Clinical trials: Quality of Healthcare
HIV Infections
Effects of Two Anti-HIV Drug Regimens on Quality of Life and Health Care Use Among SMART Study Participants
The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of two different anti-HIV drug regimens on quality of life and health care utilization among SMART study participants.
- Trial name
- NCT00385632
- Testing
- Antiretroviral Regimens
- Where
- 67 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,224 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
HPV Vaccines
Giving Immunizations Through Vaccine Education
This study will test the effectiveness of clinician-focused health IT-based decision support, family-focused health IT-based decision support, and a combination of both efforts, in increasing HPV and other adolescent vaccine…
- Trial name
- GIVE (NCT01159093)
- Testing
- Family Decision Support, Clinician Decision Support, Family Decision Support and Clinician Decision Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23,675 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Musculoskeletal Pain
Swiss Chiropractic Cohort (Swiss ChiCo) Study: A Nationwide Practice-Based Research Network Project
The Swiss chiropractic cohort (Swiss ChiCo) practice-based research network (PBRN) is nationwide research project with the aim to develop a musculoskeletal focused PBRN within the Swiss chiropractic setting and describe the…
- Trial name
- NCT05046249
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 151 people
- Sponsor
- Balgrist University Hospital
Screening Tool, Focus Group
Assessment of Supportive Care and Educational Needs to Guide Quality Care Improvements for Patients With Locally Advanced and Metastatic Bladder Cancer
The overall goal of this study is to facilitate care improvements for bladder cancer patients with locally advanced or metastatic disease by designing and evaluating a patient need assessment screening tool to be used, in the…
- Trial name
- ACCESS (NCT06412874)
- Testing
- Screening tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Diabetes, Diabetes Mellitus
Community Paramedicine Program to Improve Diabetes Care Quality, Equity, and Outcomes
The purpose of this study is evaluate the effectiveness of Diabetes-REM (Rescue, Engagement, and Management), a comprehensive community paramedic (CP) program to support adults in Southeast Minnesota (Mower, Freeborn, and Olmsted…
- Trial name
- NCT04385758
- Testing
- Diabetes-REM Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Quality of Care, Evaluation
Evaluation of the Quality of Care in the Emergency Department by Studying the Appropriateness of Admissions of Patients Accessing the Emergency Department (ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII)
The aim of this study is to develop, study and validate a rigorous and sustainable method for assessing the clinical appropriateness of the decision taken in the Emergency Department to admit or not to admit patients.
- Conditions
- Quality of Care, Evaluation, Emergency Departments, Appropriateness
- Trial name
- NCT06345378
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people
- Sponsor
- Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Neoplasms, Bereavement
ERANet-LAC CODE: International Care Of the Dying Evaluation
Providing high quality care for dying patients and their families is very important. One way one can assess the care provided is to ask bereaved relatives to complete a questionnaire after their family member has died.
- Conditions
- Neoplasms, Bereavement, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT03566732
- Where
- 20 sites in Argentina, Brazil and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 914 people
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
Stage IV Prostate Adenocarcinoma AJCC v7
Therapeutic Effect of Cytoreductive Radical Prostatectomy in Men With Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Prostate Cancer
This is a phase 2.5 international, multi-institution, randomized clinical trial to evaluate the potential therapeutic effect of CRP combined with the BST in men with mPCa prospectively.
- Trial name
- NCT03456843
- Testing
- Antiandrogen Therapy, Docetaxel, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
- Where
- 16 sites in United States, Australia and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 190 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Frailty, Chronic Pain
Effectiveness of a Physical Activity Intervention for Pre-frail Older Adults With Chronic Pain.
The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the effectiveness of a multicomponent structured physical exercise program for adults aged 65 years or more, classified as pre-frail and with chronic pain to improve the Perceived…
- Conditions
- Frailty, Chronic Pain, Old Age; Debility
- Trial name
- NCT04045535
- Testing
- Physical Activity Program, Usual care
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid
Heart Failure, Systolic, Financial Stress
Financial Support in an Underserved and Low-Income Population With Heart Failure
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether financial support in the form of a one-time $500 stipend would improve medication adherence and quality of life in low-income, socially-needy patients with heart failure with…
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Systolic, Financial Stress, Medication Adherence, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- FUND-HF (NCT05928026)
- Testing
- Financial Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 153 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Quality of Health Care
Measuring Ethnic Disparities in Family Planning Services in Peru
This study is designed as a crossover randomized controlled trial, to investigate the effects of client's ethnic characteristics on the quality of family planning services.
- Trial name
- NCT01885858
- Testing
- Indigenous profile, Mestizo profile
- Volunteers
- 351 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Hypertension
VISN Collaborative for Improving Hypertension Management With ATHENA-HTN
This project is a VA HSR\&D-funded Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) project to translate into practice evidence about clinical management of primary hypertension.
- Trial name
- HTN (NCT00374452)
- Testing
- ATHENA-CDS-HTN plus Guideline Link, Guideline Link Only
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Patient Adherence
Efficacy Of An Education Plan And Adherence Follow-Up To The Exercise In Patients With COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, according to recent publications of the World Health Organization, its main feature is the response to noxious particles of…
- Trial name
- NCT05204498
- Testing
- Education plan and adherence to exercise
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Clínica de Occidente S.A
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Study on the Efficacy of HE and Therapeutic Group Factors on CR and QoL
This randomised study evaluates the efficacy of health education and therapeutic group factors on cardiac rehabilitation and quality of life in coronary patients attending cardiac rehabilitation programmes in Extremadura.
- Trial name
- NCT06127537
- Testing
- Therapeutic Intervention Group
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Extremadura
Chronic Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain
National Survey of Chronic Occupational Pain in Thai Anesthesia Providers
The purpose of this nationwide cross-sectional survey is to determine the prevalence, multidimensional impacts, and associated factors of chronic occupational pain among anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists in Thailand.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain, Occupational Pain, Occupational Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT07778381
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mahidol University
Maternal Death During Childbirth, Pregnancy Complications
Wireless Physiologic Monitoring in Postpartum Women
To estimate the clinical effectiveness of wireless physiologic monitoring of women in the first 24 hours after cesarean delivery at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
- Trial name
- WIMS (NCT04060667)
- Testing
- Wireless physiologic monitoring
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 3,191 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Nursing Home, Veterans
Disseminating a Dashboard for VA Purchased Community Nursing Homes
Objectives: The purpose of this proposal is to evaluate the impact of the CNH Dashboard implementation on the quality of VA Purchased CNH care relative to other CNH facilities, and to evaluate the quality of Veteran-specific care…
- Conditions
- Nursing Home, Veterans, Functional Impairment, Quality of Care
- Trial name
- CNHDashboard (NCT02674698)
- Testing
- Access to the CNH Dashboard Step 1, Access to the CNH Dashboard Step 2, Access to the CNH Dashboard Step 3
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Providence VA Medical Center
Quality of Health Care
Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism Disease in Emergency Departments
The appropriate use of thromboprophylaxis in medical patients admitted to hospital can substantially reduce the overall burden of disease due to venous thromboembolism.
- Trial name
- PREVENU (NCT01212393)
- Testing
- reminders
- Where
- 23 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Frail Elderly Syndrome, Mood
FOCUS Guidelines and Adherence to Physical Activity in Ageing Women.
The study aimed at assessing whether the guidelines from the European project FOCUS had an effect on adherence to a physical activity program in older women.
- Conditions
- Frail Elderly Syndrome, Mood, Quality of Life, Cognitive Decline
- Trial name
- NCT03981965
- Testing
- Physical activity
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
Cancer
Building Evidence for Effective Palliative/End of Life Care for Teens With Cancer
To test the efficacy of FACE-TC on key outcomes, the investigators propose using an intent-to-treat, longitudinal, prospective, multi-site, randomized controlled trial (RCT) design.
- Trial name
- FACE-TC (NCT02693665)
- Testing
- FAmily CEntered Advance Care Planning for Teens with Cancer
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- Maureen Lyon