There are about 28871 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Canada. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
The purpose of the full study is to determine whether multimodal analgesia for hip arthroscopy will reduce post-operative pain scores, narcotic consumption and hospital length-of-stay. To do this, the investigators will compare the standard of care (SOC), with routine pain management with a post-operative opioid prescription, to three different groups with multi-modal analgesia (SOC+peri-operative celecoxib, SOC+peri-operative gabapentin, and SOC+post-operative zopiclone). The investigators hypothesize that administration of multi-modal analgesia in all three treatment groups will result in improved post-operative pain control, reduced post-operative narcotic consumption and an overall reduction in post-operative length-of-stay compared to the group receiving treatment as per the standard of care. However, prior to undertaking a large multi-centre study, the investigators need to determine whether the study is feasible from data obtained with this pilot study.
The Placebo-Controlled Effectiveness in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH) Shunting (PENS) trial is a multi-center blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled design investigation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt surgery to study the shunt effectiveness in iNPH patients.
This study will evaluate a new neonatal follow-up model that offers additional support and coping resources for parents during their child's NICU admission as well as during their transition home. The Coached, Coordinated, Enhanced Neonatal Transition (CCENT) model involves a key worker who will be the primary support for families during the first year of their child's life. The key worker's role involves 1) parental coaching using an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approach, 2) coordinating care across various levels of care as well as supporting families in system and resource navigation, and 3) provided proactive education targeting normal challenges in caring for a child who required intensive care support. The goal is to improve the psychosocial support and medical care coordination beyond the neonatal intensive care unit as many of the medical and social concerns do not end at the time of discharge. Primary objective is parent stress at 12 months.
Medical and technological advances have resulted in a growing cohort of children with medical complexity (CMC), many of whom would not have survived previously and are living and thriving within the community. These families have unique needs that have previously not been taught in the typical training programs for paediatricians. The goal of this project is to develop an evaluation of a national complex care curriculum and to identify whether dedicated educational modules have an impact on improving clinical performance and resident self-efficacy.
This is a Phase 2 non-randomized, open label, uncontrolled, efficacy and safety study. Study participants will receive two priming doses of 0.5mL of DPX-Survivac 21 days apart and up to six 0.1ml maintenance injections every two months with low dose metronomic oral cyclophosphamide (50 mg BID) for one year or until disease progression, whichever occurs first. Pembrolizumab 200 mg will be administered every 3 weeks for up to one year or until disease progression, whichever occurs first.
This study will determine the feasibility of the novel thin convex probe endobronchial ultrasound (TCP-EBUS) in human resected lobes. The primary end point is to clarify the feasibility of using the thin convex probe EBUS scope to visualize lung tumors from an intra-bronchial view. The secondary objective is to evaluate the insertion ability, operability, endoscopic image and ultrasound image compared to that of the convex probe EBUS.
The rod-cone dystrophies (often referred to as retinitis pigmentosa (RP)) are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders in which there is progressive loss of rod and later cone photoreceptor function leading to severe visual impairment. RP usually occurs as an isolated retinal disorder, but it may also be seen in association with systemic abnormalities.
B7451012 is a Phase 3 study to evaluate PF-04965842 in patients aged 12 years and older with a minimum body weight of 40 kg who have moderate to severe atopic dermatitis. The efficacy and safety of two dosage strengths of PF-04965842, 100 mg and 200 mg taken orally once daily, will be evaluated relative to placebo over 12 weeks of study participation. Eligible patients will have an option to enter a long-term extension study after completing 12 weeks of treatment.
The REaCT TAPS clinical trial will compare a tapering dose of dexamethasone to other standards of care on the presence of taxane-associated pain syndrome (TAPS) in early stage breast cancer.
Music therapy has long been used to improve communication, health and quality of life. Music is also known to regulate pain, mood and anxiety levels. In the geriatric population, music listening has been shown to decrease depressive symptoms and neuropsychiatric symptoms such as agitation and anxiety. As a result, the use of music is recommended by national guidelines to control the behavioural symptoms of patients in long-term care facilities. Despite the demonstrated positive benefits of music for health and behavioural outcomes, very few studies using music have been performed in the hospital environment and even fewer on short-stay geriatric units. Older adults are the fastest-growing group of patients admitted to hospital, and the age-related burden of non-fatal health outcomes is one of the main challenges faced by hospitals. One of those age-related burdens is related to falls. Falls are highly frequent in geriatric patients, particularly on short-stay geriatric units, with a prevalence of up to 30 %. Falls are associated with increased length of hospital stay, high health-care costs and negative non-fatal health outcomes including multi-morbidities and related disabilities. Previous research has shown that music may decrease the risk of falls. For example, it was shown that the rhythm of music, combined with physical exercise, can improve measures of gait stability. In older community dwellers, music-based programs have demonstrated that improvement of gait stability decreased the risk of falls. We therefore hypothesized that music listening may decrease the risk of falls of geriatric patients admitted to a short stay unit. This study aimed to examine the influence of music listening on the risk of falls in patients admitted to a Geriatric Assessment Unit (GAU) by comparing the Morse Fall Scale (MFS) score for patients who attended music listening sessions and in control patients who did not attend these music sessions. To our knowledge, this is the first study to assess the effect of music listening on the risk of falls in a geriatric unit.