Clinical trials: Autonomic Nervous System Disorders
Orthostatic Hypotension
Assessment of Hand-grip in the Prevention of Postural Orthostatic Hypotension
The study is aimed to assess the efficacy of hand-grip in preventing orthostatic hypotension in 20 patients diagnosed with autonomic failure. Five healthy subjects will be studied for comparison.
- Trial name
- NCT01521221
- Testing
- Hand grip maneuver
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
Physical and Psychological Changes in CRPS Patients Undergoing Multimodal Rehabilitation
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about cognitive changes during rehabilitation in CRPS patients. The main questions it aims to answer are: What are the cognitive changes in CRPS? Do cognitive functions change during…
- Trial name
- NCT05696587
- Testing
- Multimodal rehabilitation
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Poland
Type 1 Diabetes
Hypoglycemia Associated Autonomic Failure in Type 1 DM, Q2
Alprazolam (Xanax) will blunt the body's ability to defend itself from low blood sugar.
- Trial name
- NCT00592332
- Testing
- Alprazolam, control group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Syncope, Vasovagal, Blood, Injection, Injury Type Phobia
Impact of Blood Phobia on Fainting Susceptibility
The primary purpose of this study is to characterize cardiovascular autonomic function to emotional stimuli (blood-injection-injury phobia [needle phobia]) during an orthostatic (upright) challenge in individuals with and without…
- Trial name
- NCT06336031
- Testing
- blood-injection-injury (BII) phobia stimuli, neutral stimuli
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Simon Fraser University
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Cardiovascular Diseases
NightWare and Cardiovascular Health in Women With PTSD
The purpose of this study is to determine whether NightWare therapeutic intervention improves biomarkers of vascular and renal function in premenopausal women with PTSD-related nightmares, and examine whether these improvements…
- Conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Cardiovascular Diseases, Autonomic Dysfunction, Vascular Stiffness
- Trial name
- NCT07021014
- Testing
- NightWare
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
POTS, POTS - Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
Pathophysiology of Dysautonomia and Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) in Post-viral Syndromes and COVID-19
This study aims to better understand the biological mechanisms underlying dysautonomia and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), including how these conditions may be related to COVID-19.
- Conditions
- POTS, POTS - Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Dysautonomia, Autonomic Dysfunction
- Trial name
- fBRI (NCT07405515)
- Testing
- Blood Sample Collection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Sciatica
[18F]FTC-146 PET/MRI in Healthy Volunteers and in CRPS and Sciatica
Chronic pain can result from injured or inflamed nerves, as occurs in people suffering from sciatica and CRPS. These nerve injuries or regions of nerve irritation are often the cause of pain in these conditions, but the current…
- Trial name
- NCT02753101
- Testing
- [18F]-FTC-146
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Sepsis, Autonomic Nervous System
Longitudinal Evolution of Biomarkers of Dysautonomia and Inflammation During Sepsis in Children
The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) regulates the inflammatory response in real time, just as it controls heart rate and other vital functions.
- Trial name
- DysREAped (NCT05807555)
- Testing
- Ambulatory ECG, Blood sample
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Multiple System Atrophy - Cerebellar Subtype (MSA-C), Multiple System Atrophy - Parkinsonian Subtype (MSA-P)
TSPO PET in the Evaluation of Neuroinflammation in Patients with Multiple System Atrophy
The aim of this study was to apply PET/MR techniques targeting TSPO to explore the temporal and spatial alterations characterizing neuroinflammation in MSA patients, and to assess its value as a biomarker for diagnostic typing…
- Trial name
- NCT06890390
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Min Zhao,MD
PSP, PSP - Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
The CurePSP Genetics Program
This study is an observational, prospective genetic study. It aims to obtain DNA for research and testing from patients with PSP, CBS, MSA, and related neurological conditions and their families.
- Conditions
- PSP, PSP - Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal Syndrome, Corticobasal Syndrome(CBS)
- Trial name
- NCT06647641
- Testing
- Whole genome sequencing will be performed at the NIH
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Pure Autonomic Failure, Multiple System Atrophy
Autonomic Failure Patients for RNA Blood Sampling
The purpose of this study is to identify 15 patients with autonomic failure and obtain blood samples for RNA from those participants and 15 control subjects within the same age range.
- Conditions
- Pure Autonomic Failure, Multiple System Atrophy, Parkinson's Plus Syndromes
- Trial name
- NCT00742586
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Standing Cognition and Co-morbidities of POTS Evaluation
The purpose of this study is to evaluate cognition in patients with postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) while lying down and standing and to assess the prevalence of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in POTS.
- Trial name
- SCOPE (NCT03602482)
- Testing
- Standing, Supine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 139 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hereditary Angioedema
Autonomic Nervous System Profile in Hereditary Angioedema
The goal of this study is to compare the autonomic nervous system control of patients with hereditary angioedema to healthy individuals.
- Trial name
- ANS-HAE (NCT06408805)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA
Complex Regional Pain Syndromes, Fibromyalgia
Virtual Environment Rehabilitation for Patients With Motor Neglect Trial
Motor neglect describes a loss of function without a loss of strength, reflexes or sensation. Motor neglect has been described in patients with traumatic brain injury, stroke and chronic pain conditions, e.g.
- Conditions
- Complex Regional Pain Syndromes, Fibromyalgia, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- VERMONT (NCT03887962)
- Testing
- Virtual Environment Biofeedback, Treadmill walking with no Virtual Environment Biofeedback
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Overactive Bladder
Urinary Neurotrophin Levels in Healthy Children
The aim of this study is to analyse urinary neurotrophin levels in healthy children. Urine samples will be collected at 3 different times of day (morning, noon, and evening) at urge sensation from all age groups of children who…
- Trial name
- NCT02389270
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Zagreb
Exposure to Pollution, Heart Failure
Effects of Air Pollution Exposure Reduction by Filter Mask on Heart Failure
Exposure to air pollution is associated with increase in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Controlled human exposure studies have demonstrated impaired vascular function and heart rate variability on healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT01960920
- Testing
- Filtered diesel exhaust, Unfiltered diesel exhaust, Clean air
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- InCor Heart Institute
Dysautonomia
MRI to Assess the Effects of Dysautonomia and Chronic Nausea on Brain Transmitters
The purpose of this research study is to better understand what causes dysautonomia and how this affects blood pressure and pulse. Dysautonomia is a condition of the autonomic nervous system.
- Trial name
- NCT01692561
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Reducing Orthostatic Intolerance With Oral Rehydration in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients
We and others have shown that many younger patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) have orthostatic intolerance (OI), i.e., they can't tolerate prolonged standing.
- Conditions
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease (SEID), Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
- Trial name
- NCT02854683
- Testing
- Normal Saline, Oral Rehydration Solution
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York Medical College
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Evaluation of a Yoga Intervention for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
The main objective of this preliminary randomized controlled clinical trial is to establish efficacy and feasibility of a yoga-based treatment for PTSD in military veterans as compared to a delayed yoga treatment (waitlist…
- Trial name
- EYIPTSD (NCT00962403)
- Testing
- Yoga treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Parkinson Disease, Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism
Complex Eye Movements in Parkinson's Disease and Related Movement Disorders
Diagnosing Parkinson's disease (PD) depends on the clinical history of the patient and the patient's response to specific treatments such as levodopa.
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal Degeneration
- Trial name
- NCT04925622
- Testing
- Complex eye movement exam
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Saccadous, Inc.