There are about 300 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Nepal. 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 Women Lift Safely! Intervention study aims to increase safe carrying behavior to reduce health risks of heavy lifting in a rural area of Nepal (i.e. reducing weight and using safe lifting techniques). The study's specific aims are to: 1) Test whether a psychological intervention that promotes self-efficacy can promote women's use of safe carrying behavior effectively compared to an information only control condition. (2) Test whether including a social partner in the intervention is more effective than an individual psychological intervention.
Its an interventional study conducted to assess the effect of social media-based health education program on PNC knowledge among pregnant women attending Dhulikhel hospital, Nepal.
This study assessed the outcomes of laparoscopic repair in complicated groin hernia. Laparoscopic approach in cases of complicated groin hernia can achieve desirable patient outcomes without major complications, provided good patient selection and expertise. This study provides an insight to the outcomes from the procedure in low resource setting of Nepal.
Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness (ICU-AW) is a clinical entity frequently encountered in critically ill patients that have both short term and long-term implications. The current gold standard of diagnosis is by assessment of manual muscle strength, using the 6-grade Medical Research Council (MRC) sum score. However, not all Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admitted patients are conscious or cooperative enough to use MRC sum score for the diagnosis of ICU-AW. Ultrasound imaging of muscles has emerged as a valid and reliable tool for providing qualitative and quantitative details about muscle disease and has been suggested as an alternative to assess ICU-AW in critically ill patients in whom the MRC cannot be assessed. This study will be a prospective observational study to evaluate the relationship between the trend of changes in muscle thickness, echogenicity and fasciculations during the first 7 days of ICU stay as measured by ultrasound and ICU-AW among critically ill patients. The study will be performed in the ICU of TU Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal for 1 year. All newly admitted adult patients ≥ 16 years of age, expected to stay in ICU / critical care areas for at least 7 days, barring the exclusion criteria, will be included in the study and evaluated for MRC sum score and skeletal muscle thickness, echogenicity and fasciculations using ultrasound on day 1, day 4 and day 7. The measurements will then be statistically analyzed to see if there is any relationship between trend of changes in muscle thickness, echogenicity and fasciculations and ICU-AW
This study seeks to evaluate the safety, acceptability and feasibility of an outpatient "day procedure" for medical abortion at 13-18 weeks gestation in two public sector facilities. It also seeks to document the roles of health workers in providing services related to later abortion care and to document the costs of this day procedure to the health system.
The study aims to evaluate the impact of clinical pharmacist intervention as a part of a multidisciplinary team to improve clinical outcomes of cancer patients with pain in comparison to standard care.
Urolithiasis is one of the most prevalent urological diseases affecting general population across the world. The available treatment modalities for renal stones are Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL), Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PNL), and Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery (RIRS). Irrigation for RIRS is the critical component for the success of procedure. To avoid detrimental effects of high pressure, intra-renal pressure (IRP) has to be lower. Different studies have shown that high irrigation pressure raises intra-renal pressure leading to pyelo-venous and pyelo-lymphatic reflux which can lead to sepsis and septic shock. Comparative study of different irrigation pressure during RIRS is lacking. This is randomized controlled trial conducted in Department of Urology and Renal Transplant Surgery for duration of one year. Objective of the study is to compare safety and efficacy of gravity irrigation versus pressure irrigation. Patients with symptomatic kidney stones: non lower pole stones <2cm, lower pole stones <1cm and lower pole stones 1-2 cm in whom PCNL is contraindicated will be enrolled in study with informed consent. Retrograde intrarenal surgery will be performed as standard procedure and Ho:YAG laser will be used to fragment stones. Stone free rate at postoperative day 1 and after 1 month will be monitored through X-ray KUB. Maximum irrigation pressure, duration of surgery, stone size, density, location, intraoperative and postoperative complications as classified by Clavien-Dindo will be noted for all patients. Data will be appropriately analyzed and statistical tests applied as necessary.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of ketotifen and indomethacin taken together to improve symptoms related with COVID-19. Ketotifen and indomethacin are medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat diseases other than COVID-19. Their use in this study is investigational, meaning they have not been approved by the FDA to treat COVID-19.
Perioperative bleeding during cardiac surgery is associated with a higher incidence of reoperation and blood transfusion leading to an increase in morbidity and mortality. Coagulopathy is a major cause of excessive bleeding. It is associated with use of cardiopulmonary bypass which activates the intrinsic and extrinsic coagulation pathway, platelet dysfunction and systemic inflammatory response. Increase in duration of cardiopulmonary bypass correlates directly with increase bleeding during cardiac surgery. Antifibrinolytic agents like tranexamic acid has shown promising result in major surgeries and in trauma patients. Current clinical practice guidelines recommended use of tranexamic acid in cardiac surgery. There are wide variations in dose of tranexamic acid ranging from 10mg/Kg to 100mg/kg. The higher dose of this drug is associated with seizures and thromboembolic events including stroke. The objective is to find out the minimal effective dose of tranexamic acid in open-heart surgery. This is a prospective comparative study among the patients undergoing open heart surgery in Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center, Kathmandu Nepal. The inclusion criteria include patients with age more than 18years, surgery with total cross clamp time more than 60 min. The exclusion criteria are the patients with allergy to tranexamic acid or any of the lysine analogues, history of seizure, chronic homeostasis abnormality, on anticoagulants, severe chronic kidney disease with creatinine clearance less than 30ml/hr, deranged liver function test, total cross clamp time less than 60 min. The sample size was calculated to be 100 including 10% dropout cases. Patients will be randomized into two groups Group H (High dose group) and Group L (Low dose group) with a sealed envelope technique. Low-dose TEA consists of 10 mg/kg bolus administration before incision, followed by1 mg/kg/hr infusion; High-dose TEA consists of a 30 mg/kg bolus followed by a 1mg/kg/hr infusion till the end of surgery. Blood sampling and transfusion will be done as per protocol of Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center. The primary study endpoint was the amount of blood loss during the first 24 hours after surgery. The secondary endpoint was the incidence of overall blood transfusion and hemoglobin concentration on the first postoperative day after surgery. All adverse effects of the drug were noted and were treated as per hospital protocol. Data will be collected using the data collection form (proforma). Collected data will be analyzed by means of spss version 20 for windows. The result will be presented as mean ± SD. The continuous variable will be compared between the two groups by student t test and categorical variables with the chi-square test. A minimum level of significance is maintained at the p-value of <0.05.
Different scoring systems were developed for risk prediction and adjustment of morbidity from perforated duodenal ulcer. However, these scoring systems are not routinely used in perforated duodenal ulcer patient in everyday clinical practice. Identification of patient with a high risk of adverse outcomes following surgery is important for clinical decision-making which can assist in risk stratification and triage e.g. timing and extent of pre-operative respiratory and circulatory stabilization, postoperative admission to a high dependency unit (HDU), the level and extent of monitoring, and inclusion in specific perioperative care protocols. Few studies assessed and compared the accuracy indices of PULP with BOEY and ASA in predicting post PPU repair 30-day morbidity Further, the efficacy must be verified in individual settings like ours. So we wish to assess its efficacy in BPKIHS-a tertiary referral center of eastern Nepal.