Clinical trials: Best Practice
Violence, Emotional Abuse
Enhanced Nurse Home Visitation to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence
An Enhanced Nurse Home Visitation Program To Prevent Intimate Partner Violence; This randomized trial of an intervention to assess and prevent intimate partner violence during pregnancy and the post-partum builds upon the David…
- Conditions
- Violence, Emotional Abuse, Pregnancy, Parenting
- Trial name
- NCT01811719
- Testing
- Enhanced NFP (NFP+), NFP as usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 238 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Portland State University
Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Anemia in Children
Development of a Provider-Focused Intervention to Improve Health Outcomes in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease
The goal of this interventional study is to learn about the impact of an intervention for health care providers that teaches individuation and perspective-taking (IPT) skills to enhance patient-centered communication in pediatric…
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Anemia in Children, Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), Sickle Cell
- Trial name
- NCT07540767
- Testing
- Individuation and Perspective-Taking (IPT), pediatric SCD pain management education session
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Trauma
The WikiTrauma Interrupted Time Series Protocol
The purpose of this study is to study the combined effect of WikiTrauma, a free collaborative database of clinical decision support tools, and Wiki101, a training course teaching participants how to use WikiTrauma, on the quality…
- Trial name
- WikiTrauma (NCT04035772)
- Testing
- Wiki101 and WikiTrauma
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Laval University
Substance Abuse, Chronic Pain
Physician Coaching to Reduce Opioid-related Harms
This project pilot tests an innovative clinical guideline translation and physician coaching model to promote adherence to evidence-based guidelines for the prescribing of opioid pain medications in primary care settings.
- Trial name
- NCT02433496
- Testing
- Physician coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53,132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Dehydration (Physiology), Hyperthermia
Water Bolus Volumes During Continuous Exercise in Heat
Hydration is important to all individuals including occupational workers who complete physical activity in the heat. Current best practice guidelines suggest drinking a cup of water every 15-20 minutes during activity in a hot…
- Trial name
- NCT04613856
- Testing
- Hydration protocol - 237 mL water bolus, Hydration protocol - 500 mL water bolus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Melanoma
Melanoma Simulation Model With Smartphone Devices: Training Physicians for Early Detection of Melanoma
The specific aim of this study is to determine if interactive touchscreen-based learning with deliberate practice modules can enhance the retention of life-saving medical skills when incorporated into medical training curricula.
- Trial name
- NCT01859845
- Testing
- Smartphone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Patient Engagement, Physician's Role
OPEN & ASK: Improving Patient-Centered Communication in Primary Care
This large scale multi-center cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) is designed to assess the comparative effectiveness of three interventions in diverse ambulatory care settings and patient populations.
- Conditions
- Patient Engagement, Physician's Role, Physician-Patient Relations, Patient Activation
- Trial name
- NCT03385512
- Testing
- OPEN High Touch, OPEN High Tech, ASK Poster in Exam Rooms
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,565 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Aging, Cognitive Decline
Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE)
The ACHIEVE study will be a randomized controlled trial nested within the infrastructure of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.
- Trial name
- ACHIEVE (NCT03243422)
- Testing
- Successful aging health education intervention, Hearing intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 977 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Hepatitis C, Hepatocellular Carcinoma
STOP HCC: Mailed HCV Treatment Outreach Program for HCC Prevention for Elevated LFTs
The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial comparing two strategies to promote HCV screening, follow-up testing, and treatment among Parkland patients who are 18 years or older who have elevated liver…
- Trial name
- STOP-HCC (NCT04395118)
- Testing
- Mailed Outreach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Digital Health Literacy, COVID-19
Digital Health Literacy on COVID-19 for All: Co-creation and Evaluation of Interventions for Ethnic Minorities and Chinese People With Chronic Illnesses in Hong Kong
During the pandemic, people are anxious for information, and electronic platform serves the purpose of having first-hand health information and spreading it to massive population within a short time.
- Trial name
- NCT06004323
- Testing
- Digital health literacy intervention
- Volunteers
- 528 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Age Problem
The SUMAMOS EXCELENCIA Project: Assessment of Implementation of Best Practices in a National Health System
There is a gap between research and clinical practice, leading to variability in decision-making. Clinical audits are an effective strategy for improving implementation of best practices.
- Trial name
- NCT03725774
- Testing
- GRIP (Getting Research into Practice) model
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Teresa Moreno Casbas
EEG
Behavioural and Physiological Measures of Young Students With Dyslexia
The proposed is reading intervention study to track neural changes in the brain. Students with dyslexia will participate in a reading study.
- Trial name
- NCT05376696
- Testing
- Set For Variability, Current Best Practices
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Substance Use Disorder (SUD), Drug Overdose
Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network II TCU Hub
The current study proposes to use a Hybrid Type 3 implementation research strategy to: 1) Significantly enhance our understanding of public health outcomes [e.g., overdose incidents and substance-use (SU)-related Emergency…
- Conditions
- Substance Use Disorder (SUD), Drug Overdose, Criminal Behavior
- Trial name
- JCOIN II TCU (NCT07528846)
- Testing
- Core-interagency community engagement approach, Enhanced-Core plus community engagement specialist
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,620 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas Christian University
Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Malignant Solid Neoplasm
Evaluating a Mobile Health Application Intervention for Caregiver Instruction in Manual Therapy for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
This clinical trial assesses the impact of a family caregiver-delivered massage technique for use in cancer survivors with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN).
- Conditions
- Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm
- Trial name
- NCT06945380
- Testing
- Best Practice, Comparator Program, Best Practice, Usual Care, Internet-Based Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 348 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality, Stillbirth
Linking Facility-based Mortality Audits With Community Engagement in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Pakistan is one of the countries in South Asia where neonatal mortality rates remain stagnant. Babies born in Pakistan encounter the highest risk of dying; of every 1,000 babies born, 46 die before the end of their first month…
- Conditions
- External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality, Stillbirth, Neonatal Death
- Trial name
- NCT03904706
- Testing
- Audits only, Audits with community feedback
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,871 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Vision Impairment and Blindness, Glaucoma
Developing and Testing a Model to Identify Preventive Vision Loss Among Older Patients in General Practice
In this cohort study, the investigators will test vision screenings in Danish general practice for patients over 70 years of age with minimum one chronic condition.
- Conditions
- Vision Impairment and Blindness, Glaucoma, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Cataract
- Trial name
- DETECT (NCT07015034)
- Testing
- focus on vision impairment in older patients in general practice
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 460 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Burns, Smoke Inhalation Injury
Helping Children's Centres to Enhance Home Safety
Many children have accidents, some are very serious and they are a major cause of death in children aged 1-4 years. Many accidents are preventable This study aims to find out the best way to help Children's Centres to provide…
- Trial name
- NCT01452191
- Testing
- Injury Prevention Briefing Plus facilitation, Injury Prevention Briefing
- Where
- 4 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Early Diagnosis of Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment Through the Parameterization of Functional Tests.
The present study aims to develop an index formed by the variables, functional tests, scales and instruments that best discriminate between healthy subjects and subjects with MCI and that allows the stratification of different…
- Trial name
- NCT03851198
- Testing
- Standard Care or Usual Clinical Practice
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Malaga
Hypertension, Atrial Fibrillation
Impact of Best Practice Alerts in Cardiology Outpatient Clinics
This quality improvement intervention seeks to implement two Best Practice Alerts (BPAs) for use in cardiology clinics while simultaneously evaluating the impact of each BPA- one for patients with uncontrolled blood pressure and…
- Trial name
- NCT02436421
- Testing
- Best Practice Alert based in the Electronic Medical Record
- Volunteers
- 7,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced
Does Sound Conditioning Protect Against Temporary Hearing Damage
This research project will contribute to the research surrounding the effect on the ear after noise exposure. This ever-growing field of research has never been more applicable than now with the increase of recreational noise…
- Trial name
- NCT03878875
- Testing
- Session One Test Battery, Session Two Test Battery, Session Three Test Battery
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust