Clinical trials: sponsored by University of British Columbia
Hearing Loss, Motivation
Motivational Interviewing in Hearing Aid Users
Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic disabilities in the older adult population and affects their quality of life. Hearing aid use can improve one's quality of life by increasing a person's ability to detect…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Motivation, Hearing Disability, Hearing Disorders and Deafness
- Trial name
- MI-HAT (NCT04673565)
- Testing
- Motivational interviewing
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Menstrual Cycle
Phenylalanine Requirements in the Menstrual Phases
Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid that must be obtained through food. Current adult phenylalanine recommendation is based on male-conducted studies and set the same for females.
- Trial name
- NCT07481201
- Testing
- Dietary Phenylalanine Intakes
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Other Disorders of Optic Disc, Bilateral
Video Diversion During Fundoscopic Exam in Children
Fundoscopy is an important aspect of the neurological examination, but can be challenging in uncooperative children. This study explored whether viewing a video (selected by patient or caregiver) during eye examination improves…
- Trial name
- CAFE (NCT01673815)
- Testing
- Video (played on a computer monitor)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Fundoscopy
Video Diversion Improves Success Rate of Fundoscopic Examination in Children
Fundoscopy is an important component of the neurological examination as it can detect pathologies such as high intracranial pressure. However, the exam can be challenging in uncooperative children.
- Trial name
- NCT02784132
- Testing
- Video diversion
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Heart Transplant Failure and Rejection, Heart Failure
HEARTBiT: Multi-Marker Blood Test for Acute Cardiac Transplant Rejection
Heart transplantation is a life saving therapy for people with end stage heart failure. Acute rejection, a process where the immune system recognizes the transplanted heart as foreign and mounts a response against it, remains a…
- Conditions
- Heart Transplant Failure and Rejection, Heart Failure, Heart Diseases, Heart Failure，Congestive
- Trial name
- HEARTBiT (NCT03575910)
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 196 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Pregnancy
SmartMom: Teaching by Texting to Promote Health Behaviours in Pregnancy
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of SmartMom, a text messaging-based mobile health program for prenatal education.
- Trial name
- NCT05793944
- Testing
- SmartMom text messaging, Control text messaging
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 3,078 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR)
National Active Surveillance Network and Pharmacogenomics of Adverse Drug Reactions in Children
The purpose of the study is (1) to identify and collect samples from children and adults who take drugs and have adverse drug reactions AND children and adults who take drugs and do not experience any adverse drug effects; (2) to…
- Trial name
- NCT00414115
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 7,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Vaccine Adverse Reaction
Genomics and COVID-19 Vaccine Adverse Events
Vaccines routinely used are extremely safe; however, severe adverse events to vaccines do occur. As vaccination against COVID-19 has begun, adverse events to the vaccine, particularly Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)…
- Trial name
- NCT05212792
- Testing
- COVID-19 vaccines
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 6,325 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Appetite, Obesity
Exogenous Ketones and Appetite
People with obesity have different appetitive responses to stimuli compared to people without obesity. For example, people with obesity have a blunted postprandial ghrelin ('hunger' hormone) response, lower glucagon-like peptide…
- Conditions
- Appetite, Obesity, Ketones, Appetitive Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT06327464
- Testing
- Exogenous ketones
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Complex Regional Pain Syndromes, Distal Radius Fractures
Prednisone for CRPS in Distal Radius Fracture
Wrist fractures are the most prevalent adult fracture. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a common complication that can occur, leading to permanent disability and is costly to the patient and healthcare system.
- Trial name
- NCT06453447
- Testing
- Prednisone
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Depressive Disorder, Major, Cognitive Dysfunction
bWell-D Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the acceptability, feasibility, and validity of the bWell Cognitive Care Platform for Depression (bWell-D), a novel Virtual Reality (VR) cognitive assessment and remediation tool…
- Trial name
- NCT06546917
- Testing
- bWell Cognitive Remediation, VR Experience
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Pregnancy, Iron Deficiency
Efficacy and Adverse Side Effects of Two Forms of Iron in Pregnancy
This two-arm, double-blind randomized clinical trial will recruit 172 generally healthy, low-risk pregnant individuals aged 19-42 years living in Vancouver, Canada.
- Trial name
- EASE-Iron (NCT06014983)
- Testing
- Ferrous fumarate, Ferrous bisglycinate
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Pregnancy, Dietary Analysis
Leucine Requirements During Pregnancy
This study aims to understand how much leucine, an essential amino acid, and protein building block, healthy pregnant women need during early and late pregnancy.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Dietary Analysis, Protein
- Trial name
- NCT07437248
- Testing
- Leucine Intake
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Lungs on Fire: Wildfire Smoke, Incident Diseases, Susceptible Populations, and Community Values in Canada
Wildfire smoke (WFS) is the leading climate-related risk in Canada and the main source of harmful air pollution. While short-term breathing problems caused by smoke are well known, there is limited knowledge on how repeated…
- Conditions
- Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Cancer
- Trial name
- LoF (NCT07536178)
- Testing
- Woodsmoke (Lodgepole Pine) exposure, Filtered air exposure
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Endometrial Cancer
Detection of Endometrial Cancer Through Risk Modelling
The study goal is to investigate a non-invasive approach to predict endometrial cancer (EC) risk, better understand disease progression and identify opportunities for intervention.
- Trial name
- DETECTR (NCT06268626)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Knee
The GORUN Study: Gradual Onset of RUNning and Knee Joint Health in Novice Runners
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitating disease affecting millions worldwide. Exercise is a core treatment for knee OA, and is advocated by all clinical guidelines.
- Trial name
- GORUN (NCT07528885)
- Testing
- Running volume increase
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Cellulitis
Oral Moxifloxacin Versus Cefazolin and Oral Probenecid in the Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Emergency Department
Patients often come to the emergency department with bacterial skin infections (known as "cellulitis"). Some patients with very severe infections are admitted to hospital for antibiotic treatment and some are sent home on oral…
- Trial name
- NCT00323219
- Testing
- Cefazolin and Moxifloxacin
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Focus of Study: Oral Tolerance Test With Glucose, Lactose, Sucrose
Lactose, Sucrose & Corn Syrup Tolerance
Lactose, one of the key nutrients in human milk may be critically important to infants for more reasons than being a source of energy.
- Trial name
- NCT01789307
- Testing
- corn syrup solids, sucrose
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Endometrium Cancer
Risk Evaluation and Screening to Tailor Prevention and Reduce the Incidence of Endometrial Cancer
This study proposes to assess feasibility and acceptability of screening and risk reducing interventions in individuals at increased for endometrial cancer (EC).
- Trial name
- RESToRE (NCT05651282)
- Testing
- Provera
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), IBD
Exploring Fecal Calprotectin Levels, Maternal and Infant Microbiota, Infant Health, Nutrition, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes With Patient With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
The goal of this prospective longitudinal cohort study is to examine how the human microbiome of pregnant women-including bacteria and fungi in the gastrointestinal tract, vaginal canal, skin, and breastmilk-may influence infant…
- Conditions
- IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), IBD, IBD - Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pregnancy
- Trial name
- CALINA-IBD (NCT07385807)
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia