Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong Clinical Trials
A listing of Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong clinical trials actively recruiting patients volunteers.
Found 698 clinical trials
Treatment of Cantonese Speakers With Childhood Apraxia of Speech
The proposed study aims to investigate the efficacy of the Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing treatment in Cantonese-English bilingual speakers with childhood apraxia of speech.
Effects of the EatWelLog App on Diet Management for Older Adults With Sarcopenic Obesity
Sarcopenic obesity, characterised by concurrent reduced muscle mass and excess body fat, affects 11% of older adults worldwide, rising to 23% in those over 75. Considering the negative synergistic impact on health, promoting muscle mass gains while reducing fat mass remains a significant challenge, necessitating urgent and effective intervention strategies …
EMI Therapy for Depression in Hong Kong
To determine if a two-week ecological momentary intervention (two EMA + one EMI daily) as augmentation to treatment as usual would reduce depressive symptoms, rumination levels, and functioning in subjects with mild to moderate depression, as compared to active controls receiving three EMA prompts daily.
Exploring the Effectiveness of an Interprofessional Game-based Learning
The goal of this waitlist control study is to evaluate the benefits of online game pedagogy to evaluate the readiness of health care students for interprofessional learning in nursing students. Interprofessional (IP) collaboration is a core competence of health care education to enable effective teamwork and improve health outcomes. Taking …
Trial of Reduced Alteplase Dose for Parapneumonic Effusion (TRAPPE)
Objectives: A pilot study to compare the therapeutic and safety profiles between low(2.5mg) and standard(10mg) doses of intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator(tPA) in uncontrolled pleural infection. The study design will be tested for its trialability. Hypothesis: 2.5mg tPA has comparable therapeutic efficacy and less bleeding complications to 10mg tPA. Design and …
Self-initiated Perturbation-based Training in Older Adults
This is a single-blinded study. Participants will be randomly assigned to self-initiated perturbation-based balance training (SePBT) group or control (conventional balance training) group. Kinematic and Kinetic changes following SePBT group compared to control will be investigated.
Exploring the Cortical Hemodynamic Variability of Prefrontal ITBS: a Concurrent TBS/fNIRS Study
An increasing number of studies have used the intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) protocol to investigate neural plasticity non-invasively in the prefontal cortex in healthy humans and in patients with psychiatric disorders. However, the variability in the neurophysiological response to iTBS stimulation is high. The cause of this variability is multifactorial …
Ambulatory Flexible URS for UTUC Surveillance
This is a a prospective single-arm pilot study to investigate the safety and feasibility of flexible ureteroscopy under local anaesthesia. All consecutive patients who have undergone kidney-sparing surgery for managing upper tract urothelial carcinoma will be screened for study eligibility. The primary outcome is the procedural technical success rate. Secondary …
Faricimab Quarterly Maintenance for Neovascular Age Related Macular Degeneration
We aimed to investigate the success rate of a planned quarterly (every 12-16 weeks) faricimab injection schedule, following a disease inactivity achieved after initial 2-4 loading doses of faricimab, for nAMD to achieve stability without recurrence at a tertiary eye centre.
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Chatbot Use in Older Adults for Lifestyle Change
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a smartphone-delivered AI-based chatbot in promoting healthy dietary behavior and physical activity participation among older adults.
