Clinical trials: Autonomic Nervous System Disorders
Asthma
Autonomic Nervous System Role in Uncontrolled ASTHMA and the Paucigranulocitic Phenotype
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays an important role in asthma, primarily through the parasympathetic (by the cholinergic pathway) promoting bronchoconstriction.
- Trial name
- ANASTHMA (NCT02836691)
- Testing
- EKG (electrocardiogram)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Spinal Cord Injuries, Autonomic Imbalance
Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Neuromodulation to Normalize Autonomic Phenotypes
This study looks to characterize autonomic nervous system dysfunction after spinal cord injury and identify the potential role that transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation may play at altering neuroregulation.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Autonomic Imbalance, Autonomic Dysreflexia, Orthostatic; Hypotension, Neurogenic
- Trial name
- NCT04858178
- Testing
- Tests of sympathetic inhibition, Tests of sympathetic activation, Testing of autonomic dysreflexia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Neuropathy; Peripheral, Autonomic, in Diabetes Mellitus (Manifestation)
The Relationship Between Vascular Adhesion Protein-1 and Diabetic Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy
Exploring the relationship between serum VAP-1 and cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Trial name
- NCT01706289
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Nerve Growth Factor, Exercise
Cortical Neuroplasticity by Muscle Pain of Pain-induced Plasticity
The purpose of this study is to investigate the sensory-motor cortical excitability response to delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) on Extensor Carpi Radialis (ECR) muscle during muscle hyperalgesia provoked by nerve growth…
- Conditions
- Nerve Growth Factor, Exercise, Motor Activity, Abnormality of SSEPs
- Trial name
- NCT03354624
- Testing
- Sterile solutions of recombinant human nerve growth factor (NGF)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Spinal Cord Injury
Transcutaneous Spinal Electrical Stimulation to Improve Exercise Function After Spinal Cord Injury.
Our overall objective is to decrease the prevalence of multiple sedentary-related diseases that are secondary consequences of spinal cord injury (SCI).
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Spinal Cord Injury, Spinal Injury
- Trial name
- NCT07692191
- Testing
- Transcutaneous spinal electrical stimulation (TSES)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Dementia
The Effects of Music on ANS and Anxiety in Healthy Elderly and Persons With SCD
Subjective cognition decline (SCD) is considered as a risk factor of dementia and associates not only with further cognition deterioration but with a higher anxiety level.
- Trial name
- NCT04177160
- Testing
- Music, White noise
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
POTS Adrenergic Ab (CIHR Aims #1&2)
Objective: In this pilot study, we will test the hypothesis that patients with POTS (age 18-60 years) will have a higher percentage of functional antibodies to adrenergic receptors compared with control subjects without POTS.
- Trial name
- NCT02673996
- Testing
- Phenylephrine, Isoproterenol
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
"Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin Injection in Reducing Limb Pain in Patients With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome"
Objective: The primary aim is to evaluate the efficacy of botulinum toxin A in reducing overall limb pain in patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).
- Trial name
- NCT03616262
- Testing
- Botox + Lidocaine, Lidocaine alone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Primary Headaches (Migraines, Tension, Cluster Headaches)
Osteopathic Manual Therapy (OMT) and Brain Structure and Function in Primary Headache Patients: A Pilot Study
Chronic headaches are associated with changes in brain structure and function that may be associated with increased suffering and disability.
- Trial name
- NCT06841627
- Testing
- Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Long COVID, Vagus Nerve Stimulations
Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Post-COVID Syndrome
The aim of this study is to increase parasympathetic activity and decrease the severity of symptoms by providing vagal stimulation with the t-VNS method in order to suppress the increased sympathetic activity in patients with…
- Conditions
- Long COVID, Vagus Nerve Stimulations, Heart Rates, Autonomic Nervous System Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT05679505
- Testing
- Auricular transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bahçeşehir University
Insulin Resistance, Healthy
Role of Sympathetic Vasoconstriction on Insulin-Mediated Microvascular Recruitment and Glucose Uptake in Obesity
The purpose of this study is to better understand the contribution of sympathetic vasoconstriction to impaired insulin-mediated vasodilation and subsequently insulin-mediated glucose uptake.
- Conditions
- Insulin Resistance, Healthy, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT03318094
- Testing
- Phentolamine, Saline, Sodium Nitroprusside
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Hypocapnia
Chemoreflex and Baroreflex Alterations Causing Postural Tachycardia Syndrome With Orthostatic Hyperpnea and Hypocapnia
Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is the most common chronic cause of postural lightheadedness, and upright confusion afflicting many Americans, mostly young women.
- Conditions
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Hypocapnia, Hyperventilation
- Trial name
- NCT05923840
- Testing
- Chemoreflex Testing, Baroreflex testing, Orthostatic stress testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York Medical College
Hypertension
Postexercise Hypotension and Exercise Adherence
Sedentary (n=24) adults ≥18 yr with elevated BP to established hypertension were enrolled into this randomized clinical trial entitled, 'Blood Pressure UtiLizing Self-Monitoring after Exercise study or PULSE'.
- Trial name
- NCT03780309
- Testing
- Exercise Self-Monitoring, Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Mitochondrial Diseases, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
The Precision Mito- Mito Map COMPASS Study
Mito Map is a research tool that produces an Energy Score from information provided by a participant. This remote observational study has an initial enrollment target of 400 adults across seven prespecified cohorts: healthy…
- Conditions
- Mitochondrial Diseases, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Post-COVID-19 Condition, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
- Trial name
- COMPASS (NCT07856121)
- Testing
- Mito Map Energy Score and Home Functional Assessments
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AI Agent Vault, Inc. d/b/a Precision Mito
Multiple Sclerosis, Control Subjects
Deciphering Preserved Autonomic Function After Multiple Sclerosis
This study looks to characterize gradients of dysfunction in the autonomic nervous system in patients with clinically diagnosed multiple sclerosis.
- Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis, Control Subjects, Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Trial name
- DPAF-MS (NCT07012135)
- Testing
- Tests of sympathetic inhibition, Tests of sympathetic activation, Testing of autonomic dysreflexia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Cluster Headache
Role of Specific microRNAs in Cluster Headache
Cluster headache (CH) is a primary headache included in the trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TACs) according to the International Calssification of Headache Disorder, Third Edition.
- Trial name
- 5*1000 (NCT06503328)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS National Neurological Institute "C. Mondino" Foundation
Parkinson's Disease (PD), Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)
[18F]ACI-15916 PET in α-synucleinopathies
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether we can reliably and safely measure the accumulation of pathological protein α-synuclein [involved in some diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia and Multiple…
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease (PD), Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB)
- Trial name
- NCT06891703
- Testing
- [18F]ACI-15916
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AC Immune SA
Cluster Headache, Sleep
Actigraphy and Nocturnal Heartrate Variability in Cluster Headache Patients
Cluster headache is one of the most painful headaches, characterized by recurring episodes of unilateral, periorbital pain, which is accompanied by autonomic symptoms that seem to be of both sympathetic and parasympathetic…
- Trial name
- NCT03010189
- Testing
- Actigraphy, Heart-rate variability monitoring, Pupillometry
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nordlandssykehuset HF
Premature Birth, Newborn
Pain Management in Neonatal Intensive Care Units by Studying the Autonomic Balance
Fight against the pain caused by the disease or by the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures is a daily and essential concern for the caregiver neonatologist.
- Trial name
- NIPE-DOL (NCT02764424)
- Testing
- NIPE (MDoloris®)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Vasovagal Syncope (VVS), Presyncope
A Warning Red Flag Classification System to Predict Risk of Vasovagal Event During Office Hysteroscopy
The goal of this pilot cross sectional study is to identify participants at risk of vasovagal reaction/syncope(VVR/VVS) during office hysteroscopy.
- Trial name
- FLAG-VS (NCT07030218)
- Testing
- Office hysteroscopy
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tanvir Hospital