Clinical trials: Intensive Care Unit
Critically Ill
Impact of SPN on Infection Rate, Duration of Mechanical Ventilation & Rehabilitation in ICU Patients
Rationale: Enteral nutrition (EN) in the intensive care (ICU) patients is recommended as a standard of care. However, EN alone is often associated with insufficient energy intakes and increased complication rates.
- Trial name
- NCT00802503
- Testing
- SPN
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 305 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Acute Brain Injuries
Building Resiliency in Patients Admitted to the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit and Their Caregivers
The investigators will compare a dyadic intervention (Recovering Together) with an attention placebo educational control in dyads of patients with acute neurological illnesses and their caregivers at risk for chronic emotional…
- Trial name
- NCT03694678
- Testing
- Recovering Together
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Intensive Care Unit Delirium, Pain
Decreasing Delirium Through Music in Critically Ill Older Adults
Critically ill older adults admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) are at a higher risk to develop delirium, which predisposes them to longer lengths of ICU and hospital stay, increased in-patient mortality, and higher risk of…
- Conditions
- Intensive Care Unit Delirium, Pain, Anxiety, Intensive Care Acquired Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- DDM (NCT04182334)
- Testing
- Slow Tempo Music, Attention Control
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Disorder of Consciousness, Traumatic Brain Injury
Validity and Feasibility of the CRSR-FAST
The CRS-R is a standardized and validated bedside assessment of conscious awareness. It is used routinely for diagnosis and prognosis of patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) as well as in research settings.
- Trial name
- CRSR-FAST (NCT03549572)
- Testing
- Coma Recovery Scale-Revised
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Pediatric Disorder, Neonatal Disease
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Virtual Family-Centered Rounds
The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of virtual family-centered rounds in the neonatal intensive care unit on parental and neonatal outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT05762835
- Testing
- Virtual family-centered rounds (FCR)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 514 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
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
Intra-Abdominal Infections, Intestinal Obstruction
Capillary Leak Index as a Prognostic Indicator for Post-Operative Abdominal Sepsis in Critically Ill Patients
In this study the investigators going to evaluate the "CLI" as an early prognostic indicator for post-operative abdominal sepsis in critically ill patients.
- Conditions
- Intra-Abdominal Infections, Intestinal Obstruction, Appendicitis Acute, Perforated Viscus
- Trial name
- CLI (NCT06901544)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery
Predictive Value of the FORE-SIGHT™ Monitor for Hemodynamic Deterioration
The postoperative period after congenital heart surgery in children can be a very critical episode, where it is of utmost importance to closely monitor the circulation in these patients.
- Trial name
- NCT01706497
- Testing
- Cerebral tissue oxygen saturation monitoring, blinded
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
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
Critical Illness
Exploration of Investigating ICU Mobilisation With Vasoactive Drugs
There is a need to know more about the safety of mobilizing intensive care unit (ICU) patients who are receiving vasoactive drugs that support the heart and blood pressure.
- Trial name
- NCT03869541
- Testing
- Mobilization
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Critical Illness, Psychological Distress
Messy Memories: Mobile Application Therapy Following Critical Illness
The overall goal of this study is to determine whether English-speaking adults who were discharged from an intensive care unit (ICU) at least one month ago and have some level of distress related to their ICU experience will be…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Psychological Distress, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05849454
- Testing
- Messy Memories Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Invasive Candidiasis
Randomized Study of Caspofungin Prophylaxis Followed by Pre-emptive Therapy for Invasive Candidiasis in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Adults admitted to intensive care units are at risk for a variety of complications. Infections due to the fungus called candida are of particular concern.
- Trial name
- MSG-01 (NCT00520234)
- Testing
- Caspofungin, Normal Saline
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 222 people
- Sponsor
- Mycoses Study Group
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
An Observational Pharmacokinetic Sudy of Ceftolozane-Tazobactam in Intensive Care Unit in Patients With and Without CRRT
The purpose of this study is to try to find out how critically ill patients receiving the antibiotic, ceftolozane-tazobactam, process it in their body.
- Trial name
- CT-PK (NCT02962934)
- Testing
- Non CRRT group, CRRT group
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Tracheal Extubation
A Low Dose Remifentanil Infusion During Tracheal Extubation in Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients
Tracheal extubation can be associated with hyperdynamic circulatory response. The investigators examined the effect of maintaining a remifentanil infusion on the cardiovascular response during extubation in propofol-remifentanil…
- Trial name
- NCT01152515
- Testing
- Remifentanil
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Severance Hospital
Palliative Care, Critical Illness
A Needs-focused Palliative Care Intervention for Older Adults in ICUs
The quality of intensive care unit (ICU)-based palliative care is highly variable, particularly for the 2 million older adults admitted annually to ICUs.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Critical Illness, Aging, Care Delivery Model
- Trial name
- PCplanner (NCT04414787)
- Testing
- PCplanner
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 151 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Ventilation-Associated Pneumonia
Study of Impact of Not Measuring Residual Gastric Volume on Nosocomial Pneumonia Rates
Early enteral feeding is a key component of the management of critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation. However, enteral feeding has been associated with serious complications such as aspiration followed by…
- Trial name
- NUTRIREA1 (NCT01137487)
- Testing
- monitoring of residual gastric volume, not monitoring of residual gastric volume
- Where
- 6 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 452 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee
Cardiorespiratory Failure
Optimizing a Mobile Mindfulness Intervention for ICU Survivors
This is a factorial experimental trial involving adult survivors of cardiorespiratory failure treated in intensive care units (ICUs) that is conceptualized as the Optimization Phase of a multiphase optimization strategy (MOST)…
- Trial name
- LIFT2 (NCT04038567)
- Testing
- Mobile mindfulness-based training
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 247 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Surgical Patients, Pulmonary Complication
Prophylactic Noninvasive Ventilation in vs Postoperative Standard Care in High Risk Patients According to ARISCAT Score
Postoperative pulmonary complications are one of the most common complications after surgery. Noninvasive ventilation has been proposed post-operatively to prevent postoperative pulmonary complications.
- Trial name
- ANTICIPUSC (NCT03629431)
- Testing
- Prophylactic non-invasive ventilation, postoperative standard care
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 266 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest
Critically Ill, Hemodialysis
Pharmacokinetics of Daptomycin in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Continuous Venovenous Hemodialysis (CVVHD)
Daptomycin is an antibiotic that is affective against many strains of antibiotic resistant microorganisms. This antibiotic would be appropriate for use in the intensive care unit (ICU) considering the severity of illness and high…
- Trial name
- NCT00663403
- Testing
- Daptomycin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Critical Illness
Ketamine / Propofol Admixture "Ketofol" at Induction in the Critically Ill Against Etomidate: KEEP PACE Trial
The hypothesis of this study is that a Ketamine / Propofol mixture will produce more stable hemodynamics as compared to Etomidate during emergent intubations in the intensive care unit.
- Trial name
- KEEP PACE (NCT02105415)
- Testing
- Ketamine / Propofol Admixture, Etomidate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic