Clinical trials: Cardiac Infection
Surgical Site Infection, Sternal Infection
D-PLEX 302: Efficacy and Safety of D-PLEX in the Prevention of Sternal Infection Post Cardiac Surgery
Prospective, Multinational, Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel Controlled, Two arms, Single Blind, Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of D-PLEX Administered Concomitantly with the Standard of Care (SOC) IV Prophylactic…
- Conditions
- Surgical Site Infection, Sternal Infection, Cardiac Surgery
- Trial name
- NCT03558984
- Testing
- D-PLEX, Standard of Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Israel
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- PolyPid Ltd.
Pediatric Heart Transplantation, Immunosuppression
Tacrolimus/Everolimus vs. Tacrolimus/MMF in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients Using the MATE Score
The TEAMMATE Trial will enroll 210 pediatric heart transplant patients from 25 centers at 6 months post-transplant and follow each patient for 2.5 years.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Heart Transplantation, Immunosuppression, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
- Trial name
- TEAMMATE (NCT03386539)
- Testing
- Everolimus, Tacrolimus, Mycophenolate Mofetil
- Where
- 25 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 211 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
A Pilot Study of Daptomycin for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
The goals of the study are to evaluate the feasibility of using daptomycin as a prophylactic antimicrobial agent in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, to determine the rates of surgical site infection, and to evaluate the…
- Trial name
- NCT00572260
- Testing
- daptomycin 6 mg/kg IV
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
INFECTION
Topical Use of Vancomycin in Reducing Sternal Wound Infection in Cardiac Surgery (SWI Trial)
The purpose of this research is to determine if using the antibiotic vancomycin as a preventative topical (on the surface of the skin) treatment during open-heart surgery will reduce the risk of developing a sternal wound…
- Trial name
- SWI (NCT02374853)
- Testing
- Vancomycin, No Vancomycin
- Volunteers
- 1,037 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Peripheral Vascular Disease, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Glycemic Control to Prevent Cardiac Morbidity in Vascular Surgery
Aggressive intraoperative and postoperative management of blood glucose may substantially decrease perioperative cardiovascular and infectious complications in diabetic and non-diabetic patients undergoing vascular surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT00328094
- Testing
- continuous intravenous insulin infusion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 242 people
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Cardiac Surgery, Sternal Wound Infection
Safety and Efficacy of an Antibiotic Implant in Cardiac Surgical Subjects at Higher Risk for Sternal Wound Infection
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the gentamicin-collagen sponge is safe and effective in preventing sternal wound infections in patients undergoing cardiac surgery who are at a greater risk of developing sternal…
- Trial name
- NCT00600483
- Testing
- gentamicin-collagen sponge dipped in saline
- Where
- 43 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,502 people
- Sponsor
- Innocoll
Nosocomial Infection, External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality
Tight Glycaemic Control During Cardiac Surgery
To determine whether intraoperative tight glycaemic control can reduce postoperative infection, morbidity and mortality
- Conditions
- Nosocomial Infection, External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality, Hypoglycemia
- Trial name
- TGC (NCT01225159)
- Testing
- TGC, Conventional glycaemic control
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Prince of Songkla University
Covid19
Colchicine for the Treatment of Cardiac Injury in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 (COLHEART-19)
This is an open-label unblinded, randomized study to treat hospitalized covid-19 patients with colchicine plus current care (per institution treating physicians) vs.
- Trial name
- Colheart-19 (NCT04762771)
- Testing
- Colchicine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Baptist Health South Florida
Drug Use, Opioid-use Disorder
Integrated Outpatient Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder and Severe Injection Related Infections
This study will assess the efficacy of an integrated outpatient treatment model for persons with opioid use disorder and injection related infections.
- Trial name
- BOPAT (NCT04677114)
- Testing
- Buprenorphine and Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy, Buprenorphine and standard of care antibiotic treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people
- Sponsor
- Laura Fanucchi
Heart Failure, Myocardial Infarction
INfluenza Vaccine to Effectively Stop Cardio Thoracic Events and Decompensated Heart Failure
INVESTED will test the hypothesis that high dose trivalent influenza vaccine will reduce cardiopulmonary events to a greater extent than standard dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine in high-risk cardiovascular patients with a…
- Trial name
- INVESTED (NCT02787044)
- Testing
- High Dose Trivalent Influenza Vaccine, Standard Dose Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine
- Where
- 190 sites in United States, Canada and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 5,388 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
End Stage Heart Disease, Hepatitis C
DAA Treatment in Donor HCV-positive to Recipient HCV-negative Heart Transplant
This is a proof of concept, single center study for the donation of HCV-positive hearts to HCV negative recipient patients, with preemptive, interventional treatment with 12 weeks of commercially available DAA therapy to prevent…
- Trial name
- NCT03208244
- Testing
- Clinically prescribed direct acting antiviral
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Surgery, Pneumonia
Multicenter Infection Surveillance Study Following Open Heart Surgery
The main goals of the study are as follows: (1) to determine the correlation between pain management using continuous infusion of local anesthetics and the incidence of pneumonia and surgical infection in cardiac surgery…
- Conditions
- Surgery, Pneumonia, Surgical Site Infection
- Trial name
- NCT00673712
- Testing
- Continuous Sternal Block, Opioid based analgesia
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 647 people
- Sponsor
- Halyard Health
Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases
Diet, Exercise, Niacin, and Fenofibrate to Reduce Heart Disease Risk Factors in Individuals With HIV Lipodystrophy or Dyslipidemia
This study will evaluate the efficacy of diet and exercise (DE), with and without niacin and fenofibrate, in reducing the cardiovascular risk of patients with HIV lipodystrophy or dyslipidemia.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, HIV Infections, Hyperlipidemia
- Trial name
- HeartPositive (NCT00246376)
- Testing
- Diet, Exercise, Niacin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 221 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
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
Venous Thromboembolism
Dalteparin vs Unfractionated Heparin For The Prevention Of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) In Hospitalized Acutely Ill Medical Patients
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of dalteparin vs unfractionated heparin for the prevention of VTE (Venous Thromboembolism) in hospitalized acutely ill medical patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00445328
- Testing
- Dalteparin (Fragmin), Unfractionated heparin
- Where
- 7 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer