4 Clinical Trials for Various Conditions
This study seeks to determine if cryoanalgesia in the form of ice application could be an effective analgesic when applied before arterial puncture.
This trial is designed as a prospective, multi-center, randomized, double blinded clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Thrombin VSI. An immunological sub-study to assess antibody and coagulation changes in the subjects following exposure to the Vascular Solutions Diagnostic Duett Pro manufactured with Thrombin VSI and Thrombin JMI will be conducted as a component of this trial with a subset of the enrolled study subjects. Two hundred seventy (270) subjects will be enrolled in this trial. A minimum of 50% of the subjects will be interventional subjects and up to 50% will be diagnostic subjects. All 270 subjects will provide blood specimens at baseline and at the 30 day follow-up visit for evaluation in the immunologic sub-study. Within the 270 subjects enrolled, a minimum of 45 subjects treated with the Thrombin VSI and a minimum of 45 subjects treated with the Thrombin JMI will provide blood specimens at the 60 day follow-up visit to be evaluated in the immunologic sub-study. The primary efficacy objective is to demonstrate that the device time-to-hemostasis for the study group treated with the sealing device manufactured with Thrombin VSI is non-inferior to the study group treated with the sealing device manufactured with Thrombin JMI. The primary safety objective is to demonstrate a device-related major complication rate for the study group treated with the sealing device manufactured with Thrombin VSI that is non-inferior to the device-related major complication rate observed for the study group treated with the sealing device manufactured with Thrombin JMI.
The Safe and Fast Radial Hemostasis using Synergistic Strategies (SAFE \& FAST) trial is an interventional study aimed at reducing the incidence of radial artery occlusion (RAO) rebound bleeding, and the required compression time after transradial approach (TRA) procedures, which have become the default access for coronary procedures globally. The hypothesis is that combining lower-dose heparin and radial hemostasis with simultaneous ipsilateral ulnar artery compression could achieve these improved outcomes.
The investigators previously successfully implemented a central venous catheter (CVC) simulation-based mastery learning (SBML) curriculum at Northwestern University. As a result, trainee skill improved, complications, including central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) decreased and the curriculum was proven cost-effective. Therefore the Veterans Administration Medical Centers (VAMC) decided to implement this training at some of their sites as a quality improvement project. The investigators will train faculty at these locations to implement the same curriculum at their individual sites. Outcome data will be collected to evaluate the outcomes of the quality improvement (QI) project (complications, infections, skills).