Clinical trials: Chronic Musculoskeletal Disease
- Condition Chronic Musculoskeletal Disease
- Age group Children (under 18)
- Accepts healthy volunteers yes
Migraine in Children, Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
Supraspinal Processing of Sensory Aspects of Pain
The goal of this basic science study is to learn about the brain mechanisms of chronic pain across different chronic pain syndromes in pediatric patients.
- Conditions
- Migraine in Children, Complex Regional Pain Syndromes, Musculoskeletal Pain, Functional Abdominal Pain Syndrome
- Trial name
- SCP (NCT05814497)
- Testing
- Multisensory Task, Graphesthesia, Divided attention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 255 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Cerebral Palsy, Muscle
How Are the Muscles Affected in Cerebral Palsy? A Study of Muscle Biopsies Taken During Orthopaedic Surgery.
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a motor disorder caused by an injury to the immature brain. Even though the brain damage does not change, children with CP will have progressively weaker, shorter and stiffer muscles that will lead to…
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Muscle, Muscle Contracture, Muscle Spasticity
- Trial name
- CPTDBiopsy (NCT05506228)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eva Ponten
Cerebral Palsy, Spasticity
Power Wheelchair Joystick Use in Spastic Cerebral Palsy
There are over 750,000 individuals in the U.S. with Cerebral Palsy (CP). Up to 46% of adults with CP report limited mobility in their communities.
- Trial name
- NCT00337688
- Testing
- isometric joystick
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Healthy, Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
Injury Prevention Programs in Overhead Athletes
To evaluate and describe the effect of performing an integrated injury prevention exercises on the variables considered as injury risk factors in overhead athletes
- Conditions
- Healthy, Shoulder Impingement Syndrome, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Pain Chronic
- Trial name
- IPOverhead (NCT06747702)
- Testing
- Injury prevention workout
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ramon Llull
Chronic Disease, HIV/AIDS
Observational Pharmaco-Epidemiology Research & Analysis
Greater advances are needed in two separate but related areas in healthcare: 1) the Clinical Decision Support Systems that complement the EHR use in support of routine patient care, population management and disease management…
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease, HIV/AIDS, Liver Diseases, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Trial name
- OPERA (NCT03813862)
- Testing
- Non-interventional (observational only)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Epividian
Spastic Cerebral Palsy, Acquired Brain Injury
Evaluation of Macroscopic Muscle Growth in Infants and Young Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy
A mixed longitudinal design study will be carried out to explore the onset and time course of morphological muscle changes on a macroscopic level in children with spastic cerebral palsy (SCP).
- Trial name
- 3D-MMAP (NCT05197764)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 229 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic, Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
Chronic Fatigue Following Acute Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Adolescents
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by unexplained, disabling and long lasting fatigue, as well as pain, impaired memory, sleep difficulties and other symptoms.
- Trial name
- CEBA (NCT02335437)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 270 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Akershus
Atrial Fibrillation, Coronary Heart Disease
EMPOWER-1: A Multi-site Clinical Cohort Research Study to Reduce Health Inequality
Health inequality and genetic disparity are a significant issue in the United Kingdom (UK). This study focuses on diseases that are associated with significant morbidity and mortality in the UK, and specifically examines the…
- Conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation, Coronary Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Failure
- Trial name
- EMPOWER (NCT03987633)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Future Genetics Limited
Chronic Pain, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Turkish Validity and Reliability of Pain Catastrophizing Scale-Child (PCS-C)
Perception of chronic pain and related disability; occurs through the interaction of physiological and psychological processes. Pain catastrophizing is a cognitive attribution style characterized by a negative mindset and…
- Trial name
- NCT05436301
- Testing
- Pain Catastrophizing Scale
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kutahya Health Sciences University
Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic, Healthy
Study of the Hypothalmic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis and Its Role in Major Depression
Major depression represents a major public health problem worldwide and in the U.S. Fifteen percent of the U.S. population has depression at some point in life (40 million individuals).
- Conditions
- Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic, Healthy, Mood Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT00001479
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Mesothelioma, Lung Neoplasms
Chest Wall Motion Analysis in Disease
Breathing movements, called chest wall motion, are very complex. The investigators are studying how movement of the abdomen, ribs and diaphragm contribute to breathing and how this differs with different diseases in the chest.
- Conditions
- Mesothelioma, Lung Neoplasms, Surgery, Cystic Fibrosis
- Trial name
- CWM (NCT02958683)
- Testing
- Chest wall motion analysis
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heart of England NHS Trust
Migraine, Musculoskeletal Pain
Overlapping Pain Trajectory Study
The goal of this observational study is to learn about spatial and temporal nociceptive filtering in adolescents with chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs). The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Conditions
- Migraine, Musculoskeletal Pain, Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders, Chronic Pain
- Trial name
- COPC (NCT05752396)
- Testing
- Conditioned Pain Modulation, Offset Analgesia, Spatial Summation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Chronic Pancreatitis, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Genomic Resources for Enhancing Available Therapies (GREAT1.0) Study
This is a prospective, descriptive, observational research study designed to observe and document the clinical practice by domain experts, and how the knowledge of new findings that are published in the medical literature affect…
- Conditions
- Chronic Pancreatitis, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Hepatitis, NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
- Trial name
- GREAT1 (NCT04306939)
- Testing
- venipuncture, Questionnaires, Additional Sample Collections
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Cerebral Palsy (CP), Spasticity
Predictors of Motor İmagery Performance in Cerebral Palsy
There are very few studies in the literature examining the effect of age on motor imagery ability in children with cerebral palsy. To our knowledge, no studies have investigated the impact of other related factors.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy (CP), Spasticity, Motor Learning
- Trial name
- NCT07002567
- Testing
- Implicit motor imagery, Explicit motor imagery
- Where
- 3 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abant Izzet Baysal University
Bone Sarcoma, Childhood Cancer
Culturally Adapted Mobile Treatment of Chronic Pain in Adolescent Survivors of Pediatric Cancer
This is a prospective study that will conduct a series of focus groups with non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic childhood cancer survivors to obtain their input on culturally adapting a mobile CBT program for chronic pain and tDCS…
- Trial name
- NCT05746429
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Questionnaire Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, ME/CFS
Unhide® Project: A Digital Health Platform to Collect Lifestyle Data for Brain Inflammation Research
The unhide® Project is a non-interventional, longitudinal research study designed to establish a secure data repository of demographic, health, and lifestyle information from individuals with brain inflammation and related…
- Conditions
- Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, ME/CFS, Rheumatic Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)
- Trial name
- NCT04806620
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brain Inflammation Collaborative
Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD), Chronic Pain
Occlusal Sensitivity to Articulating Foils in Patients With Temporomandibular Disorders and Healthy Controls
Occlusal sensitivity refers to the ability to detect fine objects placed between opposing teeth during biting or in maximum intercuspation.
- Trial name
- SENFOIL (NCT07163494)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zagreb
Healthy Controls
Healthy Control Population for PAIS-ME/CFS: Study to Evaluate Possible Biomarkers and Methods for Examination of PAIS-ME/CFS Diagnostics in Healthy Volunteers
Using the data from the HelP study, the underlying processes of the diseases ME/CFS and PAIS are to be researched and elucidated.
- Trial name
- HelP (NCT06653712)
- Testing
- Diagnostic Test
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Munich
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), Crohn Disease (CD)
Study on Eating Habits and Association with "omic" Profiles in Families with a Subject Affected by a Chronic Immune-mediated Inflammatory Pathology. Observational Multicenter Study.
The proposed study is part of a PNRR 2022 project (call "Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases (NCDs) with high impact on healthcare and social assistance systems," currently awaiting funding response) and represents the continuation…
- Conditions
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), Crohn Disease (CD), Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
- Trial name
- DIETA-MICIREUM (NCT06862843)
- Testing
- Collecting questionnaires and biological samples
- Where
- 4 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS
Cerebral Palsy, Muscle Hypertonia
Hypertonia in Patients With Cerebral Palsy
This study will classify types of hypertonia in patients with cerebral palsy and determine if the classifications are reasonable in relation to the functional task of walking. Hypertonia is an abnormal increase in muscle tension.
- Trial name
- NCT00123708
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)