Clinical trials: Best Practice
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Diaphragm Mobilization in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a three-dimensional spinal deformity that can affect posture, trunk movement, and respiratory function.
- Trial name
- NCT07482748
- Testing
- Diaphragm Mobilization, Schroth Best Practice Exercise Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Disability
RETAIN Kentucky Impact Evaluation
The Retaining Employment and Talent after Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN) demonstration is a collaborative effort between the U.S.
- Trial name
- NCT05173350
- Testing
- RETAIN KY, Active Comparator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,153 people
- Sponsor
- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Diabetes Mellitus, Cardiovascular Diseases
Dissemination of CVD Risk Factor Treatment Among Diabetic Patients in Safety Net Clinics
The purpose of the ALL Study is to determine the effectiveness of the dissemination of the ALL intervention from an integrated care setting into Community Health Centers (CHCs) by measuring changes in diabetes mellitus (DM)…
- Trial name
- ALL (NCT02299791)
- Testing
- ALL
- Volunteers
- 4,856 people
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Hoarding Disorder, Attentional Impairment
Cognitive Remediation for Neuropsychological Impairment in Compulsive Hoarding
The primary aim of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to examine whether cognitive remediation, compared to a placebo, improves attention and related cognitive functions in patients with compulsive hoarding.
- Trial name
- NCT01451697
- Testing
- Cognitive Remediation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Hartford Hospital
Headache
Equity in Diagnostic Imaging Trial
This study will 1) Develop two interventions: a) an audit-feedback email intervention that provides clinicians with data on CT scan ordering practices by patient race; and b) a clinical decision support (CDS) message in the…
- Trial name
- EDIT (NCT01611714)
- Testing
- Audit-feedback, Clinical Decision Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 181 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
HIV Prevention
Are Louisiana Pharmacists PrEPared? Implementing Training and an Active PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) Prescribing Surveillance Program
Though broadening PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) availability to Louisiana pharmacies addresses key access issues for Louisiana's population, there is no current baseline data which explore current pharmacist and pharmacies'…
- Trial name
- NCT06530225
- Testing
- Education and Mentoring for Prescribing Pharmacists
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Xavier University of Louisiana.
Asthma
Feasibility of a Clinician Training Program to Improve Patient-provider Communication in the Presence of Health IT Systems in the Exam Room
The investigators propose to modify and expand the internationally-recognized evidence-based Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE) program to make it a suitable tool for training primary care clinicians on the effective use of…
- Trial name
- NCT02915068
- Testing
- EHR-Physician Asthma Care Education Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Evidence Based Best Care Practice for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
The study evaluates a theory-based educational intervention and implementation strategy on the use of the Dix-Hallpike test (DHT) and Canalith Repositioning Maneuver (CRM) in a community Emergency Department (ED) setting.
- Trial name
- NCT02809599
- Testing
- DIZZTINCT
- Volunteers
- 7,635 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Spondylolisthesis
Safety and Preliminary Effectiveness of NVD-001 for the Treatment of Low Grade Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
A prospective multi-centre, randomised, controlled study to evaluate the safety and preliminary effectiveness of NVD-001 for the treatment of low grade degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis by interbody fusion (L1 - S1).
- Trial name
- Spine1 (NCT03100032)
- Testing
- NVD-001, Standard of Care
- Where
- 12 sites in Belgium, Czechia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Novadip Biosciences
Arrhythmia
Trial of a Best-Practice Alert in the Electronic Medical Record to Reduce Unnecessary Telemetry Monitoring
This is a randomized trial of a best-practice alert delivered via the electronic medical record (Apex) to physicians on the Medicine service at UCSF Medical Center over a six month period.
- Trial name
- NCT02529176
- Testing
- Best-practice alert
- Volunteers
- 1,021 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss
P-CHAT: Comparison of Direct to Consumer Delivery Models for Hearing Devices
Satisfaction and benefit from hearing aids fit using two patient self fit methods will be compared against those fit using audiology-based best practices.
- Trial name
- P-CHAT (NCT04618315)
- Testing
- Hearing Aids
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 584 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I
rTMS and Rehabilitation for Individuals With CRPS Type 1
Subjects with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) Type 1 will be randomized to receive repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) followed by rehabilitation or sham rTMS followed by rehabilitation.
- Trial name
- NCT05745025
- Testing
- Repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Rehabilitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
Kidney Transplant, Patient Education
A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Pre-Transplant Education Intervention
A multi-center, randomized, controlled clinical trial will be conducted to test the effectiveness of a home-based video intervention on improving kidney transplant candidate's knowledge, self-efficacy, quality of life, beliefs in…
- Conditions
- Kidney Transplant, Patient Education, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT03633136
- Testing
- electronic video education
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 162 people
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
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
Acute Heart Failure (AHF), Implementation Research
Implementation of Acute Heart Failure Checklist
Patients with acute heart failure (AHF) commonly present to the emergency department (ED) with difficulty breathing and often have poor outcomes or death.
- Trial name
- NCT07727304
- Testing
- CAEP Acute Heart Failure (AHF) Best Practices Checklist Implementation, Usual care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 5,040 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
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
Depressive Disorder, Major, Bipolar Depression
Ketamine Versus Electroconvulsive Therapy in Depression
While there are effective treatments for depression available, some patients do not see results with these options. Often, these patients are referred to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) which has drawbacks such as adverse side…
- Trial name
- NCT03674671
- Testing
- Intravenous Ketamine, Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
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
Difficult Airway
Thyromental Height Test Versus Sternomental Displacement in Elderly
The study is designed to evaluate the validity of the SMDD as a predictor of difficult airway in elderly and to compare its validity with that of the TMHT.
- Trial name
- NCT05414214
- Testing
- Thyromental Height Test, Sternomental displacement, General anesthesia
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University