Find a Research Study

Displaying 1 - 10 of 16

3D Video Use in Laparoscopic Training

This study is recruiting CHLA staff/employees/trainees to participate in a study assessing the efficacy of different types of video in teaching a surgical skill to novices. Participants will complete a survey and a medical training task, watch a video, and then repeat the medical training task in 2 weeks.

An Addiction-Based Mobile Health Weight Loss Intervention With Coaching

To test the effectiveness of an addiction-based weight loss intervention, embodied first as a smartphone app with telephone coaching (AppCoach) compared to (1) addiction model based weight-loss app alone (App) and (2) multi-disciplinary in-clinic weight loss intervention (Clinic) on weight outcomes of overweight and obese adolescents at 3, 6, 12 and 18 months post enrollment.

Burosumab

To collect information on the long-term effects of XLH on children and adults who have participated in burosumab clinical trials, adults and children who have not participated in burosumab clinical trials, and who may or may not have been treated with burosumab during the course of the study.

CTC

The purpose of the study is to learn about how to improve access to care during young adulthood and to assess if telehealth is an acceptable form of care.

Extubation failure in newborn infants

Validate the use of respiratory inductance plethysmography (RIP) and esophageal manometry in diagnosing upper airway obstruction (UAO) in newborn infants.

JASPER Early Intervention for Tuberous Sclerosis (JETS)

Two main purposes of the study: (1) to see if social communication of children with TSC can be improved with a short term behavioral intervention (JASPER) and (2) to see if these improvements remain long after the study, and whether they can be observed with electroencephalography (EEG).

Perceptions of Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) among Adolescent and Young Adults wth chronic illness

This is an observational study that employs qualitative methods (13 focus groups and 22 individual interviews) targeting 130 sexually active and non-sexually active adolescent and young adult (AYA) females, living with chronic illness or disability. The study is designed to explore the extent to which their experiences living with chronic illness and engagement in ongoing medical management has an impact on their contraception decision making and perception of LARC as a viable option.