Clinical trials: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Emergencies, Epidemic Disease
Impact of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup on PED Use and Misuse Patterns
A retrospective cohort study to explore the impact of the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar on paediatric emergency department attendance at two tertiary centres during unprecedent winter viral epidemics.
- Conditions
- Emergencies, Epidemic Disease, Pediatric ALL, Electronic Medical Record
- Trial name
- NCT05818215
- Testing
- NO intervention
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 18,000 people
- Sponsor
- Pediatric Clinical Research Platform
Anxiety, Emotional Regulation
The Impact of Therapy Dogs on Anxiety and Emotional Management in the Pediatric Emergency Department
The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of therapy dogs on children's anxiety and emotional management during a visit to the pediatric emergency department.
- Trial name
- NCT04942678
- Testing
- 10-minute visit with therapy dog and child life specialist handler
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Louisville
Conscious Sedation Failure During Procedure
Ketamine Versus Etomidate for Procedural Sedation for Pediatric Orthopedic Reductions
There are multiple retrospective studies detailing the use of etomidate in pediatric procedural sedation but few to no prospective clinical trials.
- Trial name
- NCT00596050
- Testing
- ketamine and midazolam, etomidate, fentanyl, and lidocaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Drexel University College of Medicine
Respiratory Tract Infections
Point-of-care Testing of Respiratory Pathogens at Pediatric Emergency Room
The main objective of the trial is to evaluate the effect of point-of-care testing of respiratory pathogens at a pediatric emergency room on the antibiotic consumption and hospital admissions in acutely ill children.
- Trial name
- Hevi-RCT (NCT03932942)
- Testing
- QIAstat at pediatric emergency room
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 1,350 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oulu
Acute Otitis Media, Acute Otitis Externa
Pediatric Emergency Department Smartphone Otoscope Study (PED-Oto)
Acute otitis media (AOM), defined as acute inflammation in the middle ear, is a leading cause of health encounters and antimicrobial prescriptions in children worldwide.
- Trial name
- NCT02918773
- Testing
- Smartphone otoscope, Conventional otoscope
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Mental Disorders, Metabolism Medication Toxicity
Pharmacogenomic Profiling of Pediatric Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine the proportion of children presenting to a pediatric emergency department with an acute mental health/behavioral crisis or clinical drug toxicity who have a "match" or "mismatch" between…
- Conditions
- Mental Disorders, Metabolism Medication Toxicity, Pediatric Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT02770339
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cardiac Arrest
Tele-Support for Emergency Medical Technicians
In this manikin-based simulation study the impact of tele-support during a simulated pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest scenario on emergency medical technicians' guideline adherence, on gaze behavior as well as on…
- Trial name
- POHCA (NCT06362850)
- Testing
- Tele-support
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Communication
PIMPmyHospital: a Mobile App to Improve Emergency Care Efficiency and Communication
This pilot study is a prospective, single-center, randomized, controlled trial in a tertiary pediatric emergency department with two parallel groups of voluntary post-graduate year 1 to 5 pediatric residents and registered…
- Trial name
- NCT05203146
- Testing
- PIMPmyHospital (mobile health tool), Conventional method
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pediatric Clinical Research Platform
Pain
Sub-dissociative Ketamine for the Management of Acute Pediatric Pain
The proposed trial is a prospective, double blinded, randomized control trial with the primary aim of determining whether a single, sub-dissociative dose of ketamine will decrease the total narcotic requirements of pediatric…
- Trial name
- NCT01951963
- Testing
- Ketamine, Morphine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- HealthPartners Institute
HIV Infections, Breast Cancer
The MARVIN Chatbots to Provide Information for Different Health Conditions
This research is a continuation of a usability study with the MARVIN chatbot. The investigators aim to adapt the MARVIN chatbot to open it to other health domains (e.g. breast cancer) and populations (e.g. pharmacists).
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Breast Cancer, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Trial name
- NCT05789901
- Testing
- MARVIN, MARVIN-Pharma, MARVINA
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Mental Disorders, Mentally Ill Persons
Facilitated Referral for Children Screening Positive for Mental Illness
The purpose of this study is to find out how prevalent unidentified Mental Health issues are in the pediatric population that visits the Emergency Department in an urban city.
- Conditions
- Mental Disorders, Mentally Ill Persons, Emergency Medicine
- Trial name
- MI (NCT00448331)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 551 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Medication Administration, Medication Errors
Decreasing Medication Errors by Caregivers Using a Health Literacy Intervention
Giving medications to children can be confusing; studies have shown that caregivers make dosing administration errors up to 50% of the time.
- Trial name
- NCT01294501
- Testing
- Medication administration educational module
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
HIV
Male Engagement in PMTCT Services
The study employs a quasi-experimental design in 8 public health centers in southwest Uganda offering care and treatment (C\&T) services.
- Trial name
- NCT01903889
- Testing
- clinic based intervention, clinic and community based intervention
- Where
- 7 sites in Uganda
- Volunteers
- 3,806 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FHI 360
Pediatric Disorder
A Comparison of Accuvein to Standard IV Access in Children 0 to 24 Months of Age in the Pediatric ED
Obtaining intravenous (IV) access in children under the age of 2 years is difficult, especially in the emergency department (ED) where the children can be frightened, dehydrated and ill.
- Trial name
- NCT02381392
- Testing
- Accuvein AV400
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Therapeutic Turnaround Time
Effectiveness of a Mobile App in Reducing Therapeutic TAT in an Emergency Department
This study is a single center, non-equivalent comparison group, pre-post study in a tertiary pediatric emergency department in Switzerland.
- Trial name
- NCT05557331
- Testing
- PIMPmyHospital (mobile app)
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pediatric Clinical Research Platform
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Testing of Medication Dosing Software
The goal of this clinical study is to evaluate the clinical efficiency of a medication dosing software in simulated pediatric emergency care.
- Trial name
- NCT06129370
- Testing
- Standard practice, Medication dosing software
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nura Medical
Pediatric ALL, Cardiac Arrest
Effect of IAM With an I-gel® on Ventilation Parameters in Simulated Pediatric OHCA
Pediatric cardiac arrest occurs most in the prehospital setting. Most of them are due to respiratory failure (e.g., trauma, drowning, respiratory distress), where hypoxia leads to cardiac arrest.
- Conditions
- Pediatric ALL, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Resuscitation
- Trial name
- NCT05498402
- Testing
- i-gel ® device, bag-valve-mask ventilation
- Where
- 4 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Geneve TEAM Ambulances
Cardiac Arrest
Effectiveness of an Interactive Cognitive Support Tablet App to Improve the Management of Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
Pediatric cardiac arrest (PCA) has a high mortality and morbidity. Its management is complex and often deviates from guideline recommendations leading to patients' worse clinical outcomes.
- Trial name
- PediAppRREST (NCT04619498)
- Testing
- PediAppRREST, AHA-PALS pocket reference card
- Where
- 4 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 324 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Padova
Asthma
Inhaled Corticosteroids After a Pediatric Emergency Visit for Asthma
Specific Aim: To determine whether a prescription for Inhaled Corticosteroids (ICS) added to standard Emergency Department (ED) discharge therapy for young children with persistent asthma symptoms increases ICS use and improves…
- Trial name
- NCT00294398
- Testing
- ICS Prescription + Standard Asthma ED Discharge Therapy, Standard Asthma ED Discharge Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Accidental Injuries, Global Child Health
The P-KIDs CARE Health Systems Intervention in Tanzania
The objective of the proposed research is to develop and pilot a locally-relevant, multicomponent intervention to streamline the triage process (e.g.
- Conditions
- Accidental Injuries, Global Child Health, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Public Health System Research
- Trial name
- P-KIDs CARE (NCT06075108)
- Testing
- P-KIDs CARE
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 284 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah