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
Critical Illness, Chronic Disease
Improving Communication About Serious Illness
The purpose of this study is to improve care delivered to patients with serious illness by enhancing communication among patients, families, and clinicians in the outpatient setting.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Chronic Disease, Terminal Care, Palliative Care
- Trial name
- ICSI (NCT01933789)
- Testing
- Communication Feedback Form for Patients with Serious Illness
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 817 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Diabetes Mellitus
Encouraging Patient-Centered Communication in Clinical Video Telehealth Visits
Diabetes is common, it is expensive, and it is a chronic condition. Estimates put the prevalence of diabetes at almost 20 percent in VA patients.
- Trial name
- TELEHEALTH (NCT02522494)
- Testing
- Pamphlet, Video
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Parkinson Disease
Low Frequency Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation to Improve Verbal Fluency
Rationale: Parkinson's disease patients with deep brain stimulation electrodes represent a unique opportunity to study the influence of basal ganglia on neurocognitive function.
- Trial name
- NCT04383665
- Testing
- STN DBS 10Hz, STN DBS 130Hz, STN DBS off
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Tracheostomy, Communication
A Speech Recognition Application as a Communication Aid for Acute and Critical Care Patients With Tracheostomies
Patients in acute and critical care often undergo a tracheostomy. A tracheostomy is an incision at the front of the neck to insert a breathing tube directly into the airway.
- Conditions
- Tracheostomy, Communication, Acute/Critical Illness
- Trial name
- SRAVI (NCT06027866)
- Testing
- SRAVI (Speech Recognition Application for the Voice Impaired)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
Communication
Bringing I-PASS to the Bedside: A Communication Bundle to Improve Patient Safety and Experience
Patient and Family-Centered I-PASS is a bundle of communication interventions to improve the quality of information exchange between physicians, nurses, and families, and to better integrate families into all aspects of daily…
- Trial name
- NCT02320175
- Testing
- Patient and Family Centered I-PASS
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 6,478 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Resident Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Cross-cultural Care, Interpersonal and Communication Skills in Patient-clinician Encounters
The Provider Awareness and Cultural Dexterity Toolkit for Surgeons Trial
This study is designed to test the impact of a new curriculum, called Provider Awareness Cultural Dexterity Toolkit for Surgeons (PACTS), on surgical residents' cross-cultural knowledge, attitudes, and skills surrounding the care…
- Conditions
- Resident Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Cross-cultural Care, Interpersonal and Communication Skills in Patient-clinician Encounters, Patient-reported Satisfaction With Resident Physicians Involved in Their Care, Patients' Clinical Health Outcomes After Surgery
- Trial name
- PACTS (NCT03576495)
- Testing
- PACTS curriculum, Standard Residency Curriculum
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,901 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Cancer
Improving Communication Between Cancer Patients & Oncologists
The overarching goal of this project is to improve communication between oncologists and their patients by ensuring that the patient's voice is heard in the medical encounter.
- Trial name
- NCT02969031
- Testing
- Enhanced SCOPE training, Standard Communication training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Improved Communication Between Clinician and Patient
Communication Coaching to Improve Patient and Clinician Satisfaction in Cardiology Encounters
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of a clinician communication coaching intervention versus control on an objective measure of the quality of communication (primary outcome) and patients' perceptions of the…
- Trial name
- NCT03464110
- Testing
- Communication Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Partnering With Autistic Adults to Improve Healthcare
The goal of this proposal is to develop and evaluate patient-centered care tools for autistic adults and their primary care providers (PCPs).
- Trial name
- NCT01579669
- Testing
- Use of toolkit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 237 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
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
Cognitive Impairment
Involving Family to Improve Communication in Primary Care
This study evaluates an agenda-setting checklist for patients with cognitive impairment and their family companions that is completed in the waiting room in advance of a primary care visit.
- Trial name
- SAMEPage (NCT02986958)
- Testing
- Pre-visit patient-family agenda-setting checklist, Usual care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Terminal Illness, Critical Illness
Targeting Bias to Reduce Disparities in End of Life Care
This study aims to determine the ways in which clinician implicit racial biases affect clinician communication with family members of patients near the end of life and to test a novel physician training intervention to reduce the…
- Trial name
- BRiDgE-Sim (NCT05165888)
- Testing
- Communication and Bias Mitigation Training, Communication skills training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Primary Health Care, Quality of Health Care
Aligning Patients and Their Primary Care Providers
This project focuses on improving the patient-provider primary care visit interaction by addressing the need to align patient and provider priorities in a way that incorporates patients' goals and preferences while supporting the…
- Conditions
- Primary Health Care, Quality of Health Care, Comorbidity, Communication
- Trial name
- APP (NCT02707146)
- Testing
- Visit Planner, Attention Control Pamphlet, iPad
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 750 people
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
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
Communication
Improving Communication in the PICU: The Navigate Study
The project seeks to study the use of an navigator-based intervention called "PICU Supports." The study will test the impact of PICU Supports during and after PICU discharge on parent outcomes (satisfaction with decision making…
- Trial name
- NCT02333396
- Testing
- PICU Supports, Educational Brochure
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 442 people
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Communication, Patient Satisfaction
Effect of Clear Masks on Patient Satisfaction With Communication
The purpose of this research study is to evaluate participants' experience and satisfaction during the awake deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedure.
- Trial name
- NCT05088603
- Testing
- Clear Mask
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Communication
A Communication Tool to Assist Severely Injured Older Adults
The purpose of this study is to test the effect of the "Best Case/Worse Case" (BC/WC) communication tool on the quality of communication with older patients admitted to two trauma units.
- Trial name
- NCT03188055
- Testing
- Best Case/Worst Case communication tool
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 298 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes
Smart Glucose Meter Project
Currently, in the U.S., 1 in 3 males and 2 in 5 females born after 2000 are expected to develop diabetes during his or her lifetime.
- Trial name
- NCT01341587
- Testing
- Telcare Blood Glucose Meter (BGM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder
A 10-week Efficacy Study of NOE-105 in Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder (Orpheus)
This study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of NOE-105 on speech fluency without the known antipsychotic-induced side effects of commonly used treatments for childhood onset fluency disorder (COFD).
- Trial name
- NCT05583955
- Testing
- NOE-105
- Where
- 9 sites in United States, Australia
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Noema Pharma AG