Clinical trials: Quality Improvement
Quality Improvement, Medical Education
Workshops in Sustainable Healthcare to Assess How Teaching Can Aid Core Principle Implementation
With more frequent extreme weather events, climbing atmospheric Carbon dioxide and unabated use of fossil fuels, planetary health and sustainability will become crucial to future medical practice.
- Trial name
- WISH (NCT05980819)
- Testing
- Sustainability lecture and opportunity to create a project
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Quality Improvement
Reducing Veterans Hospitalizations From Community Living Centers
The goal of the project was to implement and evaluate the intervention, Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers (INTERACT) in VHA CLCs, which is designed to improve the care of Veterans using CLCs who experience acute…
- Trial name
- INTERACT (NCT04195880)
- Testing
- Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6,543 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Sepsis, Emergency Medical Services
Orange Park Out-of-Hospital Quality Improvement Study for Improving CMS Sepsis Core Measures
The goal of this quality improvement study is to measure the impact of incorporation of a manual rapid fluid infuser (RFI) for intravenous crystalloid infusion in patients with suspected sepsis in the prehospital interval.
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Emergency Medical Services, Quality Improvement, Shock, Septic
- Trial name
- NCT05961137
- Testing
- Incorporation of Rapid Fluid Infusion Device in Prehospital Suspected Sepsis Protocol, Conventional Prehospital Suspected Sepsis Protocol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Orange Park Medical Center
Acute Ischemic Stroke, Stroke Recrudescence
Multilevel System Intervention Based on Information Platform to Reduce Ischemic Stroke Recurrence Rate
A prospective, multicenter and cluster randomised controlled trial will be conducted, using hospital as randomisation unit. Hospitals in Zhejiang Province, China, will be randomised into two arms (1:1): an intervention arm and a…
- Conditions
- Acute Ischemic Stroke, Stroke Recrudescence, Quality Improvement
- Trial name
- NCT05852080
- Testing
- multilevel system intervention based on information platform
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine
Clinical Audit, Quality Improvement
Evaluation of Therapeutic Initiative's Cystitis Portrait and Therapeutics Letter
The goal of this randomized trial is to test the impact of mailing personalized prescribing Portraits (an audit and feedback tool) and Therapeutics Letters (a reference document) to physicians on first-line prescribing to…
- Trial name
- NCT05817253
- Testing
- Portrait, Therapeutics Letter
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 5,073 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Management Systems, Quality Improvement
Implementation of a Multidimensional Quality Model
The aim of this study is to measure the experiences about the current care of the patients, their kin and staff by a quickscan based on a multidimensional quality model.
- Conditions
- Management Systems, Quality Improvement, Public Health
- Trial name
- NCT04886427
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Improved Emotional Regulation, Improvement in Quality of Life
The Role of Music in Palliative Care: A Proposal for a Rural Based Initiative in Music Based Interventions
Current practice in larger palliative care centers offer many supportive service modalities, which are often unavailable in the rural setting.
- Conditions
- Improved Emotional Regulation, Improvement in Quality of Life, Symptom Relief, Preservation of Dignity
- Trial name
- NCT02661880
- Testing
- preferred music
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
Quality Improvement
Evaluation of the Implementation of a Quality Improvement Program Through Morbidity and Mortality Reviews
Morbidity and mortality reviews represent an opportunity to discuss adverse events and healthcare issues. Aim is to report the first experience of implementing a standardized procedure of morbidity and mortality reviews, and…
- Trial name
- NCT05286411
- Where
- Morocco
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Moroccan Society of Surgery
Quality Improvement, Breast Milk
Improving Mother Milk Feeding Benefits in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Twenty-seven hospitals in China will participate in the study, which aims to increase breastfeeding rate in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and reduce the clinical complications in very low birth weight infants and…
- Trial name
- NCT03453502
- Testing
- Quality improvement of breast milk feeding
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people
- Sponsor
- Nanjing Medical University
Quality Improvement, Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal
Multi-center Clinical Study on Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
Eight hospitals in China will participate in the study, which aims to decrease the incidence of severe hyperbilirubinemia.
- Trial name
- NCT03824990
- Testing
- Quality improvement of management of neonatal jaundice
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people
- Sponsor
- Nanjing Medical University
Quality Improvement, Breast-feeding
To Improve the Rate of Mother's Own Milk Feeding of Premature Infants in NICU
Thirteen hospitals in China will participate in the study, which objectives of this study is to improve the rate of mother's own milk feeding of premature infants in neonatal intensive care unit(NICU), evaluate the effectiveness…
- Conditions
- Quality Improvement, Breast-feeding, Premature Infant
- Trial name
- NCT04383379
- Testing
- Experimental: Intervention group
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- Nanjing Medical University
Registries, Quality Improvement
Improving Quality Based on the Joint Registry
Test whether an intervention, consisting of frequently feedback of performance outcomes and education will improve patient care, expressed in better functional outcomes, fewer complications and more quality improving…
- Conditions
- Registries, Quality Improvement, Hip Arthropathy, Knee Arthropathy
- Trial name
- IQ Joint (NCT04055103)
- Testing
- Monthly feedback, education and linking hospitals
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Leiden University Medical Center
Thrombolytic Therapy, Acute Stroke
Improving In-hospital Stroke Service Utilisation in China
A cluster randomised controlled trial will be conducted, using hospital as randomisation unit. Hospitals in Zhejiang Province, China, will be randomised into two arms (1:1): an intervention arm and a control arm.
- Conditions
- Thrombolytic Therapy, Acute Stroke, Door to Treatment Time, Quality Improvement
- Trial name
- NCT03317639
- Testing
- Behaviour Change Wheel model guided intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,634 people
- Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine
Quality Improvement, Hip Fractures
Care Pathways for Benchmarking on Fragile Hip Fractures Rapid Recovery
The aim of this project is to build an international community of centers of excellence in the care for Fragile Hip Fracture Rapid Recovery patients.
- Trial name
- NCT03941353
- Testing
- Usual care
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 298 people
- Sponsor
- European Pathway Association
Anti-Infective Agents, Mobile Applications
A Digital Antimicrobial Stewardship Smartphone Application to Combat AMR: the AB-assistant
Optimal prescribing of antimicrobials is becoming increasingly challenging because of the growing complexity of guidelines and constantly changing distribution of infectious pathogens.
- Conditions
- Anti-Infective Agents, Mobile Applications, Quality Improvement, Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Trial name
- AB-assistant (NCT03793946)
- Testing
- AB-assistant
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada, Netherlands and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 1,080 people
- Sponsor
- Annelies Verbon
Quality Improvement, Informed Consent
Quality Improvement Study on Operative Consent Forms
A Quality Improvement Project was undertaken to improve the completion of operative consent forms within a UK hospital plastic surgery department.
- Trial name
- NCT04493866
- Testing
- Messages to departmental employees to improve quality of consent form completion
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Barts & The London NHS Trust
Colorectal Surgery, Quality Improvement
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in Colorectal Surgery: A Large-Scale Quality Improvement Project
Multimodal perioperative care pathways have evolved into enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS). ERAS pathways improve the quality of patient care, reduce morbidity, and shorten length of stay.
- Conditions
- Colorectal Surgery, Quality Improvement, Perioperative Care, ERAS
- Trial name
- ERAS (NCT03189550)
- Testing
- ERAS perioperative care, Standard perioperative care, Noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 664 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Learning, Quality Improvement
Protocol for Evaluation of eLearning of Quality Improvement Methods
This study evaluates the use of eLearning of quality improvement methods. Participants who use eLearning only, facilitated learning only and a combination of eLearning and facilitated learning will complete questionnaires and be…
- Conditions
- Learning, Quality Improvement, eLearning
- Trial name
- NCT02907541
- Testing
- QI4U learning, Facilitated learning, QI4U and Facilitated learning
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
Pain Management, Critical Care
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Audit and Feedback Intervention With Quality Improvement Toolbox in Intensive Care
This study evaluates the addition of a quality improvement toolbox to an online audit and feedback intervention in Dutch intensive care units.
- Conditions
- Pain Management, Critical Care, Quality Improvement
- Trial name
- NCT02922101
- Testing
- Audit and Feedback, Toolbox
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Quality Improvement
Testing the Reliability and Validity of the CIBA
The overall objective of the study is to improve the experience for pediatric patients undergoing anesthesia inductions. The specific objective for this proposal is to establish whether the CIBA tool demonstrates inter-rater…
- Trial name
- NCT02882594
- Testing
- Observing patient behaviors for anesthesia induction compliance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 384 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati