Clinical trials: Medical Quality
Patient Experience, Medical Emergencies
Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes of Municipal Acute Wards Versus a General Hospital
Demographic changes in the industrialized world are expected to prompt a need for better organized and more efficient health care services.
- Conditions
- Patient Experience, Medical Emergencies, Mortality, Morbidity
- Trial name
- NCT03885206
- Testing
- Level of healthcare services
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 164 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ostfold University College
Poor Quality Sleep, Fatigue
The SleepTrackTXT2 Randomized Trial With Air-medical Personnel
The overarching goal of this proposal is to address the MedEvac foundation priority of educational techniques and technologies and improve Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) safety by determining if overall sleep…
- Trial name
- SleepTrack2 (NCT02783027)
- Testing
- SleepTrackTXT2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Depression
Effectiveness of Methylphenidate in Improving Cognition and Function in Older Adults With Depression
This study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of methylphenidate in improving cognition and function in older adults with depression.
- Trial name
- NCT00602290
- Testing
- Citalopram, Methylphenidate (MPH)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 181 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Schizophrenia, Chronic Illness
Implementing Effective, Collaborative Care for Schizophrenia (EQUIP-2)
This project evaluates the implementation and effectiveness of a care model to improve treatment for schizophrenia within the context of diverse VA practices and priorities.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Chronic Illness, Weight Gain, Psychotic Disorder
- Trial name
- EQUIP-2 (NCT00137280)
- Testing
- Collaborative Chronic Illness Care Model
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,067 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Infertility, Endometriosis
The Influence of Adjuvant Medical Treatment of Peritoneal Endometriosis on the Outcome of IVF. A Prospective Randomized Analysis.
In this study of endometriosis patients we compare a common treatment of surgical therapy and medical treatment for 3 months (Zoladex) with patients receiving only surgical therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT01682642
- Testing
- Zoladex
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- AZ Jan Palfijn Gent
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
Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest
CPR Quality Between Flexible Stretcher and Standard Stretcher in OHCA
This study aims to compare the quality of emergency medical services cardiopulmonary resuscitation between flexible stretcher and standard stretcher during ambulance transport to hospital among out-of-hospital cardiac arrest…
- Trial name
- ASIA-CPR (NCT02527694)
- Testing
- Flexible EMS stretcher cart, mechanical CPR
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
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
Neoplasms
Evaluating the Impact of Patient-Centered Oncology Care
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has worked with the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Oncology Management Services, Independence Blue Cross, and RAND, as well as a…
- Trial name
- NCT02110758
- Testing
- Pilot of Patient-Centered Oncology Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125,250 people
- Sponsor
- National Committee for Quality Assurance
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
Quality of Life, Anxiety
EMR Outcomes: Anxiety and Depression in Epilepsy
The purpose of this research is to find out how people with epilepsy and possible symptoms of anxiety or depression are doing for 6 months after a regular epilepsy clinic visit.
- Conditions
- Quality of Life, Anxiety, Depression, Epilepsy
- Trial name
- NCT03879525
- Testing
- EMR-based-interventional method, Telephone-based-standard method
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
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
Schizophrenia Spectrum & Other Psychotic Disorders
PACT for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness
People with serious mental illness have difficulty making good use of primary care, and die, on average, years earlier than others in the population.
- Trial name
- SMI-PACT (NCT01668355)
- Testing
- Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 331 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Pediatric Emergency Care
PECARN Emergency Care Registry
The objectives of this study are to: develop an emergency care visit registry for pediatric patients for Quality Improvement purposes and to support future research; to use the emergency care visit registry to collect…
- Trial name
- NCT01657344
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,019,461 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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
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
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
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
Primary Health Care, Quality of Health Care
Aligning Patients and Their Primary Care Providers
This project focuses on improving the patient-provider primary care visit interaction by addressing the need to align patient and provider priorities in a way that incorporates patients' goals and preferences while supporting the…
- Conditions
- Primary Health Care, Quality of Health Care, Comorbidity, Communication
- Trial name
- APP (NCT02707146)
- Testing
- Visit Planner, Attention Control Pamphlet, iPad
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 750 people
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente