Clinical trials: Quality Assurance
Postoperative Morbidity
Investigating Trends in Compliance With Quality Assurance Metrics
Over 40 million major operative procedures are performed in the US annually and comprise about 40% of healthcare expenditures. Despite decades of research, perioperative mortality and morbidity remain a major healthcare system…
- Trial name
- NCT03119532
- Testing
- Receive metric feedback email
- Volunteers
- 672 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Anemia, Iron Deficiency, Solid Tumor
Quality Assurance on Anemia Management in Patients With Solid Tumors and Malignant Lymphoma
The aim of the study is to analyze the implementation of the 2018 updated ESMO Guideline in patients with tumor diseases as well as the corre-sponding recommendations of the Onkopedia Guideline and the S3 Guide-line Supportive…
- Conditions
- Anemia, Iron Deficiency, Solid Tumor, Malignant Lymphoma
- Trial name
- QA Anemia (NCT05190263)
- Testing
- non-interventional retrospective epidemiological observational study
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,053 people
- Sponsor
- AIO-Studien-gGmbH
Physical Activity, Dietary Habits
Community and Clinician Partnership for Prevention
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of strategies to develop and foster the relationship between primary care practices and community resources to address specific unhealthy behaviors (tobacco use, poor nutrition…
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Dietary Habits, Tobacco Use Cessation
- Trial name
- C2P2 (NCT00577759)
- Testing
- Active Intervention, Passive Intervention, No intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Critically Ill, Intensive Care Unit
PERFormance Enhancement of the Canadian Nutrition Guidelines by a Tailored Implementation Strategy: The PERFECTIS Study
Canadian Critical Care Nutrition Guidelines assist health practitioners in identifying best practices for feeding critically ill patients.
- Trial name
- PERFECTIS (NCT01168128)
- Testing
- Tailored Change Strategy
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 278 people
- Sponsor
- Daren K. Heyland
Breast Cancer
Frequency of Portal Images Required to Enhance Quality Assurance for Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Radiotherapy
Currently in Canada, and at the Cross Cancer Institute, the treatment of many women with breast cancer involves radiotherapy (RT).
- Trial name
- NCT00123812
- Sponsor
- AHS Cancer Control Alberta
IPV, Mental Health
Rwanda Digital Dashboard Hybrid Type 3 Implementation Study
Mental disorders are leading causes of the health-related burden globally, and in Rwanda the intergenerational mental health consequences of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi persist and are further compounded by poverty, such…
- Conditions
- IPV, Mental Health, Discipline Practices, Quality Assurance
- Trial name
- NCT06941831
- Testing
- Digital Dashboard-Supported Sugira Muryango Implementation, Usual Care - Sugira Muryango Implementation
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 1,810 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston College
Prostate Cancer
US-CT Fusion for Post Implant Dosimetry
Post implant dosimetry is an essential part of quality assurance after permanent seed prostate brachytherapy. CT imaging is the standard of assessment but due to contouring uncertainties, MR-CT fusion is preferred.
- Trial name
- NCT03692104
- Testing
- transrectal ultrasound
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- British Columbia Cancer Agency
Colorectal Cancer, Chemotherapy
Supportive Cancer Care Networkers (SCAN)
Aim of the study is to increase the proportion of indicated patients with colorectal cancer undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy following surgical resection through an optimized symptom management and logistical support.
- Trial name
- SCAN (NCT01651832)
- Testing
- SCAN
- Where
- 9 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 261 people
- Sponsor
- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Respiratory Infections
Improving Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Treatment
Purpose The emergence and rapid rise in antibiotic resistance among common bacteria are adversely affecting the clinical course and health care costs of community-acquired infections.
- Trial name
- IMPAACT (NCT00144040)
- Testing
- Physician & patient education on appropriate antibiotic use, Rapid C-reactive protein testing to guide antibiotic treatment
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Depression, Anxiety
Quality Assurance of Cognitive-behavioral Therapy
The study examines associations between competence in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and adherence to evidence-based generic CBT in therapists and treatment outcome in patients with depression or an anxiety disorder in…
- Trial name
- NCT03625024
- Testing
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 89 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
Improved Management of Patients With Recent-Onset Stable Chest Pain
In Germany, coronary CT offers an accurate and less burdensome alternative to cardiac catheterisation for evaluating suspected coronary artery disease, but it is still underused.
- Trial name
- IMPRO (NCT07476040)
- Testing
- IMPRO - Cross-Sectoral Care Model for Coronary Diagnostics
- Where
- 39 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 3,369 people
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg
Colon Polyps
Factors Associated With Short Withdrawal Time and Polyp Detection Rate During Colonoscopy
Colonoscopy withdrawal times are a critical element in determining quality of colonoscopy; however, few studies have evaluated specific factors that may influence the duration of withdrawal, and specifically short withdrawal…
- Trial name
- NCT01487356
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 802 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Anesthesia
Quality of Quality Data
Data on quality of clinical anesthesia are important for the improvement of both quality and patient safety in this field. Routine quality data are often collected by professionals busy with patient care.
- Trial name
- QoQ (NCT01524484)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 255 people
- Sponsor
- Johannes Wacker, MD
Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Managing Side Effects in Clinical Practice
This is a quality improvement health services study in the Division of Gastroenterology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC).
- Trial name
- NCT03475550
- Testing
- Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Indications for Flexible Bronchoscopy
Bronchoscopy Registry
This monocentric, non-interventional observational registry study was designed in order to obtain data of patients with the indication for a flexible bronchoscopy to control and optimize a guideline conform therapy of these…
- Trial name
- BSK (NCT02741089)
- Testing
- Indication for a flexible bronchoscopy
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- RWTH Aachen University
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Alcohol Abuse
Adolescent Trauma Recovery and Stress Disorders Collaborative Care (ATRSCC) Model Program Trial
Recent needs assessments suggest that difficulties exist in care coordination between emergency medical services (EMS) systems and primary care for injured adolescents with alcohol problems and post-traumatic stress disorder…
- Conditions
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Dependence
- Trial name
- ATRSCC (NCT00619255)
- Testing
- Adolescent Trauma Support Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Group B Strep Infection
mulTiplex Immunoassay qualiTy assuRance Panel
Collection of serum from women not living with HIV, who received the GBS6 vaccine in the "a placebo-controlled clinical trial investigating the safety and immunogenicity of GBS6 in pregnant women with and without human…
- Trial name
- TITRE (NCT07562061)
- Testing
- Collection of 50mls of blood
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- St George's, University of London
Liver Metastasis, Colorectal Carcinoma
A Prospective Colorectal Liver Metastasis Database With an Integrated Quality Assurance Program
This prospective database has two main objectives; to evaluate the complication rates, 30-day and 90-day mortality from different surgical strategies for unresectable, borderline resectable or initially unresectable liver…
- Trial name
- CLIMB (NCT02218801)
- Testing
- Evaluation of treatment for liver metastasis
- Where
- 16 sites in Austria, Belgium and 10 more
- Volunteers
- 219 people
- Sponsor
- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Chronic Hepatitis C
Observational Study Evaluating the Quality of Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2a and Ribavirin Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C in Cooperation With the BNG (Association of German Resident Gastroenterologists)
This observational study will examine the efficacy and safety of pegylated interferon (peginterferon) alfa-2a, mostly in combination with ribavirin treatment in chronic hepatitis C (CHC). Quality of care will also be assessed.
- Trial name
- NCT02106156
- Testing
- Pegylated interferon alfa-2a, Ribavirin
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 10,228 people
- Sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
Problems With Access to Health Care
Quality Assurance of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department
This work aimed to prepare the obstetrics and gynecology department for high education and health care accreditation.
- Trial name
- NCT02101502
- Testing
- Questioner
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 2,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Al-Azhar University