Clinical trials: Hospital Readmission
Malnutrition
Effect of Nutritional Efforts on Discharged Elderly Patients
The study is a randomized controlled study, ongoing over 16 weeks. At discharge, the intervention group receives guidance from a clinical dietician, where an individual nutrition plan is made.
- Trial name
- NCT03488329
- Testing
- Individual nutritional therapy
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 207 people
- Sponsor
- Herlev Hospital
Hospitalism
LACE+ and MRS Score Readmission Rate Assessment
A study to demonstrate that the LACE+ score in non-inferior to the medication risk score when predicting 30-day readmission post hospital discharge.
- Trial name
- NCT04365673
- Testing
- Pharmacist transition of care consultation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Tabula Rasa HealthCare
Transitional Care, Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)
New Care Pathways for Supporting TRANSitional CARE From Hospital to Home Using AI and Personalized Digital Assistance
The objective of the TRANSCARE study is to evaluate the use of a digital remote monitoring system to reduce the risk of 30-day readmission in multimorbid elderly patients.
- Conditions
- Transitional Care, Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), Geriatric Multimorbidity
- Trial name
- TRANSCARE (NCT07731126)
- Testing
- TRANSCARE Digital Remote Monitoring Ecosystem
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy, Norway and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 210 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani
Polypharmacy, General Surgery
Polypharmacy and Associated Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes for Surgical Patients Discharged From Hospital
The World Health Organisation Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm has brought our attention to the importance of medication-related harm as a global public health issue.
- Trial name
- NCT04805151
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Iceland
- Volunteers
- 56,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Iceland
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Impact of Early Diagnosis and Treatment of OSA on Hospital Readmission in Hospitalized COPD Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine whether early diagnosis of OSA and initiation of and adherence to CPAP therapy in patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease reduce 30-day hospital readmission rates.
- Trial name
- COPD Readmit (NCT03647462)
- Testing
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Hospital Readmissions
Enhancing the Care Transitions Intervention With Peer Support to Reduce Disparities
Unplanned hospital readmissions are extremely costly to patients and our healthcare system. Being readmitted to the hospital also leads to increased risk of health complications for patients including infections and impairments…
- Trial name
- NCT04981977
- Testing
- Care Transitions Intervention, Care Transitions Intervention and Peer Support, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 483 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Study Focus: 30-day Rehospitalizations Among At-risk Older Adults Randomized to a Social Work-driven Care Transitions Intervention, Heart Disease
Social Work Intervention Focused on Transitions
In response to Program Announcement (PA)-09-164, "NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (R21) a randomized pilot study testing the efficacy of SWIFT: Social Work Intervention Focused on Transitions among at-risk…
- Conditions
- Study Focus: 30-day Rehospitalizations Among At-risk Older Adults Randomized to a Social Work-driven Care Transitions Intervention, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Hypertension
- Trial name
- SWIFT (NCT02232126)
- Testing
- SWIFT home intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 181 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Geriatrics
Impact of a Transitional Care Program on 30-Day Hospital Readmissions for Elderly Patients Discharged From a Short Stay Geriatric Ward
In France, it has be estimated that the hospital readmission rate within 30 days of patients aged 75 or older is 14% (IC95% [12.0-16.7]), nearly a quarter being avoidable.
- Trial name
- PROUST (NCT02421133)
- Testing
- Transitional care program., standard care program
- Where
- 9 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 630 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Emergencies
Can a Rapid 2 Day Followup After Discharge From the ED Reduce Readmissions and Death for Patients 75 Years and Older?
Our hypothesis is that a rapid follow up for elderly patients in a Geriatric Clinic discharged from the Emergency Department (ED) will have fewer unplanned return ED visits and fewer unplanned hospital admissions with no…
- Trial name
- NCT01769495
- Testing
- 2-3 day return appointment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Discharge Planning, Readmission
Follow Home Visits After Discharge
The study aims to assess whether a follow home visit after discharge of frail elderly patients from Nykøbing Falster Hospital reduces the risk of readmission within 180 days.
- Conditions
- Discharge Planning, Readmission, Hospital, Frail Elderly Patients
- Trial name
- NCT02318680
- Testing
- Review of follow home visits after discharge from Nykøbing Falster Hospital
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 545 people
- Sponsor
- Zealand University Hospital
Heart Failure
30 Days and 90 Days Heart Failure Re-Admission at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
In Ghana, about 88.3 per cent of cardiac admissions are due to Heart failure, making it the leading cause of admission due to heart conditions.
- Trial name
- HeFRA (NCT07100561)
- Testing
- Extensive post discharge counselling and phone-based follow up
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 220 people
- Sponsor
- Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Dementia, Dementia Severe
Effects of FEED@Home Intervention
The main goal of this single-blinded multicenter randomized trial is to learn if the 8-week home-based Feeding EnhancEment in Dementia program (FEED@home) works to improve unplanned hospital utilization of advanced dementia…
- Trial name
- NCT06727461
- Testing
- Home-based Feeding EnhancEment in Dementia (Feed@home)
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
HIV Infections
The Effects of a Supervised Exercise Program on Self Efficacy of People Living With HIV/AIDS.
To evaluate the impact of a supervised exercise program (SEP) on self-efficacy,quality of life status and cardiovascular fitness among people with HIV in a 24 week randomised controlled trial.We hypothesised that a combined…
- Trial name
- NCT00157170
- Testing
- supervised exercise
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bayside Health
Febrile Neutropenia, Solid Tumor
Shared Health Information System for Febrile Neutropenia
The use of e-health in improving the quality of health services is a rapidly expanding research area, in particular its usefulness in patient management of the home-hospital care pathway.
- Conditions
- Febrile Neutropenia, Solid Tumor, Hematologic Neoplasms
- Trial name
- NEUTROSIS (NCT03087227)
- Testing
- NEUTROSIS
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 121 people
- Sponsor
- Marie-Helene METZGER