Clinical trials: Medical Quality
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Green Sun Medical Dynamic Scoliosis Brace
This is a pilot study to collect preliminary short-term data concerning the safety and performance of the Green Sun Dynamic brace in a sample of subjects with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis who are currently being treated with a…
- Trial name
- GSM (NCT03641469)
- Testing
- Green Sun Dynamic Brace
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Green Sun medical
Quality Improvement
Developing a Practice-Based Learning and Improvement Quality Improvement (QI) Systems Impact Assessment Questionnaire
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) acknowledged the changing needs of physicians in training when it endorsed practice-based learning and improvement (PBLI) -- a competency that is typically omitted…
- Trial name
- NCT00754377
- Testing
- PBLI Curriculum
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Prostate Cancer
Feasibility of Hormones and Radiation for Intermediate or High Risk Prostate Cancer
The purpose of this study is see if quality of life is improved in patients receiving oral hormone therapy compared to standard of care.
- Trial name
- NCT01342367
- Testing
- Bicalutamide, Dutasteride, Finasteride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Lung Cancer, Malnutrition
Medical Nutrition Therapy or Standard Care in Treating Patients With Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, or Stage III or Stage IV Prostate Cancer
This is a two-part study. Part I is an observational study. Part II is a randomized clinical trial to see how well medical nutrition therapy works compared with standard care in treating patients with lung cancer, pancreatic…
- Conditions
- Lung Cancer, Malnutrition, Pancreatic Cancer, Prostate Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00769652
- Testing
- Medical nutrition therapy, Standard Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Epilepsy
Feasibility Study on LITT for Medical Refractory Epilepsy
Multicenter, open-label, prospective designed study to characterize the performance of brain laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) ablation using the Monteris NeuroBlate System for the treatment of drug-refractory medial…
- Trial name
- NCT02820740
- Testing
- NeuroBlate System
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Monteris Medical
Radiodermatitis, Quality of Life
Monocenter, Open Label Clinical Investigation on the Treatment of Radiation Induced Dermatitis With Xonrid®
To evaluate the performance of Xonrid® in the prevention and treatment of G2 radiation dermatitis in breast and head \& neck cancer patients.
- Trial name
- NCT03255980
- Testing
- Xonrid® gel, Standard of Care
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Helsinn Healthcare SA
Pain, Pain Management
Effective Screening for Pain Study
In light of the importance of pain and widespread interest in patient-centeredness, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been emphasizing and successfully making pain and its management a routine feature of the health…
- Trial name
- ESP (NCT01816763)
- Testing
- NRS pain one week, PEG, DVPRS
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 569 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Telemedicine Strategy With Home Treatment Save Resources
Progress in technology has made telemedicine-based solutions with video consultations available in the management and treatment of chronic diseases like diabetes, heart failure and lung insufficiency at home.
- Trial name
- NCT02214017
- Testing
- A videotelephone, TandBerg E20,, Behavioral motivation
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Kolding Sygehus
Psychogenic Dyspepsia
Clinical Improvement and in Quality of Life-Functional Dyspepsia-
Functional dyspepsia (FD)is defined as the presence of symptoms thought to originate in the gastroduodenal region with no evidence of structural disease that is likely to explain the symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT01802710
- Testing
- Psychological support, No intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 158 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo
Ionizing Radiation Exposure, Quality Improvement
CT DOSE Collaboratory
This is a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial to explore variation in doses used for diagnostic CT by pooling radiation dose data across diverse healthcare delivery systems.
- Trial name
- NCT03000751
- Testing
- Simple Audit Report, Multi-Component Intervention, In-Person Meeting
- Volunteers
- 864,080 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections
Evaluation of a New Critical Pathway for Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections (ABSSSI)
This study will evaluate a new critical pathway (use of guideline-based patient identification criteria and for those who meet these criteria, use of dalbavancin) for the treatment of ABSSSI compared to usual care.
- Trial name
- NCT02961764
- Testing
- Usual Care, Dalbavancin
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 313 people
- Sponsor
- Allergan
Death, Pain
Intervention to Improve Care at Life's End
The BEACON trial (Best Practices for End-of-Life Care for Our Nations' Veterans) was a six-site implementation study to evaluate a multi-component, education-based intervention to improve the quality of end-of-life care provided…
- Conditions
- Death, Pain, Dyspnea
- Trial name
- BEACON (NCT00234286)
- Testing
- Comfort care education intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Depression
Brain Aging and Treatment Response in Geriatric Depression
The proposed project will evaluate the role of neuroimaging biomarkers of brain aging (i.e., neurodegenerative and vascular brain changes) and mild cognitive impairment in the patterns of treatment response to memantine combined…
- Trial name
- NCT01902004
- Testing
- Escitalopram, Memantine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
AIDS-Related Kaposi Sarcoma, Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Positive
Evaluating Quality of Life in Patients With AIDS-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma Treated With Bleomycin and Vincristine
This pilot phase I trial studies how well treatment with vincristine and bleomycin affect quality of life in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated Kaposi sarcoma.
- Trial name
- NCT03596918
- Testing
- Bleomycin Sulfate, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Quality-of-Life Assessment
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- AIDS Malignancy Consortium
Nasal Obstruction
Quality of Life Impact of Nasal Airway Treatment With Aerin Medical Device
Evaluation of long-term (5-year) quality of life after nasal airway obstruction treatment with the Aerin Vivaer Stylus
- Trial name
- NCT03290300
- Testing
- Vivaer Stylus
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Aerin Medical
Hypertension
VISN Collaborative for Improving Hypertension Management With ATHENA-HTN
This project is a VA HSR\&D-funded Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) project to translate into practice evidence about clinical management of primary hypertension.
- Trial name
- HTN (NCT00374452)
- Testing
- ATHENA-CDS-HTN plus Guideline Link, Guideline Link Only
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Burnout, Student, Alcohol; Harmful Use
Summative Assessment of the BurntOut 3D Simulation With Medical Students
Burnout is a common problem for medical students and is associated with stress-related health problems and also potentially affects the quality of care delivered to their patients.
- Conditions
- Burnout, Student, Alcohol; Harmful Use, Quality of Life, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT04494633
- Testing
- Clinical Encounters Medical School 3D Simulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinical Tools, Inc.