Clinical trials: Quality of Health Care
Quality of Health Care, Patient Safety
CITE: Clinical Inference Tethered to Evidence - a Retrieve-and-verify Layer for AI Care Plans
This trial evaluates CITE, a retrieve-and-verify layer that audits an AI-generated care plan against a full-text evidence corpus and flags patient-specific codifiable safety hazards to the clinician.
- Conditions
- Quality of Health Care, Patient Safety, Clinical Decision Support
- Trial name
- CITE (NCT07718893)
- Testing
- CITE evidence-grounding retrieve-and-verify layer, AI care plan with safety guardrails
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Waymark
Older Adults (65 Years and Older), Polypharmacy (People Under Treatment With 5 or More Drugs)
Impact of Pharmacotherapy Optimization in Polymedicated Lebanese Older Adults in Primary Health Care Centers
Why are the researchers doing this study? Many older adults take five or more medicines every day. Some of these medicines may no longer help them. Some may even cause harm, such as falls, confusion or tiredness.
- Conditions
- Older Adults (65 Years and Older), Polypharmacy (People Under Treatment With 5 or More Drugs), Primary Health Care, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
- Trial name
- PHARMACT-PHC (NCT07866677)
- Testing
- Structured pharmacotherapy optimization, Usual Care
- Where
- Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 452 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Public Health, Clinical Epidemiology, and Toxicology-Lebanon (INSPECT-LB)
Frailty, Delirium Confusional State
Patients With Long-stay at ICU: Factors and Evaluation - Feasibility Study
Every year, many critically ill patients are admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU). Most stay only a few days, but a smaller group stays much longer.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Delirium Confusional State, Persistent Critical Illness, Post-Intensive Care Syndrome
- Trial name
- LIFE-ICU (NCT07851974)
- Where
- 4 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Non-disease Research. Enhancing Nursing Students' Obstetric Situation Awareness and Clinical Decision-making Through Multimodal Teaching, Clinical Competence
The Effectiveness of Situation Awareness Approach on Nursing Competencies in Obstetric Practicum: A Multimodal Teaching
The declining birth rate and the complex and unpredictable nature of obstetric clinical situations have limited nursing students' opportunities to gain authentic clinical experience and increased the challenges and stress…
- Conditions
- Non-disease Research. Enhancing Nursing Students' Obstetric Situation Awareness and Clinical Decision-making Through Multimodal Teaching, Clinical Competence, Health Care Quality
- Trial name
- NCT07844226
- Testing
- Situation Awareness-Based Multimodal Instructional, Usual-video instruction.
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 455 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cheng Kung University
Renal Dialysis, Renal Replacement Therapy
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Algorithms to Optimize the Performance and Delivery of Acute Dialysis
SMART DIALYSIS - Scaling Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence AlgoRithms to OpTimize the Performance and Delivery of Acute DIALYSIS.
- Conditions
- Renal Dialysis, Renal Replacement Therapy, Renal Diseases, Quality Health Care
- Trial name
- SMART DIALYSIS (NCT07312929)
- Testing
- intermittent OR continuous renal replacement therapies
- Where
- 15 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 7,500 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Dementia, Dementia, Vascular
Promoting Goals-of-Care Discussions for Patients With Memory Problems and Their Caregivers
The goal of this clinical trial is to improve communication among clinicians, patients with memory problems, and their family members.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Dementia, Vascular, Mixed Dementias, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- PICSI-M (NCT05596760)
- Testing
- Jumpstart Guide
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,802 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Home Care Services, Quality of Health Care
Clinical Governance of Home Care and 30-Day Stability
This prospective observational study evaluates the organization, quality, and outcomes of home care provided by the Health and Social Care District No. 4 of Barletta, Azienda Sanitaria Locale BT, Italy.
- Trial name
- CG-HOME-DSS4 (NCT07820852)
- Testing
- Integrated Home Care (ADI), Scheduled GP Home Care (ADP), Temporary Home Care (ADT)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda Sanitaria Locale BT
Cardiovascular Diseases, Overweight
Enhancing Mental and Physical Health of Women Veterans
Women Veterans are the fastest growing segment of VA users. This dramatic growth has created challenges for VA to ensure that appropriate services are available to meet women Veterans' needs, and that they will want and be able…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Overweight, Obesity, Smoking
- Trial name
- EMPOWER (NCT05050266)
- Testing
- EBQI, REP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Stroke, Caregiving Burden
CaknaStrok Education Package for Stroke Caregivers
This study evaluated the feasibility and potential effectiveness of the CaknaStrok Education Package (CEP), a culturally tailored education package developed to support informal caregivers of stroke survivors.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Caregiving Burden, Caregiver, Caregiver Burden for Those Who Care for Adults With Impaired Functional Status
- Trial name
- CaknaStrok (NCT07807332)
- Testing
- CaknaStrok Education Package (CEP)
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 113 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinical Research Centre, Malaysia
Mental Health, Mental Health Care
CanSOLVE 2.0 Theme 3.1 Mind the Gap - Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) Skills Training Program Pilot
The goal of this pilot implementation study is to implement and evaluate a 13-week dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) skills training program to address challenges to mental health and mental wellbeing in people who have…
- Conditions
- Mental Health, Mental Health Care, Hemodialysis, DIALYSIS SYMPTOMS AND ANXIETY
- Trial name
- NCT07628309
- Testing
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Skills Training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Health Related Quality of Life
Interprofessional Health Needs Assessment (IHNA) for Older Adults Living at Home
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Interprofessional Health Needs Assessment (IHNA) in older adults living at home.
- Trial name
- Impact-INHA (NCT07686172)
- Testing
- Interprofessional Health Needs Assesement (INHA)
- Where
- 2 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Stavanger
Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia (sCAP), Elderly Infection
ESCAPE10: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia in Elderly Patients Acquired Pneumonia in Elderly Patients
The ESCAPE 10 study is a multinational, retrospective, observational cohort study that aims to investigate the epidemiology and outcome determinants of severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) in elderly patients (≥65 years).
- Conditions
- Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia (sCAP), Elderly Infection, Community-Acquired Infections, Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
- Trial name
- ESCAPE10 (NCT07070284)
- Where
- 18 sites in Croatia, France and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Joan Sabater-Riera
Pulp Disease, Dental, Pulp Necrosis
Chloramphenicol, Tetracycline, Zinc Oxide and Eugenol Paste (CTZ Paste) for Emergency Dental Treatment in Public Health Settings: A Randomized Trial
The treatment of pulpal diseases in primary teeth represents a significant challenge in public health, particularly in emergency dental care settings, where factors such as limited clinical time, low child cooperation, and…
- Conditions
- Pulp Disease, Dental, Pulp Necrosis, Pulp Therapy in Primary Molars, Primary Teeth
- Trial name
- CTZ- emergency (NCT07542639)
- Testing
- CTZ Paste, ZOE Pulpectomy
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Polypharmacy, Inappropriate Prescribing
SPIDER: A Research & QI Collaboration Supporting Practices in Improving Care for Complex Elderly Patients
Elders living with multiple chronic conditions often take many drugs (polypharmacy); some of the drugs may not benefit them or may be harmful.
- Conditions
- Polypharmacy, Inappropriate Prescribing, Aged, Primary Health Care
- Trial name
- SPIDER (NCT03689049)
- Testing
- SPIDER, Usual Care
- Where
- 9 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto Practice Based Research Network
Caregiver Stress, Caregiver Stress Syndrome
ACT Group for Family Caregivers of Stroke Survivors
The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of group-based ACT intervention in improving the levels of psychological distress in caregivers of stroke survivors. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Conditions
- Caregiver Stress, Caregiver Stress Syndrome, Caregiver Burnout, Caregiver Distress
- Trial name
- NCT07528261
- Testing
- Group-based ACT Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Wright Institute
Patient Satisfaction, Cancer
Patient Satisfaction Following Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Assessment in Day Hospital: A Prospective Observational Study.
This study aims to evaluate patient satisfaction following a multidisciplinary "complex assessment" conducted in a Day Hospital setting at the Centre Hospitalier de Martigues.
- Conditions
- Patient Satisfaction, Cancer, Quality of Health Care
- Trial name
- EVAQSAP-HDJ-BC (NCT07560423)
- Testing
- Multidisciplinary Complex Assessment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 309 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Martigues
Congenital Heart Disease, Complex Congenital Heart Disease
A Chinese Multicenter Study on Surgical Techniques and Outcomes Across the Lifespan in Congenital Heart Disease
The goal of this observational study is to learn about recovery after heart surgery for people with Complex Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD), build a comprehensive data platform for CCHD care across a person's whole life, and…
- Conditions
- Congenital Heart Disease, Complex Congenital Heart Disease, Surgery (Cardiac), Perioperative Care
- Trial name
- NCT07524998
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people
- Sponsor
- China National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases
Health-Related Quality-of-Life, Satisfaction With Care
V-CARE (Virtual Care After REsuscitation)
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors and their relatives may face challenges following hospital discharge, relating to mood, cognition, and returning to normal day-to-day activities.
- Conditions
- Health-Related Quality-of-Life, Satisfaction With Care, Self-management Behaviors
- Trial name
- V-CARE (NCT07498764)
- Testing
- Virtual Care After REsuscitation, Digital Information Leaflet
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Holistic Care, Mental Health
Using Integrated Care and Wearable Technology to Evaluate Outcomes of the Shields & Stripes Program for Veterans and First Responders
This study aims to evaluate outcomes from the Shields \& Stripes (S\&S) program - a 12-week, multidisciplinary wellness intervention designed for veterans and first responders.
- Conditions
- Holistic Care, Mental Health, Sleep, PTSD
- Trial name
- S&S Wellness (NCT07452900)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor University
Oral Health Care, Oral Health-Related Quality of Life
Oral Health in Palliative Care: A Survey Study
Oral health problems such as xerostomia or oral infections are common in palliative care patients and can significantly impair quality of life.
- Conditions
- Oral Health Care, Oral Health-Related Quality of Life, Palliative Care, Palliative Care, Patient Care
- Trial name
- OH-PAL (NCT07324525)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 151 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Goettingen