Clinical trials: Aortic Aneurysms
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Sodium Fluoride Imaging of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Sodium Fluoride imaging (using Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography - PET-CT) is able to help predict the rate of abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion.
- Trial name
- SoFIA3 (NCT02229006)
- Testing
- 18F-NaF PET-CT
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Without Rupture
ShorT Stay Aneurysm Repair Study
A prospective observational cohort study to assess the eligibility, uptake, viability, acceptability, safety, and cost of a ShorT stay (23-hour) Aneurysm Repair (STAR) pathway. Outcomes will be collected for up to 1 year.
- Trial name
- STAR (NCT05279274)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Healthy Volunteers, Vascular Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
Non-Invasive Quantitative Imaging of Human Local Arterial Wall Elasticity Using Supersonic Shear Imaging
Arterial stiffness is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events and death. Most of existing technique need dedicated device for arterial stiffness evaluation and indirect calculation of intra arterial pressure.
- Trial name
- ULTRAFASTECHO (NCT01096264)
- Testing
- SSI and SphygmoCor® evaluations
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- French Cardiology Society
Aortic Aneurysm, Athlete
Prevalence of Ascending Aortic Dilation in Sports Medicine
This study aims to assess the prevalence of ascending aortic dilation in athletes from the general population undergoing routine sports medicine evaluation.
- Trial name
- PRAADS (NCT07050953)
- Testing
- focused cardiac ultrasound
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Caen
Aortic Aneurysm
Patient Tailored Contrast Volume for Preoperative CT Angiography of the Aorta
An in-house calculator was developed to calculate the appropriate contrast dose, rather than standardly administering a 120ml dose.
- Trial name
- NCT05716568
- Testing
- Contrast dose reduction, CT-angiography
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Biomarkers in Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome present significant and specific changes of arterial endothelial and smooth muscular cell signalling/secretion, in comparison to…
- Trial name
- MEDIC (NCT02165085)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 211 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Thoracic Aorta
Aortic Elongation and Dissection
Aim of this study is to measure length of the ascending aorta in adults and to investigate the clinical implication of 'elongation' of the aorta.
- Trial name
- NCT02722889
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 298 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Breast Cancer, Bowel Cancer
EQUITA - A Feasibility Trial of a Faith-placed Intervention to Increase Screening Uptake in Black Adults
The goal of this randomised feasibility trial is to examine feasibility and acceptability of a co-produced and faith-placed intervention to increase uptake of breast, cervical, bowel, and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening…
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Trial name
- EQUITA (NCT06981182)
- Testing
- Faith-placed intervention to promote breast, cervical, bowel, and AAA screening uptake in Black communities.
- Where
- 3 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sunderland
Aortic Dissection, Biomarkers and Early Diagnosis
Potential Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Dissection
Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is an acute vascular lesions with high early misdiagnosis rate(31.8%), and mortality rate was 38%. In recent years, the incidence is rising and serious threat to human health.
- Trial name
- NCT01860768
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central South University
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Transthoracic Ultrasound Evaluation of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
The Diagnosis of a thoracic Aortic Aneruysms usually made when imaging an abdominal aortic aneurysm which has reached threshold or as an incidental finding during a chest scan by computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance…
- Trial name
- NCT05137366
- Testing
- Transthoracic ultrasound scan
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Sedation, Respiration, Artificial
Dexmedetomidine for Postoperative Sedation in Patients Undergoing Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms
The primary objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that time on the ventilator and ICU length of stay will be shorter in TAA patients given postoperative sedation with dexmedetomidine compared to those given standard…
- Conditions
- Sedation, Respiration, Artificial, Length of Stay
- Trial name
- NCT00409344
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine, Normal Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Aortic Dissection, Hypertension
Digital Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Type B Aortic Dissection Patients
The primary objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of home digital blood pressure monitoring in aiding providers to maintain blood pressure within a therapeutic range in type B aortic dissection patients upon…
- Trial name
- Dissect-BP (NCT04116684)
- Testing
- Withings Digital Blood Pressure Monitor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Aortic Aneurysm
Validation of a Software and the Follow-up of Anteropoterior Migration of Stent
The treatment of aortic aneurysms is today based on different indicators (diameters, lengths, angles, volumes of the arteries) measured on CT scan images. Several indicators are time consuming and complicatated to measure.
- Trial name
- ASMOT (NCT05287828)
- Testing
- Surgeons CT scan analysis, PRAEVAorta CT scan analysis
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nurea
Myocardial Infarction, Ischemic Stroke
Understanding the Role of Autoimmune Disorders on the Initial Presentation of Cardiovascular Disease
Autoimmune diseases are diseases in which inappropriate immune responses that have the capability of harming host cells play an important role.
- Conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Ischemic Stroke, Stroke, Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
- Trial name
- NCT02062021
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Coronary Artery Disease, Arterial Stiffness, Blood Pressure
Expanded Studies on the SCAPIS Stockholm Reexamination Cohort
The Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS) is a unique, large-scale national research initiative involving 30,000 randomly selected individuals aged 50-64, recruited between 2014 and 2018.
- Conditions
- Coronary Artery Disease, Arterial Stiffness, Blood Pressure, AORTIC VALVE DISEASES, Mitral Valve Stenosis and/or Insufficiency
- Trial name
- SCAPIS-ReEx (NCT07476703)
- Testing
- Coronary computer tomography (CCTA), Echocardiograhy and aortic ultrasound, Liver elastography
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danderyd Hospital
Turner Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome
X-chromosome Inactivation, Epigenetics and the Transcriptome
The human genetic material consists of 46 chromosomes of which two are sex chromosomes. The sex-chromosome from the mother is the X and from the father the Y-chromosome.
- Conditions
- Turner Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome, Triple X Syndrome, 47 XYY Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT01678261
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in the General Practice by Ultraportable Ultrasound
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized dilatation of a segment of the aorta artery in its abdominal portion. It affects 1.7% of men aged 65 years and older.
- Trial name
- DACEP (NCT05617326)
- Testing
- AAA screening by a GP, AAA screening by a radiologist
- Where
- 6 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild
AAA - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
A Study of the Safety of Targeted AAA Screening
This study is a data linkage project within which we aim to model the impact on the NHS AAA Screening programme of a targeted approach to screening by targeting men who smoke.
- Trial name
- NCT03365050
- Testing
- No Intervention Given
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,000,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leicester
Bowel Cancer Screening
Using Patient Navigation to Promote Bowel Screening in AAA Attendees.
The goal of this single-arm, multi-centre feasibility study is to assess the efficacy, feasibility and acceptability of implementing patient navigation across Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening services in England to…
- Trial name
- TET BETA (NCT07721740)
- Testing
- Patient Navigation conversation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 4,190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Surrey
Other Acute Illnesses Presenting to the Hospital, Heart Failure
Evaluation of Implementation of a National Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training Program
This VA QUERI Partnered Evaluation Initiative will evaluate the impact of an immersive Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training Course on provider skill acquisition and retention; the frequency of POCUS use by trained providers…
- Conditions
- Other Acute Illnesses Presenting to the Hospital, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Deep Venous Thrombosis
- Trial name
- NCT03296280
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development