Clinical trials: Cardiac Inflammation
Atherosclerosis, Stroke
Vascular Inflammation Imaging Using Somatostatin Receptor Positron Emission Tomography
This VISION study aims to investigate the role of inflammation in atherosclerosis using 68Ga- DOTATATE PET, and to validate 68Ga-DOTATATE PET imaging for the detection and quantification of vascular inflammation in the aorta…
- Conditions
- Atherosclerosis, Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack, Chronic Stable Angina
- Trial name
- VISION (NCT02021188)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cambridge
Hypertension, Hypertension (HTN)
Syntrillo Telehealth Stroke Risk Reduction Study
A prospective, single-arm, open-label study evaluating the impact of Syntrillo's telehealth program on stroke risk factors, particularly blood pressure, among 68 high-risk patients.
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Hypertension (HTN), Stroke Prevention, Cardiovascular Risk Factor
- Trial name
- NCT07124728
- Testing
- Technology-enabled Telehealth Care Plan, Blood Pressure Monitoring Device, Tenovi Smart Pillbox
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Syntrillo, Inc
Sepsis, Cardiac Arrest
Thigh Muscle Mass and Muscle Wasting in Patients in the Emergency Department
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate whether thigh muscle mass and muscle wasting are associated with mortality in patients who visit the emergency department.
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Cardiac Arrest, Acute Respiratory Failure, Patients Who Visit Emergency Department
- Trial name
- NCT05978154
- Testing
- Thigh muscle mass and muscle wasting (exposure)
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Korea University Ansan Hospital
Platelet Aggregation, Spontaneous, Coronary Artery Disease
Effect of Low Dose of Colchicine on Platelet Reactivity
Inflammation plays an important role in atherosclerosis and the occurrence of ischemic events. Statins, in addition to their lipid-lowering effect, have also documented anti-inflammatory effect that may partly explain their…
- Trial name
- NCT05956145
- Testing
- Colchicine 0.5 MG
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Atrial Fibrillation (AF), Heart Failure
Microbiota-Inflammation-Brain Axis in Heart Failure: New Functional Food for the Prevention of undeRnutrition in Older
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the AMBROSIA Bar helps prevent undernutrition and muscle loss in older adults with heart failure or atrial fibrillation.
- Trial name
- AMBROSIA (NCT07076329)
- Testing
- Ambrosia bar
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
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
Breast Cancer, Cancer-related Fatigue
Behavioral Activation for Cancer-Related Fatigue After Breast Cancer Surgery
Cancer-related fatigue is common after breast cancer surgery and may persist during adjuvant treatment and early survivorship. This randomized controlled trial evaluated whether an 8-week graded behavioral activation intervention…
- Trial name
- NCT07799909
- Testing
- Behavioral Activation, Care as Usual
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- Huaidong Cheng
Cardiovascular Diseases
Molecular Investigation of GENetic Factors in Cardiovascular and Immune-related Traits and Diseases Using a BIOresource of Healthy Volunteers (GENBIO)
The risk of cardiovascular disease is determined by the complex interplay between an individual's genetic make-up, lifestyle, and the environment.
- Trial name
- GENBIO (NCT04931498)
- Testing
- Questionnaire, Anthropometric measurements: height, weight, and body fat, Blood pressure and heart rate
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Depression - Major Depressive Disorder
Slow-Paced Breathing and Electrical Vagus Nerve Stimulation as Add-on Treatments for Depression
Depression is a common mental health condition, and standard psychiatric therapies do not always lead to satisfactory recovery. As a result, there is an urgent need for effective, complementary treatments.
- Trial name
- Add-Vagus (NCT07844733)
- Testing
- Slow-Paced Breathing, Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS), Treatment as Usual (TAU)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Elisabeth Balint
Septic Shock, Stroke Hemorrhagic
Oral Bedtime Melatonin in Critically Ill Patients
Oxidative stress is one of the main mechanisms causing harm in severe infection with septic shock, ischemia-reperfusion injury in resuscitated cardiac arrest and ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
- Conditions
- Septic Shock, Stroke Hemorrhagic, Strokes Thrombotic, Cardiac Arrest
- Trial name
- Mel-ICU (NCT06156059)
- Testing
- Oral Bedtime Melatonin
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital San Carlos, Madrid
Myocardial Infarction (MI)
Evaluating Metabolic and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Genistein on Post-myocardial Infarction Patients
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if genistein works to provide a beneficial effect to show lipid lowering effect and anti-inflammatory effects and slow the progression of atherosclerosis in post-myocardial infarction…
- Trial name
- NCT06689566
- Testing
- genistein
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Pneumonia, Heart Failure
Hospitalization at Home: The Acute Care Home Hospital Program for Adults
The investigators propose a home hospital model of care that substitutes for treatment in an acute care hospital. Limited studies of the home hospital model have demonstrated that a sizeable proportion of acute care can be…
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Heart Failure, Cellulitis, Urinary Tract Infections
- Trial name
- NCT02864420
- Testing
- Home hospitalization, Inpatient Hospitalization
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sepsis
Effect of Metabolic Dysfunction in Branched-chain Amino Acids on Cardiac Function in Patients With Sepsis
The current project was designed to examine the effects of BCAA metabolic dysfunction on cardiac function in septic patients.
- Trial name
- NCT06258252
- Testing
- Effect of BCAAs metabolic dysfunction on cardiac function in sepsis
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- West China Hospital
Atherosclerosis
Comparison of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography and Coronary Computed Tomography in Assessing Vascular Inflammation
Vascular inflammation is a key factor in both the pathogenesis and outcome of atherosclerosis. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) is a promising tool for identifying and quantifying vascular…
- Trial name
- NCT01100671
- Testing
- Cross section study
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Korea University
Rheumatoid Arthritis
The Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects approximately 1% of all Canadians. RA is associated with a higher rate of disease and death as well as a decreased life expectancy.
- Trial name
- NCT01534871
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Diseases
Framingham: Inflammation, Genes & Cardiovascular Disease
To investigate the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to vascular inflammation, and to define the extent to which inflammatory phenotypes and genotypes predict subclinical and clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD).
- Conditions
- Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT00083863
- Volunteers
- 7,374 people
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Acute Coronary Syndrome, Stress Hyperglycemia
Cellular Immunity, Neuroendocrine, and Inflammatory Factors for Clinical Prognosis in Acute Coronary Syndrome
In acute coronary syndrome (ACS), there is an increase in cortisol levels, as an expression of the stress response, and C-reactive protein, as an expression of the inflammatory response, which are in turn associated with changes…
- Conditions
- Acute Coronary Syndrome, Stress Hyperglycemia, Cortisol; Hypersecretion, Inflammatory Response
- Trial name
- NCT06513611
- Testing
- Serum cortisol.
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas José de San Martín
Atopic Dermatitis, Vascular Inflammation
Trial on Vascular Inflammation in Atopic Dermatitis
A total of 30 subjects with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis. Thirty subjects without AD matched for sex, age and coronary artery disease risk factor with the AD subjects will also be included.
- Conditions
- Atopic Dermatitis, Vascular Inflammation, Coronary Atherosclerosis
- Trial name
- NCT02926807
- Testing
- FDG-PET Scan, MDCT, biopsy and blood collection
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Innovaderm Research Inc.
Colchicine, Inflammation in Cardiac Surgery
Colchicine's Effect on Inflammatory Markers
This study wants to see if the medicine colchicine can help lower inflammation and reduce the chance of developing an irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) after heart bypass surgery.
- Conditions
- Colchicine, Inflammation in Cardiac Surgery, Post Operative Atrial Fibrillation, Inflammatory Markers
- Trial name
- NCT07287345
- Testing
- Colchicine (Colcrys®)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Ayesha Ather
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Autonomic Dysfunction
Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Systemic Lupus Erythematous
This trial uses a double blinded, randomized 1:1 (active:sham) placebo controlled, parallel group design, investigating the effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus…
- Conditions
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Autonomic Dysfunction, Autonomic Neuropathy, Fatigue
- Trial name
- SLE-VNS (NCT05315739)
- Testing
- Non-invasive transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet