Clinical trials: Hypothalamic Diseases
Obesity Associated With Defects in Leptin-melanocortin Pathway
Open-Label Extension Study of Setmelanotide
This is an open-label extension study designed to evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of continued setmelanotide treatment in male and female patients ≥2 years of age who have completed or transitioned from a previous…
- Trial name
- NCT06596135
- Testing
- Setmelanotide
- Where
- 13 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Craniopharyngioma, Obesity
Multicenter Registry for Patients With Childhood.Onset Craniopharyngioma, Xanthogranuloma, Cysts of Rathke's Pouch, Meningioma, Pituitary Adenoma, Arachnoid Cysts
KRANIOPHARYNGEOM Registry 2019 will prospectively collect and descriptively analyse data on diagnostics, treatment, and follow-up of patients with craniopharyngioma.
- Trial name
- NCT04158284
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Klinikum Oldenburg gGmbH
Idiopathic Growth Hormone Deficiency, Turner Syndrome
First Year Growth Response Associated Genetic Markers Validation Phase IV Open-label Study in Growth Hormone Deficient and Turner Syndrome Pre-pubertal Children: the PREDICT Pharmacogenetics Validation Study
PREDICT Validation is a validation pharmacogenetic trial. The purpose of this study is to confirm that some genes can be used to predict how well a subject diagnosed with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) or turner…
- Trial name
- NCT01419249
- Testing
- Blood sampling
- Where
- 31 sites in Argentina, Canada and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 458 people
- Sponsor
- Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Cushing Disease
The Factors Associated With the Recurrence in Patients With Cushing Disease
Cushing syndrome refers the manifestations induced by chronic glucocorticoid excess and may arise from various causes. Iatrogenic Cushing syndrome accounts for most patients, when they are given exogenous glucocorticoid…
- Trial name
- NCT02233335
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Amenorrhea, Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
Baselines in Reproductive Disorders
The purpose of the study is to explore the way in which gonadotropins (pituitary hormones) are released into the body. The knowledge acquired in this study will be used for the diagnosis and treatment of reproductive endocrine…
- Conditions
- Amenorrhea, Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism, Kallmann's Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT00456274
- Testing
- Frequent baseline blood sampling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Stress Reaction; Acute
Racial Discrimination and Stress Response
The goal of this study is to learn about whether ethnic minority adolescents' racial discrimination experience is related to dysregulated biological responses to subtle racism, and how the relationship may be attenuated or…
- Trial name
- NCT05820659
- Testing
- peer rejection task, conversation about peer rejection, and impossible puzzle task
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 178 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western Kentucky University
Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Ante-hypophyseal Dysfunctions in Children Following Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injuries
Annual incidence of severe traumatic brain injuries (TBI) varies from 180 to 300 out of 100.000. Mortality or severe sequelae risk is increased 8 fold after a TBI.
- Trial name
- Endoc-TC (NCT01250132)
- Testing
- Biological and behavioral explorations
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Pituitary Tumour
Silastic Stent Study
Endoscopic skull base surgery is a relatively new procedure that is now a standard of care for surgeries at the base of the skull; however there are no studies that examine the healing process of the nasal lining with the use of…
- Trial name
- NCT03282058
- Testing
- Silastic Stent
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Neuroblastoma
Temozolomide Followed by Radiation Therapy in Treating Children With Newly Diagnosed Malignant CNS Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00005955
- Testing
- temozolomide
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Traumatic Brain Injury, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Pituitary Functions After Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)
This study performs assessments of pituitary functions by basal hormone levels in the acute phase after TBI and/or SAH followed by detailed endocrine tests (insulin-induced hypoglycemia or growth hormone releasing…
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Hypopituitarism
- Trial name
- NCT00507104
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Comparison of a Needle-free Injection Method With a Needle-syringe Injection Method
The purpose of this study is to obtain psychological response and user preference information on the use of the T jet® device versus the traditional subcutaneous injection administration of Tev Tropin®.
- Trial name
- T-jet® (NCT00990340)
- Testing
- T-jet® containing TevTropin®, TevTropin® needle-syringe injection method
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc.
Hyponatremia, SIADH
The Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Recurrent Drug- Related Hyponatremia
The aim of this study is to identify factors associated with hyponatremia among patients hospitalized in the internal medicine ward. Consequtive patients hospitalized because of hyponatremia will be recruited.
- Trial name
- 0597-10-HMO (NCT01509170)
- Where
- 2 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization
Neurologic Disorders
Evaluation and Treatment of Neurosurgical Disorders
Objective: This protocol is designed to allow the Surgical Neurology Branch to evaluate and treat the neurosurgical disorders of protocol participants.
- Trial name
- NCT00060541
- Testing
- Laboratory tests, Radiological exams
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Etoposide Followed By an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Young Patients With Previously Untreated Malignant Brain Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Trial name
- NCT00392886
- Testing
- carboplatin, cisplatin, cyclophosphamide
- Where
- 37 sites in United States, Australia and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Asthma
Safety Study of the Effects of Inhaled Fluticasone Furoate/GW642444 on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of six weeks' treatment with two once-daily strengths of Fluticasone Furoate/GW642444 Inhalation Powder on the HPA axis system
- Trial name
- NCT01086410
- Testing
- Fluticasone Furoate/GW642444 Inhalation Powder, Prednisolone Oral Capsule
- Where
- 17 sites in United States, Germany and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 185 people
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Panhypopituitarism, Gigantism/Acromegaly
An Investigation of Pituitary Tumors and Related Hypothalmic Disorders
There is a variety of tumors affecting the pituitary gland in childhood; some of these tumors (eg craniopharyngioma) are included among the most common central nervous system tumors in childhood.
- Conditions
- Panhypopituitarism, Gigantism/Acromegaly, Prolactinoma, Cushing Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00001595
- Testing
- Tissue specimen collection, MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Pituitary Disease
Safety and Efficacy of Pegvisomant in Children With Growth Hormone Excess
Background: For children with gigantism, too much growth hormone (GH) in the body causes abnormal growth and many other problems. Current treatments often don t work; no medical treatment is approved by FDA.
- Trial name
- NCT03882034
- Testing
- Pegvisomant
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
The Relationship of PRL and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) in Taiwan's Women
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder of reproductive-age women. According to Rotterdam 2003 criteria: at least two of three criteria are met, hyperandrogenism, chronic anovulation, and…
- Trial name
- NCT01117272
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 474 people
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital
Craniopharyngioma, Child
SEMAFORCRANIO : Multicenter, Double-blind, Parallel, Randomized Controlled Trial of the Efficacy of Semaglutide in Hypothalamic Obesity Secondary to Craniopharyngioma in Children Aged 12 to 17 Years
Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare embryonic brain tumor of the sellar and parasellar region. Despite its benign histologic characteristics, it is locally aggressive and may cause severe morbidity from invasion into adjacent…
- Trial name
- SEMAFORCRANIO (NCT07845994)
- Testing
- Semaglutide (Wegovy) weekly injection
- Where
- 17 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Endocrine; Deficiency, Hypothalamo-Pituitary Disorder
Brain Irradiation for Childhood Cancer - Endocrine Monitoring During the First Years
BICHE- 1: Brain Irradiation for Childhood cancer - Endocrine monitoring during the first five years is a study of endocrine monitoring after cerebral radiotherapy.
- Conditions
- Endocrine; Deficiency, Hypothalamo-Pituitary Disorder, Radiotherapy Side Effect
- Trial name
- BIChE-1 (NCT06618703)
- Testing
- Blood sample, urine sample, osteodensitometry
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 230 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers