Clinical trials: Nursing Care
Pressure Ulcer
Study of SANTYL® vs Hydrogel (SoloSite®) for Pressure Ulcers
This study is designed to compare SANTYL® versus hydrogel (SoloSite®) in the treatment of pressure ulcers for participants in a long-term care facility.
- Trial name
- NCT02718625
- Testing
- Santyl, SoloSite®
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Palliative Care
Improving Palliative Care Through Teamwork
One in three Americans dies in a nursing home (NH) or in a hospital, shortly following transfer from a long-term care facility. The proportion of deaths occurring in NHs is projected to increase to 40% by 2020.
- Trial name
- IMPACTT (NCT01990742)
- Testing
- Palliative Care Team (PCTeam)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
OPTIMAL in NH Residents With Dementia
The purpose of this study is to develop and refine OPTIMAL and evaluate its feasibility, fidelity, and usefulness. The OPTIMAL is designed to teach staff to effectively engage residents in eating using individualized…
- Trial name
- NCT05255068
- Testing
- OPTIMAL
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
COPD Exacerbation
Early Assisted Discharge for COPD Exacerbations With Telemonitoring.
To determine if an early assisted discharge program for acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD), with telemonitoring and telephone control, is equally effective and more efficient in terms of use of health care resources, that a…
- Trial name
- NCT01951261
- Testing
- Telemonitoring and telephone control
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 116 people
- Sponsor
- Dr. López Viña
Dementia, Staff Attitude
Speeko for Elderspeak: A Self-Monitoring App to Improve Nursing Home Communication
This study will test feasibility and preliminary effects of an automated and performance-based feedback app (Speeko for Elderspeak) that detects and reports the use of diminutives (terms of endearment such as honey, dearie, and…
- Trial name
- NCT04064164
- Testing
- Speeko for Elderspeak
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Aligning Patient Preferences: a Role Offering Alzheimer's Patients, Caregivers, and Healthcare Providers Education and Support
Nursing home (NH) patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias often receive unwanted, burdensome treatments such as hospitalization.
- Trial name
- APPROACHES (NCT03323502)
- Testing
- APPROACHES ACP Specialist Program, Standard of care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 47,396 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Pragmatic Trial of Video Education in Nursing Homes
This is a pragmatic cluster-randomized control trial (RCT) of an Advance Care Planning (ACP) Video Program for nursing home (NH) patients ≥ 65 years old who are cared for in 360 NH facilities (intervention arm n=119; control arm…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Trial name
- PROVEN (NCT02612688)
- Testing
- ACP Video Program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 197,692 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Pain
Shared Decision Making to Improve Palliative Care in the Nursing Home
Twenty-eight percent of Americans over the age of 65 die in a nursing home. Research has found the quality of care of end-of-life care in nursing homes to have many challenges.
- Trial name
- NCT02917603
- Testing
- Web Conferencing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Advanced Dementia
Educational Video to Improve Nursing Home Care in End-stage Dementia
This is a 5-year cluster RCT of a video Advance Care Planning intervention vs. control among 360 nursing home residents with advanced dementia (N=180/arm) in 20 matched nursing homes (10 intervention/10 control).
- Trial name
- EVINCE (NCT01774799)
- Testing
- Advance care planning intervention, Control group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 804 people
- Sponsor
- Hebrew SeniorLife
Chronic Disease, Acute Disease
Involving Nursing Home Residents and Their Families in Acute Care Transfer Decisions
This study addresses the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) area of interest related to development of decision support tools that bring patients, families and clinicians together to decide, in this instance…
- Trial name
- NCT02568475
- Testing
- Provision of "Go to the Hospital or Stay Here?"
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 192 people
- Sponsor
- Florida Atlantic University
Multimorbidity, Cognitive Impairments
Video-Enhanced Care Management for Medically Complex Veterans
The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a 12-week care management program for medically complex Veterans with cognitive impairment, delivered via telephone or videoconferencing.
- Trial name
- NCT02962687
- Testing
- Care management via videoconference, Care management via telephone calls
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Palliative Care, Dementia
Implementation of a Telehealth Palliative Care Model for Persons With Dementia
Grounded in the Reach-Effectiveness-Adoption-Implementation-Maintenance (RE-AIM) Model, this study will assess the implementation outcomes of the Nurse Practitioner (NP) delivered telehealth Palliative Care Consultation in…
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT05001620)
- Testing
- Palliative Care Consultation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Ageing
Implementation of Knowledge-Based Palliative Care
The research on ageing during the last couple of decades has increasingly focused on questions regarding the quality of life and life satisfaction of the old people.
- Trial name
- KUPA (NCT02708498)
- Testing
- Educational Intervention
- Where
- 30 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,151 people
- Sponsor
- Lund University
Advance Care Planning, Palliative Care
Palliative Care for Persons With ADRD and CI in SNF
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are serious, life limiting illnesses with no known cure. Dementia is the fifth-leading cause of death in older adults and the majority of people with advanced dementia die in…
- Conditions
- Advance Care Planning, Palliative Care, Skilled Nursing Facility, Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT05308004
- Testing
- Palliative Care Consultation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Transitional Care, Caregivers
Connect-Home Clinical Trial
This study will test whether transitional care targeting care needs of seriously ill, skilled nursing facility (SNF) patients and their caregivers will help to improve SNF patient outcomes (preparedness for discharge, quality of…
- Conditions
- Transitional Care, Caregivers, Patient Discharge, Aging
- Trial name
- NCT03810534
- Testing
- Connect-Home
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 654 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Incontinence-associated Dermatitis
Prevention of Incontinence-associated Dermatitis
Incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) is an inflammation of the skin caused by prolonged direct contact of the skin with urine and/or stool. Elderly and care-dependent people are often affected by this type of inflammation.
- Trial name
- PID (NCT05403762)
- Testing
- ESENTA™ Skin Barrier Spray (ConvaTec, UK), Hydrophobes Basisgel DAC
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Prematurity, Stress Reaction
Pilot Study of Nursing Touch and Biobehavioral Stress
Randomized cross-over clinical trial to determine the effect of a nurse-administered comforting touch intervention on the biobehavioral stress responses of preterm infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit.
- Trial name
- P-NAT-BIO (NCT05030233)
- Testing
- Nurse-Administered Touch Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Pneumonia
Effects of the Oral Care With Vaccines for Pneumonia in Elderly; Going Home Together Both Physician and Dentist
Prospective study comparing the effects of interventions (combined oral care and pneumococcal plus influenza vaccinations) in preventing pneumonia and increasing the survival rate from pneumonia.
- Trial name
- NCT01403805
- Testing
- Pneumococcal vaccination (Pneumovax NP, 21800AMY10131000), Influenza vaccination (Flubik HA, 16100EZZ01207000), Specific frequency of oral care
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 199 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yubari Kibounomori
Infection Control, Preventive Measures
Effectiveness of a Online Training Program With a Clinical Procedure Standardized in Units of Nursing (CPSUN)
This study evaluates if the implementation of an online platform with procedures and protocols, improve the knowledge of professionals and can have a health impact related to decreased contamination of blood cultures.
- Trial name
- CPSUN (NCT02965989)
- Testing
- Online training of a nursing technique
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ignacio Zaragoza García
Diabetic Foot Ulcer, Pressure Ulcer
A Prospective, Open Label, Multicenter Trial for Evaluating the Efficacy of Treating and Managing Wounds in Elderly Population in Specialized Nursing Facilities Using RD1
The study is a prospective, single arm, multicenter efficacy study, consisting of 60 subjects who will complete the study (note: if any patients are lost to follow-up or withdrawn, enrollment will increase to compensate for loss…
- Conditions
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer, Pressure Ulcer, Venous Leg Ulcer, Trauma Injury
- Trial name
- NCT04577183
- Testing
- RD1 System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- RedDress Ltd.