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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Clinical Trials
Studies where National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is the lead sponsor: what is enrolling now, by phase, condition and country.
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All 72Undiagnosed Diseases, Cardiovascular Disease
Human Biospecimen Procurement Protocol: Biorepository to Support Translational Research to Identify Disease Mechanism(s)
Background: Studies show that rare genetic variants might lead to diseases. Researchers want to collect blood and tissue samples so they can study them and better understand diseases.
- Trial name
- NCT02543996
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Severe Aplastic Anemia, Telomere Biology Disorders
Natural History of Acquired and Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
Background: Bone marrow failure diseases are rare. Much is known about the diseases at the time of diagnosis, but long-term data about the effects of the diseases and treatments are lacking.
- Conditions
- Severe Aplastic Anemia, Telomere Biology Disorders, Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
- Trial name
- NCT05012111
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Structural Heart Disease
NHLBI-Emory Advanced Cardiac CT Reconstruction
Background: Doctors use computed tomography (CT) to get detailed pictures of the heart. CT uses x-rays to gather raw data. Computers assemble this data to make the images doctors look at.
- Trial name
- NCT05372627
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Heart Failure
Multi-Scale Analysis of Phenotypes in Heart Failure (MAP-HEART)
Background: More than 6.5 million people in the United States live with heart failure (HF), and more than a million new cases are diagnosed each year.
- Trial name
- NCT06280820
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Ventricular Arrhythmia
VINTAGE (Ventricular Intramyocardial Navigation for Tachycardia Ablation Guided by Electrograms) Using Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Catheters
Background: Ventricular arrhythmia is an abnormal pulse rhythm that starts in the lower part of the heart (ventricles). Treatment includes ablation; ablation uses heat to destroy small portions of the heart that are causing short…
- Trial name
- NCT06940752
- Testing
- VINTAGE (Ventricular Intramyocardial Navigation for Tachycardia Ablation Guided by Electrograms)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Lung Transplantation
Syk Inhibition in MItigating Lung Allograft Rejection (SIMILAR): A Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Fostamatinib in Lung Transplant Patients With Donor-Specific Antibodies
Background: People who have lung transplants often survive 6 or 7 years. But some people develop donor-specific antibodies (DSA) after their transplants; antibodies are proteins that attack foreign invaders in the body.
- Trial name
- NCT06948097
- Testing
- fostamatinib
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Ventricular Arrhythmia
EDEN Intracardiac Electrogram Recording and Classifying System
Background: Heart surgeons use electrocardiogram (ECG) machines to record electrical signals from the heart during procedures. Normal ECG machines connect only to the skin.
- Trial name
- NCT07137455
- Testing
- EDEN Intracardiac Electrogram Recording and Classifying System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Plasma Lipids-Dependent Vitamin E Metabolism During Dynamic Hyperlipidemia
Background: Obesity is known to lead to diseases such as diabetes and high cholesterol (or fats) in the blood (hyperlipidemia). But no one knows why.
- Trial name
- NCT07715890
- Testing
- High fat liquid shake
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Small Lymphocytic Leukemia
Nemtabrutinib for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)/Small Lymphocytic Leukemia (SLL) Refractory to Covalent Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor or Pirtobrutinib and Previously Treated With a BCL2 Inhibitor
Background: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic leukemia (SLL) are diseases in which the body makes too many white blood cells that do not work properly.
- Trial name
- NCT07796373
- Testing
- Nemtabrutinib
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction
NHLBI SESAME (SEptal Scoring Along Midline Endocardium) Multi-Center Prospective Study Using Improvised Off-Label Devices
This is an early study of a catheter-based minimally invasive procedure called SESAME to slice thick heart muscle as described below.
- Conditions
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction, Systolic Anterior Motion
- Trial name
- NCT07806149
- Testing
- SESAME Procedure
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Completed, with results posted
All –Psoriasis, Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of Nicotinamide Riboside on Immune Activation in Psoriasis
Background: Psoriasis causes chronic inflammation in the body. Researchers want to see if a kind of vitamin B3 dietary supplement can help. This might lead to more treatment options.
- Conditions
- Psoriasis, Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, Dyslipidemia
- Trial name
- NCT04271735
- Testing
- Niagen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Steroid-refractory Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA)
Study of the Selective GlyT1 Inhibitor Bitopertin for Steroid-Refractory Diamond-Blackfan Anemia
Background: Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is an inherited disease that affects the bone marrow. People with DBA have chronic anemia that can be severe. Many must have frequent transfusions of red blood cells.
- Trial name
- NCT05828108
- Testing
- Bitopertin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Healthy, Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI)
Characterization of Tissue-Specific Immune Responses to Bronchoscopic Instillation of Mycobacterial Antigens Into the Human Lung
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a lung disease. It is caused by inhaling a type of airborne bacterium. Tuberculin Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) is used to test for TB exposure. It is usually injected under a person s skin.
- Trial name
- NCT05027958
- Testing
- Tuberculin Purified Protein Derivative
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Functional Mitral Regurgitation
NHLBI DIR Transcatheter Mitral Cerclage Annuloplasty Early Feasibility Study
This research protocol tests a new technique and devices that we have developed to treat functional mitral valve regurgitation, called transcatheter mitral valve cerclage annuloplasty, otherwise known as "cerclage".
- Trial name
- NCT03929913
- Testing
- Transmural Systems Transcatheter Mitral Cerclage Annuloplasty (TMCA)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Moderate Aplastic Anemia, Unilineage Bone Marrow Failure Disorders
Eltrombopag for Moderate Aplastic Anemia
Background: Moderate aplastic anemia is a blood disease which may require frequent blood and platelet transfusions. Sometimes patients with this disease can be treated with immunosuppressive drugs.
- Trial name
- NCT01328587
- Testing
- Eltrombopag
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)