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Clinical trials - also known as clinical studies or research protocols - are conducted to test whether a new drug, new prevention strategy, or new screening test is safe and effective in people. Participation is always voluntary. Baylor College of Medicine investigators conduct hundreds of studies, ranging from small, short-term studies to large trials with thousands of patients across many institutions.

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Background: Trends within healthcare over the last decade have resulted in a tremendous increase in the collection of data pertaining to quality…
  • Emergency Medicine
Background: Race and sex-based biases have been found to occur in healthcare, these biases ultimately effect the care that patients receive. Previous…
  • Emergency Medicine
Background: Studies have reported differences in the care provided according to the sex and race of the patient. A PE in the lungs can lead to…
  • Lung
  • Emergency Medicine
Background: Unfavorable social conditions have been shown to result in detrimental outcomes for United States emergency department (ED) patients.…
  • Emergency Medicine
Background: We are interested in understanding the nursing and physician perspective regarding the process of using restraints on agitated…
  • Emergency Medicine
This study is enrolling patients who present to the Ben Taub Emergency Department with signs or symptoms of a heart attack. The goal of the study is…
  • Heart
  • Emergency Medicine
The purpose of this study is to: Examine the potential of the use of POC HbA1c test to identify patients with pre-diabetes or newly diagnosed…
  • Endocrinology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Diabetes
Adolescents and young adults (ages12-17 years; normal weight and overweight) with and without type 2 diabetes are invited to participate in a…
  • Bones/Joints/Muscles
  • Diabetes
  • Endocrinology
  • Growth and Development
  • Healthy Volunteers - Child
  • Nutrition
  • Obesity and Metabolism
  • Pediatrics
This study is enrolling eligible patients who present to the Ben Taub Emergency Department with lower leg swelling caused by heart failure. The goal…
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Heart
Background: The standard of care treatment for a problem like this is to draw blood and check for a biomarker called troponin I. If these blood…
  • Heart
  • Emergency Medicine