Clinical trials: Patient Communication
Lung Cancer
Clinician-Patient Communication in Lung Cancer Care
The purpose of this study is to better understand communication between patients with lung cancer and their clinicians. The investigators are also interested in patient's perceptions of the quality of communication with his/her…
- Trial name
- NCT02732834
- Testing
- Questionnaire, Patient Interview, Audio recordings of clinical consultations
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 294 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Patient Handoff, Healthcare Team
Handoffs and Transitions in Critical Care - Understanding Scalability
The investigators will leverage implementation science and engineering to adapt, implement, and rigorously evaluate tailored postoperative handoff protocols and implementation strategies.
- Conditions
- Patient Handoff, Healthcare Team, Communication, Patient Safety
- Trial name
- HATRICC-US (NCT04571749)
- Testing
- Customized handoff
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
The Effectiveness of Using a Mobile Application for Type 2 Diabetes Self-care
The purpose of the research is to evaluate and test the usefulness of the mobile application forDiabetes to improve the self-care of individuals with diabetes type 1.
- Conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Disease, Chronic, Self-Care
- Trial name
- NCT04999189
- Testing
- Mobile app forDiabetes (Tessera Multimedia, 2020)
- Volunteers
- 380 people
- Sponsor
- University Maribor
Physician-Family Communication in Intensive Care Units, Surrogate Decision-making for Critically Ill Patients
Family Support Intervention in Intensive Care Units (The Four Supports Study)
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a multi-faceted communication intervention for family members of critically ill patients to reduce the family members' long-term symptoms of depression and anxiety.
- Trial name
- NCT01107704
- Testing
- Family Support Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 159 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Hemorrhagic Stroke, Intracerebral, Acute Ischemic Stroke
Feasibility of a Digital Goals-of-Care Decision Aid for Clinicians and Families of Patients With SABI
The goal is to pilot test a highly accessible, web-based, pragmatic, scalable intervention to overcome ongoing problems with high stakes decision-making by surrogate decision-makers of patients in ICUs with severe acute brain…
- Conditions
- Hemorrhagic Stroke, Intracerebral, Acute Ischemic Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- NCT05671874
- Testing
- Web/mobile/tablet-based digital decision aid + communication (DA+C) tool
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Preoperative Anxiety, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Humor-Based Video Intervention on Preoperative Anxiety Veya Humor Video and Recovery in Cholecystectomy
This study aims to evaluate whether watching a short humor-based video before surgery can reduce anxiety and negative emotions and increase positive emotions in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy…
- Trial name
- NCT07861438
- Testing
- Humor-Based Video Intervention, Routine Preoperative Care and Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City Hospital
Diabetes, Foot Ulcer
Adherence to Activity Limitations in Diabetes
This study aims to develop and test a theory-based motivation communication training programme for healthcare professionals working with diabetic foot ulcer patients.
- Trial name
- NCT03853941
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Breast Cancer
eHealth Intervention for Medication Adherence in Breast Cancer Survivors
Tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors are two oral hormonal therapies (OHT) that decrease the risk of breast cancer recurrence by over 30 %. Their efficacy however strongly depends on the duration of use (5 to 10 years).
- Trial name
- Edherence (NCT05324020)
- Testing
- Medication adherence eHealth intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Luxembourg
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Luxembourg Institute of Health
Critical Illness, Communication
Time Limited Trials to Reduce Non-Beneficial Intensive Care Unit Treatments
Overutilization of intensive care unit (ICU) treatments among patients with advanced medical illnesses and poor prognosis places them at risk for prolonged suffering with minimal anticipated benefit.
- Trial name
- NCT04181294
- Testing
- Family meetings using time limited trials as default ICU communication and care planning approach, Usual practice
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 209 people
- Sponsor
- Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Auditory Processing Disorder, Central, Stroke
Auditory Rehabilitation in Stroke Patients With Auditory Processing Disorders
This study aimed to evaluate long term benefits in speech reception in noise, after daily 10 week use of an assisting listening device (personal frequency-modulates systems) , in non-aphasic stroke patients with auditory…
- Trial name
- NCT02889107
- Testing
- personal frequency modulated systems
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Malignant Solid Neoplasm
Testing an Educational Program to Improve Goals of Care Conversations Between Patients and Their Care Teams
This clinical trial evaluates an educational program called Algorithm-Enabled Patients Activated in Cancer Care Through Teams (A-PACT) for reducing unplanned hospital visits and improving goals of care conversations with…
- Trial name
- NCT07278739
- Testing
- Best Practice, Educational Intervention, Electronic Health Record Review
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,020 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SWOG Cancer Research Network
Aging
Comparison of an Easy to Read Advance Directive Versus a Standard Advance Directive
The purpose of this study is to compare the acceptability, usefulness, self-efficacy and comprehension of an easy-to-read advance directive form versus a standard advance directive form written at a post graduate reading level.
- Trial name
- NCT00328055
- Testing
- AD-Easy (Advance Directive-Easy), AD-Standard (Advance Directive-Standard)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Stroke
TeleRehab for Stroke Patients Using Mobile Technology
Post-stroke communication deficits (PSCD) are a common symptom of patients having sustained a stroke. These deficits include difficulty to produce or understand language, motor speech disorders and cognitive-communication…
- Trial name
- NCT02615132
- Testing
- iPad
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Bedside Patient Case Presentation, Outside-the-room Patient Case Presentation
Effects of Bedside Compared to Outside the Room Case Presentation
Patient case presentations during ward rounds can take place at the bedside or outside the room. The best approach to patient case presentation is yet unclear.
- Trial name
- NCT03210987
- Testing
- patient case presentation bedside, patient case presentation Outside-the-room
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 1,092 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Anesthesia, Ethics, Narrative
Ethics and Research in Anaesthesia
Under the impetus of governing bodies, learned societies, hospital management, CPPs, etc., clinical research has developed and structured considerably, in order to provide the medical community and patients with the most…
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Ethics, Narrative, Surgery
- Trial name
- Anesth_ethic (NCT06189287)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 754 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Congestive Heart Failure, Cancer
Team-based Versus Primary Care Clinician-led Advance Care Planning in Practice-based Research Networks
This project compares two models of the Serious Illness Care Program (SICP) in primary care: clinician-focused SICP and team-based SICP.
- Conditions
- Congestive Heart Failure, Cancer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Cerebrovascular Accident
- Trial name
- NCT03577002
- Testing
- Serious Illness Care Program (SICP)
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,120 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Aphasia, Acquired
PCT for Speech, Language, and Cognitive Intervention in Stroke Patients
Given the evolving uses of technology in rehabilitation, the investigators aimed to measure the change in aphasia severity using PCT App, a digital therapeutic adapted from Constant Therapy (CT), a dynamic, personalized therapy…
- Trial name
- NCT04488029
- Testing
- PCT, Workbooks
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- The Learning Corp
End of Life Care, Advanced Cancer
Empathetic Communication Facilitation Program for Early Initiation of End-of-life Discussions
Background: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: palliative care recommends discussing advance care planning (ACP) when patients' estimated life expectancy is reduced from a year to…
- Conditions
- End of Life Care, Advanced Cancer, Recurrent Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT05045040
- Testing
- Mobile-based empathetic communication support program to promote ACP discussion
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 264 people
- Sponsor
- Yosuke Uchitomi
Acute Kidney Injury, Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
COordiNated CommuNication, Education, and Care Transitions After Acute Kidney Injury (CONNECT-AKI)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether different ways of providing information and follow-up support after acute kidney injury, also called AKI, can improve care transitions for adults being discharged from the…
- Trial name
- CONNECT-AKI (NCT07626268)
- Testing
- AKI Discharge Summary Template, Chat-Based Educational Messaging Program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Rotator Cuff Tears
The Effect of Self-rehabilitation Using Communication APP After Arthroscopic Surgery for Rotator Cuff Tear
The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical effect of a mobile application supporting home-based rehabilitation for the patients after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.
- Trial name
- NCT05102968
- Testing
- Home-based rehabilitation supporting with the mobile application, Supervised rehabilitation by the therapist
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.