Hyperglycemia Clinical Trials

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of an electronic medical record clinical decision support tool on rates of dysglycemia in the hospital, and its clinical and economical outcomes. The study also evaluates the perspectives of providers regarding the tool's usefulness on disease management support, knowledge, and practice performance. Read Less

The goal of this pilot, randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled trial is to evaluate the feasibility of and provide preliminary information for a multi-center randomized controlled trial that will assess the effects of metformin on blood sugar control in patients after total hip or total knee replacement surgery. The primary objective of this study is to assess the feasibility of conducting a large, randomized trial with regards to timely recruitment, study drug administration, protocol adherence, and overall retention in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty. Secondarily, the investigators aim to obtain preliminary estimates of group-specific outcome means and variances for primary and secondary outcomes of a larger future trial. Read Less