Clinical trials: Pre-operative
Patient Satisfaction, Surgery
Preoperative Patient Education Via Animated Videos to Improve Patient Satisfaction and Reduce Complications in Head and Neck Surgery
This randomized control trial will compare traditional patient education methods (pamphlets, clinical visits) to the implementation of an innovated patient education platform.
- Trial name
- NCT04048538
- Testing
- Precare, usual standard of care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jewish General Hospital
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Preoperative Oral ImmunoNuTrition to Improve Surgical Outcomes for IBD Patients (PINT)
The central focus of this trial is to understand the effectiveness of Preoperative Immunonutrition (PINT) in improving surgical outcomes for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
- Trial name
- PINT (NCT03333148)
- Testing
- Nestle IMPACT Immunonutrition, Arm B- Standard of Care
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Anesthesia Intubation Complication
Comprehensive Preoperative Airway Grading
Purpose of study: To contrast and compare the Mallampatti test to a comprehensive airway grading test using a rigid 75-degree angle laryngoscope (CPAG) Study Hypothesis: The investigators hypothesize that the CPAG will have…
- Trial name
- NCT04864106
- Testing
- Endoscopic Examination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
IORT-Intra-Operative Radiation Therapy
Oncoplastic Partial Mastectomy With Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) in Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients With Prior History of Chest Wall Radiation.
Prospective, Non-randomized, Single-arm.The objectives of this study are to evaluate cosmesis and perioperative complications associated with the use of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) at the time of partial mastectomy in…
- Trial name
- NCT05289466
- Testing
- Intraoperative Radiotherapy, Oncoplastic partial mastectomy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saint John's Cancer Institute
Post-operative Pain
Marcaine Use in Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgery
The purpose of this trial is to compare incisional pain in patients receiving pre-incisional versus post operative Marcaine injection.
- Trial name
- Marcaine (NCT01861665)
- Testing
- Marcaine- 0.25%, Marcaine 0.25%.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Anxiety
Melatonin vs Pregabalin for Anxiolysis and Sedation
preoperative melatonin, pregabalin or both will be given to all patients preoperative
- Trial name
- NCT05221151
- Testing
- Melatonin, Pregabalin, Ondansetron 4 MG
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Menoufia University
Hypocalcemia
Preoperative Vitamin D for Post-thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia
The purpose of this study is to determine if pre-operative vitamin D supplementation lowers the incidence of post-operative transient or permanent hypoparathyroidism in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy.
- Trial name
- NCT01609439
- Testing
- Vitamin D
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Cataract
Anesthetic and Dilating Gel for Cataract Surgery
To prepare the eye for cataract surgery, drugs must be given to the eye to allow for surgery to take place. Traditionally, dilating drops and drops containing NSAIDs (to control inflammation) are given to the patient well in…
- Trial name
- NCT00335400
- Testing
- Anesthetic Dilating Gel
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University
Myocardial Injury
Anti-oxidant Therapy and Postoperative Cardiac Events (ACE) Trial, Preoperative Intervention in Vascular Surgery
N Terminal (NT)-Pro b-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels provide incremental value in perioperative risk assessment prior to major non-cardiac surgery.
- Trial name
- ACE (NCT03956017)
- Testing
- Ubiquinone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 341 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Dental Anxiety, Dental Anxiety in Children
Virtual Reality Storytelling Versus Storybook Reading for Dental Anxiety in Children
Many children feel anxious before dental treatment. This study compares two ways of helping children feel calmer while waiting for their dental visit: watching a dental story through virtual reality (VR) glasses, or listening to…
- Conditions
- Dental Anxiety, Dental Anxiety in Children, Preoperative Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT07863661
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Storytelling, Traditional Storybook Reading
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King Abdulaziz University
Preoperative Anxiety
A Mobile Application for Child-focused Perioperative Education
The investigators developed a child-friendly mobile application to support accessible, interactive patient/caregiver education about pediatric tonsillectomy.
- Trial name
- NCT06054282
- Testing
- "Ready for Tonsillectomy" educational mobile application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension
An International Prospective, Observational, Multi-centre Study on the Duration of Pre-operative Liquid Fasting
The investigators will be performing an international prospective, observational, multi-centre, cross-sectional study to determine the actual duration of preoperative liquid fasting time in European patients.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Comorbidities and Coexisting Conditions
- Trial name
- THIRST (NCT06527703)
- Testing
- no intervention
- Where
- Malta
- Volunteers
- 5,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mater Dei Hospital, Malta
Remaining Root, Tooth Extraction
An Immediate Implant Will be Placed Using the MiniNaviDent System and Static Guide. A Postoperative CBCT Scan Will Then be Acquired and Superimposed Onto the Preoperative CBCT Scan to Assess and Compare Implant Deviation Relative to the Preoperative Plan
This clinical study aims to evaluate implant deviation during immediate implant placement using dynamic navigation. By utilizing implant planning software, two CBCT scans (preoperative and postoperative) will be superimposed to…
- Trial name
- NCT07380360
- Testing
- Dynamic navigation system-assisted dental implant placement, CAD/CAM static surgical guide-assisted dental implant placement
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Confusion Postoperative, Delirium
Preoperative Prognostic Nutritional Index and Postoperative Delirium in Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery
Aim: We aimed to show the relationship between preoperative prognostic nutritional index and postoperative delirium in patients who had undergone gastrointestinal cancer surgery.
- Conditions
- Confusion Postoperative, Delirium, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Nutritional Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT06603129
- Testing
- prognostic nutritional index
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dr Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital
Preoperative Anxiety Experienced by the Pediatric Patient, Dental Anxiety in Children
Evaluating Operation Calm With Children, Parents, and Clinicians
Operation Calm is a single-arm, mixed-methods feasibility study evaluating a virtual reality (VR) nature-based mindfulness intervention with children and adolescents aged 6-17 years, parents, and clinicians.
- Conditions
- Preoperative Anxiety Experienced by the Pediatric Patient, Dental Anxiety in Children, Procedural Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT07694934
- Testing
- Operation Calm EEMCF-VR
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Anxiety, Healthcare Disparity
We Will Compare Anxiety Levels Between English and Spanish-speaking Patients Before Surgery at a Children's Hospital. We Hypothesize That Spanish-speaking Patients Will Experience Greater Anxiety, so an Educational Intervention Will be Introduced One-week Before Surgery.
The goal of this trial is to first evaluate whether a difference exists in anxiety scores between Spanish-speaking children and English-speaking children in the pre-operative setting in our patient population as assessed by the…
- Trial name
- NCT06624410
- Testing
- Educational Intervention
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer
Phase II Lung Metcore - Preoperative Metformin for Lung Cancer
This is a phase II single centre open label single arm pre-operative window of metformin treatment in stage I-IIIa Non small cell lung cancer.
- Trial name
- Metcore (NCT03086733)
- Testing
- Metformin
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Femoroacetabular, Impingement
Dynamic Imaging of the Hip for Pre-operative Planning
One of the leading causes of hip arthritis is femoro-acetabular impingement which means the hip joint is deformed such that the hip joint jams in the front when the hip is bent all the way forward.
- Trial name
- NCT00605969
- Testing
- Motion analysis, Computed Tomography
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Primary Aldosteronism
Preoperative Supine Time for Adrenal Venous Sampling
This study aim to understand whether the length of preoperative supine time would affect the AVS outcome.
- Trial name
- PSTAVS (NCT05658705)
- Testing
- 15-min supine time, 2-hour supine time
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine
Preoperative Fasting
Change of Gastric Fluid Volume After Oral Hydration in Fasted Objects
This study aims to evaluate the permissive amount and time limit of clear fluid intake for preoperative fasting.
- Trial name
- NCT06210880
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center