Clinical trials: Mortality
Neonatal Mortality, Neonatal Sepsis
Impact of Sunflower Seed Oil Massage on Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity in Nepal
Each year four million babies die during the neonatal period, with the majority occurring in developing countries. Overall, infections account for one-third of all neonatal deaths, with proportions approaching 50% in settings…
- Trial name
- NOMS (NCT01177111)
- Testing
- Sunflower seed oil, Mustard seed oil
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 29,260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Covid19, Health Care Associated Infection
Incidence of Infection and Mortality by COVID-19 in Specialists
In this current study the researchers aim to identify the total number of infections and deaths due to COVID-19 and distinguish which are the risk factors most related to COVID-19 infections and deaths in medical personnel in…
- Conditions
- Covid19, Health Care Associated Infection, Infection, Coronavirus, Death
- Trial name
- NCT04828148
- Testing
- Survey
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Neonatal Vitamin A Supplementation
Efficacy of Newborn Vitamin A Supplementation Versus Placebo in Improving Child Survival (NeoVitA Trial)
The study is a large randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of neonatal vitamin A supplementation administered to neonates once orally either on the day of birth or in the next 2 days in improving infant…
- Trial name
- NCT01138449
- Testing
- Vitamin A
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 44,984 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Society for Applied Studies
Prejudice
The Psychosocial Effect of Thoughts of Personal Mortality on Cardiac Risk Assessment by Medical Students
This study was designed to examine if provoking thoughts of mortality among medical students can influence cardiac risk assessments depending on the religion of the target patient.
- Trial name
- NCT00500136
- Testing
- mortality salience
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Mortality
Impact of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness Strategy on Neonatal and Infant Mortality
This study is a cluster-randomized trial being conducted in the state of Haryana in North India. Eighteen geographical areas served by Primary Health Centres (PHCs) have been randomized to intervention or comparison areas.
- Trial name
- IMNCI-India (NCT00474981)
- Testing
- IMNCI
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 66,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Society for Applied Studies
Covid19, Diabetes Mellitus
The Effect of Diabetes Mellitus on Mortality of Patients With COVID-19
The study includes patients over 18 years old who were hospitalized in our covid intensive care unit between March 16 and May 16, 2020. Retrospective records were examined by examining the electronic data files of the patients.
- Trial name
- NCT04663659
- Testing
- no intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital
Stimulant Overdose, Overdose Accidental
Leveraging Psychological Autopsies to Accelerate Research Into Stimulant Overdose Mortality
In the LASSO study, the investigators will identify 100 stimulant overdose decedents (divided among stimulant-only, and stimulant with fentanyl), conduct informant interviews (including scales and qualitative data), and gather…
- Conditions
- Stimulant Overdose, Overdose Accidental, Overdose Cocaine, Overdose Methamphetamine
- Trial name
- LASSO (NCT06076564)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 176 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Francisco Department of Public Health
Apparently Healthy Elderly People, (Between 60-92 Years of Age)
Association Between Mortality and Diabetes in Elderly Koreans: the South-West Seoul (SWS) Study
Diabetes mellitus is known to increase the risk of premature death in the general population. In this study, the investigators examine the impact of body mass index (BMI) levels, waist circumference, and presence/absence of…
- Trial name
- NCT01977391
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 2,263 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Korea University
Nasopharyngeal Cancer, Screening
Cluster Randomized Controlled Screening Trial for NPC
This study is aimed to estimate the effectiveness of an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) serology-based screening program to reduce nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) mortality in a cluster randomized controlled trial in an NPC high-risk…
- Conditions
- Nasopharyngeal Cancer, Screening, Morality
- Trial name
- CRCSTNPC (NCT00941538)
- Testing
- Experimental: Screening with EBV VCA/EBNA1-IgA testing
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 87,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sun Yat-sen University
Hemodialysis
Association of Survival in Impact of Ultrafiltration Rates in Hemodialysis Patients
This study assesses retrospectively the association of mortality on UFR assessments in our study population undergoing HD.
- Trial name
- NCT03471299
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 759 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Hyogo
Anesthesia, Analgesia
Genetic Variants and Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality
Prospective association study to analyse perioperative patients' outcome. Outcome comprises intraoperative and postoperative complications e.g.
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Analgesia, Surgical Procedure, Operative
- Trial name
- NCT02124499
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Perinatal Mortality, Stillbirth
Impact of Prenatal Vitamin/Mineral Supplements on Perinatal Mortality
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a daily prenatal supplement of iron plus folic acid or a daily prenatal supplement with multiple vitamins and minerals given to women from their first prenatal visit through…
- Conditions
- Perinatal Mortality, Stillbirth, Neonatal Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT00133744
- Testing
- folic acid, folic acid plus iron, supplements with multiple vitamins and minerals
- Where
- 5 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 18,962 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Childhood Mortality
Community Health Azithromycin Trial in Burkina Faso
An estimated 7.7 million pre-school aged children die each year, the majority from infectious diseases. Mass azithromycin distributions for trachoma may have the unintended benefit of reducing childhood mortality.
- Trial name
- CHAT (NCT03676764)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 77,664 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Maternal; Procedure
Total Placenta Previa Associated With the Placenta Accreta Spectrum.
To assess the reliability of placental magnetic resonance imaging measurements in predicting peripartum hysterectomy and neonatal outcomes in patients with total placenta previa.
- Trial name
- PAS (NCT06219564)
- Testing
- Peripartum total abdominal hysterectomy (p-TAH), Cesarean Section (C/S), Neonatal mortality
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 277 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital
Small Bowel Obstruction, Frailty
The Utility of Treatment With Nasogastric Tube Placement for Small Bowel Obstruction
Small bowel obstruction (SBO) occurs when the normal movements of the small bowel is obstructed, most commonly due to adhesion related to previous abdominal surgery.
- Conditions
- Small Bowel Obstruction, Frailty, Nasogastric Tube
- Trial name
- NGTUBE-OBS (NCT06262815)
- Testing
- Nasogastric tube placement, Clinical Frailty Scale
- Where
- 8 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Daniel Wilhelms
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
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
no Spedific Condition, All-cause In-patient Mortality
Nurse Graduateness and Patient Outcomes: a Cross Sectional Pilot Study
This research project is relevant to the identification of the relationship, and its significance, between patient morality and a number of demographic, clinical and corporate characteristics.
- Trial name
- NCT02705001
- Testing
- all admissions except accident and emergency
- Volunteers
- 1,252 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hamad Medical Corporation
Maternal Death During Childbirth, Pregnancy Complications
Wireless Physiologic Monitoring in Postpartum Women
To estimate the clinical effectiveness of wireless physiologic monitoring of women in the first 24 hours after cesarean delivery at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
- Trial name
- WIMS (NCT04060667)
- Testing
- Wireless physiologic monitoring
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 3,191 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Morbidity, Bacille Calmette-Guérin
Trial of Two Strains of BCG
The investigators aim to conduct a randomised controlled trial comparing two Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) strains currently used in Guinea-Bissau, the Danish and the Russian, in terms of prevention of neonatal and early life…
- Trial name
- BCGSTRAIN (NCT02447536)
- Testing
- BCG-Denmark 1331 (Statens Serum Institute), BCG-Russia-I (Serum Institute of India)
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 12,006 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bandim Health Project