Active Research Programs

CURRENT PACT APPROVED AND FUNDED TRIALS

Project Funding Agencies Total Funding Sites in
Canada
1.Functional Assessment for Surgery by a Timed Walk (The FAST WALK Trial) CIHR, PSI, AMO 1,800,000 17
2.The effects of an intraoperative targeted low-splanchnic blood volume restrictive fluid management strategy compared to a liberal one on postoperative outcomes in liver transplantation – the REFIL (REstrictive Fluid management In Liver transplantation) pilot multicenter randomized controlled trial CIHR 348,000 3
3. REFIL2: Effects of an intraoperative low splanchnic blood volume restrictive fluid management strategy compared to a cardiac output optimized liberal fluid management strategy on postoperative outcomes in liver transplantation: A multicenter randomized controlled trial. CIHR 1,788,000 6
4. Optimizing Patient-centred outcomes Using opioid minimization Strategies (OPUS) Anesthesia: a pilot randomised controlled trial CIHR, IARS 800,000 5
5. Transfusion Requirements in Younger Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery (TRICS lV) CIHR, NIHR, AUA 3,700,000 8
6. TBI International Brain Adaptive Platform Trial
(BRAINapt)
CIHR 4,800,000 10
7.The Comparing Analgesic Regimen Effectiveness and Safety after Surgery (CARES) Trial is a pragmatic, international, multicenter randomized controlled study PCORI 4,500,000 7
8. The Effect of Routine Autologous Priming in Cardiac Surgery: A Cluster-Randomized Crossover Trial (TheRAPy) ACT, AMO 400,000 4
9. Neuraxial versus general anesthesia for lower limb revascularization surgery: The ALOFT pilot trial CIHR 250,000 5
10..Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery (The STRIVE STUDY) CIHR 1,150,000 4
11. Effect of an Open Lung Extubation Strategy Compared with a Conventional Strategy on Post-Operative Pulmonary Complications (THE OLEX MULTI-CENTRE PILOT CIHR 200,000 3
12.PRevention Of delirium afTer cardiac Surgery with LemborEXant: The PROTEX Pilot Trial NCT06648681 ILT* 126,000 2
13. A Multi-center RCT of Calcium as an Adjunct to Uterotonics for Post-Partum Hemorrhage during C-Section AMO 200,000
14. Preventing Delayed Graft Function follow Kidney Transplantation. A bundle of care feasibility trial. AMO 200,00 3
15. Bilateral paravertebral blockade for improvement of quality of recovery following cardiac surgery (P-QOR): A randomized controlled Pilot trial SCA 86,000 2
TOTAL 20,240,000

 

For information on any of these trials, or how to join please contact the PACT secretariat.