Clinical trials: Hospitalizations
Heart Failure, Heart Failure Hospitalization
Teach-Back Discharge Education to Improve Self-Care and Reduce 30-Day Readmissions in Heart Failure Patients
This study aimed to improve how patients with heart failure understand and manage their condition after leaving the hospital. Many heart failure patients are readmitted within 30 days due to confusion about their discharge…
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Heart Failure Hospitalization, Readmission, Hospital
- Trial name
- NCT07280208
- Testing
- Teach-Back Discharge Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Southeastern University
HIV/AIDS, Hospitalization
Re-engagement at Discharge 2
Early post-discharge mortality is high among Zambians living with HIV admitted to the hospital. This may be due to missed opportunities in post-discharge care, such as inadequate follow-up and treatment.
- Conditions
- HIV/AIDS, Hospitalization, Transitions of Care, Opportunistic Infections
- Trial name
- ReCharge2 (NCT05694546)
- Testing
- Community Health Worker Post-Discharge Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Zambia
- Volunteers
- 97 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Dementia, Acute Medical Event
Implementation of Function Focused Care in Acute Care
Older adults with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) comprise approximately 25% of hospitalized older adults. These individuals are at increased risk for functional decline, delirium, falls, behavioral symptoms…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Acute Medical Event, Hospitalization
- Trial name
- NCT04235374
- Testing
- FFC-AC-EIT
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 455 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
All-cause Mortality, Hospitalization
HiLo: Pragmatic Trial of Higher vs Lower Serum Phosphate Targets in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis
HiLo will be a pragmatic, open-label, multicenter, clinical trial with individual level randomization of ~4400 patients with ESRD undergoing in-center maintenance hemodialysis at 120-150 units maintained by two dialysis…
- Trial name
- NCT04095039
- Testing
- Hemodialysis
- Where
- 84 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 793 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Hospitalization, Child Health
Comparative Effectiveness of Direct Admission & Admission Through Emergency Departments for Children
At a national level, emergency departments (EDs) serve as the portal of hospital admission for 75% of hospitalized children. The remainder occur via direct admission, defined as admission to hospital without first receiving care…
- Trial name
- NCT04192799
- Testing
- Direct admission, ED admission
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,997 people
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Hospitalization
Impact of a Mobility Program
After hospitalization, many older adults experience more difficulty getting around in the community and performing one or more of their basic activities of daily living (ADLs) like bathing or dressing.
- Trial name
- NCT02674503
- Testing
- Walking, Friendly visit
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Hospitalization, Infection
Project PROTECT: Protecting Nursing Homes From Infections and Hospitalization
This is a cluster-randomized trial of nursing homes to assess whether decolonization with routine chlorhexidine bathing and periodic use of nasal antiseptics can reduce hospitalizations associated with infections, antibiotic…
- Trial name
- PROTECT (NCT03118232)
- Testing
- Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), Iodophor (10% povidone-iodine)
- Where
- 28 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 13,952 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Suicide, Psychiatric Hospitalization
Development of a Video-based Intervention for Suicide Prevention
The investigators will develop a brief video-based intervention for suicide prevention, called LifePlans. LifePlans will be tested in an initial open trial (n = 10) to examine its feasibility and acceptability.
- Trial name
- NCT04307394
- Testing
- LifePlans
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Butler Hospital
Tobacco Smoking, Psychiatric Disorder
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Tobacco Cessation Among Psychiatric Partial Hospital Patients
People with serious mental illness are three times more likely to smoke cigarettes than people without mental illness. People with mental illness are less likely to be successful in quitting smoking than those without mental…
- Conditions
- Tobacco Smoking, Psychiatric Disorder, Psychiatric Hospitalization
- Trial name
- NCT03911960
- Testing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Vaso-occlusive Crisis, Reduction in Hospitalizations
Apixaban in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease
In patients with SCD, the use of low dose anticoagulation as an outpatient may lead to a significant decrease in morbidity and as a result, decrease healthcare utilization and costs.
- Conditions
- Vaso-occlusive Crisis, Reduction in Hospitalizations, Sickle Cell Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02179177
- Testing
- Apixaban
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Nirmish Shah
Wellness Programs, Hospitalization
The Effectiveness of Peer-to-Peer Community Support to Promote Aging in Place
The investigators' overall objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of peer-to-peer support programs in preventing the necessity of acute health care and nursing home services for older adult populations and in promoting their…
- Conditions
- Wellness Programs, Hospitalization, Emergency Room
- Trial name
- NCT02308696
- Testing
- Peer-to-Peer Support, Standard Community Services
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 456 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Hospitalization
Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor (Sitagliptin) Therapy in the Inpatients With Type 2 Diabetes
The study is a multicenter, prospective, open-label, randomized pilot study to investigate the safety and efficacy of sitagliptin (Januvia) for the inpatient management of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in general medicine and surgery…
- Conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Hospitalization, Hyperglycemia
- Trial name
- NCT01378117
- Testing
- Sitagliptin, glargine, lispro
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Duration of Hospitalization
Volatile Anesthetic Choice and Duration of Hospitalization: A Quality Improvement and Cost-control Project
Preliminary retrospective data suggest that the relatively soluble but inexpensive volatile anesthesia isoflurane prolongs the duration of hospitalization compared to the less soluble but more expensive anesthetic sevoflurane.
- Trial name
- NCT01379664
- Testing
- Isoflurane, Sevoflurane
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,584 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic