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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Clinical Trials
Studies where Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is the lead sponsor: what is enrolling now, by phase, condition and country.
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All 114Hemodialysis, Kidney Disease, End-Stage
Cycling During Dialysis: A Feasibility and Safety Study
People who receive hemodialysis sit for about 4 hours, three times a week, and often feel tired and weak. Exercise can help, but many patients find it hard to exercise on their own.
- Conditions
- Hemodialysis, Kidney Disease, End-Stage, Fatigue
- Trial name
- NCT07905885
- Testing
- Supervised Intradialytic Cycling
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Post Traumatic Headache
Eary Infusion of Eptinezumab for TreatmEnt of ACute Post-Traumatic Headaches (ELITE-ACT)
Most individuals with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) experience post-traumatic headaches (PTH). Of PTH, 50% present with a migraine phenotype which is the most disabling type of PTH.
- Trial name
- NCT07191145
- Testing
- Eptinezumab
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD)
Ketogenic Diet and Neuromodulation in Treatment Resistant Depression
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if combining a ketogenic diet with a personalized, accelerated brain stimulation treatment (iTBS) works better than iTBS with a standard healthy diet to reduce depression symptoms in…
- Trial name
- ALIGN (NCT07376018)
- Testing
- Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (iTBS), Ketogenic Diet, Canadian Food Guide-Aligned Diet
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Stroke, Ischemic
Testing a New Treatment Strategy to Improve Secondary Stroke Prevention for Older Adults: The STROKE75+ Trial
The overall aim of this research is to improve secondary stroke prevention for older patients with stroke. In current practice, patients with stroke are often prescribed antiplatelet therapy with either aspirin or clopidogrel to…
- Trial name
- STROKE75+ (NCT07454707)
- Testing
- Edoxaban 15 mg, Aspirin or clopidogrel
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,204 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Treatment Resistant Depression
InTRavenous kEtAmine and immerSive virtUal Reality to Treat dEpression
Depression is a common condition, with serious negative effects on the health and quality of life of those affected. While there are currently various medications which attempt to treat depression, they often take a long time to…
- Trial name
- TREASURE (NCT06781697)
- Testing
- Ketamine, Oculus VR headset
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Traumatic Rib Fracture(s), Traumatic Rib Fracture
Erector Spinae Plane vs Serratus Anterior Plane Catheter Infusions for Acute Pain Management in Patients With Traumatic Rib Fractures
Rib fractures happen in about 10-20% of patients with blunt trauma and can be serious, with higher death rates in older adults. These injuries often lead to lung problems like pneumonia, collapsed lung areas (atelectasis), fluid…
- Trial name
- NCT07756047
- Testing
- Erector spinae plane catheter, Serratus plane catheter
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Glioblastoma (GBM), Astrocytoma, Grade IV
UNIty-Based MR-Linac Guided Adaptive RadioThErapy for High GraDe Glioma-4
This study builds on the results of prior studies (UNITED and UNITED-3). The goal of UNITED-4 is to test whether an adaptive radiation therapy (RT) therapy approach ('dose painting'), with reduced margins, impacts approach in…
- Trial name
- UNITED-4 (NCT07459101)
- Testing
- Dose painting + Reduced Margins
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure Systolic
The Canadian CABG or PCI in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Trial (STICH3C)
The Canadian CABG or PCI in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (STICH3C) trial is a prospective, unblinded, international multi-center randomized trial of 754 subjects enrolled in approximately 45 centers comparing…
- Trial name
- NCT05427370
- Testing
- Revascularization by PCI, Revascularization by CABG
- Where
- 46 sites in United States, Austria and 14 more
- Volunteers
- 754 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Moderate or Severe Aortic Stenosis
Sparrow App Guided Evaluation (SAGE) Vanguard Trial for Aortic Stenosis in Adults Aged Seventy and Older
The purpose of this research is to look at an approved intervention (Stethophone application) to obtain additional information about improving detection of moderate or severe aortic stenosis when compared with usual standard of…
- Trial name
- SAGE-AS (NCT07828730)
- Testing
- Stethophone
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Diabete Type 2
Assessing Heart and Brain Metabolism in Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients Using Carbon-13 MRI
There has been a notable increase in the number of Canadians living with type II diabetes. People with this type of diabetes often have high levels of a substance called lactate in their blood, which might be linked to problems…
- Trial name
- NCT07820722
- Testing
- C13 Hyperpolarized pyruvate injection
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Completed, with results posted
All 17Adult Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma, Recurrent
DPX-Survivac and Checkpoint Inhibitor in DLBCL
This is a Phase 2 non-randomized, open label, uncontrolled, efficacy and safety study. Study participants will receive two priming doses of 0.5mL of DPX-Survivac 21 days apart and up to six 0.1ml maintenance injections every two…
- Conditions
- Adult Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma, Recurrent, Adult Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
- Trial name
- SPiReL (NCT03349450)
- Testing
- DPX-Survivac, Pembrolizumab, Cyclophosphamide 50mg
- Where
- 6 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
Tranexamic Acid Dosing for Major Joint Replacement Surgery
Over 1.7 million hip and knee replacements are performed every year worldwide. These surgeries are associated with high blood loss and transfusion rates. In older patients, the high blood loss can result in postoperative anemia.
- Trial name
- TXA-Dosing (NCT05075200)
- Testing
- Tranexamic acid
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Prostate Cancer
Optimization of Prostate Biopsy - Micro-Ultrasound Versus MRI
OPTIMUM is a study designed to compare the ability of ultra-high resolution transrectal micro-ultrasound (microUS) and multiparametric MRI (mpMRI)/US fusion to guide prostate biopsy.
- Trial name
- OPTIMUM (NCT05220501)
- Testing
- Microultrasonography Targeted Biopsy, MRI Targeted Biopsy
- Where
- 22 sites in United States, Austria and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 804 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Vascular Cognitive Impairment no Dementia
Memory and Antioxidants in Vascular Impairment Trial
This is a 24-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel group design study involving Vascular cognitive impairment-no dementia (VCIND) patients to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral NAC supplementation…
- Trial name
- NCT03306979
- Testing
- N Acetylcysteine
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Anemia, Iron Deficiency Anemia
Daily vs. Every Other Day Oral Iron Supplementation in Patients With Absolute Iron Deficiency Anemia
Iron deficiency anemia is a global health problem and the most common cause of anemia worldwide. Patients with iron deficiency (ID) and IDA can present with a multitude of symptoms including fatigue, restless legs syndrome and…
- Trial name
- DEODO (NCT03725384)
- Testing
- Ferrous Sulfate 300Mg Tablet, Vitamin C 500Mg tablet
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre