Clinical trials: Mortality
Ankle Brachial Index
Ankle Brachial Index Combined With Serum Uric Acid Levels Improve Prediction All Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Mortality in the Elderly Chinese Population
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common clinical manifestation of the systemic atherosclerotic process, and the ankle brachial index (ABI) is an ideal tool to diagnose PAD.
- Trial name
- abilities (NCT03616418)
- Testing
- antiplatelet drugs;statins;antihypertensive drugs
- Volunteers
- 3,026 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai 10th People's Hospital
Preg Complications: Hemorrhagic, Infant, Premature, Diseases
Maternal & Infant Morbidity and Mortality
The purpose of this project is to evaluate maternal and infant outcomes based on race at UVA hospital. Health inequities are influenced by a combination of Social, Political, and Clinical determinants of health.
- Conditions
- Preg Complications: Hemorrhagic, Infant, Premature, Diseases, Preg Complications: Hemorrhagic Intervillous of Placenta, Preg Complications: Bleeding From Female Genital Tract
- Trial name
- NCT06145568
- Testing
- Pregnant Women
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Intrapartum Mortality
Assessment and Evaluation of the Safe Childbirth Checklist --Phase II
PHFI independently evaluated the effectiveness of the Safe Childbirth Checklist program in preventing stillbirths and early neonatal deaths.
- Trial name
- NCT01994304
- Testing
- SCC
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 200,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Public Health Foundation of India
Tobacco Use, Periodontitis
Snuff Use, Smoking, Periodontitis and Mortality: 30-year Cohort Study From Sweden
Smoking and dual using associated with poor periodontal health.
- Trial name
- NCT03918902
- Testing
- Qestinnaires
- Volunteers
- 1,080 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Helsinki
Stillbirth and Neonatal Mortality, Perinatal Mortality
Perinatal Mortality Outcomes Through Household Infection Pathways
The goal of this trial is to learn if replacing household soil floors with concrete floors can prevent deaths of infants around the time of birth, including stillbirths and deaths in the first month of life in rural Bangladesh.
- Conditions
- Stillbirth and Neonatal Mortality, Perinatal Mortality, Infant Mortality, Child Mortality
- Trial name
- POTH (NCT07620613)
- Testing
- Concrete household floor
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 196 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Covid19, Androgen Receptor Gene Overexpression
COVID-19 In-vitro Diagnostic Test and Androgen Receptor Gene Expression
This research study will evaluate the association of Androgen Receptor (AR) gene expression and COVID-19 disease severity and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT04530500
- Testing
- COVID-19 Androgen Sensitivity Test (CoVAST)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Pregnancy Complications, Preterm Birth
Group Antenatal/Postnatal Care in Rwanda
The focus of this work is to improve antenatal care (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC) at the health center level in five districts in Rwanda (Bugesera, Burera, Nyamasheke, Nyarugenge, and Rubavu).
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Complications, Preterm Birth, Preterm Labor, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- PTBi Rwanda (NCT03154177)
- Testing
- Group ANC/PNC, Ultrasound+Pregnancy Testing
- Where
- 2 sites in Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 26,381 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Sepsis, Length of Stay
Limited Versus Extended Trophic Feeding (LET-FEED) Trial
Study Hypothesis/Question In infants born very preterm, advancing enteral feeds after 24 hours from birth (limited trophic feeds) versus after 72 hours (extended trophic feeds) reduces the risk of all-cause late onset sepsis…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Length of Stay, Mortality, Neurodevelopmental Delay
- Trial name
- LET-FEED (NCT06893939)
- Testing
- Limited Trophic Feeds (1 day of trophic feeds), Extended Trophic Feeds (3 days of trophics)
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Morbid Obesity
Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery
The goal of the LABS-1 study is to assess the short-term safety of bariatric surgery.
- Trial name
- LABS-1 (NCT00433810)
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Colorectal Cancer, Mortality
Dietary Patterns, Metabolomics and Colorectal Cancer Risk
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in American men and women with ≥130,000 new cases each year.
- Trial name
- NCT03364582
- Testing
- Observed dietary pattern
- Volunteers
- 173,230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Geriatric Assessment, Cancer
Effect of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment on Short-time Mortality in Elderly Cancer Patients
Older cancer patients referred to Oncology outpatient Clinic at Aarhus University Hospital have for a period been offered Comprehensive geriatric Assessment (CGA) as part of a routine practice.
- Trial name
- NCT03814213
- Testing
- CGA, tailored care
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 781 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Sepsis, Neonatal Mortality
Clean Trial - Chlorination to Reduce Enteric and Antibiotic Resistant Infections in Neonates
The CLEAN (ChLorine to reduce Enteric and Antibiotic resistant infections in Neonates) cluster randomized controlled trial in western Kenya will evaluate the impact of a multi-component chlorination intervention in health care…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Neonatal Mortality, Antibiotic Resistant Infection, Enteric Infections
- Trial name
- CLEAN (NCT06824350)
- Testing
- chlorination for water disinfection and surface disinfection, infection prevention and control messaging
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Kenya
- Volunteers
- 45,450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Cardiovascular Diseases, Stroke
Prediction of Primary Cardiovascular Events Using the Multimarker Approach
The study of biochemical risk factors for cardiovascular diseases is important not only for analysis, but also for preventive measures, given that changes in the level of biomarkers can be detected before the first clinical…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, Death
- Trial name
- NCT05704569
- Testing
- measurement of multiple biomarkers
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karaganda Medical University
Risk Stratification
QRS Microfragmentation in ECG as Predictor of Mortality and Morbidity - a Retrospective Analysis
Over the past decades, several ECG-based parameters have been identified as independent predictors of worsened prognosis in affected patients.
- Trial name
- NCT06011590
- Testing
- No intervention.
- Volunteers
- 150,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University Innsbruck
Infant, Newborn, Infant, Small for Gestational Age
Vitamin E for Extremely Preterm Infants
The purpose of this pilot trial is to test the safety and efficacy of administering one dose of vitamin E, via a tube into the stomach, to extremely preterm infants (less than 27 weeks gestation and less than 1000 grams birth…
- Conditions
- Infant, Newborn, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Very Low Birth Weight, Infant, Premature
- Trial name
- NCT01193270
- Testing
- Vitamin E
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Neonatal Research Network
Stomach Neoplasms
The Effect of Preoperative Inflammation-based Scores on Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality for Laparoscopic Gastrectomy
The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of preoperative inflammation-based scores on postoperative morbidity and mortality for laparoscopic gastrectomy.
- Trial name
- NCT02930291
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 310 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fujian Medical University
Surgery, Surgery- Complications
African Surgical Outcomes Study (ASOS)
STUDY OBJECTIVE To confirm the incidence of in-hospital postoperative complications in adult surgical patients in Africa. STUDY DESIGN Seven day, African national multi-centre prospective observational cohort study of adult (≥18…
- Conditions
- Surgery, Surgery- Complications, Mortality
- Trial name
- ASOS (NCT03044899)
- Testing
- All surgeries in adult patients
- Where
- 25 sites in Algeria, Benin and 23 more
- Volunteers
- 11,422 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of KwaZulu
Pre-Eclampsia, Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
Low Dose Calcium to Prevent Preeclampsia
The purpose of this study is to assess, in pregnant women with calcium-poor diets, what is the effectiveness of low-dose (500 mg/day) calcium supplements associated with an educational intervention, compared to the educational…
- Conditions
- Pre-Eclampsia, Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced, Dietary Calcium Deficiency
- Trial name
- AMCAL (NCT02338687)
- Testing
- calcium, Educational sessions
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 1,040 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of São Paulo
Osteopenia, Vitamin D Deficiency
Bone Health and Vitamin D Status
This study will compare and assess the prevalence of osteopenia and vitamin D deficiency as well as effects of TDF on the patients' bone among HIV positive and negative patients.
- Conditions
- Osteopenia, Vitamin D Deficiency, HIV Infection
- Trial name
- BHVD (NCT01634607)
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 235 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre
Maternal Mortality
Community Based Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria
The objective of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to assess the impact of several community-based interventions that address the key factors underlying the high maternal mortality, as well as neonatal mortality and…
- Trial name
- NCT01487707
- Testing
- Voluntary Health Worker (VHW) Program, Safe Birth Kit, Community Folk Media Campaigns
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 7,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab