Clinical trials: sponsored by Stanford University
Risk Reduction
Pediatric Source Control for Hazardous Particulate Exposure in Aerosol Generating Procedures
There are two purposes of this study. The first purpose is to determine the exposure seen by medical providers (e.g. anesthesiologists, surgeons, and nurses) to infectious and smoke particulates generated during…
- Trial name
- NCT04577209
- Testing
- Disposable oxygen face tent
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Intubation Complication
Diagnostic Accuracy of Core Stethoscope Auscultation vs. Point of Care Ultrasound in Placement of Endotracheal Tube
Misplacement of endotracheal tube (ETT) can have devastating complications for patients, some of which include respiratory failure, atelectasis, and pneumothorax.
- Trial name
- NCT04797520
- Testing
- Eko CORE Stethoscope, Point of care ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Electrocardiogram
Surface ECG Mapping
This study aims to confirm a scientific concept that superficially placed electrocardiogram (ECG) leads may be compared to one another to help determine positioning.
- Trial name
- NCT04221958
- Testing
- Electrocardiogram
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Anesthesia
Survey of Anesthesiology Residents' Perceptions of Critical Care Medicine as a Career
This study's goal is to investigate the reasons behind the decline in interest in critical care fellowships among anesthesia residents.
- Trial name
- NCT05566067
- Testing
- Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Scoliosis; Juvenile, Scoliosis; Adolescence
Erector Spinae Plane Blockade in Pediatric Scoliosis Surgery Patients
Providing effective analgesia after spinal fusion for idiopathic scoliosis remains a challenge with significant practice variation existing among high volume spine surgery centers.
- Trial name
- NCT04153994
- Testing
- Erector Spinae Plane Blockade
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Inferior Vena Cava Abnormality
Transhepatic Versus Subcostal Views to Assess Inferior Vena Cava Variation in Pediatric Patients
Currently, in order to visualize the inferior vena cava (IVC) of the heart using ultrasound, physicians traditionally place the ultrasound probe onto the "Subcostal" area which is located below the chest in the upper abdomen…
- Trial name
- NCT04298216
- Testing
- Ultrasound Analysis of Inferior Vena Cavae (IVC)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Congenital Heart Disease in Children, Neurologic Complication
Erector Spinae Plane Block in Congenital Heart Disease Patients
Pediatric cardiac patients undergoing surgical anesthesia are at an increased risk of poor neurologic outcome (20-50%). Unattenuated anesthetic exposure and pain contributes to physiologic perturbations that may increase…
- Trial name
- NCT04158024
- Testing
- Erector Spinae Plane Block
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Gastric Contents
Bedside Ultrasound of Gastric Contents in Pediatric Populations
Perioperative aspiration of gastric contents is a rare but serious adverse event. The risk of aspiration can be estimated by perioperative evaluation of stomach contents with ultrasound using a validated technique and scoring…
- Trial name
- NCT03520374
- Testing
- Ultrasonography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Obstetric Pain, Anesthesia, Local
Obstetric Placement Study Using EST
Combined spinal-epidural (CSE) is an established technique for providing labour analgesia to obstetric patients which provides rapid onset but unsustained analgesia.
- Trial name
- NCT04109365
- Testing
- Electrical Epidural Stimulation Test (EST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Pediatric ALL
Umbilical Vessel Catheterization Under ECG Monitoring and Guidance
Umbilical venous catheters (UVC) are typically places with poor guidance and some radiological confirmation. Misplacement of the catheter could lead to its placement in other unintended anatomical areas such as the liver or the…
- Trial name
- NCT03898596
- Testing
- ECG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Obstetric Pain, Anesthesia, Local
The Use of Electrical Stimulation for Determination of Epidural Catheter Placement
The aim of this study is to address the problem of epidural failure. The investigators theorize epidural failure can be due to inappropriate catheter movement and this may be related to the length of which the epidural catheter…
- Trial name
- NCT06055686
- Testing
- Electrical Epidural Stimulation Test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Obstetric Pain, Anesthesia, Local
Electrical Epidural Stimulation Test for Detecting Epidural Catheter Reactivation in Obstetric Population
Following labor, epidural or combined spinal-epidural (CSE) catheters are kept in place and deactivated. However, many women opt for procedures such as tubal ligation, which may require epidural anesthesia as a method of pain…
- Trial name
- NCT04983511
- Testing
- Electrical Epidural Stimulation Test (EST)
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Surgical Recovery, Pain, Postoperative
Oxidative Stress and Surgical Recovery
Chronic pain, functional impairment and slow rates of recovery are key issues for patients after surgery and trauma. No preventative strategy in current use unequivocally modifies these rates, and few novel approaches have been…
- Trial name
- NCT04732000
- Testing
- N-acetyl cysteine, Normal Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
End of Life, Cancer
Lay Health Worker Expanded Intervention in Community Oncology Practices
Undertreated patient symptoms and resulting acute care use require approaches that improve symptom-burden. Previously a lay health worker (LHW)-led symptom screening intervention was developed for patients with cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT04463992
- Testing
- Program participants, Usual Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 416 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Nearsightedness, Astigmatism
High Resolution Wavefront-guided vs. Wavefront Optimized LASIK
The investigators are comparing outcomes of LASIK surgery using a high definition wavefront-guided laser to a wavefront-optimized laser in patients with nearsightedness with and without astigmatism.
- Trial name
- NCT02565537
- Testing
- LASIK
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
PTSD
A Comparative Effectiveness Study of PTSD Treatments Among Sexual and Gender Minority Populations
The goal of this clinical trial is see if Cognitive Processing Therapy and STAIR Narrative Therapy work to treat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex…
- Trial name
- LIFESCAPE (NCT06367764)
- Testing
- Cognitive Processing Therapy, STAIR Narrative Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Huntington Disease
Huntington's Disease Biobank: Advancing Remote Monitoring and Deep Phenotyping
This observational study aims to identify novel biomarkers of disease onset and progression in Huntington's disease by integrating remote monitoring with fluid biomarkers.
- Trial name
- NCT06941662
- Testing
- computer vision, remote monitoring, blood, urine, wrist bands, mobile-app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Cervix Cancer, Endometrial Cancer
Bone Marrow Sparing Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (RT) Incorporating Novel Use of GCSF and FDG-PET Imaging
This is a research study using Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor (GCSF) as a bone marrow stimulating agent for imaging to guide radiation treatment planning. G-CSF is a type of growth factor.
- Trial name
- NCT04514692
- Testing
- GCSF
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Postoperative Pain, Acute, Shoulder Pain
Electrical Stimulation for Erector Spinae Plane Catheter Insertion
The erector spinae plane (ESP) block has been studied for analgesia in shoulder surgery as a phrenic nerve-sparing alternative. However, successful ESP catheter placement appears multifactorial, with failure mechanisms including…
- Trial name
- NCT05653570
- Testing
- Electrical stimulation, Ultrasound
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Limiting AAA With Metformin (LIMIT) Trial
In this research, the investigators are looking at the effects of a drug called metformin may have on the growth of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)s.
- Trial name
- LIMIT (NCT04500756)
- Testing
- Metformin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 314 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
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