name
- 11C-PIB PET (NCT00811122)
- Testing
- 11C-PIB PET Scan, FDG-PET Scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Hypertension, Condition
Adaptive Cognitive Training on Cognitive Function in Elderly Hypertension Patients in the Community
Objective A growing body of evidence supports hypertension as a risk factor for cognitive decline. Hypertension is significantly associated with accelerated cognitive decline, poorer cognitive function, and mild cognitive…
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Condition, Aging
- Trial name
- NCT06512922
- Testing
- adaptive cognitive training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Cystic Fibrosis
Study of Ivacaftor in Cystic Fibrosis Subjects Aged 6 to 11 Years With the G551D Mutation
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ivacaftor in subjects with cystic fibrosis aged 6 to 11 years who have the G551D mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)…
- Trial name
- ENVISION (NCT00909727)
- Testing
- Ivacaftor
- Where
- 29 sites in United States, Australia and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Osteoporosis, Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
Calcium and Vitamin D Malnutrition in Elderly Women
This study is designed to test whether calcium supplementation alone or calcium plus vitamin D reduces the incidence of fractures, reduces high parathyroid secretory activity, and halts bone loss in a population-based sample of…
- Trial name
- NCT00352170
- Testing
- calcium supplementation, calcium and vitamin D3 supplementation
- Volunteers
- 1,180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Creighton University
Surgical Complication, Physical Therapy
Functional Prehabilitation and Major Elective Surgery
Purpose: To compare post-operative functional outcomes in patients undergoing preoperative functional prehabilitation versus standard of care preoperative management in older adults undergoing major elective operations.
- Conditions
- Surgical Complication, Physical Therapy, Timed Up and Go
- Trial name
- NCT01943773
- Testing
- Functional Assessment, Prehabilitation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Colles' Fracture, Distal Radius Fracture
Conservative Treatment of Distal Radius Fracture in Elderly in Randomized Controlled Trial
There is no consensus about the best conservative treatment for patients with dorsally displaced distal radius fractures. The previous studies that have examined the most valid method for cast immobilization have lacked uniform…
- Trial name
- NCT02894983
- Testing
- Flexion-ulnar cast, Functional cast
- Where
- 3 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- Tampere University Hospital
Glycogen Storage Disease Type II Infantile Onset
A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy, PK, PD and Immunogenicity of Cipaglucosidase Alfa/Miglustat in IOPD Subjects Aged 0 to <18
This is a Phase 3, open-label, multicenter study to evaluate the safety, efficacy, PK, PD, and immunogenicity of cipaglucosidase alfa/miglustat treatment in ERT-experienced and ERT-naïve pediatric subjects with IOPD.
- Trial name
- ROSSELLA (NCT04808505)
- Testing
- Cipaglucosidase alfa, Miglustat
- Where
- 14 sites in United States, Germany and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Amicus Therapeutics
Herpes Zoster
Immunogenicity and Safety Study of ZOSTAVAX Administered by Intramuscular or Subcutaneous Route to Participants Aged From 50 Years Old (V211-045)
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES Two co-primary objectives are: To demonstrate that the immunogenicity of ZOSTAVAX administered by intramuscular route (IM) is non-inferior to ZOSTAVAX administered by subcutaneous route (SC) To demonstrate that…
- Trial name
- NCT01391546
- Testing
- ZOSTAVAX
- Volunteers
- 354 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Depression, Anxiety
Online Culture for Mental Health in People Aged 16-24
O-ACE POP is a randomised controlled trial of an online cultural experience named Ways of Being, compared to a typical museum website (the Ashmolean Museum).
- Trial name
- O-ACEPOP (NCT04663594)
- Testing
- WofB, Ashmolean Website
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 463 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Using Immersive Virtual Reality for Cognitive Therapy in Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment
The proposed study aims to investigate the potential of IVR-CST in improving cognition of people with MCI, and as well the association of eye movement during therapy and treatment outcomes of IVR-CST.
- Trial name
- VR-CST-MCI (NCT06838494)
- Testing
- IVR-CST (Immersive Virtual Reality Cognitive Stimulation Therapy), Intervention Name: Conventional CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy)
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
E03.155.253, Bispectral Index Monitor
The Use of Sedation Score and Bispectral Index for Induction in Geriatric Patients
The main objective of this clinical study is to determine the effectiveness of BIS-guided propofol administration in avoiding hypotension during propofol induction in geriatric patients.
- Conditions
- E03.155.253, Bispectral Index Monitor, Hypotension
- Trial name
- NCT06232980
- Testing
- urological surgical intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 134 people
- Sponsor
- Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
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