Clinical trials: Patient Communication
Pain, Myofacial
Effects of Myofascial Massage and Patient-therapist Communication Levels on Shoulder Muscle Properties in Breast Cancer Survivors With Myofascial Pain
The objective of the proposed study is to assess how myofascial massage alters stiffness and microvascular perfusion of shoulder muscles and how these changes are influenced by patient-therapist interactions.
- Trial name
- NCT06679400
- Testing
- Massage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
M-health, Multiple Sclerosis
haMSter: a Novel Smartphone Communication Tool for People With MS
haMSter is a smartphone app that tracks validated patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in people multiple sclerosis (MS). In this study, 50 patients with MS will receive this app for 6 months and be asked to fill out the PRO…
- Trial name
- NCT04555863
- Testing
- haMSter smartphone app
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Financial Toxicity, Cancer
Feasibility and Utilization of an Application-based Question Prompt List
This trial studies how well an application-based question prompt list works in improving treatment cost discussion between patients with breast, prostate, lung, or colorectal cancer and their oncologists.
- Conditions
- Financial Toxicity, Cancer, Question Prompt List
- Trial name
- NCT03676920
- Testing
- Discussions of Cost App (DISCO App)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
The COMUNICARE Study: the Effectiveness of a Multimodal Intervention Based on Person-centered Communication
Pragmatic cluster-randomized clinical trial. An open, multicentric, parallel-group trial with a control group, and with a follow-up period of 1 year.
- Trial name
- COMUNICARE (NCT03887403)
- Testing
- Multimodal Intervention, Usual care
- Volunteers
- 310 people
- Sponsor
- Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid
Pulmonary Disease, COPD
Improving the Quality of End-of-Life Communication for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a multifaceted intervention to improve the quality of end-of-life communication between patients with COPD and their primary care providers using information about patients preferences for…
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Disease, COPD, Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema
- Trial name
- NCT00106080
- Testing
- Audit and Feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 376 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Brain Tumor
Evaluation of Cognitive-Communication Deficits Following Treatment of Primary Brain Tumor Patients
This study is to evaluate which cognitive-linguistic symptoms are most commonly experienced following brain tumor treatment. Cognitive surveys will be administered after treatment of primary brain tumor cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT03090386
- Testing
- Cognitive Surveys
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Healthcare Disparities, Mental Health
Improving Patient-Provider Communication to Reduce Mental Health Disparities
The purpose of this study was to develop and pilot test an intervention to reduce mental health disparities for racially and ethnically minoritized Veterans receiving outpatient VA mental health services.
- Trial name
- PARTNER-MH (NCT04515771)
- Testing
- PARTNER-MH
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Resident Education, Patient Communication, Breaking Bad News to Patients Remotely, Telemedicine
Breaking Bad News to Family Members in a Pandemic
Resident education on breaking bad news and conducting end of life conversations has been shown to improve comfort levels with having these conversations.
- Trial name
- NCT04638530
- Testing
- Education on breaking bad news to family members remotely
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Any Chronic, Non-traumatic Orthopedic Condition
Testing an AI Large Language Model Tool for Cognitive Debiasing in Musculoskeletal Care
The goal of this clinical trial is to find out whether using an artificial intelligence (AI) tool called a Large Language Model (LLM) can help patients think more clearly about their symptoms and improve their trust and…
- Trial name
- NCT07022769
- Testing
- LLM-facilitated cognitive debiasing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Effects of OroPharyngeal Exercises on Patients With Moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Background: Upper airway muscle weakness plays an important role in the genesis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Oropharyngeal exercises are derived from speech therapy consisting of isometric and isotonic exercises directed to…
- Trial name
- NCT00660777
- Testing
- Deep breathing, bilateral alternate chewing, nasal lavage, Oropharyngeal exercises
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Neoplams, Physician-Patient Relations
One-Page Truth-Telling Aid for Cancer Disclosure
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a one-page communication aid can improve communication between physicians and patients with cancer during cancer-related truth-telling consultations.
- Conditions
- Neoplams, Physician-Patient Relations, Communication Research, Disclosure
- Trial name
- NCT07730164
- Testing
- One-Page Truth-Telling Aid, Blank Sheet
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung University
Nonfluent Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia (nfvPPA)
Clinical Study of Neflamapimod in Patients With Primary Progressive Aphasia
The goal of this exploratory study is to evaluate the effect of neflamapimod in participants with nonfluent variant primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA).
- Trial name
- NCT07033481
- Testing
- Neflamapimod
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- EIP Pharma Inc
Speech Intelligibility
Task of Acoustic-phonetic Decoding on Anatomic Deficits in Paramedical Assessment of Speech Disorders for Patients Treated for Oral or Oropharyngeal Cancer
The bridging of the gap between speech production and perception by the interlocutor would be made possible by the use of a more suitable and automatic task. An acoustic-phonetic decoding test (or DAP in French, i.e.
- Trial name
- DAPADAF-E (NCT04742998)
- Testing
- Acoustic-phonetic decoding task (DAP)
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 116 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Tumor Genomic Profiling
Cancer Patients Decision Making and Family Communication About Secondary Findings From Tumor Genomic Profiling
The objective of this protocol is to characterize cancer patients' responses to learning their secondary findings arising from tumor genomic profiling, and the process and outcomes of their decisions to communicate these results…
- Trial name
- NCT02713334
- Testing
- survey, semi-structured interview
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 495 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Communication, Quality of Life
A Semi-structured Interview PACIENTE Improves Communication With Family Members at the Intensive Care Unit
The purpose of this study is to assess whether a formal training strategy using an interview PACIENTE may improve physician's skills and quality of communication with family members at the ICU.
- Trial name
- PACIENTE (NCT02336893)
- Testing
- Training
- Volunteers
- 245 people
- Sponsor
- Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud
Health Literacy, Comprehension
Impact of AI Care Summaries on Caregiver Comprehension
The primary objective is to assess if an AI-generated plain language summary of an inpatient progress note can improve caregiver understanding of their child's hospitalization by measuring differences in Hospital Course…
- Conditions
- Health Literacy, Comprehension, Patient Satisfaction
- Trial name
- NCT07831018
- Testing
- AI Care Summary
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Dementia, Hip Fracture
Communication for Early Mobilisation of People Living With Dementia Following Surgery for Hip Fracture
This goal of this study is to identify ways that healthcare professionals communicate that are effective in helping a person living with dementia to stand or walk after surgery for a broken hip (hip fracture).
- Conditions
- Dementia, Hip Fracture, Early Mobilisation, Communication Research
- Trial name
- VOICE-HF (NCT07418268)
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Comparing to Effect Two Simulation Models
Position and Communication Skills Simulation
The goal of this study was to compare two different simulation applications in developing the positioning skill, one of the most common nursing practices, and the communication skill, which forms the basis of nursing practices.
- Trial name
- NCT05685459
- Testing
- Standard patient simulation model
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sakarya University
Literacy
Assuring Patient-centered Literacy Promotion for Underserved Children Study
This study tests whether an enhanced primary cared based literacy promotion intervention consisting of a video and text message will increase shared reading occurrences between parents and children compared to the standard…
- Trial name
- APLUS (NCT03242850)
- Testing
- Intervention Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Critical Illness, Intensive Care Medicine
VoiceLove: An App-Based COMMunication Tool Designed to Address DeliriUm and Improve Family ENgagement and PatIent/Family SatisfaCtion in CriticAlly Ill PaTiEnts (COMMUNICATE)
VoiceLove is a phone application allowing family and patients to share information in a secure platform. This project will compare the VoiceLove app to usual care to learn about whether VoiceLove improves patient-family…
- Trial name
- COMMUNICATE (NCT06923462)
- Testing
- Communication Application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center