HK, Hong Kong Clinical Trials
A listing of HK, Hong Kong clinical trials actively recruiting patients volunteers.
Found 655 clinical trials
Effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Cognitive Function and Upper Limb Motor Function in People With Chronic Stroke
Upper limb impairment is present in more than 85% of people with stroke, which greatly affect the quality of life, social participation, and performance of daily activities of people with stroke. Previous study also revealed that 53.4% of people after stroke experienced cognitive impairment. Different cognitive domains might be affected …
A Prehabilitation Program to Boost Postoperative Functional Capacity in Surgical Lung Cancer Patients
This research study is evaluating a prehabiliation intervention designed to improve postoperative functional capacity (measured by 6-minure walking distance) in individuals undergoing lung resection for cancer.
Core Stabilization Exercise Therapy in Chronic Lower Back Back Management in Community Dwelling Older Adults
Objectives: To develop an exercise program for older adults with low back pain. And,to develop a clinical prediction rule that could identify a subgroup of people with NSLBP Participants 150 people aged between 40 to 80 with non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) for more than 6 months and is able …
Effects of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Bright Light Therapy for Insomnia in Adolescents With Evening Chronotype
Insomnia is prevalent in adolescents. Together with an increase of evening preference (i.e. evening chronotype) in adolescent, sleep disturbance in adolescents are associated with a constellation of adverse outcomes. Insomnia and evening chronotype in adolescents are also found to predict the development of mental health problems and negative health-related outcomes …
tDCS Effects on Brain Plasticity in Aphasia Treatment
The efficacy of conventional speech therapy alone for aphasia recovery is inconclusive. The prospective study will monitor the effects of combined language therapy and tDCS through structural and functional MRI.
Delayed Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Ductal Cancer in Situ
The trial aims to investigate the use of superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) nanoparticles as a tracer for delayed sentinel lymph node dissection (d-SLND) in patients where upfront axillary surgery (SLND) is oncologically deemed unnecessary and should be avoided. This includes but is not limited to patients with a preoperative diagnosis …
Improving Post-acute Stroke Follow-up Care by Adopting Telecare Consultations in a Nurse-led Clinic
Since 2017, Hong Kong has provided post-acute stroke services in clinics operated by stroke advanced practice nurses (APNs). Currently, the applicability of the clinics has been further limited by the emergence of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic due to restrictions on visits to the clinics and tightened social distancing requirements. Telecare …
FAB Programme for Parents of Children With NDD
The study aims to examine the effectiveness of a psychotherapy approach called Facilitator-guided Acceptance and Commitment Bibliotherapy (FAB) in improving the psychological health of parents of young children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) and reducing the emotional and behavioral symptoms of NDD children. The study will involve 154 Cantonese-speaking parents of …
CD62L Depleted Donor Lymphocyte Infusion With T Cell Depleted Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
In this clinical trial, the investigators aim to apply CD62L depleted donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) together with in vitro T cell depleted haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) to treat patients with malignant or non-malignant disease in need of HSCT. The investigators shall evaluate the graft failure-free, graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)-free …
A Self-management Based Survivorship Intervention for Chinese Cancer Survivors
This study, using a sequential multiple assessment randomized controlled trial (SMART) approach, will evaluate a cancer survivorship care intervention on physical symptom distress, weight management, self-efficacy in managing cancer and health-related quality of life among Chinese patients recently completed curative cancer treatment.
