Clinical trials: Life-threatening Illness
Complex Care, Medical Complexity
Complexity in Health, Education, and Social Support for Children and Young People With Life-limiting Conditions.
Children and young people (CYP) with life-limiting conditions represent a growing population with complex care needs that span health, education, and social care systems.
- Conditions
- Complex Care, Medical Complexity, Pediatrics, Life-limiting Illness
- Trial name
- CHESS (NCT07102433)
- Testing
- Children and young people with life-limiting conditions, their parents/carers, and professionals across healthcare, education, and social care sectors.
- Where
- 5 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 170 people
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Anxiety
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)-Assisted Psychotherapy in People With Illness-related Anxiety
This study will find out whether psychotherapy combined with lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is safe and is helpful in people who are anxious because they have a potentially fatal disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00920387
- Testing
- 200 mcg LSD, 20 mcg LSD, Therapy
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
Anxiety
MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for Anxiety Associated With a Life-Threatening Illness
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if MDMA-assisted therapy is safe and effective in people with anxiety associated with a life-threatening illness.
- Trial name
- NCT02427568
- Testing
- Midomafetamine HCl, Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Resilient Pharmaceuticals
Respiratory Failure, Status Epilepticus
Pilot Simulation RCT of Telemedical Support for Paramedics
This study evaluates the impact of video communication via telemedicine on the quality of emergency care provided to children by paramedic teams supported by a remote physician in a simulated out-of-hospital setting.
- Conditions
- Respiratory Failure, Status Epilepticus, Status Asthmaticus, Cardiopulmonary Arrest
- Trial name
- NCT03742167
- Testing
- Telemedicine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
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
Demoralization
Pragmatic Trial of Psilocybin Therapy in Palliative Care
This multicenter, triple-blind, phase 2, randomized controlled trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of psilocybin therapy compared to an active control in treating demoralization in adults near the end of life (≤2 years…
- Trial name
- PT2PC (NCT05403086)
- Testing
- Psilocybin, Ketamine
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Charles S. Grob, M.D.
Parent of Child With Chronic Life-threatening Illness
Narrative E-Writing Intervention (NeW-I) for Parents of Children With Chronic Life-Threatening Illness
Narrative e-Writing Intervention (NeW-I) is an evidence-based, strength-focused and meaning-oriented approach that aims at enhancing well-being, alleviating burden, and reducing adverse grief outcomes among Singaporean parents…
- Trial name
- NeW-I (NCT03684382)
- Testing
- NeW-I group
- Where
- 4 sites in Singapore
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nanyang Technological University
Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Improving Outcomes for Patients With Life-Threatening Neurologic Illness
Background: While the intensive care of patients with life-threatening brain illnesses has advanced tremendously, a large number of therapies are still without proper scientific support.
- Conditions
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Nontraumatic Haemorrhage
- Trial name
- REACH (NCT04189471)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Anxiety
Correlates of Anxiety Associated With a Life-threatening Illness
The goal of this observational trial is to gather brain scan data on people undergoing MDMA-assisted therapy. The main question it aims to answer is: -How does brain activity change while completing an emotional regulation task…
- Trial name
- NCT02954562
- Testing
- fMRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Resilient Pharmaceuticals
Hematological Malignancies
An Evaluation of the Effect of 'Open Window' on Psychological Well-being and Experience of Stem Cell Transplantation
The 'Open Window' Study is a prospective longitudinal study using a 4 group randomised control trial design to evaluate the psychological effect of 'Open Window' on the consequences of long term isolation on patients undergoing…
- Trial name
- NCT00348959
- Testing
- 'Open Window' Project
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 198 people
- Sponsor
- St. James's Hospital, Ireland
Illness Terminal
Conscious Dying/Conscious Living: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
The Conscious Dying/Conscious Living study will investigate the effect of KAP (ketamine-assisted psychotherapy) on individuals with terminal illness at five separate geographic locations.
- Trial name
- KRF-EOL (NCT05214417)
- Testing
- Ketamine Injectable Solution, Naturalistic Control
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- The Ketamine Research Foundation
Critical Illness
Evaluation of Clinical Implementation of Machine Learning Based Decision Support for ICU Discharge
Unexpected intensive care unit (ICU) readmission is associated with longer length of stay and increased mortality. Bedside decision support may prevent readmission and mortality and may allow optimizing ICU capacity.
- Trial name
- MIRACLE (NCT05497505)
- Testing
- Pacmed Critical
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- Patrick J. Thoral
Cancer, Pain
Phenomenological Study of Psycho-Socio-Spiritual Healing in the Context of Chronic or Life-Threatening Illness
Background: A person s mental state, personal relationships, or spiritual well-being often change in many ways during or after cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT01077414
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Mental Health, Depression and Burden in Caregivers
SOS for Caregiver Wellbeing
Parents and caregivers of children who have a chronic condition carry a large care burden and are at higher risk of having mental health symptoms.
- Conditions
- Mental Health, Depression and Burden in Caregivers, Anxiety Depression, Stress
- Trial name
- SOS (NCT07136584)
- Testing
- Screening, Outcomes and Referral Pathways
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Mental Health Issue, PTSD
AIMS Medical Outcomes Study
This epidemiologic research is being conducted as an observational prospective case series outcomes study of the use of advanced integrative specialty medical care and its effect on adult and pediatric patients with chronic or…
- Conditions
- Mental Health Issue, PTSD, Pain, Chronic Pain
- Trial name
- AMOS (NCT04512755)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Advanced Integrative Medical Science Institute
Atrial Fibrillation, Atrioventricular Block, Second and Third Degree
Predicting Severe Cardiac Arrhythmias in the Perioperative Period Using AI-ECG
During the preoperative examination, in addition to the standard examination recommended before high-risk cardiac surgeries, a digital single-lead ECG is recorded using portable CardioQUARK devices.
- Conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation, Atrioventricular Block, Second and Third Degree, Sinus Node Dysfunction, Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
- Trial name
- NCT07348991
- Testing
- digital single-channel ECG recording
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
Life-threatening Illness, Palliative
Initiating ACP in General Practice. A Phase II Study
End-of-life care often fails in providing optimal patient-centred care and quality of life. Patients frequently suffer from inadequate control of pain, from a lack of communication about their illness and options for treatment…
- Trial name
- NCT02775032
- Testing
- Advance care planning conversations between patients and their GP
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel