Clinical trials: sponsored by University of Utah
Heart Transplant Failure and Rejection
Precision Guided Tacrolimus Dosing in Pediatric Heart Transplant
Immunosuppressive therapy is required to prevent organ rejection, however, dosing of immunosuppressive agents is complicated by patient-specific differences impacting the body's absorption and elimination of these agents.
- Trial name
- NCT04380311
- Testing
- Tacrolimus Dosing Support Tool
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Melanoma, Child
Family Lifestyles, Actions, and Risk Education Intervention: Version 2
The overall purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of the Family Lifestyles, Actions, and Risk Education (FLARE) intervention in improving melanoma preventive behaviors.
- Trial name
- FLARE (NCT04201223)
- Testing
- FLARE Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 752 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Body Weight Changes, Athletic Performance
Whey Protein Supplementation in High School Athletes
The overall aim of this project is to compare protein supplementation on performance, recovery, and body composition changes in adolescent soccer players between the whey protein and the control group in response to the…
- Conditions
- Body Weight Changes, Athletic Performance, Recovery, Sleep
- Trial name
- NCT05589129
- Testing
- Whey Protein Supplement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Melanoma, Adolescents
Sun Protection and Tanning Awareness in Rural Schools
Drawing from prior school-based skin cancer prevention programs, we have adapted intervention materials to target rural high schoolers.
- Trial name
- STARS (NCT06694571)
- Testing
- Skin cancer prevention educational presentation and activities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Pain
Dexmedetomidine Use in Infants Undergoing Cooling Due to Neonatal Encephalopathy (DICE Trial)
Management of neonatal pain and sedation often includes opioid therapy. A growing body of evidence suggests long-term harm associated with neonatal opioid exposure.
- Trial name
- DICE (NCT04772222)
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride, Morphine Sulfate
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Endometrial Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma, Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma
Short Course Vaginal Cuff Brachytherapy in Treating Participants With Stage I-II Endometrial Cancer
This randomized phase III trial studies short course vaginal cuff brachytherapy to see how well it works compared with standard of care vaginal cuff brachytherapy in treating participants with stage I-II endometrial cancer.
- Conditions
- Endometrial Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma, Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, Endometrial Serous Adenocarcinoma, Stage I Uterine Corpus Cancer
- Trial name
- SAVE (NCT03422198)
- Testing
- Vaginal Cuff Brachytherapy, Short course vaginal cuff brachytherapy
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 188 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Adolescence
Recovery After Stress Toolkit (RESET) Study
This study evaluates the use of web-based educational modules combined with telehealth delivered therapy for children with post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) after receiving hospital based medical attention for an injury.
- Trial name
- ReSeT (NCT04838977)
- Testing
- RESET
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Valproic Acid and Carnitine in Patients With Spinal Muscular Atrophy
This is a multi-center trial to assess safety and efficacy of a combined regimen of oral valproic acid (VPA) and carnitine in patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) 2 to 17 years of age.
- Trial name
- NCT00227266
- Testing
- Valproic Acid and Levocarnitine
- Where
- 6 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 94 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Prematurity, Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in Newborn Infants at Risk for Inflammatory Syndromes
The purpose of this study is to characterize the time to maturation of neutrophil extracellular trap(NET) formation capability in polymorphonuclear leukocytes(PMNs) isolated from newborn premature and term infants.
- Trial name
- NCT01106209
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Study to Evaluate Sodium Phenylbutyrate in Pre-symptomatic Infants With Spinal Muscular Atrophy
In this single-center trial, we will evaluate the effects of NaPB on presymptomatic Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) type I (cohort 1)and presymptomatic SMA type II (cohort 2) infants.
- Trial name
- STOPSMA (NCT00528268)
- Testing
- Sodium phenylbutyrate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
COVID-19
Health Information Technology for COVID-19 Testing in Schools (SCALE-UP Counts)
This project will address key testing challenges in Utah schools by building on collaborations with public school districts, private schools, charter schools and with Utah Department of Health on coronavirus disease (COVID-19)…
- Trial name
- NCT05112900
- Testing
- Text Messaging (TM), Text Messaging + Health Navigation (TM+HN)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7,122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Asthma
Timely Intravenous Magnesium for Asthma in Children
Many children currently being hospitalized with severe asthma could potentially avoid hospitalization and be sent home if their treatment in the emergency department was more effective.
- Trial name
- IMPACT-ED (NCT05166811)
- Testing
- Magnesium Sulfate, Heptahydrate, 0.9% saline
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Parkinson Disease, Orthostatic Hypotension
Effect of Levodopa on Cardiovascular Autonomic Function in Parkinson's Disease
Levodopa is a precursor of dopamine and is the treatment of choice to treat the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD); however, the effect of levodopa on cardiovascular autonomic function in PD is poorly understood.
- Trial name
- NCT05487300
- Testing
- Autonomic testing on and off levodopa
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma, Prostate Carcinoma Metastatic in the Bone
Fluciclovine F18 PET/CT Imaging in Assessing Hormone-Naive Men With Prostate Cancer That Has Spread to the Bone
This trial studies how well fluciclovine 18F PET/CT imaging works in assessing hormone-naive men with prostate cancer that has spread to the bone. Fluciclovine 18F is a radioactive drug used to measure tumor growth.
- Conditions
- Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma, Prostate Carcinoma Metastatic in the Bone, Stage IV Prostate Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT03707184
- Testing
- Computed Tomography, Fluciclovine F18, Positron Emission Tomography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Children With Medical Complexity
Self-management Intervention for Children With Chronic Medical Complexity: Pilot Feasibility Trial
The investigators have developed a tool to facilitate self-management for children with medical complexity (complex, multisystem chronic diseases) called MyChildCMC (My Child's Complex Medical Condition).
- Trial name
- NCT04470193
- Testing
- MyChildCMC app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Infant,Premature, Respiratory Failure
Nasal High-frequency Jet Ventilation (nHFJV) Following Extubation in Preterm Infants
Very low birth weight infants are at increased risk of requiring prolonged duration of mechanical ventilation and multiple intubations, both of which are risk factors for ventilator-induced lung injury and BPD.
- Conditions
- Infant,Premature, Respiratory Failure, Respiratory Insufficiency, Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Premature Infant
- Trial name
- NCT03558737
- Testing
- Nasal high-frequency jet ventilation (nHFJV), Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
Darbe Administration in Newborns Undergoing Cooling for Encephalopathy
Selective head cooling or whole body hypothermia has become the standard of care for neonatal hypoxia-ischemia encephalopathy (HIE).
- Trial name
- DANCE (NCT01471015)
- Testing
- Darbepoetin alfa
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Infant,Premature, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
L-citrulline and Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic lung disease that affects up to 35% of very low birth weight infants (VLBW < 1500 g).
- Conditions
- Infant,Premature, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Pulmonary Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT03542812
- Testing
- L-Citrulline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Migraine Disorders, Photophobia
Thin Film Spectacle Coatings to Reduce Light Sensitivity and Headaches in Child and Adolescent Patients With Migraine
The purpose of this study is to determine if a special coating, applied to the surface of glasses can reduce the frequency and severity of migraine headaches in children and adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT01942486
- Testing
- Investigational Coating
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Overactive Bladder, Voiding Disorders
Feasibility of Parasacral Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation PTENS for Voiding Dysfunction in Peds Population
Pilot study for determining feasibility of home parasacral transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in treatment of urinary urgency and incontinence.
- Conditions
- Overactive Bladder, Voiding Disorders, Incontinence, Urinary
- Trial name
- NCT04570605
- Testing
- parasacral transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PTENS), Standard Urotherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah