Clinical trials: Quality Improvement
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
Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension
A Quality Improvement Process to Support Delivery of Cardiovascular Care in Community Mental Health Organizations
This pilot study will examine whether an implementation strategy will improve delivery of evidence-based care for cardiovascular risk factors for people with serious mental illness.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Dyslipidemias
- Trial name
- NCT04696653
- Testing
- Comprehensive Unit Based Safety Program (CUSP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Crohn's Disease
ENhanced Recovery in CHildren Undergoing Surgery
The institution of perioperative Enhanced Recovery Protocols (ERPs) has been found to decrease hospital length of stay, in-hospital costs, and complications among adult surgical populations but data in pediatric populations are…
- Conditions
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis
- Trial name
- ENRICH-US (NCT04060303)
- Testing
- Perioperative surgical care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 597 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Colon Cancer
Reducing VA No-Shows: Evaluation of Predictive Overbooking Applied to Colonoscopy
In this research study, investigators use colonoscopy as a case example to evaluate a predictive overbooking model derived using patient-level predictors of absenteeism.
- Trial name
- No-show (NCT01639443)
- Testing
- Predictive no-show overbooking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Heart Failure, Heart Failure Hospitalization
Teach-Back Discharge Education to Improve Self-Care and Reduce 30-Day Readmissions in Heart Failure Patients
This study aimed to improve how patients with heart failure understand and manage their condition after leaving the hospital. Many heart failure patients are readmitted within 30 days due to confusion about their discharge…
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Heart Failure Hospitalization, Readmission, Hospital
- Trial name
- NCT07280208
- Testing
- Teach-Back Discharge Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Southeastern University
Suicidal Self-directed Violence, Suicidal Preparatory Behavior
Maintaining Implementation Through Dynamic Adaptations (MIDAS) Suicide Prevention 2.0 Clinical Telehealth
Scientific advances are constantly leading to better treatments. However, it is quite challenging for healthcare systems, including VA, to ask very busy providers to change the way they practice.
- Trial name
- MIDAS SPCT (NCT06011759)
- Testing
- Academic Detailing (AD), LEAP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Colorectal Neoplasms
Improving Colonoscopy Quality for Colorectal Cancer Screening in the National VA Healthcare System
High quality screening colonoscopy is critical for colorectal cancer (CRC) prevention in Veterans. There is significant variability in colonoscopy quality in VA that is directly linked to differences in CRC incidence and death.
- Trial name
- NCT04389957
- Testing
- Veterans Affairs Endoscopy Quality Improvement Program (VA-EQuIP)
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 445 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Diet, Healthy
Free Living Food Waste Management and Diet Quality Improvement Using Smart Intervention and Food Image Application
The primary aim of this study is to reduce household food waste and improve individual nutrition. This will be achieved using the FoodImageTM smartphone app 1, a novel method for measuring household food acquisition, food intake…
- Trial name
- FoodImage2 (NCT05061888)
- Testing
- Smart Intervention for Food Waste Management and Replacing current diet with Fruits and Vegetables, Smart Intervention for Stress Management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Ionizing Radiation Exposure, Quality Improvement
CT DOSE Collaboratory
This is a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial to explore variation in doses used for diagnostic CT by pooling radiation dose data across diverse healthcare delivery systems.
- Trial name
- NCT03000751
- Testing
- Simple Audit Report, Multi-Component Intervention, In-Person Meeting
- Volunteers
- 864,080 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Intestinal Disease
Neuromuscular Blockade Comparison for GI-2 Recovery After Bowel Resection
The purpose of this research study is to see the outcome of Sugammadex versus Neostigmine with Glycopyrrolate in colorectal surgery as it relates to its effects on post-surgical time (in hours) to first bowel movement and…
- Trial name
- NCT06112353
- Testing
- Neostigmine Injectable Solution, Sugammadex injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Critical Illness
Daily Checklists and Outcome in the Intensive Care Unit
Medical errors account for tens of thousands of deaths and tens of billions of dollars in healthcare costs in the United States every year.
- Trial name
- NCT01396044
- Testing
- Electronic checklist, Verbal prompting
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 451 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer
Measuring and Improving the Safety of Test Result Follow-Up
Improving communication is foundational to improving patient safety. Electronic health records (EHRs) can improve communication, but also introduce unique vulnerabilities.
- Conditions
- Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Bladder Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT04166240
- Testing
- SAFER TRACKS Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Vision, Low
eSight Eyewear Quality of Life and Efficacy Study
The "eSight Quality of Life and Efficacy Study" (eQUEST) is a prospective cohort study intended to demonstrate the functional vision and Quality of Life (QoL) improvement provided by eSight Eyewear to persons with significant…
- Trial name
- eQUEST (NCT02616900)
- Testing
- eSight Eyewear
- Where
- 6 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- eSight Corporation
Back Pain Lower Back
Improvement in Pain,Function and HRQoL ( Health Related Quality of Life) in Subacute Low Back Pain: A Controlled Clinical Trial of Exercise vs NSAIDs (Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory)
Our clinical trial has the purpose to evaluate the effectiveness in reducing pain and improving function and quality of life during a 6-months follow-up of a therapeutic exercise program compared to pharmacological treatment with…
- Trial name
- DLSEA (NCT01374269)
- Testing
- Exercise program, NSAID (Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)
- Where
- 2 sites in Colombia
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Grupo Rehabilitacion en Salud
Diabetes Mellitus, Type I
Pilot Prospective CGM Quality Improvement (QI) Project in Pregnancy
A single-center, prospective, 'open-label,' investigator-initiated pilot study evaluating the role of continuous glucose monitor (CGM) use either alone or with remote monitoring capabilities during pregnancy associated with T1DM.
- Trial name
- NCT02556554
- Testing
- Dexcom G4 or G5 Platinum CGM system, Dexcom G4 or G5 Platinum CGM system with Share
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Polypharmacy, Insomnia
MIDAS Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Implementation Strategies to Optimize Use of Medications in VA Clinical Settings
Scientific advances are constantly leading to better treatments. However, it is quite challenging for healthcare systems, including VA, to ask very busy providers to change the way they practice.
- Conditions
- Polypharmacy, Insomnia, Anticoagulants
- Trial name
- MIDAS cRCT (NCT05065502)
- Testing
- Academic Detailing (AD), LEAP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Maternal Death, Maternal Morbidity
BetterBirth: A Trial of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
The purpose of this study is to measure the impact of a checklist-based childbirth safety program (the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program) on reduction of severe maternal, fetal, and newborn harm in institutional deliveries in…
- Conditions
- Maternal Death, Maternal Morbidity, Stillbirth, Neonatal Death
- Trial name
- BetterBirth (NCT02148952)
- Testing
- WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 157,689 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Obesity
Learn, Engage, Act, Process (LEAP) for MOVE!
The overall goal of this project is to test whether the Learn. Engage. Act. Process (LEAP) intervention helps teams within the Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) local MOVE! group weight management programs be more in line…
- Trial name
- NCT02825680
- Testing
- Enhanced NCP Support, LEAP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Chronic Kidney Disease
A Chronic Care Model Based Quality Improvement (QI) Program to Improve the Care of Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
The goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of a chronic care model (CCM) based quality improvement program on 1) outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and 2) adherence to CKD guidelines.
- Trial name
- NCT01290614
- Testing
- Pharmacist based QI program, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,199 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Comprehensive Care
Evaluating Evidence-Based Quality Improvement of Comprehensive Women's Health Care Implementation in Low-Performing VAs
Gaps in delivery of gender-sensitive comprehensive care have resulted in disparities in quality and patient experience among women seen in VA.
- Trial name
- NCT03238417
- Testing
- Evidence-Based Quality Improvement
- Where
- 25 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development