Clinical trials: Recovery of Function
Colorectal Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery
A Trial of Adding Lung Protective Strategies to Existing Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocols and Its Effects on Improving Post-Operative Lung Function
The objective of this study is to determine whether the addition of lung protective strategies to existing enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols for colorectal surgeries and hepatobiliary surgeries will improve…
- Trial name
- NCT04411186
- Testing
- Standard Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol, ERAS and 5 Lung Protective Interventions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Ureteral Stent Occlusion, Exposure Laser
Recovery Following Desflurane Versus Sevoflurane for Outpatient Urologic Surgery in Elderly Females
Numerous studies demonstrate that patients have improved immediate recovery characteristics following desflurane anesthesia compared to other volatile agents, including sevoflurane.
- Conditions
- Ureteral Stent Occlusion, Exposure Laser, Ureterostomy; Functional Disturbance, Vaginal Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT01310582
- Testing
- Desflurane, Sevoflurane
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hahnemann University Hospital
Digestive System Carcinoma, Genitourinary System Carcinoma
Home Base Telemonitoring in Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary, or Gynecologic Cancer Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery
This phase III trial compares a home-based telemonitoring program that collects symptom and daily step information to surgeon only care in improving recovery and stopping complications within 30 days after surgery in patients…
- Conditions
- Digestive System Carcinoma, Genitourinary System Carcinoma, Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm
- Trial name
- NCT04596384
- Testing
- Best Practice, Functional Assessment, Medical Device Usage and Evaluation
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 398 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Traumatic Brain Injury
PC-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
The investigators evaluated whether it was possible to improve the measurement of memory, attention, and executive function in patients who have suffered traumatic brain injury through the use of computer-based testing.
- Trial name
- NCT00927576
- Testing
- Digit span testing, Spatial span testing, Finger tapping
- Volunteers
- 265 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Cerebrovascular Accident
Mechanisms of Upper-Extremity Motor Recovery in Post-stroke Hemiparesis
The results of this study will provide sound, scientific evidence of physiologic mechanisms responsible for upper-extremity weakness; evidence of the processes involved in neuromuscular adaptation; and will elucidate the…
- Trial name
- NCT00125658
- Testing
- Control, Experimental
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Spinal Cord Injuries
Recovery of Bladder and Sexual Function After Spinal Cord Injury
Bladder and sexual dysfunction consistently ranks as one of the top disorders affecting quality of life after spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- NCT03036527
- Testing
- Activity-based locomotor training, Activity-based stand training, Activity-based upper arm ergometry
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Louisville
Depression, Quality of Life
RESCUE Stroke Caregiver Website to Enhance Discharge Planning
Aims and Intervention: The long-term goal is to implement stroke caregiver programs that involve low-cost interventions that are sustainable in routine clinical practice.
- Conditions
- Depression, Quality of Life, Self Efficacy, Recovery of Function
- Trial name
- RESCUE (NCT01600131)
- Testing
- Caregiver problem-solving, Standard Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 174 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Photobiomodulation Therapy, Photomedicine
Photomedicine Project 14: PBMT for Performance Enhancement in SOF
Special Operations Forces (SOF) train continually to maintain peak performance. Thus, they are nearly always in a state of recovery, and in need of noninvasive therapies to address the taxing workload.
- Conditions
- Photobiomodulation Therapy, Photomedicine, Low-Level Laser Therapy, Performance Enhancement
- Trial name
- SOF (NCT06380179)
- Testing
- THOR3 training + Photobiomodulation Therapy (PBMT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Musculoskeletal Injury Rehabilitation Research for Operational Readiness
Anxiety Symptoms, Depressive Symptoms
Effects of a Single-session Implicit Theories of Personality Intervention on Early Adolescent Psychopathology
The goal of the project is to test whether a single-session intervention teaching incremental theories of personality, or the belief that one's personality is malleable, can strengthen recovery from social stress and reduce the…
- Trial name
- NCT03132298
- Testing
- Implicit Theories of Personality Program, Control Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard University
Depression, Quality of Life
Internet and Telephone Support Intervention for Stroke Caregivers
This study will test a problem-solving and support intervention for caregivers of veterans with stroke. The investigators will assign caregivers to one for four groups: 4-session intervention, 8-session intervention, attention…
- Conditions
- Depression, Quality of Life, Recovery of Function, Self Efficacy
- Trial name
- NCT04348851
- Testing
- Caregiver problem-solving, Attention Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development