Clinical trials: Unplanned Hospital Readmissions
Hospital Readmissions of Elderly Patients
Geriatric Transitional Care for Older Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department: Impact on Early Readmissions
Elderly adults have high rates of emergency department (ED) visits. Specificities of this population challenge organizations of care in the ED, and older adults are at risk of pejorative outcomes after an ED stay.
- Trial name
- LASUITE (NCT05814328)
- Testing
- Transitional Care
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,322 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Patient Readmission
Does a Complex Care Discharge Planning Initiative Reduce Unplanned Hospital Readmissions? (G78717-Readmits)
Unplanned hospital readmissions are associated with increases in morbidity, mortality, cost and patient dissatisfaction,. Policymakers continue to seek effective policy solutions to avoid readmissions in order to improve quality…
- Trial name
- NCT03256734
- Testing
- Policy intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 300,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Preterm Birth
The GROWNDUP Study of Late Preterm Births
This pilot study will examine the feasibility of conducting a large randomized clinical trial (RCT) to examine the role of a novel, specialized follow-up clinic in preventing complications among late preterm infants (LPTB), born…
- Trial name
- GROWNDUP (NCT01747603)
- Testing
- Specialized LPTB clinic
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Perceptions of Caring, Hospital Readmissions
Nurse Caring Communication Engagement
The overall goal will be to explore the effectiveness of caring communication coaching with the implementation of a discharge tool in the acute care setting and its impact on the nurse-patient relationship.
- Trial name
- NCT07136350
- Testing
- Communication Coaching, Implement S.M.A.R.T. Discharge Tool
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 335 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baptist Health South Florida
Wounds and Injuries, Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Psychoactive Drug Use and Acute Care Use After Trauma and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
This retrospective population-based cohort study uses linked administrative healthcare data from the Local Health Authority of Bologna (Italy) to describe the use of four classes of psychoactive drugs (opioids, antiepileptics…
- Conditions
- Wounds and Injuries, Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- LIFT-C (NCT07882589)
- Testing
- Opioids (ATC N02A), Antiepileptics (ATC N03A), Antipsychotics (ATC N05A)
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 52,720 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda Usl di Bologna
Congestive Heart Failure, Medication Adherence
Assay to Measure Beta Blocker Adherence
This study will assess the feasibility and efficacy of using serum assay developed by Quest Diagnostics to detect the presence of beta blockers, specifically carvedilol and metoprolol succinate, in patients with heart failure.
- Trial name
- NCT05251974
- Testing
- Quest beta blocker assay
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- Summa Health System
Heart Failure
Medication Adherence Telemonitoring to Reduce Heart Failure Readmissions
The overall purpose of this project is to determine the feasibility of conducting a large scale randomized clinical trial that compares remote monitoring of adherence to loop diuretics using a wireless electronic pillcap with…
- Trial name
- TEAM-HF (NCT02378571)
- Testing
- Medication adherence telemonitoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Hospital Readmissions
Support From Hospital to Home for Elders: A Randomized Controlled Study
The investigators will randomize 700 non-psychiatric, non-obstetric, non-surgical patients aged 55 years and older at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) to usual care (ten days of prescription medication, discharge summary…
- Trial name
- SHHE (NCT01221532)
- Testing
- SHHE Peridischarge Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 699 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Reducing Emergency Department Visits and Improving Glucose Control in Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes Using CGM Sensors at Hospital Discharge
Quality measures and cost-reduction methods are a high priority in the United States health care system. This includes the high burden of patients with uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT04277780
- Testing
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring Sensor, Diabetes Management Instructions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Albert Einstein Healthcare Network