Clinical trials: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients
Hyperglycemia, Acute Coronary Syndromes
Intravenous Exenatide in Coronary Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of intravenous Exenatide therapy in hyperglycemic patients admitted to the coronary intensive care unit.
- Conditions
- Hyperglycemia, Acute Coronary Syndromes, Myocardial Infarction
- Trial name
- NCT00736229
- Testing
- Exenatide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Saint Luke's Health System
Septic Shock
PK Analysis of Piperacillin in Septic Shock Patients
Antibiotic dosing in septic shock patients poses a challenge for clinicians due to the pharmacokinetic changes seen in this population.
- Trial name
- NCT02306928
- Testing
- Blood draw
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Candidiasis
Early Clinical Experience With Anidulafungin In Patients With Liver Disease In The United Kingdom
The purpose of this study is to describe the real world effectiveness of anidulafungin in clinical practice in a large Liver Unit in the United Kingdom.
- Trial name
- NCT01202253
- Testing
- anidulafungin
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Surrogate Decision Makers, Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
Improving Decision Making for Patients With Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
Deciding about prolonged life support for critically ill patients can be very difficult. Therefore, the investigators are doing a study to see if an internet-based decision aid can improve the quality of decision making for…
- Trial name
- NCT01751061
- Testing
- Decision aid, Usual care
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 416 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Invasive Candidiasis
β-D-Glucan (BDG) Surveillance With Preemptive Anidulafungin vs. Standard Care for Invasive Candidiasis in Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) Patients
This is a single center, prospective, open label assessment of β-D-glucan surveillance with preemptive anidulafungin therapy versus standard care for the prevention of invasive candidiasis in at-risk surgical intensive care unit…
- Trial name
- NCT00672841
- Testing
- Preemptive Therapy with Anidulafungin, Empiric antifungal therapy based on physician discretion.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
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
Intubation; Difficult, Respiration Disorders
Use of Dexmedetomidine to Facilitate Extubation in Surgical ICU Patients Who Failed Previous Weaning Attempts
Mechanical ventilation commonly is associated with patient agitation requiring sedation to alleviate discomfort and reduce excessive central respiratory drive.
- Trial name
- NCT00464490
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Critical Illness
Code Status Video in the Intensive Care Unit: Video Assisted Patient Education
This is a single-center, randomized control trial of a code status video as an educational tool in the intensive care unit. Subjects are stratified by patient or surrogate and are randomized to either watch an educational video…
- Trial name
- NCT01610076
- Testing
- Code Status Video
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 208 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Serious Injury, Communication
A Communication Tool to Improve Communication in the ICU
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of the Best Case/Worst Case-ICU communication tool on quality of communication, clinician moral distress, and ICU length of stay for older adults with serious traumatic…
- Trial name
- NCT05780918
- Testing
- Best Case/Worst Case-ICU Communication Tool
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 7,320 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Premature Infant Disease, Family Research
PREEMIE PROGRESS: A Family Management Program for Parents of Preterm Infants
The purpose of this study is to refine and pilot test a mobile health (mHealth), video-based family management program for parents of preterm infants hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
- Conditions
- Premature Infant Disease, Family Research, Parent-Child Relations, Self Efficacy
- Trial name
- NCT04638127
- Testing
- PREEMIE PROGRESS, Attention Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
ICU Acquired Weakness (ICUAW)
Feasibility and Safety of Digital Rehab Platform for Bedridden Patients
Study Title Rehabilitation Program for Bedridden Patients Using Digital Devices Study Purpose This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation program using digital devices and apps for bedridden patients in a…
- Trial name
- NCT06849765
- Testing
- Rehabilitation
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Asan Medical Center
Deep Sedation, Ventilators, Mechanical
Pain, Agitation and Delirium (PAD) Protocol in the Duke CICU
This study aims to examine the use of protocol directed sedation using the Duke PAD protocol with the current sedation medications of propofol or dexmedetomidine compared to the PAD protocol with midazolam, per cardiac intensive…
- Conditions
- Deep Sedation, Ventilators, Mechanical, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- NCT02903407
- Testing
- Midazolam, Propofol, Dexmedetomidine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Respiratory Failure
Non-invasive Ventilation vs Oxygen Therapy After Extubation Failure
Non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) has not exhibited a reduction of reintubation after extubation failure compared to oxygen therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT03832387
- Testing
- Non-invasive mechanical ventilation, Continuous positive airway pressure, Venturi mask
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana
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
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
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
Hyperglycemia, Critical Illness
Computerized Glucose Control in Critically Ill Patients
The aim of the study is to determine whether the use of the CGAOtm software is associated with a decrease in 90-day mortality when compared with the use of standard care methods for glucose control with target blood glucose…
- Trial name
- CGAO-REA (NCT01002482)
- Testing
- CGAO-based Glucose Control, Standard-Care Glucose Control
- Where
- 35 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 2,684 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier of Chartres
Critical Illness
European Mortality & Length Of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Stay Evaluation (ELOISE)
The starting point of ELOISE is the significant number of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survivors who die after the transfer to ward.
- Trial name
- ELOISE (NCT01422070)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 6,433 people
- Sponsor
- Università degli Studi di Ferrara
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
Blood Pressure, Surgery
Comparison of Non-invasive and Invasive Blood Pressure Monitors
To compare a noninvasive and continuous radial artery blood pressure measurements utilizing ViTrack (developed by Dynocardia) to the standard of care radial artery catheterization, in patients undergoing surgery or those who are…
- Conditions
- Blood Pressure, Surgery, Intensive Care Unit
- Trial name
- NCT04506775
- Testing
- ViTrack, Radial artery catheterization
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester