Clinical trials: sponsored by Unity Health Toronto
Colorectal Cancer, Cancer Screening
Social Media for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Using social media for health promotion is an innovative and emerging approach but remains relatively unexplored in cancer screening.
- Trial name
- NCT04296630
- Testing
- Social media message #1, Social media message #2, Social media message #3
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 56,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Acute Kidney Injury
Standard vs. Accelerated Initiation of RRT in Acute Kidney Injury (STARRT-AKI: Principal Trial)
The objectives of this trial are to determine whether, in critically ill patients with severe acute kidney injury (AKI), randomization to accelerated initiation of renal replacement therapy (RRT), compared to standard initiation…
- Trial name
- NCT02568722
- Testing
- Standard RRT initiation, Accelerated RRT initiation
- Where
- 105 sites in United States, Australia and 13 more
- Volunteers
- 3,019 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Older Adults, Social Isolation
Adaptation and Implementation of an Intensive Geriatric Service Worker (IGSW) Model of Care for Socially Isolated Older Adults
In this study, participants will be randomly assigned to receive either the intervention or control treatment for up to 6 months.
- Trial name
- NCT06603610
- Testing
- Intensive geriatric service worker model of care, Information brochure and telephone follow-up support
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Ketamine Infusion in Neurologic Deficit
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) or bleeding in the brain as a result of ruptured aneurysm is a devastating type of stroke. Many patients who undergo emergent neurosurgery to repair the aneurysm and remove the bleeding suffer from…
- Trial name
- KIND (NCT02636218)
- Testing
- Ketamine, 0.9% NaCl
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
HIV Testing, HIV Infections
Near Patient Study of the OraQuick ADVANCE® HIV-1/2 Rapid Antibody Test in Oral Fluid and Fingerstick Whole Blood
Point-of-care (POC) tests for HIV are easy to use, rapid and provide accurate results while the patient is still in-front of a healthcare provider (HCP).
- Trial name
- NCT04810559
- Testing
- OraQuick ADVANCE® HIV-1/2 Rapid Antibody Test
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
HIV, HIV Self-testing
Our Healthbox - Evaluating Interactive Dispensing Systems for Low-Barrier Access to HIV Testing and Harm Reduction.
When REACH Nexus at MAP Centre for Urban Solutions out of St. Michael's Hospital launched its signature program, I'm Ready in 2021, our goal was to democratize access to free HIV self-testing to reach the undiagnosed in Canada.
- Conditions
- HIV, HIV Self-testing, Harm Reduction, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT05516069
- Testing
- Our Healthbox (smart vending machine or interactive dispensing system)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Poverty
Screening for Poverty And Related Social Determinants to Improve Knowledge of and Links to Resources (SPARK)
The SPARK RCT will test the impact of engagement with a Community Health Worker who is embedded in interprofessional primary care teams on change in estimated annual income at 6 months for people living in poverty.
- Trial name
- SPARK (NCT04461080)
- Testing
- Community Health Worker
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Violence, Assault
Evaluation of Thriving, Substance Use, Mental Health, and Repeat Injury Among Participants in the THRIVE Program
The goal of this observational study is to determine the impact of a hospital-based violence intervention program on a person's capacity to thrive and recurrent intentional injury. The aims of this study are: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT06455943
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Surgery-Complications, Postoperative Complications
FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT FOR SURGERY BY A TIMED WALK
The FAST Walk study aims to determine whether a walking test called the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) can help identify people who are more likely to experience complications after surgery. This test will be completed before surgery.
- Trial name
- FAST Walk (NCT06412367)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,672 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Reverse Triggering, Patient Ventilator Dyssynchrony
Intrinsic Respiratory Rate Assessment During Mechanical Ventilation to Accelerate Spontaneous Breathing and Extubation
The goal of this study is to identify patients with reverse triggering who's the potential to breath spontaneously is hidden because of the ventilator management strategy by performing a simple 30sec-test with includes reducing…
- Trial name
- INTRINSIC (NCT06445049)
- Testing
- brief test
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Cancer
Genetics Adviser: Evaluating a Digital Decision Support Tool for Genetic Results
Oncologists are increasingly using genomic sequencing to diagnose and optimize care for their patients. A consequence of this technology is its capacity to detect a patient's risk for thousands of current and future conditions or…
- Trial name
- NCT04725565
- Testing
- Genetics ADvISER Decision Aid Plus Standard Genetic Counselling, Standard Genetic Counseling
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 133 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Suicide, Major Depressive Disorder
Effect of Suicidality on Social Cognition
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a very common illness that is usually treated with antidepressant medication. Depression can be caused by many things such as childhood experiences, genetics, and changes in the way the body and…
- Trial name
- NCT06163612
- Testing
- Clinical Interview, Clinical Questionnaires, Brain Scan
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Treatment Resistant Depression, Major Depressive Disorder
Sustained Mood Improvement With Laughing Gas Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial
The purpose of the study is to investigate a short-term treatment option for major depressive disorders by administering nitrous oxide gas.
- Trial name
- SMILE (NCT04957368)
- Testing
- Nitrous Oxide 99 %, Oxygen + Midazolam
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Mpox (Monkeypox)
Looking for Asymptomatic Mpox in a Population at High Risk
Mpox is caused by a virus that can be spread through touching the affected skin of someone who has the infection, touching sheets or clothes that has been used by someone with the infection, or breathing in particles of virus…
- Trial name
- LAMP (NCT06353737)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
HIV Infections
Virtual PrEP: Rendering PrEP Delivery More Efficient
Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM) account for over half of new HIV infections in Canada each year, and have a 131-fold higher risk of HIV than other Canadian men.
- Trial name
- VPrEP (NCT05159531)
- Testing
- PrEP, mHealth Model of Care, Standard of Care
- Where
- 5 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection
Phage Therapy for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection
This is a single-patient, phase I/II clinical trial that aims to evaluate the potential of bacteriophage therapy to treat and prevent the recurrence of a drug-resistant urinary tract infection with serious long-term effects.
- Trial name
- NCT05537519
- Testing
- Phage Therapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Fluid Overload, Critical Illness
Role of Active Deresuscitation After Resuscitation:
The RADAR-Canada trial is a pilot RCT undertaken to assess the acceptability of, compliance with, and biologic consequences of a deresuscitation protocol designed to expedite the removal of excess interstitial fluid in patients…
- Conditions
- Fluid Overload, Critical Illness, Sepsis, ARDS
- Trial name
- RADAR-Canada (NCT06326112)
- Testing
- Furosemide Injection, Metolazone Tablets
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Traumatic Brain Injury, Trauma, Nervous System
Remote Ischemic Conditioning as a Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury
The prevention of secondary brain injury is a primary goal in treating patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Secondary brain injury results from tissue ischemia induced by increased vascular resistance in the at-risk…
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Trauma, Nervous System, Reperfusion Injury, Ischemia, Brain
- Trial name
- NCT03176823
- Testing
- CellAegis Technologies autoRIC device, Best Practice Management of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Monkeypox
Mpox Prospective Observational Cohort Study
The goal of this multicentre prospective observational cohort study is to shed light on the following unknowns: 1. The clinical manifestations of Mpox infection since the 2022 outbreak in Canada. 2.
- Trial name
- MPOCS (NCT06291259)
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Distress, Emotional, Stress Response Among Nursing Professionals During the COVID-19
Digital Interventions to Understand and Mitigate Stress Response
Stress, anxiety, distress, and burnout are exceptionally high among healthcare workers at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Conditions
- Distress, Emotional, Stress Response Among Nursing Professionals During the COVID-19, Stress Reaction; Acute
- Trial name
- NCT05923398
- Testing
- Digital Intervention Group
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto