Clinical trials: Cardiac Inflammation
Complication Due to Immunization
Cardio-respiratory Events and Inflammatory Response After Primary Immunization in Preterm Infants
Background: Inflammation may depress respiration in neonates. The aim of this study was to establish a link between post-immunization inflammation and cardio-respiratory events (CRE).
- Trial name
- NCT02726178
- Testing
- Advil® Pediatric drops for infants
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Justine's Hospital
Cardiovascular Diseases, Mood Disorders
Evaluating the Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Heart Disease and Behavior
Omega-3 fatty acids are a certain kind of fish fat that has recently been shown to have health benefits. This study will examine the effectiveness of fish oil supplementation for reducing the early signs of heart disease risk and…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Mood Disorders, Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT00663871
- Testing
- Fish Oil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 272 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Inflammation and the Heart
Studies have shown that people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher rate of heart disease than people that do not have RA. we believe this is caused by the inflammation produced by RA.
- Trial name
- NCT01589770
- Testing
- cardiac Magnetic Resonance imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Autonomic Nervous System Imbalance, Blood Pressure
Short-term Cardiovascular Benefits of Wearing Particulate-filtering Respirators
An intervention study to assess the short-term cardiovascular effects of reducing personal air pollution exposure by wearing particulate filtering respirators.
- Conditions
- Autonomic Nervous System Imbalance, Blood Pressure, Inflammation, Vasoconstriction
- Trial name
- NCT02238028
- Testing
- Wear respirator
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fudan University
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
Myocardial Infarction
Antiplatelet Therapy Effect on Extracellular Vesicles in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Platelet activation and aggregation leads to myocardial infarction. Platelet P2Y12 receptors are essential for platelet activation.
- Trial name
- AFFECT EV (NCT02931045)
- Testing
- Ticagrelor, Clopidogrel
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands, Poland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Warsaw
Acute Coronary Syndrome, Thrombosis
Hormones Inflammation and Thrombosis
The investigators are attempting to determine if the response to aspirin in women is related to the level of estrogen and progesterone that a woman has.
- Trial name
- HIT2 (NCT01875185)
- Testing
- Aspirin 81 mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Stroke (CVA) or TIA, Diabetes
Risk Factors, Costs, and Impacts of ED Boarding
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the risk factors, costs, and operational impacts of emergency department boarding (patients admitted to the hospital but remaining in the emergency department awaiting…
- Conditions
- Stroke (CVA) or TIA, Diabetes, Asthma (Diagnosis), COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Trial name
- NCT07532564
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30,486 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Patients With Post Orthotopic Heart Transplantation Status
iNOS With Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in Cellular Inflammation.
The primary purpose of this study is to measure the level of an enzyme in a patient's heart called inducible nitric oxide synthase(iNOS) using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging with a radioactive tracer called 18F-NOS.
- Trial name
- F-NOS (NCT01066637)
- Testing
- [18F](+/-)NOS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine