Clinical trials: Learning Techniques
Education
Mobile Learning to Improve Clinician's Ability to Break Bad News
Design: A pre-post mixed methods pilot study. All participants granted access to a breaking bad news mobile learning resource (VitalTips).
- Trial name
- NCT03804918
- Testing
- VitalTips mobile application
- Where
- 3 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Treatment of Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
This study will determine the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy in treating adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT00118911
- Testing
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Relaxation techniques and education about ADHD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Diabetes Mellitus
Impact of an Interprofessional Shared Decision-making and Goal-setting Decision Aid for Patients With Diabetes
Diabetes care is complicated for people with diabetes as well as for health care providers: they have to watch their diet, exercise, take medications, checking blood sugars and blood pressure, get tests and see multiple doctors.
- Trial name
- NCT02379078
- Testing
- Shared decision-making aid, Generic hard copy diabetes resources, Generic online diabetes resources
- Volunteers
- 225 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Knowledge, Attitude to Health
Comparing the Effect of Online and Conventional Oral Health Education in Egypt
This study aims to compare the results of online oral health education and conventional oral health education methods in terms of their effectiveness towards improving the knowledge and practice of oral hygiene in primary school…
- Conditions
- Knowledge, Attitude to Health, Practice
- Trial name
- NCT05570500
- Testing
- Oral health education
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 636 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Surgical Simulation Education
Assessment of the Transferability of Skills From Robotic to Laparoscopic Simulation Platforms
This is a randomized controlled trial that will randomize 40 surgical skill naive medical students to practice on a robotic simulator or laparoscopic simulator after first completing a baseline evaluation on both surgical…
- Trial name
- NCT02370407
- Testing
- a laparoscopic simulator (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), VT Medical Inc, Waltham, MA), Mimic da Vinci robotic simulator
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Human Papilloma Virus, Cervical Cancer
Promise Women Project
The goal of this study is to develop and test an intervention program to improve cervical cancer prevention among Muslim American women.
- Trial name
- NCT05862844
- Testing
- Promise women project (Promote Cervical Cancer Prevention Methods Among Muslim Women in Virginia )
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mark Dignan, PhD
Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Trait
Evaluation of Low-cost Techniques for Detecting Sickle Cell Disease and β-thalassemia in Nepal and Canada
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder associated with acute illness and organ damage. In high resource settings, early screening and treatment greatly improve quality of life.
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Trait, Beta-Thalassemia, Sickle Cell-Beta Thalassemia
- Trial name
- NCT05506358
- Testing
- High performance liquid chromatography, Automated sickling test, HbS solubility test
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada, Nepal
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Contraception, Counseling
Effect of Formal Contraception Handouts
The hypothesis of this study is to determine if distribution of a standardized educational handout on contraceptive options given to patients in the prenatal office setting will increase contraception use six months postpartum.
- Trial name
- NCT03956030
- Testing
- Contraception Handout, Nutritional Handout
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Tracheal Intubation Morbidity
Success of Pediatric Anesthesiologists in Learning to Use Videolaryngoscopes
There are two new instruments on the market that anesthesiologists use when putting a breathing tube into the lungs of patients. The purpose of this study is to see how easily anesthesiologists can learn to use them in children.
- Trial name
- NCT01215422
- Testing
- timed intubation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 646 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
HPV Vaccination, Vaccine; Uptake
PREVENT HPV-Related Cancers - BootCamp Translation
This study will serve as one of the first to develop and test the effectiveness of strategies to promote HPV vaccination among diverse rural parents and caregivers of children ages 9-17 years in the Mountain West.
- Conditions
- HPV Vaccination, Vaccine; Uptake, Vaccination; Series Completion
- Trial name
- PREVENT (NCT06290206)
- Testing
- PREVENT - BCT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Low Back Pain
The McKenzie Method Versus Manipulation for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
Introduction: The McKenzie method as well as spinal manipulation is commonly used for the treatment of low back pain throughout the western world.
- Trial name
- NCT00939107
- Testing
- spinal manipulation, McKenzie exercises
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- Back and Rehabilitation Center, Copenhagen
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
Educational Techniques
The Effect of a Structured, Home-based Interview With a Patient on First-year Medical Students' Patient-centredness.
Background Doctors are regarded as professionals, and specific teaching on professional behaviour is considered important in many countries.
- Trial name
- NCT03722810
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 317 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Interventional Study to Decrease Cardiovascular Risk in Women in Primary Health Care in South Croatia
Patient education in lifestyle changes has a positive effect on health in individuals with cardiovascular (CV) risk Despite current positive evidence about lifestyle and dietary change in the prevention of CVD, the…
- Trial name
- NCT03863210
- Testing
- 60-minute lecture titled "Change of lifestyle and nutrition habits to reduce cardiovascular risk"
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- University of Split, School of Medicine
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma
Pre/Post Pilot Test of Video Module Education
Asthma and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) results in over a million hospitalizations in the United States annually and COPD is the third leading cause of 30-day re-hospitalizations.
- Trial name
- NCT02278237
- Testing
- VME Group
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Homeless Persons
Effect of a Rent Subsidy and Mentoring on Youth Transitioning Out of Homelessness
Compared to the vast amount of literature about the risk factors associated with young people entering and becoming entrenched in homelessness, much less is known about how to facilitate and sustain transitions off the streets.
- Trial name
- NCT03779204
- Testing
- Mentorship, Rent Subsidies
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
COPD
At Home Spirometry and Video Module Education for COPD Patients
The central hypothesis is that patients hospitalized for COPD who subsequently complete the at-home BREATHES Program with V-TTG skill training and SpiroPD adherence support will retain increased medication knowledge, skill…
- Trial name
- BREATHES (NCT03834350)
- Testing
- BREATHES Program, BREATHES SpiroPD or Propeller Health
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
The OPENS Trial: Offering Women PrEP (Aim 1)
To address the significant barriers to PrEP implementation for those who were assigned female at birth and self-identify as a woman and address racial inequities in HIV prevention in the United States (US), a novel approach that…
- Trial name
- NCT04621760
- Testing
- HIV Prevention Decision Support Tool (DST), Standard Counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 189 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Ageing
Ageing and Acute Care Physicians' Performance
The proportion of older acute care physicians (ACPs) has been increasing. Ageing is associated with physiological changes and research investigating how such age-related physiological changes affect clinical performance is…
- Trial name
- NCT02683447
- Testing
- CRM Simulation
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Cardiac Arrest
Ultra-Brief Versus Brief Hands Only CPR Video Training With and Without Psychomotor Skill Practice
Bystander CPR improves survival from Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest. This study examines the efficacy of ultra-brief video training for Hands-Only CPR.
- Trial name
- NCT01191736
- Testing
- No training, assessed within 60 mins, Ultra-brief video; assessed in 60 mins, Brief video; assessed in 60 mins
- Volunteers
- 336 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Valleywise Health