Clinical trials: INTENSIVE CARE
Aged, 80 and Over, Critical Illness
Intensive Care of Elderly: What do They Wish for Themselves?
Do very elderly adults wish intensive care in the event of acute life-threatening illness and are their next of kin able to predict these preferences? Very elderly patients are a steeply increasing patient population in intensive…
- Trial name
- NCT05149040
- Testing
- survey "Intensive care of very elderly: What do they wish for themselves?"
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 1,472 people
- Sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital
Gram-negative Bacteremia
Rapid Identification and Phenotypic Susceptibility Testing for Gram-Negative Bacteremia
RAPIDS-GN is a multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the following strategies for patients with confirmed gram-negative bacillus bacteremia (GNB): 1.
- Trial name
- RAPIDS-GN (NCT03218397)
- Testing
- Accelerate PhenoTest™ BC Kit, Standard Culture and AST
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Acute Respiratory Failure
METEOR Think NIV Pilot
This study will pilot test three strategies designed to speed implementation of preventive post-extubation noninvasive ventilation (NIV): one control strategy (traditional online continuing medical education) and two novel…
- Trial name
- NCT04052542
- Testing
- Traditional online continuing education, Interprofessional education, Just-in-time education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,328 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Intensive Care, Oral Care
Oral Care Apparatus for Intubated Patients
There are several practical challenges in providing oral care to intubated patients. The presence of an endotracheal tube often makes it difficult to thoroughly evaluate the oral cavity, and there is a risk of tube displacement…
- Conditions
- Intensive Care, Oral Care, Intubated ICU Patients
- Trial name
- Oral Care (NCT06709183)
- Testing
- Intervention-Control, Control - intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation Without Hemodynamic Instability in the Intensive Care Unit
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an abnormal heart rhythm that is common among patients who are admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital.
- Trial name
- AFIB (NCT01461733)
- Testing
- amiodarone
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Delirium, Cognitive Impairment
Family Automated Voice Reorientation Study
This randomized clinical trial tests a cognitive reorientation intervention to prevent delirium in the intensive care unit using scripted audio messages, recorded by the patient's family and played at hourly intervals during…
- Conditions
- Delirium, Cognitive Impairment, Health, Subjective, Sleep
- Trial name
- FAVoR (NCT03128671)
- Testing
- FAVoR Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 178 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Community Acquired Pneumonia, Severe
Ticagrelor in Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
The purpose of this study is to determine if the drug ticagrelor will be an effective treatment for patients with severe community acquired pneumonia.
- Trial name
- TCAP (NCT01998399)
- Testing
- Ticagrelor
- Where
- 26 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Gordon Bernard
Parenteral Nutrition
Study Comparing a Soybean Oil-Based With an Olive Oil-Based Lipid Emulsion in ICU Patients Requiring TPN
Many hospitalized patients who are malnourished or not eating receive intravenous feeding or total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Despite improving nutrition, TPN may increase the risk of infections and hospital complications.
- Trial name
- TPN2 (NCT00672854)
- Testing
- ClinOleic 20% Intravenous Emulsion, Intralipid, 20% Intravenous Emulsion
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Mechanical Ventilation, Critical Illness
Dexmedetomidine Versus Propofol in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)
This is a randomized controlled trial to compare propofol to dexmedetomidine for prolonged sedation (> 24 hours) in critically ill patients who require mechanical ventilation.
- Trial name
- NCT01059929
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine, Propofol, Fentanyl
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
ICU Acquired Weakness
Diagnosing Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Acquired Weakness
The goal of this study is to develop a non-invasive test to diagnose intensive care unit (ICU) acquired weakness that can be administered to both responsive and non-responsive patients.
- Trial name
- NCT04166630
- Testing
- Clinical Electrical Stimulator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Neonatal Neuroimaging
Development of a MR Scanner Capable of Being Sited in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Firefly Sheffield)
This study investigates a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system designed by GEHC for imaging viable neonate and infant populations.
- Trial name
- NCT02785588
- Testing
- 3.0 T Neonatal MRI scanner
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GE Healthcare
Premature Infants
A Randomized Trial of Outpatient Oxygen Weaning Strategies in Premature Infants
The investigators hypothesize that Recorded Home Oximetry (RHO) utilization will not increase rates of respiratory-related re-hospitalizations and ED visits, and will not impair growth compared to standard oxygen management…
- Trial name
- NCT01994954
- Testing
- RHO
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 196 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Cardiac Output, Low
Comparison Between NICOM-Cheetah and Flotrac-Vigileo for Cardiac Output Monitoring.
Cardiac output (CO) monitoring is an important tool in critically ill patients with haemodynamic instability. Traditionally, this has been accomplished using the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC).
- Trial name
- NCT03394768
- Testing
- No additional intervention
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Changi General Hospital
Bacterial Pneumonia
Cx611-0204 SEPCELL Study
The purpose of this randomised, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase Ib/IIa study is to assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of eASCs (Cx611) administered intravenously as adjunctive therapy, therefore in…
- Trial name
- SEPCELL (NCT03158727)
- Testing
- Cx611
- Where
- 33 sites in Belgium, France and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Tigenix S.A.U.
Intubation
Succinylcholine Versus Rocuronium for Emergency Intubation in Intensive Care
Emergency intubation of patients in intensive care is a high-risk endeavour. For many decades, succinylcholine has been the neuromuscular blocking agent of choice.
- Trial name
- NCT00355368
- Testing
- Succinylcholine, Rocuronium
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 420 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Critically Ill
24 Hour Intensivist Coverage in the Medical Intensive Care Unit
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania's Medical ICU (MICU) is implementing a model of 24-hour intensivist staffing in September 2011.
- Trial name
- NCT01434823
- Testing
- Nocturnal coverage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,609 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Pressure Ulcer
Comparison Between a Novel Proning Pillow System and Standard Pillows
During the COVID-19 pandemic, intensive care units (ICUs) across the country have been inundated with increasing numbers of COVID patients.
- Trial name
- NCT05149989
- Testing
- Proning Pillow System
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Delirium
ORIC-I: Optimizing Recovery From Intensive Care: Mechanical Ventilation and Delirium
The purpose of this study is to determine if treating delirious intensive care unit patients with haloperidol improves mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT00300391
- Testing
- haloperidol
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Delirium, Respiratory Depression
Acupuncture for Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
BACKGROUND Many patients in the trauma intensive care unit (TICU) require mechanical ventilation and sedation or anxiolysis. Mechanical ventilation means that a machine is helping a patient breathe if he can't breathe on his own.
- Conditions
- Delirium, Respiratory Depression, Overmedication
- Trial name
- NCT01362270
- Testing
- Verum Acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Cardiac Disease, Cardiac Ischemia
Assessment of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery and Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit
The objective of this study is to investigate the incidence of death and early postoperative complications, identify potential risk factors, and examine the demographic characteristics of patients and epidemiology of…
- Conditions
- Cardiac Disease, Cardiac Ischemia, Cardiac Valve Disease
- Trial name
- BraSIS-2 (NCT06154473)
- Testing
- Open heart surgery group., Percutaneous cardiovascular surgery group.
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 528 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein