Clinical trials: Quality Assurance
Communication, Patient Care
Development and Validation of a Tool to Measure Hand-off Quality
The aim of this project is to develop and validate a simple, flexible, reliable, real-time observation tool to evaluate hand-off practices.
- Conditions
- Communication, Patient Care, Quality of Health Care
- Trial name
- NCT01059942
- Testing
- mock handoff exposure, Introduction of CEX tool in Actual Hand-offs
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Screening Test, Endoscopy
The Alberta Primary Care Endoscopy (APC-Endo) Study
It is hypothesized that primary care colonoscopists are able to achieve benchmarks in colonoscopy quality including cecal intubation and adenoma detection rates and serious adverse event rates.
- Conditions
- Screening Test, Endoscopy, Colon Disease
- Trial name
- APC-Endo (NCT01320826)
- Testing
- colonoscopy
- Where
- 13 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 577 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Quality Assurance of Patient Safety
Safe-SCOPE Pilot Study
Study Title Safe- SCOPE Pilot Study Standardized Checklist of Patient Information Exchange Short Title Safe- SCOPE Pilot Study Study Design: Single centre two armed cluster randomised crossover pilot study Study duration: 5…
- Trial name
- Safe-SCOPE (NCT03117088)
- Testing
- Checklist ISBAR3, Checklist VICUR
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- RWTH Aachen University
Prostate Cancer
C-arm Cone-beam CT in Prostate Brachytherapy
The investigators will assess the feasibility of intraoperative use of C-arm cone-beam CT imaging for intraoperative dosimetric evaluation in prostate low-dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy.
- Trial name
- C-arm (NCT02322931)
- Testing
- Intra-operative C-arm CT imaging
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- British Columbia Cancer Agency
Head Cancer
Evaluation of Quality of Life and Self-assurance and Social Support Earned for Non-cellular Head Cancer
Research objectives: To evaluate the quality of life of patients before and after surgery for benign head tumors ( meningiomas) and malignant tumors at stage I, II and III, to assess whether it depends on the size of the tumor…
- Trial name
- NCT06395805
- Testing
- BREF, ADL, AIS.
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University
Schizophrenia, Chronic Illness
Implementing Effective, Collaborative Care for Schizophrenia (EQUIP-2)
This project evaluates the implementation and effectiveness of a care model to improve treatment for schizophrenia within the context of diverse VA practices and priorities.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Chronic Illness, Weight Gain, Psychotic Disorder
- Trial name
- EQUIP-2 (NCT00137280)
- Testing
- Collaborative Chronic Illness Care Model
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,067 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Dyspnea, Heart Failure
Registry of Patients With Acute Dyspnea in the Emergency Department
This is a prospective registry of patients presenting with acute dyspnea to the emergency department of the city hospital in Nuremberg.
- Conditions
- Dyspnea, Heart Failure, COPD
- Trial name
- NCT01910233
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 947 people
- Sponsor
- Klinikum Nürnberg
Surgery
Visual Analogue Scale - a Quality Assurance Study
It has come to our attention that there is not a general consensus of how to apply Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) as a tool in measuring pain amongst postoperative patients in Denmark.
- Trial name
- NCT02243410
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Herlev Hospital
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Danish Quality Assurance Project on Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Outpatient Lung Clinics
Danish Quality Assurance Project on Diagnosis and Treatment of COPD in Outpatient Lung Clinics
- Trial name
- NCT00268866
- Testing
- Education
- Volunteers
- 1,820 people
- Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
Pain
Quality Assurance of Electronic Data Capturing (EDC) in Pain Treatment
There are actually no standardized quality assurance procedures included in pain treatment processes. In this observational, feasibility study the use of tablet-Personal Computer (PC) is tested in pain therapy centres using the…
- Trial name
- NCT02256202
- Testing
- Interview
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Qualitouch-HC Foundation
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
General Practice Quality Assurance Project. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Diagnosis and Treatment
A Cross sectional observational Quality Assurance Project in General Practice to COPD Diagnosis and Treatment
- Trial name
- NCT00319813
- Testing
- Education
- Volunteers
- 8,000 people
- Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
Injuries, Dancing
"The Show Must go on" : The Experience of Injuries Among Dancers: Fears, Thoughts, and Beliefs. A Qualitative Study
This qualitative, cross-sectional study aims at describing the experience of Italian dancers with injury. Dancers face a high risk of sustaining one or more injuries during their career (87-94%), which may lead to physical…
- Conditions
- Injuries, Dancing, Injury;Sports, Stress, Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT06349928
- Testing
- Focus group or interview
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Siena
Type 2 Diabetes
Electronic Feedback on Diabetic Care to General Practitioners
The aim of this study is to determine whether electronic feedback to general practitioners on quality of Type 2-Diabetes care increases the quality of care measured on process and outcome measures contained in the national…
- Trial name
- NCT01009528
- Testing
- Electronic feedback system on diabetes care
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 2,458 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Lymphoma
Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Young Patients With Hodgkin's Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill cancer cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00416832
- Testing
- cyclophosphamide, dacarbazine, doxorubicin hydrochloride
- Volunteers
- 648 people
- Sponsor
- Christine Mauz-Körholz
Hepatitis C, Chronic, Substance Abuse, Intravenous
Post-marketing Surveillance Study of Ex-intravenous Drug Abusers With Chronic Hepatitis C Treated With PegIntron Plus Rebetol (P04408/MK-4031-261)
Previous intravenous drug abusers with chronic hepatitis C who are under substitution therapy (buprenorphine, methadone) will be treated with PegIntron and Rebetol according to the approved European labeling.
- Trial name
- SUPPORT (NCT00726557)
- Testing
- PegIntron (pegylated interferon alfa-2b; SCH 54031), Rebetol (ribavirin; SCH 18908)
- Volunteers
- 246 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Colorectal Neoplasms
Risk-adapted Screening in First-degree Relatives of Patients With Colorectal Cancer
BACKGROUND: First-degree relatives of patients with colorectal cancer are at increased risk for colorectal cancer as well. Nevertheless, participation in the German national screening program stagnates at 2-3 percent per year…
- Trial name
- FAMKOL (NCT01903395)
- Testing
- Nurse-led counselling
- Where
- 33 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 313 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Adverse Drug Event, Colon Cancer
Implementation and Quality Assurance of DPYD-genotyping in Patients Treated With Fluoropyrimidines.
The purpose of this study is to examine the benefits of a clinical implementation of a DPYD-genotype test to patients starting treatment with fluoropyrimidines (Fluorouracil (5-FU), capecitabine, tegafur).
- Conditions
- Adverse Drug Event, Colon Cancer, Breast Cancer, Pancreas Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT05266300
- Testing
- DPYD genotype
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 722 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
Pain
Validation of a New Questionnaire Regarding Pain Management
The study includes operative as well as conservative patients using a questionnaire containing items of pain quality. After having completed the questionnaire, the patient is interviewed by an assistant.
- Trial name
- NCT02266199
- Where
- 3 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- Ruhr University of Bochum
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Coronary Artery Disease
Optimizing Audit and Feedback for Primary Care
There remains a large gap between ideal and actual care provided to patients with chronic diseases. Performance feedback reports are often used as a foundation for quality improvement interventions.
- Trial name
- NCT00996645
- Testing
- Worksheet to facilitate goal-setting and action plans
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Hepatitis C, Chronic
An Observational Study of Pegasys in Dual- or Triple-Therapy in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C
This multicenter, observational study will assess the efficacy and the safety of Pegasys (peginterferon alfa 2a) in dual- or triple therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
- Trial name
- NCT01679834
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 7,500 people
- Sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche