Clinical trials: Costs
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Prehospital Telemedicine Feasibility/Acceptability Pilot
Teleconsultation, or the use of video telecommunications technology to deliver expert recommendations for care remotely, has been used to improve the safety and quality of emergency care for children in hospital-based acute care…
- Trial name
- NCT05967624
- Testing
- Teleconsultation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Menorrhagia
Medical Therapy Versus Radiofrequency Endometrial Ablation in the Initial Treatment of Menorrhagia
Excessive menstrual loss (menorrhagia) is a common condition that affects women of reproductive age, and can result in anemia, chronic fatigue and lost wages from work.
- Trial name
- iTOM (NCT01165307)
- Testing
- Estradiol 30mcg / Levonorgestrel 150mcg monophasic oral contraceptive pills, Naproxen sodium pills, NovaSure® Radiofrequency Endometrial Ablation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- Abimbola Famuyide
Breast Cancer
Streamlined Localization Using SCOUT® at Biopsy (STREAMLoc )
This registry is intended to demonstrate the utility of SCOUT® in the Canadian public and US healthcare systems with fixed resources and a conservative approach to patient and clinician exposure to harm.
- Trial name
- NCT04815291
- Testing
- Receives SCOUT at biopsy
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Chest Pain
Impact on Management of the HEART Risk Score in Chest Pain Patients
Aim of this study is to quantify the impact of the use of the HEART risk score on patient outcome and on costs in patients with chest pain presenting at the emergency room, as compared to not using the score.
- Trial name
- HEART-Impact (NCT01756846)
- Testing
- usual care, use of HEART risk score
- Where
- 9 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 3,666 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UMC Utrecht
Osteoarthritis, Knee
A Cost-efficiency Analysis of Primary Assessors for Patients With Knee Pain in Primary Care
Background: Almost half of the Swedish population are overweight or obese. This will probably affect the incidence of osteoarthritis since overweight is a strong risk factor.
- Trial name
- NCT03822533
- Testing
- Physiotherapist as primary assessor, Physician as primary assessor
- Where
- 9 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 363 people
- Sponsor
- Vastra Gotaland Region
ART Adherence, HIV-1-infection
Call for Life Youth ART Adherence Study
Study purpose: To assess effect of mHealth Call for life Uganda tool (CFLU) on ART adherence among youth measured by interactive voice response to daily adherence calls mapped in the database and proportion with viral suppression…
- Conditions
- ART Adherence, HIV-1-infection, mHealth
- Trial name
- C4L-Youth (NCT04718974)
- Testing
- mHealth call for life system/ tool using IVR ( interactive voice response)
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 206 people
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Safety, Efficacy, Longitudinal Costs and Patient-Centered Outcomes Using a TAAA Debranching Device
The primary purpose of this study is to assess the use of the TAAA Debranching Stent Graft System to repair thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms in patients having appropriate anatomy, as measured by device safety, effectiveness…
- Trial name
- NCT03637374
- Testing
- Visceral Manifold and Thoracic Bifurcation, Unitary Manifold, TAAA Debranching Stent Graft System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Same Day Discharge After Minimally-invasive Sacrocolpopexy
This is a prospective cohort study evaluating safety, cost and patient satisfaction with SDD for patients undergoing minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy for pelvic organ prolapse.
- Trial name
- NCT03730103
- Testing
- Same day discharge
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Aortic Aneurysm
Standard Open Surgery Versus Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
A multi-center, randomized clinical trial that will compare endovascular repair with standard open surgery in the repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).
- Trial name
- OVER (NCT00094575)
- Testing
- Endovascular Repair, Standard Open Repair
- Where
- 42 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 881 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Urinary Tract Infections, Catheter-Related Infections
Short-course Methenamine Hippurate for Prevention of Post-operative UTI
The investigators will determine the efficacy of an innovative short regimen of methenamine hippurate on prevention of post-operative UTI in patients requiring short-term catheterization after pelvic reconstructive surgery…
- Trial name
- NO-UTI (NCT02358993)
- Testing
- methenamine hippurate, Ciprofloxacin
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 201 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Surgical Site Infections
The Skin Prep Study
The investigators propose a randomized controlled clinical trial to determine the comparative effectiveness of chlorhexidine-alcohol and iodine-alcohol preoperative skin preparation for preventing surgical site infections at…
- Trial name
- NCT01472549
- Testing
- Iodine-alcohol, Chlorhexidine-alcohol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,147 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Physical Activity
Testing Adaptive Interventions to Improve Physical Activity for Sedentary Women
This study employs a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) and aims to determine the most effective adaptive intervention combining four efficacious treatments (enhanced physical activity monitor, motivational…
- Trial name
- NCT03558828
- Testing
- Step 1: PA Monitor, Step 1: PA Monitor + Text, Step 2: PA Monitor with Calls
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 301 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Workflow, Nursing
RTLS for Healthcare Process Validation
The purpose of the project is to develop a new way to understand patient care data analytics by using a real-time location system (RTLS).
- Trial name
- NCT04116957
- Testing
- RTLS current tag, RTLS tag revised
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Abdominal Site, Colostomy Site
LowCostomy: Dedicated Toward Creating a High-quality, Low-cost Colostomy Appliance for Those in Sub-Saharan Africa
The purpose of this study is to examine the safety of the LowCostomy appliance's peristomal adhesive interface composed of a mix of beeswax and pine resin.
- Trial name
- NCT05824351
- Testing
- Tanzanian beeswax-pine resin, Domestic beeswax-pine resin, Hollister's AdaptTM Barrier Rings
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Diabetes Mellitus, Hyperglycemia
Intervening in Diabetes With Healthy Eating, Activity, and Linkages To Healthcare - The I-D-HEALTH Study
The purpose of this study is to compare ways of giving advice and providing support to improve diet and physical activity in adult primary care patients with elevated body mass index and dysglycemia.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Hyperglycemia, Obesity, Glucose Metabolism Disorders
- Trial name
- I-D-HEALTH (NCT01435603)
- Testing
- Standard Lifestyle Advice, Advice Plus Lifestyle Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 331 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Knee Osteoarthritis, Hip Osteoarthritis
Use of Knotless Suture for Closure of Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasties
Barbed sutures offer several potential advantages in layered wound closure of hip and knee replacement surgeries. It use is gaining increased acceptance across many of the other surgical disciplines at this time.
- Trial name
- NCT00834483
- Testing
- Knotless suture for wound closure, Layered traditional wound closure (monocryl)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Urolithiasis
Study of Tomography of Nephrolithiasis Evaluation
This is a multi-center, randomized controlled trial of ultrasonography (ultrasound) compared to computed tomography (CT) for the initial emergency room evaluation of patients with suspected renal colic.
- Trial name
- STONE (NCT01451931)
- Testing
- Point-of-care Ultrasound, Radiology Ultrasound, Radiology CT
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,776 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Outcomes From Initial Maintenance Therapy With Fluticasone Propionate 250/Salmeterol 50 (FSC) or Tiotropium in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronic airflow limitation caused by inflammation-mediated damage to lung tissue.
- Trial name
- NCT01387178
- Testing
- fluticasone propionate/salmeterol 250µg/50µg (FSC), tiotropium bromide (TIO)
- Volunteers
- 22,223 people
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Child, Critical Illness
Measuring the Metabolic Cost of Fever
Fever is part of the body's immune response, often triggered by infection. Fever is commonly treated with medicines such as paracetamol, mainly because people feel unwell with fever.
- Conditions
- Child, Critical Illness, Fever
- Trial name
- IGUANA (NCT02939781)
- Testing
- Indirect calorimetry
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Hepatitis C, Chronic, Substance Use Disorders
Linkage to Care for Persons With Hep C Infection
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is an ongoing challenge in the United States, with an estimated 2.4 million individuals living with HCV in 2016.
- Trial name
- NCT05397067
- Testing
- Peer specialist (PS), Incentives, telehealth visits
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Carilion Clinic