Clinical trials: sponsored by University Ghent
Dental Plaque, Dental Caries
Intraoral Scan and CBCT-Aided Diagnosis of Dental Plaque and Caries
This prospective clinical study aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of intraoral scans (IOS) for the detection of dental plaque and caries.
- Trial name
- NCT07555223
- Testing
- intraoral scan
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Suicidal Behavior, Suicidal Ideation
Evaluation of an App for Young People With Suicidal Thoughts
There are currently very few evidence-based tools specifically designed to support children and adolescents experiencing suicidal thoughts.
- Conditions
- Suicidal Behavior, Suicidal Ideation, Coping Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT07165561
- Testing
- Smartphone App
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Physiologic Monitoring, Self-report Questionnaire
Can the Belgian Coastal Environment Improve Physical and Cognitive Health in Older Adults?
The goal of this interventional study is to learn if exposure to coastal environments improves the physical and cognitive health of older adults over the age of 60.
- Conditions
- Physiologic Monitoring, Self-report Questionnaire, Sleep Quality, Cognitive Function
- Trial name
- NCT06893224
- Testing
- Coastal exposure, Urban exposure
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Suicide Prevention, Suicidal Ideation
Co-creation of Tools for Men With Suicidal Thoughts and/or Behavior
The primary objective of this project is to co-create suicide prevention tools for men with suicidal thoughts ensuring these tools are supported by their future users.
- Conditions
- Suicide Prevention, Suicidal Ideation, Suicidal Behaviour
- Trial name
- NCT06629220
- Testing
- Tools
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Suicide, Suicidal Ideation
Evaluation of a Training for Healthcare Providers in Supporting Men Experiencing Suicidal Ideation
The primary objective of this study is to assess how healthcare providers perceive and evaluate the developed e-learning. The findings will inform potential adjustments to enhance the e-learning as needed.
- Trial name
- NCT06810713
- Testing
- Gatekeeper training (e-learning)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 119 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Gait
Dual-tasking Effect on Gait in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder
The aim of the study is to collect data in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) aged between 7 and 17 years for analyses of the gait pattern while walking at the Gait Real-time Analysis Interactive Lab (GRAIL)…
- Trial name
- NCT06400043
- Testing
- Cognitive dual-task, Motor dual-task
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Cervical Cancer
Efficacy of Offering a Self-sampling Device by the GP to Reach Underscreened Women
The ESSAG trial invests the impact of offering a free self-sampling device (SSD) on the cervical cancer screening rate of underscreened women.
- Trial name
- ESSAG (NCT05656976)
- Testing
- Provision of self sampling device by the GP, Provision of self sampling device by letter
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 3,375 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Cochlear Synaptopathy
Evaluation of the CochSyn Test Prototype to Measure Cochlear Synaptopathy
This study investigates a newly developed test, The CochSyn test that can quantify cochlear synaptopathy (CS) (a new type of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL)) earlier than the current golden standard pure-tone audiogram.This…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Cochlear Synaptopathy, Cochlear Hearing Loss
- Trial name
- EarDiTech (NCT06114680)
- Testing
- CochSyn test prototype, Universal Smart Box (USB)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 179 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Cochlear Hearing Loss
Evaluation of the CochSyn Device in Clinical Practice
This study investigates a new type of auditory evoked brain potentials for the quantification and classification of peripheral hearing damage (The CochSyn Test).
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Cochlear Hearing Loss, Cochlear Synaptopathy, DFNA9
- Trial name
- Earditech 2 (NCT07091071)
- Testing
- CochSyn device
- Where
- 3 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Deprescribing, Antidepressant
General Practitioner & Pharmacist Support for Discontinuing Long-term Antidepressants in Clinically Stable Patients
In Belgium, many adults who have suffered from depression keep using antidepressants on a daily basis for years afterwards, sometimes longer than guidelines recommend.
- Conditions
- Deprescribing, Antidepressant, Depression Disorder, Discontinuation
- Trial name
- GPS-AD (NCT07398053)
- Testing
- GPS-AD intervention
- Volunteers
- 324 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup B, Transgender Persons
Investigating Gender and Sex Differences in Immune Responses Through Vaccination of Transgender and Cisgender Persons
Sexual differences are a well-established source of biological variation in immune system functioning, with men often displaying lower adaptive immune responses (e.g.
- Conditions
- Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup B, Transgender Persons, Sex Differences in Immune Response, Vaccination
- Trial name
- Vaxxygender (NCT06832514)
- Testing
- Serogroup B meningococal vaccine
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Bone Resorption
Comparison of Three Transmucosal Augmentation Techniques in Immediate Implant Placement
Patients undergoing single immediate implant placement (IIP) in the premaxilla will be invited to participate in this randomized controlled trial (RCT).
- Trial name
- NCT06820489
- Testing
- Conventional connective tissue graft after immediate implant placement, Scarf connective tissue graft after immediate implant placement, Dual zone concept after immediate implant placement
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Patient Safety, Endovascular Procedures
Introduction of an Operating Room Black Box to Identify, Analyse and Prevent Errors in the Vascular Hybrid Room
The "OR Black box", an inclusive multiport data capturing system has been developed and successfully used for detailed analysis of laparoscopic surgical procedures.
- Conditions
- Patient Safety, Endovascular Procedures, Quality Improvement
- Trial name
- NCT04854278
- Testing
- Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Irritant Dermatitis, Stoma Site Dermatitis
Effectiveness of 3M Cavilon Advanced Skin Protectant in the Treatment of Moisture-associated Skin Damage in Hospitals
Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of 3M™ Cavilon™ Advanced Skin Protectant in the treatment of partial-thickness wounds caused by moisture (MASD) compared to usual wound care treatment.
- Conditions
- Irritant Dermatitis, Stoma Site Dermatitis, Wound of Skin
- Trial name
- ISR-CASP-MASD (NCT06178289)
- Testing
- 3M Cavilon Advanced Skin Protectant, Standard hospital wound treatment protocol
- Where
- 3 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Suicide Prevention, Suicide
Co-creation of Tools for People in Detention With Suicidal Thoughts and/or Behavior
People in detention are at significantly higher risk of suicide compared to the general population. In Belgian prisons, the suicide rate is five times higher than average.
- Conditions
- Suicide Prevention, Suicide, Suicidal Ideation
- Trial name
- NCT07259408
- Testing
- Co-creation process for suicide prevention tools in detention
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Bone Resorption
State of the Art Immediate Implant Placement in the Premaxilla
The goal of this clinical study is to learn how well immediate implant placement works in the front upper jaw (premaxilla) when using flapless guided surgery, hard and soft tissue augmentation, and immediate provisional crowns.
- Trial name
- NCT07080710
- Testing
- Immediate implant placement
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Speech Intelligibility, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
The Influence of the Individual Auditory-cognitive Need on the Aided Benefit Using Different Feature Settings
The goal of this clinical trial is to optimize hearing aid benefit based on the individual auditory-cognitive need using different hearing aid features in first-time hearing aid users between 45-80 years old with bilateral Phonak…
- Trial name
- NCT06420037
- Testing
- Hearing aid feature adjustment (frequency compression) of the following hearing aids: Phonak Audéo Paradise/Lumity 70, Hearing aid feature adjustment (noise reduction) of the following hearing aids: Phonak Audéo Paradise/Lumity 70, Cognitive screening and vision screening
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Environmental Enteric Dysfunction (EED)
Maternal Probiotic Intervention to Improve Gut Health - Trial II - Burkina Faso (MPIGH-II)
Burden: Environmental Enteric Dysfunction (EED) is an enteropathic condition characterized by altered gut permeability, infiltration of immune cells and changes in villous architecture and cell differentiation.
- Trial name
- MPIGH-II (NCT07134790)
- Testing
- VE818, Oral Vancomycin
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Healthy
The Effects of a Moderate Intensity Training Program Versus a High Intensity Training Program on Central Pain Processing
Previous studies have shown that healthy individuals who take more steps per day and who spend more time on moderate- to vigorous-intensity activities exhibit better pain inhibition and less pain facilitation.
- Trial name
- ChronicPA-PAIN (NCT06207422)
- Testing
- Moderate intensity training program, High intensity training program
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Suicide Prevention, Informal Caregivers
Needs Assessment Among Carers of Someone With Suicidal Thoughts
With this study the investigators would like to gain insight into the experienced needs carers of individuals with suicidal thoughts, who attempted suicide or who died by suicide.
- Trial name
- NCT06611956
- Testing
- No intervention (observational study)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 2,255 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent