Clinical trials: Acute Illness
Acute Lung Injury, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Airway Pressure Release Ventilation in Acute Lung Injury
The purpose of this study is to compare airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) to conventional mechanical ventilation (MV) in patients with acute lung injury (ALI) to determine if APRV can reduce agitation, delirium, and…
- Conditions
- Acute Lung Injury, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Mechanical Ventilation
- Trial name
- NCT00750204
- Testing
- APRV, Conventional MV
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Critical Illness
A Study Promoting Critical Illness Recovery in the Elderly
This proposal will test the hypothesis that EARLY application of a novel early rehabilitation therapy in critically ill patients will improve functional outcomes, and change the functional trajectory of this population.
- Conditions
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Critical Illness, Critical Care
- Trial name
- ASPIRE (NCT02963558)
- Testing
- cycle ergometry
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Acute Respiratory Failure
Randomized Trial of Sedative Choice for Intubation
Among critically ill adults undergoing emergency tracheal intubation, one in five experience hypotension, cardiac arrest, or death.
- Trial name
- RSI (NCT05277896)
- Testing
- Ketamine, Etomidate
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,367 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Respiratory Disorders
Infectious Pathogens in Acute Respiratory Illness in Adults and Elderly
The aim of this study is to generate epidemiological data to further explore determinants of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and the contribution of bacterial and viral pathogens to Acute Exacerbation of COPD…
- Trial name
- NCT01360398
- Testing
- Blood sample, Sputum sample, Nasopharyngeal swab
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 127 people
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Respiratory Disease, Asthma in Children
Utility of Continuous Pulse Oximetry for Pediatric Patients With Stable Respiratory Illness
This is a randomized, prospective study to determine if there is a difference in hospital length of stay between patients receiving continuous hardwire cardiorespiratory monitoring and those receiving intermittent vital signs…
- Conditions
- Respiratory Disease, Asthma in Children, Pneumonia in Children, Bronchiolitis Acute
- Trial name
- NCT04407806
- Testing
- Continous Pulse oximeter, Intermittent Pulse oximeter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Corewell Health East
Aged, 80 and Over, Critical Illness
Intensive Care of Elderly: What do They Wish for Themselves?
Do very elderly adults wish intensive care in the event of acute life-threatening illness and are their next of kin able to predict these preferences? Very elderly patients are a steeply increasing patient population in intensive…
- Trial name
- NCT05149040
- Testing
- survey "Intensive care of very elderly: What do they wish for themselves?"
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 1,472 people
- Sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital
Acute Mountain Sickness
Altitude Sickness Prevention and Efficacy of Comparative Treatments
This study is designed to be the first to examine the novel drug budesonide for prevention of acute mountain sickness in comparison to acetazolamide and in the context of rapid ascent to high altitude.
- Trial name
- ASPECT (NCT02604173)
- Testing
- Budesonide, Acetazolamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Depression
Preventing Depression in People Receiving Mechanical Ventilation in an Intensive Care Unit
This study will determine the effectiveness of antidepressant medication in preventing depression and improving recovery in people who have been supported by mechanical ventilators in an intensive care unit (ICU).
- Trial name
- NCT00872027
- Testing
- Escitalopram
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Acute Mountain Sickness
Study Looking at End Expiratory Pressure for Altitude Illness Decrease (SLEEP-AID)
The study is examining if an over-the-counter device (Theravent) worn while sleeping can reduce acute mountain sickness upon awakening in a high altitude trekking population.
- Trial name
- SLEEP-AID (NCT01842906)
- Testing
- Theravent, Control
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 219 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Acute Respiratory Failure Requiring Mechanical Ventilation
Eye-Control Trial: Wearable Eye-Tracking Device as Means of Communication
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of use of a wearable communication device for critically ill patients who are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and mechanically ventilated.
- Trial name
- NCT04582149
- Testing
- EyeControl Eye-tracking Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Anti-Psychotic, Management of Manifestations of Psychotic Disorders
Assessment of Intra-subject Variability in the Bioavailability of Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Cycle) is developing an oral tablet formulation of Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride and intends to conduct bioequivalence trials to demonstrate its similarity to the RLD.
- Conditions
- Anti-Psychotic, Management of Manifestations of Psychotic Disorders, Treatment of Schizophrenia, Control Nausea and Vomiting
- Trial name
- NCT02943213
- Testing
- Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cycle Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Euthyroid Sick Syndrome
Effects of N-acetylcysteine on Low T3 Syndrome
The propose of this study is to determine whether N-acetylcysteine is effective in reversing the changes in thyroid hormones seen in critical illness, known as the low T3 syndrome.
- Conditions
- Acute Myocardial Infarction, Euthyroid Sick Syndrome, Ischemic Heart Disease
- Trial name
- NCT01501110
- Testing
- N-acetylcysteine
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Viral Infection, Acute Respiratory Infection
Urgent Care Management of Respiratory Illness Enabled With Novel Testing Pathway
Rapid diagnosis and precise treatment have become possible with multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) panels that can identify a variety of causative agents of acute respiratory illnesses such as bacterial and viral…
- Conditions
- Viral Infection, Acute Respiratory Infection, Upper Resp Tract Infection
- Trial name
- URGENT (NCT05467007)
- Testing
- BioFire® Respiratory Panel 2.1-EZ
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people
- Sponsor
- Andrew Meltzer
Healthy
Acute Respiratory Illness Surveillance (AcRIS) With Mobile Application in a Low-Interventional Decentralized Study.
The purpose of the AcRIS study is to obtain data to characterize the relationship between symptoms and voice features for (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome…
- Trial name
- NCT04748445
- Testing
- SARS-CoV-2/Influenza/RSV RT-PCR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9,151 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of MEDI7510 in Older Adults
This study will be the first assessment of the efficacy of MEDI7510 for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease. It will also provide estimates of vaccine efficacy and of endpoint incidence in the placebo arm.
- Trial name
- NCT02508194
- Testing
- MEDI7510, IIV
- Where
- 61 sites in United States, Canada and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 1,900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MedImmune LLC
Critical Illness, Acute Respiratory Failure
Trial of Supplemental Parenteral Nutrition in Under and Over Weight Critically Ill Patients (TOP-UP)
The specific aim of the proposed study is to conduct a pilot study involving 160 critically-ill lean and obese patients enrolled at 11 sites in Canada, the United States of America, Belgium and France in order to: Specific Aims…
- Trial name
- TOP-UP (NCT01206166)
- Testing
- Olimel (5.7%E / N9E)
- Where
- 12 sites in United States, Belgium and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- Clinical Evaluation Research Unit at Kingston General Hospital
Venous Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism
Study of Apixaban for the Prevention of Thrombosis-related Events in Patients With Acute Medical Illness
The purpose of this study is to learn if apixaban can prevent blood clots in the leg (deep vein thrombosis [DVT]) and lung (pulmonary embolism [PE]) that sometimes occur within patients hospitalized for acute medical illness, and…
- Trial name
- ADOPT (NCT00457002)
- Testing
- Apixaban, Enoxaparin
- Where
- 296 sites in United States, Argentina and 33 more
- Volunteers
- 6,758 people
- Sponsor
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
Acute Respiratory Failure
Pragmatic Trial Examining Oxygenation Prior to Intubation
Clinicians perform rapid sequence induction, laryngoscopy, and tracheal intubation for more than 5 million critically ill adults as a part of clinical care each year in the United States.
- Trial name
- PREOXI (NCT05267652)
- Testing
- Preoxygenation with Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation, Facemask Oxygen
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,301 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Critically Ill, Acute Kidney Injury
Activated Vitamin D for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of calcifediol (25-hydroxyvitamin D) and calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D) in preventing and reducing the severity of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients.
- Trial name
- ACTIVATE-AKI (NCT02962102)
- Testing
- Calcifediol, Calcitriol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- David Leaf
Other Acute Illnesses Presenting to the Hospital, Heart Failure
Evaluation of Implementation of a National Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training Program
This VA QUERI Partnered Evaluation Initiative will evaluate the impact of an immersive Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training Course on provider skill acquisition and retention; the frequency of POCUS use by trained providers…
- Conditions
- Other Acute Illnesses Presenting to the Hospital, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Deep Venous Thrombosis
- Trial name
- NCT03296280
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development