Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De La Réunion

This study tests whether giving newborns a transfusion of plasma (the liquid part of blood) from people who recently recovered from chikungunya can prevent severe brain inflammation in babies whose mothers had the virus around the time of birth. Researchers will compare 30 newbor…

This study is testing if a home temperature monitoring device can help catch fevers early in children receiving chemotherapy. It will compare children using the device to those checked by a nurse twice a day. The main goal is to see if families find the device easy to use and hel…

This study aims to adapt a common memory screening test (the MMSE) to better fit the culture and language of Reunion Island. Researchers will test 400 older adults—both healthy individuals and those with Alzheimer's or vascular cognitive impairment—to see if the adapted version w…

This small pilot study is testing whether adding a phone-based monitoring system to standard care can help prevent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in people who have recently experienced a traumatic event. The study will enroll 40 adults who went through a trauma within the…

This study tests whether adding video calls with a psychological support nurse helps reduce anxiety and distress in people newly diagnosed with brain cancer. It compares patients who receive the nurse calls plus usual care against those who receive usual care alone during the str…

This study aims to test and validate a new questionnaire called the Shared Happiness Index, designed to measure collective well-being among healthcare teams in French primary care clinics. Researchers will enroll about 350 healthcare professionals from over 100 clinics to complet…

This study aims to create a new scale specifically designed to assess pain and discomfort in extremely premature infants born before 27 weeks of pregnancy. Researchers will observe 68 babies in a neonatal intensive care unit to develop and test this new tool, called EDEX, because…

This study aims to understand how many people with moderate to advanced kidney disease use herbal medicine. Researchers will survey 400 patients on Réunion Island to see how common this practice is. They will also check if using certain herbs is linked to changes in kidney health…

This study aims to find the most accurate way to check blood thinner levels in children with congenital heart disease who are in intensive care. Researchers will compare two different methods of drawing blood from a central line against a 'gold standard' sample to see which gives…