Clinical trials: Temperature
Hypothermia
Forced-air Warming in Endovascular Surgery: Testing Effectiveness of Two Different Blanket Models
Prospective randomized trial comparing effectiveness of two different forced-air warming blankets in patients undergoing lower extremity angioplasty (LEA) and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR).
- Trial name
- NCT02742818
- Testing
- Upper body blanket, Bair Hugger, Underbody blanket, Bair Hugger
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Nelson Wolosker
Healthy
Safety, Tolerability And On-Body Temperature Of A Disposable Heatwrap Device For The Lower Back
The objectives of this study are to evaluate the dermal safety and on-body temperature of a disposable heatwrap product when worn while in a supine position for five consecutive days.
- Trial name
- NCT01055262
- Testing
- Heatwrap 1
- Volunteers
- 169 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Intraoperative Complications, Thermal Injury
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy And Capacitive Coupling - Coag Versus Blend Mode Causing Thermal Injury at Port Site Skin
Monopolar radiofrequency energy is used to perform the laparoscopic cholecystectomy operation. The appearance of burns are common following laparoscopic cholecystectomy; particularly at the port site of the active electrode.
- Conditions
- Intraoperative Complications, Thermal Injury, Electrocoagulation
- Trial name
- NCT01664806
- Testing
- Covidien Triad monopolar generator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Cirrhosis, End Stage Liver Disease
Mild Hypothermia and Acute Kidney Injury in Liver Transplantation
Acute kidney injury (AKI), or worsening kidney function, is a common complication after liver transplantation (20-90% in published studies).
- Conditions
- Cirrhosis, End Stage Liver Disease, Acute Kidney Injury, Liver Transplant; Complications
- Trial name
- MHALT (NCT03534141)
- Testing
- Esophageal cooling/warming device, Mild hypothermia, Normothermia
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Diabetic Retinopathy With Macular Edema of Both Eyes (Diagnosis), Central Retinal Vein Occlusion With Macular Edema
Cool vs Room-temperature Artificial Tears
Background and Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of cooled versus room temperature artificial tears in reducing post intravitreal injection (IVI) ocular discomfort.
- Conditions
- Diabetic Retinopathy With Macular Edema of Both Eyes (Diagnosis), Central Retinal Vein Occlusion With Macular Edema, Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Unspecified Eye, Cystoid Macular Edema
- Trial name
- NCT05832996
- Testing
- Refresh Plus Preservative-free Lubricant Eye Drops
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Hypothermia; Anesthesia, Hypothermia, Newborn
Perioperative Warming Measures in Cesarean Delivery
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the best method for keeping patients warm during cesarean deliveries and the effect of temperature change on the patient and baby
- Conditions
- Hypothermia; Anesthesia, Hypothermia, Newborn, Hypothermia, Sequela
- Trial name
- NCT05015582
- Testing
- Pre op upper body forced air warming (32˚C), Pre op lower body forced air warming (32˚C), Pre op fluids (45˚C)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Major Surgery Under General Anesthesia
The Effects of Ambient Temperature and Forced-air Warming on Intraoperative Core Temperature
The purpose of this study is to determine: 1. the effect of ambient temperature on the rate of core temperature change from 1 to 3 hours after induction of anesthesia (linear phase of the hypothermia curve) in major operations…
- Trial name
- NCT02715076
- Testing
- Ambient Temperature 19°C, Ambient Temperature 21°C, Ambient Temperature 23°C
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 292 people
- Sponsor
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Children Requiring MRI
Pediatric Temperature Variation in the MRI Scanner Under General Anesthesia
The number of children undergoing MRI imaging has increased significantly in the past years, because many young children cannot stay still for the duration of the scan, have difficulty tolerating the confined space and the noise…
- Trial name
- NCT01119248
- Testing
- axillary temperature before MRI and after the MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Fever, Healthy
Clinical Performance of Masimo INVSENSOR00048
The objective of this clinical study is to validate temperature performance of the noninvasive Masimo INVSENSOR00048.
- Trial name
- NCT06289556
- Testing
- Masimo INVSENSOR00048
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Masimo Corporation
Hyperplasia
Harmonic Scalpel Vs. Electrocautery in Breast Reduction Surgery
Purpose: The aims of this randomized clinical trial are to assess and compare 3 different outcomes in women undergoing breast reduction surgery using two different surgical devices: the Harmonic Scalpel and electrocautery.
- Trial name
- NCT00819260
- Testing
- Harmonic Scalpel, Electrocautery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Hyperthermia
Effectiveness of the Combined WLI and Hyperthermia for GI Cancer Liver Metastasis
The standard treatment of unresectable liver metastasis in gastrointestinal tract cancer is chemotherapy, but considerable portion of the patients progressed and most of the liver is converted to metastatic tumor lesions.
- Trial name
- NCT01963117
- Testing
- Combined hyperthermia and radiation therapy
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Neonatal Sepsis, Low Birth Weight
Safety of Skin Cleansing With Chlorhexidine in Preterm Low Birth Weight Infants
The purpose of this study is to examine if single skin cleansing with 0.25% chlorhexidine affects skin condition, temperature, and bacterial colonization in stable preterm (28-36 weeks gestational age) low birth weight (1001-2000…
- Trial name
- NCT00947518
- Testing
- Chlorhexidine, Normal saline
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Breast Cancer
PEAK PlasmaBlade™ 4.0 Versus Traditional Electrosurgery in Lumpectomy
The purpose of this clinical study is to quantify the difference in thermal injury depth at the surgical margin in breast lumpectomy specimens excised with the PlasmaBlade; to subjectively assess histopathologic sample quality…
- Trial name
- PRECISE (NCT00960154)
- Testing
- PEAK PlasmaBlade, Traditional Electrosurgery with scalpel
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Surgical Technologies
Hypothermia
Intraoperative Warming Comparison of Devices
Hypothermia is a common and serious complication during anesthesia and surgery. Anesthetic-induced hypothermia results from the inhibition of thermoregulatory control and exposure to cold operating room environment.
- Trial name
- NCT00650260
- Testing
- Dynatherm Medical vitalHEAT Temperature Management System vH2, Bair Hugger™ (Arizant Healthcare, Eden Prairie, MN)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Stroke, Ischemic, Stroke Hemorrhagic
Transnasal Induction of Normothermia in Febrile Stroke Patients
The objective of this study is to evaluate safety and performance of the COOLSTAT® Transnasal Thermal Regulating Device in reducing temperature in a population of febrile subjects who meet the inclusion/exclusion criteria.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Ischemic, Stroke Hemorrhagic, Fever, Seizures
- Trial name
- NCT03360656
- Testing
- Transnasal Thermal Regulating Device
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- CoolTech LLC
Malaria, Seizures
Aggressive Antipyretics for Fever Reduction in CNS Malaria
The study will examine whether prophylactic and scheduled treatment with acetaminophen and ibuprofen can decrease the maximum temperature experienced during the acute illness in children with CNS malaria.
- Conditions
- Malaria, Seizures, Coma, Parasitemia
- Trial name
- NCT03399318
- Testing
- Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen
- Where
- 3 sites in Malawi, Zambia
- Volunteers
- 256 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Postoperative Inflammation, Postoperative Fever
Comparison of Perioperative Outcomes Between Energy Device During Laparoscopic Gastrectomy
To find out which instrument can be much better for laparoscopic gastrectomy among Harmonic scalpel, Ligasure Maryland, Thunderbeat comparing postoperative CRP level in each group
- Trial name
- NCT03356626
- Testing
- ULTRACISION Harmonic Scalpel, Ligasure Maryland, Thunderbeat
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 189 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Elastosis
PEAK PlasmaBlade™ vs. Traditional Electrosurgery in Abdominoplasty
The objective of this clinical study is to evaluate healing of incisions made with the PEAK PlasmaBlade 4.0 compared to scalpel and traditional electrosurgery (Bovie); to monitor and record key post-operative metrics following…
- Trial name
- PRECISE (NCT00943150)
- Testing
- PEAK PlasmaBlade, Standard of Care (SOC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Surgical Technologies
Macromastia
A Study to Evaluate Cutaneous Scar Quality Following Bilateral Breast Reduction With the PEAK PlasmaBlade 4.0
The objective of this clinical study is to evaluate scar quality following incision with the PEAK PlasmaBlade 4.0 using the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS), and to compare these results to equivalently-aged…
- Trial name
- PRECISE (NCT01284491)
- Testing
- PEAK PlasmaBlade 4.0, Traditional Electrosurgery with scalpel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Surgical Technologies
Malignant Melanoma
Study of Dabrafenib+Trametinib in the Adjuvant Treatment of Stage III BRAF V600+ Melanoma After Complete Resection to Evaluate the Impact on Pyrexia Related Outcomes
The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact on pyrexia-related outcomes of an adapted pyrexia adverse event (AE)-management algorithm, as well as safety, efficacy and health-related outcomes.
- Trial name
- COMBI-APlus (NCT03551626)
- Testing
- Dabrafenib, Trametinib
- Where
- 100 sites in Argentina, Australia and 21 more
- Volunteers
- 552 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals