Clinical trials: Comprehension
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Obesity
Post-Prandial Liver Glucose Metabolism in PCOS
The Investigators will measure if hepatic metabolism is upregulated in obese girls with PCOS and hepatic steatosis (HS), compared to PCOS without HS and obese controls without HS.
- Conditions
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Obesity, Hepatic Steatosis
- Trial name
- PLUM (NCT03041129)
- Testing
- oral glucose tolerance test, MRI of liver
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Diplopia, Binocular Vision Suppression
Understanding Visual Confusion Using Stereoscopic Displays
In this research study we want to test how people understand a visual scene when the same image is presented to both the eyes, but portions of these images are altered in terms of contrast, depth or in some cases motion.
- Conditions
- Diplopia, Binocular Vision Suppression, Binocular; Fusion, With Defective Stereopsis, Monocular Diplopia
- Trial name
- NCT04957745
- Testing
- Binocular visual confusion (unilateral opaque), Unilateral monocular visual confusion (unilateral see-through), Bilateral monocular visual confusion (bilateral see-through)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Tetrology of Fallot, Heart Ventricle
Understanding Dexmedetomidine in Neonates After Open Heart Surgery
The purpose of this study is to determine what happens to dexmedetomidine in the body after it has been given to a newborn after heart surgery.
- Conditions
- Tetrology of Fallot, Heart Ventricle, Hypoplastic Left Heart
- Trial name
- Dex (NCT00576381)
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Athena Zuppa
Physical Disability
Understanding Disparities in Healthcare and Primary Care Provider Quality
The project proposes to fill gaps in the understanding of disparities in healthcare and primary care provider (PCP) quality from the perspectives of adult Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities compared to those without…
- Trial name
- NCT02626910
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Shoulder Injuries, Musculoskeletal Injury
Shoulder Instability in Children: Muscle Activity and Movement
The aim of this study is to identify factors responsible for recurrent shoulder instability in children. Shoulder instability, i.e.
- Conditions
- Shoulder Injuries, Musculoskeletal Injury, Pediatric ALL, Dislocation, Shoulder
- Trial name
- NCT04311216
- Testing
- 3D movement analysis with surface electromyography
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District NHS Trust
Pain, Postoperative, Medication Adherence
Scenario Tailored Opioid Messaging Program (STOMP) to Improve Risk Understanding in Young Adults
Legitimate prescription opioid use during adolescence has been associated with later prescription opioid misuse and substance use disorder symptoms during adulthood.
- Conditions
- Pain, Postoperative, Medication Adherence, Opioid Use, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Trial name
- STOMPYA (NCT03863353)
- Testing
- Educational Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 503 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Bronchiolitis Obliterans
Hp129 Xenon Imaging and BOS in Lung Transplantation
The research is being conducted to develop new imaging methods that are sufficiently sensitive to allow for early diagnosis of BOS, a chronic allograft rejection affecting 50-60% of lung transplanted recipients who survive 5…
- Trial name
- NCT03603899
- Testing
- Hp 129Xenon
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Communication, Pain
Visualizations to Improve Pain Communication Between Patients, Interpreters, and Providers
The purpose of this study is to pilot test a pain assessment information visualization (InfoViz) tool to facilitate communication about pain severity, location, and quality to increase mutual understanding between patients with…
- Trial name
- NCT04975789
- Testing
- InfoViz
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Understanding Cochrane Systematic Reviews
Presenting Summary Information From Cochrane Systematic Reviews
The objective of the investigators study is to evaluate the efficacy of infographics in presenting information, in terms of understanding and remembering research results, compared to standard PLS formats and scientific summary…
- Trial name
- NCT02918656
- Testing
- Infographic presentation of health information, PLS presentation of health information, Scientific abstract presentation of health information
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 171 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Split
Gender Dysphoria
Understanding Perceived Access and Receipt of Gender-affirming Treatments Among Transgender Veterans
Transgender Veterans (trans Vets) frequently experience gender dysphoria or distress related to discord between their gender identity and birth sex.
- Trial name
- NCT06615401
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 986 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Reading Problem
Knowledge Accessibility and Availability in Forming Knowledge-to-Text Inferences Among Middle Grade Readers
Recent adolescent-based research shows that inference making improves across grades 6-12, uniquely accounts for variance in sentence- and passage-level comprehension, and that individual differences in inference making relate in…
- Trial name
- BVU-R15 (NCT03782012)
- Testing
- Supported
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 241 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Buena Vista University
Obesity
Study of Serum Markers for Cardiovascular Risk in Obese Youth and Impact of Lifestyle and Medication Intervention
In Protocol #2, we will select 30 obese pubertal and 30 obese prepubertal subjects with an abnormal cytokine profile (i.e. fibrinogen and/or hsCRP concentration greater than or equal to 2 Standard Deviations (SD) above the mean…
- Trial name
- NCT00139477
- Testing
- Metformin, Dietary modification with caloric restriction, Establishment of exercise protocol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2
Parent Study: Study Understanding Pre-Exposure pRophylaxis of NOvel Anitbodies (SUPERNOVA) Sub-study: Study Understanding Pre-Exposure pRophylaxis of NOvel Anitbodies (SUPERNOVA Sub-study)
AZD3152, a single mAb, is being developed to have broad neutralizing activity across known SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern for pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19.
- Trial name
- SUPERNOVA (NCT05648110)
- Testing
- AZD5156 (Parent study Sentinel Safety Cohort), EVUSHELD™ (Parent study Main Cohort), AZD3152 (Parent study Main Cohort)
- Where
- 215 sites in United States, Australia and 16 more
- Volunteers
- 3,882 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
COVID-19
A Study to Understand is the COVID-19 Vaccine BNT162b2 is Safe in Indonesia People
The purpose of this study is to characterize descriptively the BNT162b2 vaccination safety experience among the Indonesian people.
- Trial name
- NCT05621239
- Testing
- BNT162b2
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Kidney Transplantation
To Compare the Effects of Immediate-release Tacrolimus and Astagraf XL on Donor-Specific Antibody (DSA) Formation and the Development of Immune Activation (IA) in de Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients
This study compared the incidence of a two-part composite endpoint consisting of de novo donor specific antibody (DSA) formation or a designation of immune activation (IA) on peripheral blood molecular profiling in participants…
- Trial name
- ASTOUND (NCT02723591)
- Testing
- Tacrolimus, Tacrolimus immediate release
- Where
- 30 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 599 people
- Sponsor
- Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Use of Esophageal String Test to Understand Symptoms, Inflammation, and Function in Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Presently, the only method available to monitor disease activity in Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) is endoscopy with pathological review of biopsies.
- Trial name
- NCT03305653
- Testing
- Esophageal String Test (EST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Hypoplastic Left Heart, Tetralogy of Fallot
Understanding Dexmedetomidine In Infants Post-Operative From Cardiac Surgery
This study is being conducted to determine what dexmedetomidine does to the body and in turn, what how the body handles the medication.
- Conditions
- Hypoplastic Left Heart, Tetralogy of Fallot, Tricuspid Atresia
- Trial name
- InfantDex (NCT00573066)
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Athena Zuppa
HIV/AIDS, Substance Use
Understanding and Reducing HIV Risk Behavior and Substance Use Among Self-identified Bisexual Adolescent Men
Young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by HIV. Despite this burden, most HIV prevention interventions target adult MSM (most of whom identify as gay) and heterosexual youth…
- Conditions
- HIV/AIDS, Substance Use, Bisexuality
- Trial name
- NCT03409328
- Testing
- HIV and substance use prevention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Crohn's Disease
Understanding the Relationship Between Infliximab Levels to Clinical Response of Remicade in Crohn's Disease
The purpose of this study is to improve the investigators understanding of the relationship between Crohn's disease and blood levels of the drug infliximab (Remicade).
- Trial name
- NCT01438151
- Testing
- Remicade
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Shradha Agarwal
Preterm Birth, Child Development
Preemie Tots: A Pilot Study to Understand the Effects of Prematurity in Toddlerhood
The purpose of this study is to examine whether supplementation with certain polyunsaturated fatty acids can help development and behavior of children born preterm.
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Child Development, Child Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT01683565
- Testing
- LCPUFA oil supplement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Sarah Keim