Clinical trials: Patient Communication
Prostate Cancer
Effects of an Interactive ICT-Platform for Assessment and Management of Symptoms in Patients Treated for Prostate Cancer
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of an interactive ICT-platform for use in a smartphone or tablet in patients treated with radiotherapy for prostate cancer.
- Trial name
- PhONEME (NCT02477137)
- Testing
- smartphone or tablet
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Critically Ill Patients
Proactive Communication Strategy in Intensive Care Unit and Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms
The investigators propose an interventional multicentric (23 ICUs) study measuring the impact of a consultation at the end of ICU stay for the patients and his/her families on the prevalence of symptoms of PTSD and anxiety or…
- Trial name
- FAMIREAXV (NCT01147978)
- Testing
- End of ICU stay conference
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 303 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Asthma in Children, Humans
Interventions To Help Asthma Clinical Adherence
To conduct a pilot test to estimate the effect of a novel reminder system in improving daily asthma controller medication adherence rates in children with monolingual Spanish-speaking guardians who have limited English…
- Conditions
- Asthma in Children, Humans, Hispanic Americans, Child
- Trial name
- ITHACA (NCT02999789)
- Testing
- SmartInhaler with reminder function turned on, SmartInhaler
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Stress Reaction
Breaking Bad News - Optimizing Stress Response and Communication Performance in Medical Students
Breaking bad news (e.g., telling patients that they have cancer) is not only very stressful for the patients concerned, but also for the physicians delivering the diagnosis.
- Trial name
- BPSM (NCT05037318)
- Testing
- Stress arousal reappraisal, Worked examples
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 229 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Serious Injury, Communication
A Communication Tool to Improve Communication in the ICU
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of the Best Case/Worst Case-ICU communication tool on quality of communication, clinician moral distress, and ICU length of stay for older adults with serious traumatic…
- Trial name
- NCT05780918
- Testing
- Best Case/Worst Case-ICU Communication Tool
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 7,320 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Febrile Illness, Acute Cardiovascular Disease
Medication List in and Out of Hospital
30 patients acute hospitalized to medical ward and their medication records are examined. It is to be recorded how the investigators find information about medicine use by the reception when they do not follow the patient.
- Conditions
- Febrile Illness, Acute Cardiovascular Disease, Acute Respiratory Disease
- Trial name
- NCT01288846
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo
Aphasia, Stroke
Levetiracetam (Keppra) to Improve Chronic Aphasia in Post-stroke Patients.
The study investigates the possibility that levetiracetam may improve the symptoms of chronic post-stroke aphasia.
- Trial name
- NCT00227461
- Testing
- Wait first, then levetiracetam, Levetiracetam first, then wait
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Doctor-Patient-Communication
RCT Regarding SDM Online Training and Face-to-face SDM Training
Cancer patients often report that they are not included in important treatment decisions. Numerous studies have shown that a training concerning Shared Decision Making (SDM) for physicians can improve this situation.
- Trial name
- NCT02674360
- Testing
- SDM Training
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Heidelberg
Multimorbidity
Improving Patient and Caregiver Engagement by Sharing Annotated Audio-recorded Clinic Visits
In this project, the investigators will conduct a three-arm patient-randomized pilot trial in older adults with multimorbidity in ambulatory care settings to determine the feasibility, usability, and acceptability of an…
- Trial name
- NCT04827381
- Testing
- Annotated Audio, Audio
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Cardiovascular Diseases
eFHS Messaging Trial
In this research the investigators will develop and test an innovative scalable mobile health and digital cardiovascular monitoring system within a longitudinal deeply characterized cohort with three components: 1) smartphone…
- Trial name
- NCT03516019
- Testing
- personalized notices, standard notices, am notices
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 650 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Epilepsy
Role-Playing Method in Epilepsy Teaching Among Nursing Students
This study aims to evaluate the effects of a role-playing method in epilepsy teaching on nurse-patient communication skills, self-efficacy, and knowledge among undergraduate nursing students in Hainan Province, China.
- Trial name
- RPET (NCT07667075)
- Testing
- Role-Playing Method in Epilepsy Teaching, Lecture-Based Epilepsy Teaching
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 135 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Lung Cancer, Patient Engagement
Improving Access to Lung Cancer Clinical Trials
There are ~85,000 lung cancer patients (LCPs) in the UK; yet only around 8% were recruited into clinical trials in 2021/22. LCPs need opportunities to take part in clinical trials to access new treatments, increasing their…
- Conditions
- Lung Cancer, Patient Engagement, Research, Communication, Nurse-Patient Relations
- Trial name
- Lung I-ACT (NCT05780164)
- Testing
- Research readiness tool
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 109 people
- Sponsor
- Oxford Brookes University
Empathy, Patient-centredness
Investigating the Effects of a Short Narratology Education Module on Empathy and Patient-centred Communication in Early-stage Medical Students.
Effective communication is a fundamental skill in clinical medicine; however, traditional approaches often fail to equip learners with an ability to authentically and empathically engage with the complexities of real patients'…
- Conditions
- Empathy, Patient-centredness, Narrative Medicine
- Trial name
- NCT07084077
- Testing
- Narratology education module
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown
Communication, Palliative Sedation
REcommened Communication With Sympathy in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients Treated With Palliative Sedation
In terminally ill cancer patients, palliative sedation has been applied to intractable refractory symptoms such as pain, dyspnea, delirium, agitation.
- Trial name
- RESTORE (NCT04642677)
- Testing
- healthcare provider's recommended communication with sympathy and printed paper
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital
Doctor-patient Communication Improvement
A Study of the Effect of Patient Education (Talking Health Together) in Improving Doctor-patient Communication
This study is being carried out to see if patients make the lifestyle changes or take their medication as instructed by their doctor during their visit as a result of the T.H.T. patient-education training.
- Trial name
- NCT00879736
- Testing
- THT PACE Training
- Where
- 5 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 322 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Prostate Cancer, Obesity
How Does Prostate Cancer Metastasize? Studying the Role of Secreted Packages (Exosomes) From Fat Tissue in Lean and Obese Patients
The investigators will be collecting prostate and fat tissue from participants undergoing radical prostatectomy to culture and study in the laboratory.
- Trial name
- EXOPRO (NCT04167722)
- Testing
- Robotic Radical Prostatectomy
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Reproductive Behavior
Patient-centered Approaches to Provider and Adolescent Reproductive Health Communication and Shared Decision-making
Determine the effectiveness of an electronic self-administered pre-visit planning tool allowing adolescents to list areas of concern to support shared decision-making and communication during an office visit through a randomized…
- Trial name
- NCT03670745
- Testing
- An electronic self-administered pre-visit planning tool., Control group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Renal Transplant Recipients, Non-functioning Pituitary Adenoma
Implementing eHealth Interventions Into Regular Clinical Practice
The purpose with this study is to test a digital patient-provider communication tool for symptom and needs management among patients with chronic health conditions.
- Trial name
- InvolveMe (NCT04218721)
- Testing
- InvolveMe
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Decision Making ,Shared, Leadership
Coaching Doctors and Nurses to Improve Ethical Decision-making in Team
Literature and a pilot study performed in 2019 indicate room for enhancing openness to discuss ethical sensitive issues within and between teams, and improving goal-oriented care and decision-making for the benefit of the patient…
- Conditions
- Decision Making ,Shared, Leadership, End of Life Communication, End of Life Decision Making
- Trial name
- CODE II (NCT07327450)
- Testing
- Usual Care Group, CODE II intervention
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 360 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
Other Diagnoses, Comorbidities, and Complications
Assessing the Efficacy of an Electronic Discharge Communication Tool
The transition between acute care and community care represents one of the most vulnerable periods in health care delivery, particularly as the complexity of inpatient populations increases.
- Trial name
- NCT01402609
- Testing
- electronic discharge communication tool, Usual care
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,399 people
- Sponsor
- Ward of the 21st Century