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.
Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common surgeries, with more than 20 million performed globally each year. It is estimated that approximately 15% of patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair will experience persistent post-surgical pain that could last months to years. Evidence from related procedures indicates that better surgical preparation through pre-operative exercise and education (i.e. Prehabilitation) followed by ongoing post-surgical rehabilitation leads to more rapid recovery, return to activities and lower likelihood of persistent post-surgical pain. The investigators will determine the feasibility of a peri-operative rehabilitation program (pre- and post-surgery) and our study protocol for patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair surgery. The investigators hypothesize that: 1) our peri-operative intervention will be feasible and safe to undertake within a clinical setting; 2) adequate numbers will be enrolled to justify a larger trial; and that 3) our outcome measurement protocol will provide meaningful information with high response rate and low attrition after 3 months.
Implementing capnography into practice for respiratory monitoring during sedation is considered a high priority by leading authorities in Canada and internationally. The Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society's position statement recommends that capnography should be available wherever moderate or deep sedation is used. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (UK) Standard and Guidance report on Safe Sedation Practice for Healthcare Procedures noted that while capnography is not a mandated practice, providers should consider implementing capnography as a long term goal. These recommendations are in place because sedated patients who are not monitored with capnography have frequent undetected, and therefore untreated, respiratory depression. Of note, though, these guidelines do not provide specific recommendations for how capnography should be implemented for nurse-administered sedation. The aim of this study is to determine if smart alarm guided treatment of respiratory depression using the Integrated Pulmonary Index is an effective way to implement capnography during nurse-administered sedation. The primary outcome is the number of seconds in an alert condition state without an intervention being applied. The IPI is intended to reduce the cognitive burden of synthesizing multiple sources of physiological monitoring input and hence lowering the threshold for triggering intervention by clinicians to support respiration. The primary outcome directly measures this concept by quantifying the time taken for an alert to trigger an intervention. Higher values of the primary outcome will result from either a problem state that should have triggered an intervention but did not, or an 'inappropriate' alert (i.e. an alert that was not important enough to warrant immediate intervention.)
Monitoring carefully selected participants to determine if participants can be safely discharged the same day of pulmonary resection
There are currently no visual rehabilitation strategies for children presenting visual field defects consecutive to a brain tumor or its treatment. This study seeks to investigate the use of a home-based stimulation visual rehabilitation program using immerse-virtual reality (IVR) in children aged 4-10 years old with a diagnosis of hemianopia
This pilot study has been designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of PLLA as a single regimen for the improvement in appearance of cellulite after changes in reconstitution procedure.
This study will look at participants body weight from the start to the end of the study. It will also look at how much pain participants have in participants knee from the start to the end of the study and how this affects participants daily life. This is to compare the effect on body weight and pain in the knee in people taking semaglutide with people taking "dummy" medicine. Participants will either get semaglutide or "dummy" medicine. Which treatment participants get is decided by chance. Participants will need to take 1 injection once a week. The study medicine is injected with a thin needle in a skin fold in the stomach, thigh or upper arm. During the study, participants will have talks with study staff about how to eat healthy food and how to be more physically active. The study will last for about 1 ½ years. Participants will have 14 clinic visits with the study staff. At the first clinic visit participants will have a blood sample taken. Participants will have an X-ray of participants knee taken at the first visit. If participants have had an X-ray recently, this may not be needed. At 6 of the clinic visits participants cannot take pain medications for 3 days before the visit. Participants cannot take part if participants have had a joint replacement surgery in participants knee. Participants cannot take part if participants have or have had diabetes. Women: Women cannot take part if pregnant, breast-feeding or plan to become pregnant during the study period.
To assess the post-market clinical outcomes with use of the Axonics Sacral Neuromodulation System(s).
The project aims to test the feasibility of a new digital (mHealth) physical activity support program, delivered through an innovative mHealth platform (Curatio) for individuals living with spinal cord injury (SCI) who walk. The rationale for this project is to understand whether a mHealth intervention for increasing the amount and quality of physical activity is feasible for individuals with SCI who walk. The plan is to assess engagement, acceptability and feasibility in addition to primary outcomes related to physical activity behaviour. The investigators hypothesize that the intervention will be feasible and acceptable to deliver to individuals with SCI who walk. The investigators also hypothesize that the intervention will be engaging but recommendations will be made by participants following the study. Finally, it is hypothesized that compared with individuals in the wait-list control group, individuals in the intervention group will experience the following improvements related to exercise after 8-weeks: fulfillment of basic psychological needs, greater autonomous motivation, have enhanced social support, better action control, improved facilitators for behaviour change, more leisure-time physical activity, better quality participation, and enhanced employment.
Evaluation of antibody response against SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients treated with IO-treatment, in comparison with antibody titers in patients treated with non-IO treatment.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of INCB054707 in participants with prurigo nodularis over a 16-week double-blind placebo-controlled treatment period, followed by a 24 -week single blind extension period.