Clinical trials: sponsored by Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Contraception, Birth Control
Safety of a Contraceptive Copper Vaginal Ring
Many birth control options today come with unwanted side effects or risks. Hormonal methods can affect both mental and physical health, while devices like copper IUDs carry risks such as uterine perforation or infection.
- Conditions
- Contraception, Birth Control, Pregnancy Prevention
- Trial name
- NCT07666997
- Testing
- Vaginal Ring
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Elle, MD Biotechnologies Inc.
Cellulitis
High-dose Cephalexin for Cellulitis (HI-DOCC)
Cellulitis is a common condition diagnosed and managed in the ED that carries significant burden on healthcare systems globally. Cellulitis is the 8th most common reason patients present to an ED in Canada.
- Trial name
- HI-DOCC (NCT05852262)
- Testing
- Cephalexin
- Where
- 10 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 454 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Lower Gastrointestinal Disorder, Tolerance
A Pilot Study of Commercially Available Bowel Preparation Regimens Packaged and Ingested Via Vegan Capsules
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether bowel preparation powders used before colonoscopy can be taken as capsules instead of being mixed and drunk as a liquid.
- Trial name
- CLEAR-CAP (NCT07700277)
- Testing
- Sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide, and citric acid capsules, Polyethylene glycol 3350 with electrolytes capsules
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Shoulder Instability
Surgical Treatment of Recurrent Shoulder Dislocations
This is a pilot multi-centre, double blinded randomized controlled trial. The primary outcome of this pilot trial will be feasibility.
- Trial name
- NCT05564494
- Testing
- Bankart Repair, Anatomic Glenoid Reconstruction
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
Small Airways Diseases, Vaping
The Canadian Lung Outcomes in Users of Vaping Devices Study
Vaping is increasingly popular with both adolescent and adult Canadians, but the long-term health impacts remain unknown. We believe that the tools we currently have to detect lung disease in people who vape may be insufficient…
- Conditions
- Small Airways Diseases, Vaping, Vaping Related Disorder, Vaping Teens
- Trial name
- CLOUD (NCT06819969)
- Where
- 8 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Tobacco Dependence, COPD Asthma
Cytisine vs Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Tobacco is the most preventable cause of disease and death in Canada. Although the tobacco use rate has substantially gone down in the general population, significant differences exist between sub-populations in Canada, for…
- Conditions
- Tobacco Dependence, COPD Asthma, Mental Illness, Substance Use
- Trial name
- NCT03249428
- Testing
- Cytisine, Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Neuromuscular Disease
B3 for NMD: Bench to Bedside and Back
Background: Neuromuscular diseases (NMD) represent a broad group of rare genetic and acquired disorders, affecting over 300,000 people in Canada.
- Trial name
- NCT04417023
- Testing
- B3 for NMD: Bench to Bedside and Back
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Nicotine Dependence, Substance Use Disorders
Healthy People Initiative (HPI)
Addictions do not occur in isolation. Tackling addictions requires addressing social determinants such as isolation, homelessness, marginalization, and unemployment.
- Trial name
- HPI (NCT03506867)
- Testing
- Life skills, training, education and work/volunteer opportunities, Usual Care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asthma
Folic Acid Clinical Trial: Follow up of Children (FACT 4 Child)
FACT 4 Child is a follow up study of mothers who participated in the Folic Acid Clinical Trial (NCT01355159) and their children at 4-6 years of age to determine the effect of high dose folic acid supplementation on social…
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asthma, Executive Dysfunction, Emotional Problem
- Trial name
- NCT03269110
- Testing
- SRS 2, CBCL, BRIEF-P
- Where
- 58 sites in Australia, Canada and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 664 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Cannabis Use, Marijuana Use
Cannabis Use in Pregnancy and Downstream Effects on Maternal and Infant Health
With perinatal cannabis use rising in Canada, robust data on short-term and long-term effects on newborns are urgently needed. However, past barriers to obtain robust data included limited sample sizes, low self-reporting and no…
- Trial name
- CUPiD (NCT05309226)
- Testing
- Cannabis use in pregnancy or cannabis exposure in utero
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Cardiac Arrest
Comparison of Bystander Fatigue and CPR Quality When Using Two Different CPR Ratios.
STUDY OBJECTIVES The overall goal of this study is to compare bystander fatigue and CPR quality after 5 minutes of the new 30:2 versus the old 15:2 chest compression to ventilation International Resuscitation Guidelines, in a…
- Trial name
- NCT00380757
- Testing
- bystander CPR using 30:2 ratio vs 15:2 ratio
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Healthy, Adult ALL
Motion Capture as a Tool for the Assessment of Laparoscopic Performance
The goal of this study is to 1) identify motion capture variables that can be used to differentiate surgical experience level and 2) evaluate if these variables can be used in a surgical education setting to improve resident…
- Trial name
- NCT04646304
- Testing
- Objective Feedback (Motion Capture)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Bereavement, Severe Grief Reaction
Supporting Family Members With Severe Grief Reaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This is a feasibility study taking place at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH), Hôpital Montfort, and Queensway Carleton Hospital that seeks to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on family member bereavement and study the effect…
- Trial name
- NCT04588415
- Testing
- Bereavement Virtual Support Group
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Severe Grief Reaction
ICU BEREAVE: Feasibility of a Multi-component Bereavement Support Intervention to Prevent Severe Grief Reaction
Nearly 1% of the Canadian population dies every year. When people die, their bereaved family members (FMs) normally experience grief that diminishes over time and without serious psychological or medical impairment.
- Trial name
- NCT03985592
- Testing
- Education
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
COVID-19
Mix and Match of the COVID-19 Vaccine for Safety and Immunogenicity
The main goals of this study are to assess the immune response and safety of two different vaccines for first, second, third and fourth doses as well as for differing intervals between the first and second dose of two-dose…
- Trial name
- MOSAIC (NCT04894435)
- Testing
- mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, BNT162b2, ChAdOx1-S [recombinant]
- Where
- 8 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 669 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Canadian Immunization Research Network
Prenatal Disorder, Aneuploidy
PErsonalized Genomics for Prenatal Abnormalities Screening USing Maternal Blood
This project aims to provide high- quality evidence to inform decisions by health care organisations about using first-tier non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS) to replace traditional screening tests for trisomy 21, and…
- Trial name
- PEGASUS-2 (NCT03831256)
- Testing
- Traditional integrated prenatal screening, Second-tier Non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS), First-tier Non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS)
- Where
- 6 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 7,849 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval
Cellulitis
High-dose vs. Standard-dose Cephalexin for Cellulitis
Cellulitis is a painful bacterial infection of the skin and underlying tissue that needs antibiotic treatment. There are approximately 193,000 visits to Canadian emergency departments (EDs) each year for cellulitis.
- Trial name
- NCT04471246
- Testing
- Cephalexin
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Osteoarthritis
Feasibility Study: Effect of Patient Decision Aids for Total Joint Replacement on Surgical Referrals
Ministries of Health consider wait lists for total joint replacement a top priority. Research priorities to manage wait lists indicate the need to establish benchmarks that consider patient preferences.
- Trial name
- NCT00743951
- Testing
- 1 Patient decision aid, 2 Usual care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 142 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Postoperative Complications
Comparative Effectiveness of Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Outpatient Shoulder Surgery
This retrospective, population-based cohort study will evaluate the comparative effectiveness of peripheral nerve blocks on patient outcomes after ambulatory shoulder surgery in adults patients undergoing surgery in Ottawa…
- Trial name
- NCT03309644
- Testing
- Peripheral nerve blockade, No peripheral nerve blockade
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,623 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Elective Surgical Procedures
A Patient-oriented Risk Communication Tool to Improve Patient Experience, Knowledge and Outcomes After Elective Surgery
Many people have inpatient surgery each day. Most people will have no complications but some will have minor or serious complications.
- Trial name
- NCT03422133
- Testing
- Patient-oriented, personalized risk communication eHealth application
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 201 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute