Clinical trials: Quality Assurance
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
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
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
Pregnancy Complications, Cesarean Section Complications
An Evaluation of the Team Birth Project
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a pilot project to improve communication and teamwork and to increase vaginal delivery rates at hospital in the United States
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Complications, Cesarean Section Complications, Maternal Complication of Pregnancy, Communication, Multidisciplinary
- Trial name
- NCT03529214
- Testing
- Exposed study site
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,217 people
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Insurance Status/Stability
IMPACCT for Kids' Care
Health insurance is important for children. Public insurance programs are available to many children, but some families report being confused about how to get and keep this insurance.
- Trial name
- IMPACCT (NCT02298361)
- Testing
- Health insurance outreach IT tools
- Volunteers
- 27,251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- OCHIN, Inc.
Interdisciplinary Communication, Management, Medication Therapy
Minimizing Harm From ADEs by Improving Nurse-Physician Communication
The purpose of this research study is to examine the clinical processes of care involved with the sharing and communicating of medication management information in the inpatient setting between nurses, pharmacists and physicians.
- Trial name
- MED-COMM (NCT00574990)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
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
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
Information Dissemination, Interprofessional Relations
Value of Technology to Transfer Discharge Information
The transition from hospital to home is a high-risk period in a patient's illness. Poor communication between healthcare providers at hospital discharge is common and contributes to adverse events affecting patients after…
- Trial name
- NCT00101868
- Testing
- Discharge communication software, Usual care discharge process
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 631 people
- Sponsor
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Secondary Immunodeficiencies (SID)
Quality Assurance of Secondary Immunodeficiencies (SID) in CLL/MM Patients
Retrospective, representative registry for quality assurance on diagnosis and therapy of secondary immunodeficiencies (SID) in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or multiple myeloma (MM)
- Trial name
- QS-SID (NCT04172467)
- Testing
- non-interventional retrospective epidemiological observational study
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,086 people
- Sponsor
- AIO-Studien-gGmbH