Clinical trials: Emergency
Shortness of Breath Episode, Tachycardia
Verification of Prediction Algorithm
Prospective observational clinical study to verify an algorithm used to predict cardiopulmonary events in patients presenting to the emergency department.
- Conditions
- Shortness of Breath Episode, Tachycardia, Bradycardia, Difficulty Breathing
- Trial name
- VPAC (NCT02863666)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Belgium
- Volunteers
- 673 people
- Sponsor
- Zoll Medical Corporation
Neck Injuries
A Pragmatic Evaluation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule by Paramedics
Each year, half a million patients with a potential neck (c-spine) injury are transported to Ontario emergency departments (ED). Less than 1% of all these patients actually have a neck bone fracture.
- Trial name
- NCT02786966
- Testing
- Canadian C-Spine Rule
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 3,646 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Drinking, Alcohol
Improving Outcomes for Emergency Department Patients With Alcohol Problems
The investigators will conduct a study to examine the impact of an alcohol peer-mentor intervention starting in the emergency department (ED) combined with 6 peer booster sessions to reduce hazardous drinking and facilitate…
- Trial name
- Project GOAL (NCT03536546)
- Testing
- Alcohol Peer Mentor Intervention, Brief Advice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 206 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Uncertainty, Communication Research
Trial of Simulation-based Mastery Learning to Communicate Diagnostic Uncertainty
The goal of this study is to teach emergency medicine resident physicians to communicate more effectively with patients at the time of emergency department discharge in the setting of diagnostic uncertainty (i.e.
- Conditions
- Uncertainty, Communication Research, Emergency Medicine
- Trial name
- NCT04021771
- Testing
- Educational Curriculum Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 109 people
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Reproductive Tract Infections
Evaluation of Immediate v. Delayed CT/NG Test for Treatment in the ED
The purpose of this study is to determine if immediate availability of GeneXpert® CT/NG test results reduces the overtreatment rate for ED patients with suspected gonorrhea or chlamydia and to assess changes in clinician…
- Trial name
- NCT01989130
- Testing
- Roche AMPLICOR CT/NG, Cepheid Xpert CT/NG Test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Washington University
Acute Pain
Safety of Hydromorphone in Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Acute Severe Pain
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and speed of onset of 2mg intravenous hydromorphone (Dilaudid) in patients weighing at least 150 lbs presenting to the emergency department with acute severe pain
- Trial name
- NCT00305110
- Testing
- 2 mg IV hydromorphone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 298 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Bronchiolitis
Inhaled Hypertonic Saline Use in the Emergency Department to Treat Acute Viral Bronchiolitis
Acute viral bronchiolitis is an extremely common childhood disease, responsible for approximately 17% of childhood admissions to hospital per year, with an annually cost that reaches U$ 500 million.
- Trial name
- NCT02045238
- Testing
- Hypertonic Saline, Chest X-Ray, Respiratory virus screening test
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Pain, Pain, Acute
Pawsitive Impacts of Therapy Dog Visits
The goal of this unique 18 month study is to better understand the experiences of pain patients in the Royal University Hospital (RUH) Emergency Department (ED), to create excellence in health care.
- Conditions
- Pain, Pain, Acute, Pain, Chronic, Pain, Intractable
- Trial name
- NCT04727749
- Testing
- Therapy Dog Team Visit
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 211 people
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Heart Disease, Coronary, Chest Pain
The Computed Tomography-derived Fractional Flow Reserve STAT Trial
This study is designed to directly compare Standard Care and CT fractional flow reserve (CTFFR) for diagnosis of chest pain patients with definite coronary artery disease (CAD) on heart computed tomography (CT) scans.
- Conditions
- Heart Disease, Coronary, Chest Pain, Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Trial name
- CTFFR-STAT (NCT03263806)
- Testing
- CTFFR-Guided Group Management, SOC Group Management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Corewell Health East
Cardiac Arrest, Heart Arrest
ECPR for Refractory Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
In the U.S. alone, over 300,000 people per year have sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and less than 1 out of 10 survive.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest, Heart Arrest, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Cardiopulmonary Arrest
- Trial name
- EROCA (NCT03065647)
- Testing
- Expedited Transport With Mechanical CPR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Acute Pain
Trial Comparing Morphine to Hydromorphone in Elderly Patients With Severe Pain
The purpose of this research study is to determine which opiate pain medication (morphine or hydromorphone (Dilaudid)) is more effective in the treatment of acute pain in patients presenting to the emergency department.
- Trial name
- NCT00305058
- Testing
- Morphine, Hydromorphone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 194 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Headache, Migraine
Sphenopalatine Nerve Block for Headache Tx360
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of sphenopalatine nerve block utilizing the Tx360 (device) to deliver an anesthetic agent (bupivacaine) and to assess the duration of the analgesia.
- Trial name
- NCT01939314
- Testing
- Bupivacaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Nausea, Abdominal Pain
Ondansetron Versus Dexamethasone/Ondansetron to Treat Acute Nausea in the Emergency Department
Nausea is a common complaint in patients who present to the emergency department (ED). Although the number of conditions that can present with nausea are numerous, the mainstay of treatment has become intravenous ondansetron…
- Trial name
- NCT02985840
- Testing
- Ondansetron, Dexamethasone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 127 people
- Sponsor
- OhioHealth
Drug Overdose, Opioid-Related Disorders
Safety & Prevention Outcomes Study
Unintentional poisoning is a developing public health problem in the U.S. Unintentional poisoning (or "overdose") deaths increased 157% among adults between 1999 and 2008.
- Trial name
- SPOS (NCT01894087)
- Testing
- TBI - Cohort 1, TBI - Cohort 2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 204 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Migraine Headache
Intravenous Fluid Therapy for the Treatment of Emergency Department Patients With Migraine Headache
The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients in the emergency department with migraine headache who are administered an intravenous fluid bolus will report greater improvement in pain scores than control patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02933060
- Testing
- Normal saline (1000 mL), Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Cooper Norcross Health
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Sexual Assault
RCT for Innovating Stress-related eHealth
The Randomized Control Trial for Innovating Stress-related eHealth (RISE) Study tests the hypotheses that a highly promising digital therapeutic (RISE Guide) targeting anxiety sensitivity (AS) will be acceptable to women sexual…
- Conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Sexual Assault, Pain
- Trial name
- RISE (NCT05305235)
- Testing
- RISE Guide, Relaxation Control
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill