Clinical trials: Recruitment
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Open Lung Ventilation in ARDS: The PHARLAP Trial
Some people develop the condition called acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This is a condition where the lungs have become injured from one of a number of various causes, and do not work as they normally do to provide…
- Trial name
- PHARLAP (NCT01667146)
- Testing
- PHARLAP mechanical ventilation strategy, Control group mechanical ventilation strategy
- Where
- 27 sites in Australia, Ireland and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre
Spinal Cord Injury, Paralysis
A Neuroprosthesis for Prolonged Standing After SCI Using Multi-Contact Peripheral Nerve Electrodes
The purpose of this study is to improve the performance of neuroprosthesis for standing after SCI by developing and testing new advanced methods that use multiple contact peripheral nerve electrodes to slow the onset of fatigue…
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury, Paralysis, Tetraplegia, Paraplegia
- Trial name
- NCT01923662
- Testing
- IST-16 (16-Channel implanted stimulator-telemeter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Recruitment
Advancing People of Color in Clinical Trials Now: Involvement in Trials Using a Patient-Centered Website: A Community-Engaged Approach
The purpose pf this study is to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of a culturally and linguistically tailored clinical trial literacy website in increasing likelihood of participating in clinical trials.
- Trial name
- ACT Now (NCT03243071)
- Testing
- Tailored Website, Standard Website
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Colorectal Cancer, Rectal Cancer
PeLear CCC: Proyecto Latino Contra Cancer Colorrectal
The study aims to recruit 60 Spanish speaking individuals who identify as Latinos, are 18 years or older and attend the Saint Thomas More (STM) Church in Chapel Hill.
- Conditions
- Colorectal Cancer, Rectal Cancer, Colon Cancer, Colon Rectal Cancer
- Trial name
- PeLear CCC (NCT06426927)
- Testing
- Colorectal Cancer Educational Videos in Spanish
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Stacking Exercises Aid the Decline in FVC and Sick Time
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is complicated by weak breathing muscles and lung infections. "Lung volume recruitment" is a technique performed using a face mask or mouthpiece and a hand-held resuscitation bag to stack breaths…
- Trial name
- STEADFAST (NCT01999075)
- Testing
- Lung Volume Recruitment (LVR), Conventional Treatment
- Where
- 9 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Polycythemia Vera, Essential Thrombocythemia
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: an In-depth Case-control Study
There is a paucity of data on the aetiology of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). The investigators conducted a systematic review of the literature which identified several cohort and case-control studies that have investigated…
- Conditions
- Polycythemia Vera, Essential Thrombocythemia, Primary Myelofibrosis
- Trial name
- MOSAICC (NCT01831635)
- Testing
- Methodological pens, Methodological compensation, Methodological trolley tokens
- Where
- 3 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 234 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
Idiopathic Scoliosis
Anesthesia and Motor Evoked Potential (MEP) Recruitment
Test the hypothesis to recruit larger motor responses to transcranial stimulation.
- Trial name
- NCT02199314
- Testing
- Desflurane
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Diabetic Foot, Diabetic Ulcer of Left Foot
Crossing the Divide: Piloting Integrated Care to Reduce Amputations Among Rural Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcers
This project directly addresses the escalating national rate of major (above-ankle) amputations due to diabetic foot ulcers; it focuses on rural patients, who face 37% higher odds of major amputation compared to their urban…
- Conditions
- Diabetic Foot, Diabetic Ulcer of Left Foot, Diabetic Ulcer of Right Foot, Amputation
- Trial name
- NCT05203471
- Testing
- integrated care model
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 131 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Acute Lung Injury
Efficacy and Safety of a Lung Recruitment Protocol in Children With Acute Lung Injury
Lung units which participate in gas exchange are known as 'recruited' lung. Patients with lung injury suffer from a proportion of units which do not participate in gas exchange (i.e.
- Trial name
- Recruitment (NCT00830284)
- Testing
- Recruitment maneuver
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Wound Healing, Burns
Hypoxia-inducible Factor-1 (HIF-1) Regulated Circulating Angiogenic Cells (CACs) Recruitment in Burn Wound Healing
This research is being done to increase knowledge about wound healing and different factors that may affect healing in burn patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00796627
- Testing
- Healthy volunteers, Burn volunteers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Weight Loss, Postpartum Weight Retention
Postpartum Weight Loss for Women at Elevated Cardiovascular Risk
The aim of this study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a 16-week online behavioral weight loss program compared to usual care to promote weight loss in the postpartum period among women with cardiovascular risk…
- Conditions
- Weight Loss, Postpartum Weight Retention, Hypertension in Pregnancy, Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy
- Trial name
- EMPOWER-Mom (NCT04914819)
- Testing
- Online Behavioral Weight Loss Program, Virtual weigh-in
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Naloxone
Increasing Naloxone Access for Persons Who Use Opioids
Deaths relating to opioid overdose have rapidly increased over the past two decades. Due to the serious public health concern of the opioid epidemic, federal agencies recommend employing various harm reduction interventions.
- Trial name
- NCT04303000
- Testing
- Opioid Overdose Education with Naloxone Distribution, Opioid Overdose Education
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Substance Use Disorders
Strategies to Enhance Recruitment and Retention of Black Individuals Into Clinical Trials for Substance Use Disorders
The overall goal of this research project will be to obtain feedback from consumers to help develop a manual called I-DREM (Innovative Development of Research Engagement Manual).
- Trial name
- I-DREM (NCT05124119)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Research Awareness
Awareness Enhancing Interventions
The purpose of this study is to determine if increasing awareness and, thus, enhancing positive attitudes about research, prior to recruitment attempts, will increase participation in cancer clinical research among African…
- Trial name
- AWEI (NCT04683510)
- Testing
- Navigation - Study Specific - Researcher Voice, Navigation - Study Specific - Cancer Survivor Voice, Navigation - Research General - Researcher Voice
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4,451 people
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
Low Bone Density
Stem Cell Recruitment in Osteoporosis Therapy
Osteoporosis is an important health problem in the rapidly-aging demographic. Fragility fractures are devastating consequences of osteoporosis.
- Trial name
- NCT01656629
- Testing
- Teriparatide, Alendronate, calcium and vitamin D
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Stillbirth, Grief
MOMSonLINE2 ; A Pilot Study Testing Recruitment and Retention of Women of Color to an Online Support Group for Bereaved Mothers
This is a 6-week pilot study to see how research participants feel about an internet support site after a stillbirth or infant death. Losing a baby through stillbirth or early infant death is typically devastating for families.
- Conditions
- Stillbirth, Grief, Infant Death
- Trial name
- NCT04600076
- Testing
- BabyCenter site and the community group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Obesity
For the Health of Our Children--Clinic Based Treatment of Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity is a major public health problem in the U.S. Currently approximately one in three children is considered overweight or obese. Most overweight children grow to become overweight adults.
- Trial name
- NCT01625910
- Testing
- Behavioral counseling
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Covid-19, Substance Use
Leveraging Social Networks to Increase COVID-19 Testing Uptake
This two-year project will adapt and conduct a trial examining the ability of two recruitment strategies, chain-referral and credible messenger, to reach those who use opioids and other substances in order to increase their…
- Conditions
- Covid-19, Substance Use, Opioid Use
- Trial name
- NCT04873401
- Testing
- Chain-referral, Credible Messenger
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 498 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Hepatitis C, Medication Adherence
Intensive Models of HCV Care for Injection Drug Users
Injection drug users (IDUs) constitute 60% of the approximately 5 million people in the U.S. infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV treatment leading to sustained viral response (SVR) is associated with increased survival.
- Trial name
- NCT01857245
- Testing
- Intensive Models (mDOT and CGT) of HCV Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Prisma Health-Upstate
Pulmonary Atelectasis
Effect of Recruitment Maneuver on Postoperative Atelectasis Assessed by Lung Ultrasound in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
This single-centre, prospective, randomized, parallel-group controlled trial evaluated whether alveolar recruitment manoeuvres (RMs) added to a lung-protective ventilation strategy improve perioperative lung aeration in adults…
- Trial name
- LUNG USG SCORE (NCT07324122)
- Testing
- Alveolar recruitment manoeuvre, Lung-protective ventilation with lung ultrasound assessment
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital