Clinical trials: End of Life
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Pembrolizumab Plus Lenvatinib for First-line Advanced/Metastatic Non-clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (1L nccRCC) (MK-3475-B61)
This study is being performed as a single-arm open-label study in order to rapidly provide information on the potential benefits of the combination of pembrolizumab and lenvatinib in participants with previously untreated…
- Trial name
- KEYNOTE-B61 (NCT04704219)
- Testing
- Pembrolizumab, Lenvatinib
- Where
- 56 sites in United States, Australia and 12 more
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Left Ventricular Function Systolic Dysfunction, Left Ventricular Function Diastolic Dysfunction
Cell Therapy in Diabetic Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction(STEMI)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy and mechanism of bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMNC) transplantation for diabetic and non-diabetic patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)who…
- Conditions
- Left Ventricular Function Systolic Dysfunction, Left Ventricular Function Diastolic Dysfunction, Death, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury
- Trial name
- NCT01307371
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Xijing Hospital
Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Sudden Cardiac Death
Tampere Coronary Artery Disease and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Study
The goal of this observational study is to recognize clinical and genetic risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and death (SCD) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).
- Conditions
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Sudden Cardiac Death, Sudden Cardiac Death Due to Cardiac Arrhythmia, Coronary Arterial Disease (CAD)
- Trial name
- CADSCA (NCT06804499)
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- Tampere Heart Hospital
Sudden Cardiac Death, Cardiac Arrhythmias
Cardiovascular Pre-participation Screening in Children and Adolescents
Sports participation is strongly encouraged in children and adolescents, but intense training at early ages may reveal hidden heart conditions that increase the risk of sudden cardiac death.
- Trial name
- NCT07862504
- Testing
- Pre-participation clinical evaluation, Diagnostic Test: Resting 12-lead electrocardiogram, Diagnostic Test: Step test (Harvard step test)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 334 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
The Effective Factors on the Grief Reactions to the Death Information
Breaking the Bad News to the Bereaved Family and Their Reactions
The demographic characteristics, satisfaction survey evaluations and emotional reactions of the relatives of the patients who are admitted to the intensive care unit and who have an expected mortality rate higher than 50%…
- Trial name
- NCT04385628
- Testing
- the patient' relatives satisfaction questionnaire
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Infection-Associated Acute Kidney Injury
Folate Treatment to Reduce Death Risk in the Year After Infection-Related Acute Kidney Injury
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate if taking folic acid (a form of vitamin B9) can help reduce the risk of death and improve kidney recovery in adults with acute kidney injury (AKI) caused by infections or sepsis.
- Trial name
- FOL-AKI (NCT07377071)
- Testing
- Folic Acid 5 MG
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 382 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESCC)
A Study of Combination Therapies With or Without Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) and/or Chemotherapy in Participants With Advanced Esophageal Cancer (MK-3475-06A)
This is a phase I/II multicenter, open-label umbrella platform study that will evaluate the safety and efficacy of investigational agents with pembrolizumab, plus chemotherapy or lenvatinib, for the treatment of participants with…
- Trial name
- NCT05342636
- Testing
- Pembrolizumab, Coformulation favezelimab/pembrolizumab, MK-4830
- Where
- 46 sites in Brazil, Chile and 11 more
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Drowning
Pathogens Responsible for Respiratory Infections Associated With Drowning in Seawater
Little data is currently available on the type of pathogen responsible for respiratory infections following drowning. Many environmental germs present in seawater are described as difficult to culture on standard media but are…
- Trial name
- APIR-NOY (NCT03498963)
- Testing
- bronchoalveolar lavage
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
Lenvatinib (E7080/MK-7902) in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) vs. Standard Chemotherapy and Lenvatinib Monotherapy in Participants With Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma That Progressed After Platinum Therapy and Immunotherapy (MK-7902-009/E7080-G000-228/LEAP-009)
Researchers are looking for new ways to treat people with head and neck cancer whose cancer has come back after treatment (recurrent) or whose cancer has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic).
- Trial name
- NCT04428151
- Testing
- Lenvatinib, Pembrolizumab, Docetaxel
- Where
- 120 sites in United States, Australia and 13 more
- Volunteers
- 408 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Hematologic Malignancy, Acute Leukemia
Study to Characterize Mismatched to Fully HLA-Matched Ossium HPC, Marrow and Living Donor Transplantation in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies
Prospective, multi-center open label study of HLA-partially to fully matched allogeneic cryopreserved deceased donor bone marrow transplantation and living donor transplantation for patients with hematologic malignancies.
- Conditions
- Hematologic Malignancy, Acute Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia
- Trial name
- NCT07710781
- Testing
- Ossium HPC, Marrow, Standard of care living donor - Haplo Related, Standard of care living donor - Mismatched Unrelated
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Ossium Health, Inc.
Hypotension, Postoperative Complications
Biomarkers, Blood Pressure, BIS: Risk Stratification/Management of Patients at Cardiac Risk in Major Noncardiac Surgery
Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) are a leading cause of serious complications and death following major noncardiac surgery.
- Conditions
- Hypotension, Postoperative Complications, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Heart Failure
- Trial name
- BBB (NCT02533128)
- Testing
- Liberal blood pressure management, Tight blood pressure management
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 458 people
- Sponsor
- Miodrag Filipovic, Prof. Dr. med.
Advanced Solid Malignancies
An Open-Label, Multi-Centre, Study to Assess the Safety of Fixed-Dose Durvalumab + Tremelimumab Combination Therapy or Durvalumab Monotherapy in Advanced Solid Malignancies.
To evaluate the safety, tolerability, and anti-tumor activity of the combination of durvalumab + tremelimumab or durvalumab alone in different solid tumors.
- Trial name
- STRONG (NCT03084471)
- Testing
- MEDI4736 (Durvalumab), MEDI4736 (Durvalumab) + Tremelimumab
- Where
- 79 sites in United States, Canada and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 867 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Esophageal Carcinoma, Esophagogastric Junction Carcinoma
Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Previously-Treated Participants With Advanced Carcinoma of the Esophagus or Esophagogastric Junction (MK-3475-180/KEYNOTE-180)
In this study participants with advanced/metastatic adenocarcinoma of the esophagus (EAC), squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (ESCC), or advanced/metastatic Siewert type I adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction…
- Trial name
- NCT02559687
- Testing
- pembrolizumab
- Volunteers
- 121 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Neonatal Herpes Simplex Infection, Neonatal HSV Infection
Host RNA Expression Profiles and Protein Biomarkers in Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
This study seeks to identify and test host RNA expression profiles in context to protein biomarkers in dried blood spot samples as novel diagnostic markers of neonatal herpes simplex virus infection and to improve the…
- Conditions
- Neonatal Herpes Simplex Infection, Neonatal HSV Infection, Neonatal Infection, Newborn; Infection
- Trial name
- NCT05226949
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 159 people
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Myocardial Infarction, Ventricular Tachycardia
MAgnetic Resonance Imaging-guided implanTation of Cardioverter DEFibrillators
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) are currently recommended for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with a remote (>6 weeks) myocardial infarction (MI) and a low (≤35%) left ventricular…
- Conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation, Sudden Cardiac Death
- Trial name
- SMART-DEF (NCT06269692)
- Testing
- MRI screening, Implantable Loop Recorder, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,812 people
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Decompensation, Heart, Decompensation; Heart, Congestive
Inpatient Mortality Prediction Algorithm Clinical Trial (IMPACT)
Through the mapping of retrospective patient data into a discrete multidimensional space, a novel algorithm for homeostatic analysis, was built to make outcome predictions.
- Conditions
- Decompensation, Heart, Decompensation; Heart, Congestive, Death
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT03212534)
- Testing
- Patient mortality prediction
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Dascena
Heart Arrest, Cardiac Arrest
Pre-arrival Instructions Effect on Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
The investigators hypothesized that pre-arrival instructions would increase the likelihood of bystanders performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
- Conditions
- Heart Arrest, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
- Trial name
- NCT02007499
- Testing
- Pre-Arrival Instructions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 274 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Severe Sepsis
End-of-life Decision-making in Patients With Sepsis-related Organ Failure
The care of patients with sepsis-related organ failure on the intensive care unit (ICU) often includes end-of-life decision (EOL-D) and communication of such decisions to relatives.
- Trial name
- EIDECS (NCT01247792)
- Testing
- SOPs for decision-making and communication
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 174 people
- Sponsor
- Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Germany
Depression
Veteran's Perceptions of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Depression and End-of-Life
The goal of this exploratory, mixed-method design study is to gather qualitative and quantitative data obtained through interviews and questionnaires with veterans who are currently enrolled at the VA for healthcare.
- Trial name
- KAP (NCT06824532)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Albany Research Institute, Inc.
Cerebrovascular Event, Stent Stenosis
Atorvastatin Pretreatment in Cerebrovascular Events (APICES) After Flow Diverter Implantation
APICES trial is an investigator-initiated, multicenter, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial that plans to enroll 396 patients with a 1-year follow-up, including a neurovascular imaging…
- Conditions
- Cerebrovascular Event, Stent Stenosis, Ischemic Stroke, Hemorrhagic Stroke
- Trial name
- NCT06308952
- Testing
- Atorvastatin 20mg
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 354 people
- Sponsor
- Duan Chuanzhi