Clinical trials: Referral and Consultation
After-hours Care
Differentiated Access to Out-of-hours Primary Care Through Emergency Access
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to test the use of an emergency button that allows patients to jump the telephone waiting line at the out-of-hours primary care in two regions in Denmark if they perceive their…
- Trial name
- Akutknappen (NCT02572115)
- Testing
- Akutknappen - used, Akutknappen - not used
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 7,385 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Sleep Disorders
Sleep Specialty Consultation: Improving Management of Sleep Disorders
Sleep disorders are prevalent health problems that reduce quality of life, increase risks for medical disease, and enhance healthcare costs/utilization. Only a small proportion of these cases are diagnosed in primary care.
- Trial name
- NCT00390572
- Testing
- Sleep Specialty Consultation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 156 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Referral and Consultation, Glomerulonephritis
Optimizing Referral Pathways for Patients With Hematuria and Moderate-Severe Proteinuria
The purpose of the study is to evaluate prospectively the impact of an electronic health record (EHR) alert on primary care providers' (PCP) referral to Nephrology of Geisinger patients with high risk signs (blood and protein in…
- Conditions
- Referral and Consultation, Glomerulonephritis, Hematuria, Proteinuria
- Trial name
- NCT07431931
- Testing
- Electronic Health Record alert
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Clinical Decision Making, Tooth Extraction
On Adequacy of Referrals to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Currently, an ongoing generational shift of the dental community in Sweden originates from an increased number of retiring dentists.
- Conditions
- Clinical Decision Making, Tooth Extraction, Referral and Consultation, Surgery, Oral
- Trial name
- NCT05845437
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 624 people
- Sponsor
- Region Skane
End-Stage Liver Disease
Surprise Question in End of Life (SeQuEL) Care and the Effect of Prompting Palliative Care Consultation: End-Stage Liver Disease
This is a single center randomized platform trial determining whether prompting consideration of palliative care consultation through the electronic health record impacts the number of palliative consultations placed and…
- Trial name
- SeQuEL (NCT06400498)
- Testing
- Prompted Palliative Care Consult
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Cognitive Dysfunction, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Improving the Referral of Patients With Suspected Cognitive Impairment and Early Dementia
The goal of this interventional study is to implement and evaluate the adhesion to two types of interventional strategies for assessing cognitive function, at Family Health Units (FHU), providing primary care clinicians (PCCs)…
- Trial name
- DemRefImprov (NCT05890313)
- Testing
- Mini Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Brain on Track (version BOT.0.0.0 03.03.2023)
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade do Porto
Tuberculosis
Effect of Community Active Case Finding Strategies for Detection of Tuberculosis in Cambodia
Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly stigmatized disease, and approximately one-third of the Cambodian population living with TB are undetected.
- Trial name
- NCT04094350
- Testing
- ACF with a seed-and-recruit model, ACF targeting household and neighborhood contacts, ACF targeting the older population using mobile screening units
- Where
- 3 sites in Cambodia
- Volunteers
- 2,004 people
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
NT-pro-BNP, NT-proBNP
Evaluation of the Clinical Value of NT-proBNP (or BNP) Measurement, Alone or in Combination With the EPOF Questionnaire, for the Screening of Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) in Adults Aged 40 Years and Older Referred for a Cardiology Consultation Without Suspected CHF.
This observational study aims to evaluate whether measuring NT-proBNP (or BNP), either on its own or alongside the EPOF questionnaire, can improve the early detection of chronic heart failure (CHF) in adults aged 40 years or over…
- Conditions
- NT-pro-BNP, NT-proBNP, CHF, Chronic Heart Failure
- Trial name
- DECLIC (NCT07837349)
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- French Cardiology Society
Genetic Disease, Neurogenetic Disorders
Pediatric Neurogenetic Diagnosis Support Platform
This study evaluates a diagnostic support platform, DIAGEN-IA, designed to identify pediatric neurological diseases with a genetic basis.
- Trial name
- DIAGEN-IA (NCT06725901)
- Testing
- Web-Based Application
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Nacional Andres Bello
Referral and Consultation
Effectiveness of a Educational Intervention to Improve the Resolution Capacity of Primary Health Care Teams.
There is a great variability in the different primary care teams referral rate. And variability means inappropriateness somewhere in the process of care.
- Trial name
- NCT00140283
- Testing
- Educational interactive intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Catalan Institute of Health
Headaches
Telemedicine Versus Traditional Specialist Consultation for Headache: a Non-inferiority Trial
Headache is a frequent cause of visits to the GPs office, and the investigators have previously shown that this group accounts for about 20 % of patients referred to a general neurologic outpatient clinic.
- Trial name
- VHS (NCT02270177)
- Testing
- Telemedicine, videoconsultation
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 402 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of North Norway
Referral and Consultation
Consultation Contents of an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic
This study aimed to evaluate conditions and indications in which a training and research hospital directs outpatient and inpatient consultations to an oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic and consider the expectations of…
- Trial name
- NCT05454384
- Testing
- Medical Record Examination
- Volunteers
- 178 people
- Sponsor
- Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
Communication
Effectiveness of WhatsApp (a Messenger Program) Usage in Emergency Department (ED)
Effective communication between consulting physicians and the emergency physicians is critical for patients in the emergency department.
- Trial name
- NCT02586779
- Testing
- whatsApp, without whatsApp
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Adiyaman University Research Hospital
Neoplasms
The Orkdal Model. Collaboration Between Specialist and Community Care Within Palliative Cancer Care
The overall aim of this project is to deliver better health care services through improved coordination of cancer care within specialist care (at the local hospital Orkdal Hospital) and community care (13 municipalities in the…
- Trial name
- NCT02170168
- Testing
- integrated palliative care program
- Where
- 25 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 969 people
- Sponsor
- St. Olavs Hospital
Infectious Diseases
The Added Value of a Mobile Application of Community Case Management on Pediatric Referral Rates in Malawi
Community Case Management (CCM) is a clinical decision aid used by frontline Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs) in Malawi to manage uncomplicated cases of pneumonia and malaria (amongst other conditions).
- Trial name
- NCT02763345
- Testing
- Supporting LIFE electronic Community Case Management, Standard care
- Volunteers
- 6,995 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Health Behavior
Ecology of Medical Care - Utilisation of Health Care in Austria
BACKGROUND: A proper understanding of the attitudes towards its own health status and concise estimates concerning the health seeking behavior of the different subgroups of a population are highly desirable.
- Trial name
- ECOHCARE (NCT01261845)
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Pain, Pain Acute
The PainSMART Research Program: Evaluating a Pain Education Strategy for Patients Seeking Primary Care Physiotherapy
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the PainSMART-strategy in a population of patients seeking primary care physiotherapy for pain related to muscles, joints and bones, so called musculoskeletal pain.
- Conditions
- Pain, Pain Acute, Pain, Chronic, Self Efficacy
- Trial name
- PainSMART (NCT06187428)
- Testing
- PainSMART-strategy, Usual physiotherapy management
- Where
- 6 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 494 people
- Sponsor
- Kajsa Johansson
Urinary Incontinence
Outcomes of Urinary Incontinence Treatment in Primary Care: APP Co-Management and Electronic Consult
The burden of urinary incontinence (UI) on American women is immense in both human and financial terms, and continues to rise with the aging US population.
- Trial name
- OUTPACE (NCT06040645)
- Testing
- APP Co-management, E-consult
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Dual Diagnosis
Dual Diagnosis Self-Help Referral
This project will help counselors in substance abuse treatment programs make effective referrals of dually diagnosed patients (those with a co-occurring psychiatric disorder) to self-help groups.
- Trial name
- NCT00286728
- Testing
- Intensive referral to dual-focused self-help
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 287 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alcohol-induced Disorders, Alcohol Drinking
Strengths-based Linkage to Alcohol Care (SLAC) for Hazardous Drinkers in Primary Care
This pilot study will determine the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of Strengths-based Linkage to Alcohol Care (SLAC; a behavioral intervention) to link Veterans, identified as hazardous drinkers in VHA primary care, to…
- Conditions
- Alcohol-induced Disorders, Alcohol Drinking, Mental Health
- Trial name
- NCT05023317
- Testing
- Strengths-based linkage to alcohol care, Usual care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development