Our department conducts clinical trials involving new diagnostics such as biomarkers and investigational devices as well as new treatments. Patients presenting to our Emergency Department at Ben Taub Hospital who meet the criteria for each study are eligible to enroll. Here is a list of active clinical trials with their respective link to the clinicaltrials.gov website (when available).
- Evaluating Effectiveness of Student-Led Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Skills Workshop (H-43603)
- Impact of Emergency Center Patient Discharge Initiative (H-43817)
- COVID 19 Registry: A Quality Improvement Project (H-47513)
- Patiromer Utility as an Adjunct Treatment in Patients Needing Urgent Hyperkalemia Management (PLATINUM) (H-47150)
- The Role of Racial-Ethnic and Sex Differences Among Providers and Patients in the use of Physical Restrains (H-50633)
- Experiences of Decision-Making About Physical and Chemica Restraint use in the Emergency Department (H-50511)
- Utilization of Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography Imaging for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism Based on the Patient's Race and Sex (H-49038)
- Diagnostic Accuracy and Treatment Efficacy of a Prehospital Hyperkalemia Protocol: a Quality Improvement Project (H-46847)
- Correlation Study to establish Cardiac Troponin I Levels Obtained Using Non-Invasive Wearable with that of Standard or Care High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I (H-51255)
- Sex Based Differences in Evaluations of faculty by Resident Evaluators (H-49134)
- A Qualitative Study with Administrators About Physical Therapist Assessment of Older Adults in the Emergency Department with Falls (H-51792)
- Diabetes Initiative Assessing Benefits of Early Treatment, Education and Screening in the Emergency Department (DIABETES ED) (H-50703)
- Atellica VTLi hs cTnI Assay Emergency Department Clinical Study (H-48879)
- HEAD injury serum markers and multi-modalities for assessing response to trauma (HeadSMART II) (H-44783)
- High Sensitivity Near Patient Cardiac Troponin (High Note) (H-48444)
- Testcard Movile Diagnostic Tool (H-47433)
- GEKO as an adjuct for the treatment of lower extremity edema in acute heart failure (H-49648)
- Clinical Performance of Eecsys Troponin T hs Gen 6 in Subjects with symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome - PERFORM-TSIX Study (H-50432)
Investigator-Initiated Clinical Studies
Here you will find a list of current studies:
- An observational study on the efficacy and safety of Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate (SPS)
- Biomarker Variability and Predictive Value in Dyspnea
- Early Markers of Renal Injury in ED Patients
- Traumatic Brain Injury Registry
- Developing an Accident and Emergency HIV Testing Program in Belize City
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Training for Non-Specialty Trained Providers in Belize
- Sepsis Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment at an Emergency Department in Belize: A Triage Protocol Implementation and Retrospective Analysis
- Piloting the WHO Basic Emergency Care Curriculum: A Nationwide Initiative in Belize
Magnitocardiogram
A passive, portable imaging device used to detect the magnetic fields around the heart.
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Cheetah Medical Starling SV Device
The Cheetah device provides a non-invasive assessment of the heart. Previous research has shown that it can also show how the heart will respond to fluids.
ReDS Device
ReDS is a non-invasive, transcutaneous quantifiable measurement of lung water. The ReDS device has been proven to help with the differential diagnosis in patients who have difficulty breathing.
