Clinical trials: Cardiac Abnormalities
Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Failure
Longitudinal Validation of CIRC Technologies
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Advanced cardiovascular imaging using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has proven to be effective in providing gold standard myocardial tissue characterization.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Failure, Ischemic Heart Disease, Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Trial name
- NCT07081711
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Congenital Heart Disease, Comorbidities and Coexisting Conditions
Congenital Heart Initiative-Redefining Outcomes and Navigation to Adult Centered Care
Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are a heterogeneous group of rare diseases of varying severity, each diagnosis with its unique set of co-morbidities.
- Trial name
- CHI-RON (NCT05185232)
- Testing
- Impact of gaps in care/loss to healthcare follow-up
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Fetal Distress, Perinatal Asphyxia
Sildenafil Citrate to Improve Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Low-resource Settings
The PRISM pilot feasibility study consists of two phases to determine: 1) to delivery practices, rates of primary and secondary outcomes, and feasibility of enrollment rates, and 2) to assess the feasibility and acceptability of…
- Conditions
- Fetal Distress, Perinatal Asphyxia, Birth Asphyxia, Stillbirth
- Trial name
- PRISM (NCT05946681)
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 1,017 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
DiGeorge Syndrome, Velocardiofacial Syndrome
Velocardiofacial (VCFS; 22q11.2; DiGeorge) Syndrome Study
Velocardiofacial syndrome, also known as 22q11.2 syndrome or DiGeorge syndrome, has been associated with many features such as a cleft palate, heart defects, and learning, speech and feeding problems.
- Conditions
- DiGeorge Syndrome, Velocardiofacial Syndrome, 22q11.2 Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT00105274
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Foramen Ovale, Patent, Decompression Sickness
Decompression Sickness in Divers With or Without Patent Foramen Ovale
The investigators will prospectively estimate incidences of decompression sickness in SCUBA divers with or without patent foramen ovale (PFO).
- Trial name
- DIVER-PFO (NCT02432131)
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sejong General Hospital
Plastic Bronchitis, Protein-Losing Enteropathies
Inhaled Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Plastic Bronchitis
Plastic bronchitis (PB) is a rare, most often pediatric disease characterized by the formation of obstructive airway casts primarily composed of fibrin.
- Conditions
- Plastic Bronchitis, Protein-Losing Enteropathies, Healthy
- Trial name
- PLATyPuS (NCT02315898)
- Testing
- Treatment-inhaled tPA
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Williams Syndrome, Duplication
Defining the Brain Phenotype of Children With Williams Syndrome
Background: Little is known about how the brain changes during childhood and adolescence, how genes affect this process, or how the brains of people with 7q11.23 genetic variation change during this period.
- Trial name
- NCT01132885
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 415 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Williams Syndrome, Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis
Impact of Elastin Mediated Vascular Stiffness on End Organs
Background: People with Williams Syndrome (WS) and supravalvular aortic stenosis (SVAS) have less elasticity in their blood vessels. This is called blood vessel stiffness.
- Conditions
- Williams Syndrome, Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis, Cardiovascular Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02840448
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 159 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Heart Failure, Diastolic
Energetic Abnormalities in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Up to half of all patients with heart failure are found to have normal pumping function of the heart muscle, but show abnormalities in the way the heart muscle relaxes and fills with blood.
- Trial name
- NCT00628082
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Birmingham
Down Syndrome, Patau Syndrome
Clinical Evaluation of the IONA Test for Non-invasive Pre Natal Screening in Twin Pregnancies
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of the IONA® test which is a non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) for Down's syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities in twin pregnancies, from a maternal blood sample.
- Conditions
- Down Syndrome, Patau Syndrome, Edward's Syndrome
- Trial name
- TWIN (NCT03200041)
- Testing
- Blood sample
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Premaitha Health
Acute Chest Syndrome
ST Elevation in Acute Chest Pain; Could Measurement of Lipoprotein-associated Phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) be Helpful to the Clinician?
A blood test (2-3 cc peripheral venous blood) drawn /used from already available required lab tests to distinguish between pericarditis accompanied with electrocardiogram (ECG) signs mimicking infarction.
- Trial name
- NCT01041339
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alexhander Izhaki
Aortic Stenosis, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Fetal Intervention for Aortic Stenosis and Evolving Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
For fetuses with severe aortic stenosis, in utero balloon aortic valvuloplasty may improve fetal growth of left heart structures and thus improve potential for biventricular repair strategies after birth.
- Trial name
- NCT01736956
- Testing
- Fetal Aortic Valvuloplasty
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Congenital Heart Disease
Study on Clinical Prognosis, Risk Factors and Genetic Basis of Congenital Heart Disease
The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of parental peri-natal environmental risk factors and genetic factors on the development of Congenital Heart Disease (CHD).
- Trial name
- SCPRFGBCHD (NCT01669057)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Mental Disorders
Effects of Emotion on Episodic Memory in Typically Developing Children and Children With Williams-Beuren Syndrome
It's well established in the literature that emotional events are more likely to be remembered than neutral events. Although this Emotional Enhancement of Memory (EEM) has been well demonstrated in the adult literature, little is…
- Trial name
- EEM-TAdev (NCT03688516)
- Testing
- Manipulation of valence and modality, Spatial and recognition memory, Source and content memory
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hôpital le Vinatier
Heart Murmurs, Pathologic Murmurs
eMurmur ID - Clinical Performance Evaluation
The differentiation between innocent and pathologic murmurs through traditional auscultation can often be challenging, which in the end makes the diagnosis strongly dependent on the clinitians experience and clinical expertise.
- Conditions
- Heart Murmurs, Pathologic Murmurs, Innocent Murmurs, Congenital Heart Defect
- Trial name
- NCT03227848
- Testing
- Automated Heart Murmur Detection AI
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CSD Labs GmbH
Neurofibromatosis 1, Noonan Syndrome
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Caregivers of Children With a RASopathy: An Internal Pilot Feasibility Study and Follow-up Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: RASopathies are a group of genetic diseases that affect a child s development. They cause physical, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms. Caring for a child with a RASopathy can be stressful.
- Conditions
- Neurofibromatosis 1, Noonan Syndrome, Legius Syndrome, Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT05361811
- Testing
- Waitlist, ACT Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
3D Modalities for Medical Student Education of Congenital Heart Disease
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if 3D-printed heart models and augmented reality can be useful modalities to teach medical students about congenital heart disease. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT07295730
- Testing
- 3D-printed heart models and augmented reality
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Marfan Syndrome
Towards Optimal Treatment of Marfan Syndrome
The purpose of this study is to determine whether new magnetic resonance imaging techniques can be used as a biomarker of aortic disease severity in patients with Marfan syndrome.
- Trial name
- TOWER (NCT05944614)
- Testing
- Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI) examination
- Where
- 4 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Structural Heart Disease
Artificial Intelligence-assisted Diagnosis
This study aims to investigate whether an AI-assisted decision support can improve the diagnosis of congenital heart diseases on Chest X-ray.
- Trial name
- AID (NCT06783933)
- Testing
- surgical or interventional validation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases
Single-ventricle, Fontan Procedure
Exercise Capacity in Patients With Fontan Procedure
In literature, it has been reported that exercise capacity decreases in single-ventricle patients undergoing Fontan Procedure due to various factors related to surgery and underlying cardiac anomaly.
- Trial name
- NCT05063903
- Testing
- Demographic and clinical characteristics, incremental shuttle walk test, six minute walk test, hand grip strength, M. Quadriceps isometric muscle strength, body composition
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University