Clinical trials: General Surgery
Parkinson's Disease
A Study to Evaluate Feasibility, Safety, and Clinical Responses of Implanting Autologous Peripheral Nerve Tissue Into the Brain for Non-motor or Motor Symptoms in Patients With Parkinson's Disease Undergoing DBS Surgery
The investigators propose a Phase I single surgical-center, double-blinded randomized parallel clinical trial involving bilateral autologous peripheral nerve tissue (PNT) delivery into the NBM or the alternate target also…
- Trial name
- STAR (NCT06683378)
- Testing
- Reparative Autologous peripheral nerve tissue
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Craig van Horne, MD, PhD
Postoperative Pain, Patient Controlled Analgesia
Monitoring Postoperative Patient-controlled Analgesia (PCA)
The introduction of Acute Pain Service (APS), 1985, specialized pain management could be offered to the inpatient care. An example of this is patient-controlled analgesia (PCA), which is a technique that is used mostly after…
- Conditions
- Postoperative Pain, Patient Controlled Analgesia, Surgery, Nurse-Patient Relations
- Trial name
- NCT03697278
- Testing
- Smith medical CADDsolis
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Pether Jildenstal
Obesity
Noom Coach for Bariatric Health
Mobile technologies/smartphone applications offer a means to effect behavior change without significant obstacles that typically limit implementation of empirically supported therapies (e.g., in-person sessions); however…
- Trial name
- NCT03887078
- Testing
- Noom Coach for Bariatric Health
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Noom Inc.
Thoracolumbar Scoliosis
A Trial Comparing Single Intra-op Dose of Methadone Versus Placebo in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery
Scoliosis is a disease that involves lateral and/or rotational deformity of the spine and can affect up to 4% of the population.
- Trial name
- NCT02206685
- Testing
- Methadone, Normal Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Diabetes, Obesity
Prospective Metabolic Surgery in T2DM Chinese Subjects
The primary goal of this study is to assess impact of metabolic surgery on glycemic control in diabetic patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02217943
- Testing
- Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Sleeve gastrectomy
- Where
- 6 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 101 people
- Sponsor
- Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Charcot Marie Tooth Disease (CMT), Pes Cavovarus
Walking Function Outcomes Following Surgical Correction With Rehabilitation Versus Physical Therapy Alone in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease: A Bidirectional Cohort Study
The goal of this study is to compare changes in walking ability in people with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) who receive two different treatment approaches for foot deformities that affect walking.
- Conditions
- Charcot Marie Tooth Disease (CMT), Pes Cavovarus, Surgery, Exercise Training
- Trial name
- CMT-WALK (NCT07432035)
- Testing
- Functional Surgery plus Rehabilitation, Physical Exercise
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Peking University Third Hospital
Breast Neoplasms, Breast Cancer
Surgical Outcome of BCS Using ICG-F in Breast Cancer Patients After Preoperative Chemotherapy
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer has led to an increased rate of breast-conserving surgery (BCS) in these patients.
- Trial name
- NCT06780735
- Testing
- The margin-positive rate using the localization technique
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Center, Korea
Patients' Information Level About Cataract Surgery, Patients' Attitude Before and After Cataract Surgery
Computer-based Tutorial as a Means to Enhance the Informed Consent Process for Cataract Surgery
Informing the patient and obtaining the informed consent is one of the major duties physicians perform before beginning a medical treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT07167576
- Testing
- Catinfo tool and discussion with physician, discussion with physician
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery
Intubation, Cardiovascular Surgical Procedure
Reducing Reintubation Risk in High-Risk Cardiac Surgery Patients With High-Flow Nasal Cannula
The iCAN trial is a pragmatic randomized controlled trial that aims to test the hypothesis that HFNC versus usual care oxygenation strategies applied immediately after initial extubation after cardiac surgery decreases the…
- Trial name
- NCT04782817
- Testing
- Recommendation for high flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy order set, Provider choice usual care order set
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,568 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Acute Pain, Chronic Pain
The Effects of TAP Block on Postsurgical Pain After Minimally Invasive Partial Nephrectomy:
Single-center study in order to assess whether the tap block can make extremely beneficial in terms of reducing the acute and chronic pain as well as for use of opioids and side effects related to it in patients undergoing…
- Trial name
- NCT02460640
- Testing
- Tap block, intravenous Patient controlled analgesia, Morphine
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Regina Elena Cancer Institute
Advanced Gastric Cancer
Potential Advantages of Robotic Total Gastrectomy in Advanced Middle-Upper Gastric Cancer: A Multicenter Propensity Score Matching Analysis
This multicenter retrospective cohort study aimed to evaluate the potential advantages of robotic total gastrectomy (RTG) compared to laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) in patients with advanced middle and upper gastric cancer…
- Trial name
- NCT06941168
- Testing
- Robotic Total Gastrectomy and Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,099 people
- Sponsor
- Fujian Medical University
Hysterectomy, Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery
Vaginal NOTES Hysterectomy Versus Vaginal Hysterectomy
Rationale: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a minimal invasive technique using the natural body orifices like stomach, oesophagus, bladder, rectum and vagina to access the human body for surgery.
- Conditions
- Hysterectomy, Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery, Vaginal Hysterectomy
- Trial name
- VANH (NCT04886791)
- Testing
- Vaginal NOTES hysterectomy, Vaginal hysterectomy
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 124 people
- Sponsor
- Zuyderland Medisch Centrum
Statin Pharmacokinetics Pre and Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Rosuvastatin Interethnic PK Study
Statins are the first-line and most commonly prescribed drugs for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and stroke in the world.
- Trial name
- RST (NCT02215174)
- Testing
- Rosuvastatin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Surgery, Perioperative Complication
BRAIN-targeted Goal-directed Therapy in High-risk Patients undeRgOing Major electIve SurgEry: the BRAIN-PROMISE Study
The aim of the study is to further understand whether the use of non-invasive monitoring NIRS (Near Infrared Spectroscopy) is useful in reducing postoperative complications in high-risk patients undergoing elective surgery.
- Trial name
- BRAINPROMISE (NCT04266574)
- Testing
- Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS), Standard Care
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Prehabilitation, Knee Osteoarthritis
Effectiveness of a Prehabilitation Program for Hip or Knee Arthroplasty Surgery.
We live in an increasingly aging society in which the incidence of osteoarticular diseases increases, among which osteoarthritis (OA) stands out.
- Conditions
- Prehabilitation, Knee Osteoarthritis, Hip Osteoarthritis, Physical Therapy Modalities
- Trial name
- Preoperative (NCT06721897)
- Testing
- Prehabilitation Program, Non prehabilitation Program
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- University of Jaén
Myocardial Ischemic Reperfusion Injury, End Stage Heart Disease
Remote Ischemic Preconditioning With Postconditioning in Heart Transplantation Surgery
The purpose of this study is to determine whether remote ischemic preconditioning with postconditioning (RIPC+RIPostC) reduces myocardial injury and improves clinical outcomes in heart transplantation surgery.
- Conditions
- Myocardial Ischemic Reperfusion Injury, End Stage Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy
- Trial name
- NCT02149316
- Testing
- RIPC+RIPostC, control
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital
Anesthesia, Regional
Comparison of an Interscalene Nerve Block With or Without Stellate Ganglion Block for Shoulder Surgery
This study describes the difference of analgesic effect of levobupivacaine 0.5% administered through an interscalene nerve block with or without a stellate ganglion block.
- Trial name
- NCT02879916
- Testing
- Levobupivacaine, NaCl 0.9%
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Antwerp
Postoperative Pain
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) in Live Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients
The goal of this interventional study is to learn if an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol works to reduce the need for narcotic pain medications in live donor kidney transplant recipients.
- Trial name
- NCT06997016
- Testing
- pre-operative carbohydrate drink, Acetaminophen, Gabapentin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor Research Institute
Cancer of Colon, Surgery
Effect of Music Prehabilitation on Preoperative Anxiety Before Surgery
The goal of this multicenter randomized controlled trial is to investigate the effect of music prehabilitation on preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing elective oncological colorectal resection.
- Conditions
- Cancer of Colon, Surgery, Anxiety
- Trial name
- MU-PRIOR (NCT05982184)
- Testing
- Music
- Where
- 5 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 116 people
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Root Canal Therapy, Periapical Periodontitis
Comparision of Non Surgical Retreatment and Endodontic Surgery of Failed Root Canal Treated Teeth
To the best of our knowledge, only two studies are available which have provided a direct comparison between outcome of nonsurgical retreatment and endodontic surgery. The results of the two studies are contradictory in nature.
- Trial name
- NCT03918733
- Testing
- surgical treatment, Non surgical retreatment
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences Rohtak