Clinical trials: Intensive Care
Premature, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
The Effect of Gentle Human Touch and Stimulus Reduction on Pain and Comfort During Heel Blood Collection in Premature Newborns
Premature infants frequently experience painful procedures during their admission to neonatal intensive care units; this can lead to acute adverse events, imbalances, and long-term neurodevelopmental implications.
- Conditions
- Premature, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Touch, Nursing Care
- Trial name
- NCT07715682
- Testing
- Gentle Human Touch, Environmental Modification
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kubra Nur Kabakcı Sarıdağ
Anxiety, Parents
The Effect of Mandala Coloring Activity on Stress and Anxiety in Mothers With Babies in NICU
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of mandala painting activity on stress and anxiety levels in mothers whose babies were hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Parents, Psychological Stress
- Trial name
- NCT06499259
- Testing
- Mandala coloring
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medeniyet University
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Admission, Tracheostomy
Impact of Information and Participation on Decision Time for Tracheostomy or PEG in ICU Families
Decisions regarding tracheostomy and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in the intensive care unit (ICU) are frequently associated with substantial uncertainty, decisional conflict, and psychosocial burden among patients'…
- Conditions
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Admission, Tracheostomy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
- Trial name
- NCT07435896
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Elazıg Fethi Sekin Sehir Hastanesi
Oral Mucosal Disorder
Effects of Chlorhexidine Gluconate, Ozonated Water and Hypochlorous Acid Solutions Used in the Oral Care of Patients Supported by Mechanical Ventilation on the Integrity of the Oral Mucosa
The purpose of this clinical trial is to learn whether ozonated water and hypochlorous acid solution can restore the integrity of the oral mucosa.
- Trial name
- NCT06942026
- Testing
- Control 1
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aydin Adnan Menderes University
Patient Handoff, Healthcare Team
Handoffs and Transitions in Critical Care
The HATRICC study will use mixed methods to implement a standardized process for operating room to intensive care unit handoffs that is accepted and sustainably used by perioperative clinicians.
- Conditions
- Patient Handoff, Healthcare Team, Communication, Patient Safety
- Trial name
- HATRICC (NCT02267174)
- Testing
- Standardized handoff
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Exercise, Intensive Care Unit Patients
Upper Extremity Theraband Exercises in Intensive Care Patients
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a special unit that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of patients who are in critical or severe condition and can not maintain their body balance.
- Trial name
- NCT06416540
- Testing
- Theraband Exercises plus Conventional Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Program, Conventional Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Izmir Democracy University
Critical Illness
Effect of Intensivist Communication on Surrogate Prognosis Interpretation
This study evaluates the effect of physician communication styles on the interpretation of prognosis by family members of chronically-ill patients.
- Trial name
- NCT04239209
- Testing
- Indirect - other patients, Indirect - physiology, Redirection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 302 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Delirium, Intensive Care Unit Syndrome
Education for Recognition and Management of Delirium
Delirium is a disturbance in consciousness with reduced ability to focus, sustain, or shift attention that occurs over a short period of time and tends to fluctuate over the course of the day.
- Conditions
- Delirium, Intensive Care Unit Syndrome, Nurse-Patient Relations
- Trial name
- NCT03642249
- Testing
- OSCEs, Lecture, E-learning
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Comfort
Comfort Intervention in PICU Children
This randomized controlled trial evaluates a family-centered comfort intervention for children hospitalized in a pediatric intensive care unit.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Comfort, Anxiety in Children, Fear
- Trial name
- CCI-PICU (NCT07441668)
- Testing
- Intervention Family-Centered Comfort, Standard Care (in control arm)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Coronavirus, Anxiety Depression
When Distance is an Act of Love: Exploring the Use of Video Diaries for Family Members of Intensive Care Patients
Due to Covid-19, intensive care (ICU) patients are not allowed visitors or have severely restricted visiting. After being admitted to ICU most patients are unconscious or extremely weak and therefore cannot speak on a phone or…
- Trial name
- NCT04870450
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Infant Development, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Individual Structured Therapy in Early Premature Infants at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
In this study, investigators aimed to apply an individual structured therapy protocol within the framework of neurodevelopmental therapy principles in early premature infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit and…
- Conditions
- Infant Development, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, INDIVIDUALIZED THERAPY
- Trial name
- NCT06648213
- Testing
- Physiotherapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Pneumonia, Respiratory Failure
Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Setting
The purpose of this observational study is to collect prospective data on the occurrence of bacterial and viral pneumonia in the ICU setting.
- Trial name
- NCT02685930
- Testing
- Antibiotic de-escalation by ICU stewardship team with decreased exposure to broad spectrum antibiotics and shorter duration of therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 364 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Health Care Disparities
Mitigating Racial Disparities in Shared Decision Making in the Intensive Care Unit
This is a non randomized pilot trial aimed to: Test the feasibility of an intervention to support intensive care unit clinicians in conducting shared decision making conversations with families of patients with acute respiratory…
- Trial name
- NCT05710744
- Testing
- Shared decision making tip sheet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Palliative Care
Efficacy of End-of-life Communication Strategies on Nurses in the Intensive Care Unit
Burnout among healthcare workers is frequently reported, and one of the factors cited is the stress caused by end-of-life care. It has been reported that nursing staff experience decreased well-being as a result of being involved…
- Trial name
- NCT06211816
- Testing
- communication strategy
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maebashi Red Cross Hospital
Sleep
Sleep-wakefulness Status in Preterm Infants
This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of three stair positioning pillows and positioning materials on the sleep-wakefulness status of preterm infants.
- Trial name
- NCT06664749
- Testing
- Three stair position pillow group, Positioning material group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harran University
Neonatal SEPSIS
Neonatal Sepsis at Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Ghana
Background: Neonatal sepsis is a major contributor to global under five mortality. In developing countries a major proportion of neonatal sepsis is thought to emanate from the healthcare setting, due to challenges in infection…
- Trial name
- NCT03755635
- Testing
- The WHO multimodal hand hygiene strategy
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 5,433 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stephanie Bjerrum
ICU
Physical Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit: A Comparative Study of Three Asian Countries
This descriptive-comparative study has explored and presented an overview of the extent of PT practice in the ICU in JP, PH, and TW.
- Trial name
- NCT05600478
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 164 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Covid19
Experience of an Emergency Intensive Care Unit During COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19, which emerged in China in December 2019, has become a pandemic with its spread to many countries of the world. Emergency departments also carried out an important part of the fight against pandemics in our…
- Trial name
- NCT04480060
- Testing
- COVID-19 diagnostic PCR
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital
Adult Patients of Intensive Care Units on Long-term Lung Mechanical Ventilation
Original Protocol of Oral Cavity Care During Long-term Mechanical Ventilation
This is a prospective open label randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of original oral care protocol for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT)in adult…
- Trial name
- NCT05146817
- Testing
- Oral care
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal State Budgetary Institution, V. A. Almazov Federal North-West Medical Research Centre, of the Ministry of Health
Neonatal İntensive Care, Nutrition With A Chronobiological Approach
The Effect of PIOMI and Chronobiological Nutrition on Readiness for Feeding, Full Transition to Oral Feeding and Body Weight
This is a randomized controlled experimental study evaluating the effects of oral motor intervention and chronobiological approach to feeding model applied to preterm infants on feeding readiness, transition to total oral feeding…
- Conditions
- Neonatal İntensive Care, Nutrition With A Chronobiological Approach, Readiness For Feding, Body Weight
- Trial name
- PIOMI (NCT07306793)
- Testing
- PIOMI study group, Nutrition Study Group with a Chronobiological Approach, Control group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aydin Adnan Menderes University