Clinical trials: Intensive Care Unit Patients
Intensive Care Unit Acquired Paresis, Muscle Wasting
Investigation of the Role of FHL-1 and Myostatin in Intensive Care Unit Acquired Paresis (ICUAP)
The primary hypothesis for this study is that Myostatin and FHL-1 are important in the development of ICUAP and that changes in activity levels of muscle will modify the levels of expression and activity of these proteins.
- Trial name
- NCT01321320
- Testing
- Active muscle stimulation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Child Comfort, Morphine
Alfentanil Versus Sufentanil for Pain in Children During for Tracheal Suction
The main objective is to assess the efficacy of Alfentanil for pain in children treated by tracheal suction in pediatric intensive care units in France, compared to Sufentanyl, the current standard treatment.
- Conditions
- Child Comfort, Morphine, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
- Trial name
- DOLOREAPEDIA (NCT01235637)
- Testing
- Alfentanil, Sufentanil
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Intensive Care Unit Days
Proactive Ethics Intervention to Improve Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Care
The primary aim of the study is to demonstrate the value of a preemptive approach to ethics consultation in an ICU. The investigators hope to answer the question: Will proactive ethics interventions by a skilled and experienced…
- Trial name
- PEI (NCT00996814)
- Testing
- Proactive Ethics Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 386 people
- Sponsor
- California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute
Delirium, Intensive Care Unit Syndrome
Influence of Light Therapy on Confusion in Patients at the Intensive Care Unit
Our purpose of this study is to determine whether bright light therapy is effective for reducing the incidence and the duration of delirium compared to the usual treatment in patients at the Intensive Care Unit.
- Trial name
- NCT01343433
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis
Immobility and Weakness Associated With Long Intensive Care Unit Stays
Early Progressive Mobility in the CVICU: Assessing Current Status
The current study is proposed to assess the frequency and type of progressive mobility procedures currently performed in the CVICU The study will evaluate the type and frequency of progressive mobility orders, whether or not…
- Trial name
- NCT01295541
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Hill-Rom
Pneumonia, Intensive Care Unit
Effects of Isolated Rooms on the Prevalence of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia in a Respiratory ICU
This study will carry out in the ICU. Objectives of the study are to determine the frequency of HAP and the effect of isolated rooms on the frequency of pneumonia in the ICU.
- Trial name
- NCT01250691
- Testing
- ward-type ICU
- Where
- 3 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 532 people
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Critical Illness, Intensive Care
Critical Illness Outcomes Study
We will test whether the way that an intensive care unit is organized can influence patient related outcomes such as mortality. We will test whether who works in the ICU, and how the ICU is managed will affect the care received…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Intensive Care, Intensive Care Unit
- Trial name
- CIOS (NCT01109719)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APACHE Scoring Systems, Intensive Care Units
The Study of Clinical Value of Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) Scoring System in Medical Intensive Care Unit
Objective: To evaluate and compare the outcome predictive power of Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) Ⅳ、Ⅲ、Ⅱ scoring systems for intensive ill patients in an independent medical intensive care unit (MICU)…
- Conditions
- APACHE Scoring Systems, Intensive Care Units, Outcome Prediction, Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT01162408
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- Sun Yat-sen University
Critical Illness, Length of Stay
Advantages and Disadvantages of Long Term Sedation in Intensive Care Unit Patients
The purpose of the study is to determine whether sedation of the critical ill patient prolongs the time receiving mechanical ventilation.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Length of Stay, Respiration, Artificial, Intensive Care Units
- Trial name
- NCT00466492
- Testing
- Sedation or no sedation during mechanical ventilation
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital
Analgesia, Sedation
Surgical Stress Index as a Tool for Monitoring Analgesia and/or Sedation in Critically Ill Patients
The hypothesis of the study is: Does the Surgical Stress Index (SSI) correlate with the Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS), the Ramsay Sedation Scale (RSS)and/or the Behavioral Pain Scale(BPV) and can therefore be used to monitor the…
- Conditions
- Analgesia, Sedation, Mechanical Ventilation, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT00789412
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Adverse Event, Indicator
a Multifaceted Program for Improving Quality of Care in ICU
Medical errors that affect patient safety have generated huge concern since the publication of "To Err Is Human" 6 years ago [1].
- Conditions
- Adverse Event, Indicator, Intensive Care Units
- Trial name
- NCT00461461
- Testing
- meeting nurses / physicians, quality improvement sessions
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 2,117 people
- Sponsor
- Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph
Patient Care, Quality of Health Care
Comparison of Two Chest Radiograph Prescription Strategies in Intensive Care Unit
Current guidelines recommend Routine daily chest radiographs (CXRs) for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units (ICUs).
- Conditions
- Patient Care, Quality of Health Care, Intensive Care Units, Ventilation, Mechanical
- Trial name
- RARE (NCT00893672)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 849 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
the Maintenance of Normoglycemia, the Incidence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)
The Effect of Intensive Insulin Therapy
Aim. To determine whether the maintenance of normoglycemia decreases the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), reduces its treatment period and the length of stay in the intensive care unit. Methods.
- Conditions
- the Maintenance of Normoglycemia, the Incidence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP), Treatment Period in the Intensive Care Unit
- Trial name
- NCT00447239
- Testing
- glucontrol (insulin therapy)
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 117 people
- Sponsor
- University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Medical Record Documenation, Surgical and Trauma Intensive Care Unit Billing
SIC-IR Billing and Documentation
Accurate documentation in the patient medical record is critical to ensure proper diagnosis coding and subsequent hospital reimbursement.
- Trial name
- SIC-IR (NCT00529854)
- Testing
- SIC-IR Billing Module
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 814 people
- Sponsor
- MetroHealth Medical Center
Sepsis - to Reduce Mortality in the Intensive Care Unit
Procalcitonin Increase Identifies Critically Ill Patients at High Risk of Mortality
Procalcitonin, a marker of infection has often been compared to clinical pictures as for instance "clinical sepsis". This has given som problems in the interpretation of these studies, because of the lack of good Gold Standards…
- Trial name
- NCT00144638
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- Danish Procalcitonin Study Group