Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Clinical Trials
A listing of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada clinical trials actively recruiting patients volunteers.
Found 206 clinical trials
Piloting of an Intervention to Reduce Problematic Alcohol Use in Early Phase Psychosis Patients
A focus of research for youth and Emerging Adults with early phase psychosis (EPP) has been cannabis use. However, this focus has led to overlooking the possible negative influence of another legal recreational drug, alcohol. Previous studies our research group has done have demonstrated that over use of alcohol reduces …
Prehabilitation for Ovarian Cancer Patients
Individuals with ovarian cancer have very poor survival rates. This is because the cancer is not usually detected until it has reached advanced stages. How long an individual survives also is determined by the cancer treatment they receive. Although there are best treatment practices to improve survival, some women have …
Evaluating the Effect of Intravenous Dexamethasone on the Duration of Spinal Anesthesia After Cesarean Delivery
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the effects of intravenous (IV) dexamethasone on spinal anesthesia in healthy women having an elective Cesarean delivery (CD) at the IWK Health Centre. The main questions it aims to answer are: What effect does IV dexamethasone have on the resolution of …
Lower Trapezius Transfer vs Bridging Reconstruction
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the bridging reconstruction technique vs the lower trapezius tendon transfer in patients with massive irreparable rotator cuff tears. The main questions it aims to answer are: comparing the outcomes of the two surgical techniques (BRR with an acellular human dermal allograft …
Lemborexant for Insomnia in a Patient With Dementia: An N-of-1 Trial
Insomnia is a highly common, chronic disorder that is distressful for the patient but also for caregivers and can give rise to a heavy burden on the healthcare team. Sleeping aids like benzodiazepines and other sedatives (e.g., zolpidem, zopiclone) have been widely used to help treat insomnia. However, sleeping aids …
Multicenter Clinical Trial of ST-02 for Ablation of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
The goal of this prospective clinical trial is to investigate the safety and efficacy of ST-02 (mucoadhesive gemcitabine suspension for pyelocaliceal instillation) to treat Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC) in participants who have a low-grade tumor. The main questions this study aims to answer are: Can ST-02 effectively eradicate UTUC …
Paclitaxel and Ramucirumab +/- Zanidatamab in HER2 Postive Advanced Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma
This study is being done to answer the following question: Can the chance of gastroesophageal cancer growing or spreading be lowered by adding a drug called zanidatamab to the usual combination of drugs? We are doing this study because we want to find out if this approach is better or …
Brass Mesh Bolus in Rotational Post-Mastectomy Radiation Therapy
The hypothesis is that the daily use of brass mesh bolus achieves a comparable dose to every-other-day use of Superflab bolus (current standard of care) in chest wall post-mastectomy patients treated with rotational 6 MV photon delivery.
CONCEPTT Kids International Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Among Offspring of Women With Type 1 Diabetes
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes among Offspring of women with Type 1 Diabetes: A Follow up Study of the CONCEPTT Randomized Control Trial (CONCEPTT Kids International). An international, multicentre prospective cohort study of child and mother pairs. The potential number of recruits is 225 and the main inclusion criteria is child's mother who …
Effect of Metformin on Behaviour and the Brain in Children Treated for a Brain Tumour
The efficacy of treatment with metformin for promoting cognitive recovery and brain growth in children/adolescents treated for a brain tumour will be investigated in a multi-site Phase III randomized double-blind placebo-controlled parallel arm superiority trial. Specifically, in children/adolescents aged 7 years to 21 years and 11 months who have completed …
