Clinical trials: Cardiac Inflammation
Congenital Heart Disease
Washed Versus Standard Blood Cell Transfusions in Pediatric Open Heart Surgery
Background: Children having open heart surgery to repair congenital heart defects demonstrate a large inflammatory response to the heart-lung machine and to surgery itself.
- Trial name
- NCT00693498
- Testing
- Standard leukoreduced irradiated blood cell transfusion, Washed leukoreduced irradiated blood cell transfusions
- Volunteers
- 162 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Heart Transplant
Tocilizumab in Cardiac Transplantation
The purpose of this research study is to see if a study drug called Tocilizumab will, when given with standard anti-rejection medicines, lead to better heart transplantation outcomes at 1 year after the transplant.
- Trial name
- NCT03644667
- Testing
- tocilizumab, Standard of Care Triple IS
- Where
- 20 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 385 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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
Elective Cardiac Surgery
CytoSorb Reduction of Free Hemoglobin During Cardiac Surgery
Prospective, multi-center, randomized, feasibility clinical study. Subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either standard of care (SOC) alone or standard of care and treatment with the CytoSorb® device.
- Trial name
- REFRESH (NCT02566525)
- Testing
- CytoSorb
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- CytoSorbents, Inc
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
Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular Inflammation Reduction Trial
The Cardiovascular Inflammation Reduction Trial (CIRT) is a randomized clinical trial investigating whether taking low-dose methotrexate reduces heart attacks, strokes, or death in people with type 2 diabetes or metabolic…
- Trial name
- CIRT (NCT01594333)
- Testing
- Methotrexate
- Where
- 470 sites in United States, Canada and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 4,786 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Myocardial Infarction, Inflammation
SP16 Inflammatory Response Inhibition Trial
This study will evaluate the potential benefit of blocking inflammation during a heart attack using an investigational anti-inflammatory medicine called SP16.
- Trial name
- SPIRIT (NCT04225533)
- Testing
- SP16
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Serpin Pharma, LLC
Inflammation, Perioperative Morbidity
The Effects of Corticosteroids, Glucose Control, and Depth-of-Anesthesia on Perioperative Inflammation and Morbidity From Major Non-cardiac Surgery (Dexamethasone, Light Anesthesia and Tight Glucose Control (DeLiT Trial))
Evidence thus suggests that steroid administration, tight glucose control, and avoidance of deep anesthesia may decrease perioperative morbidity by reducing the inflammatory response to surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT00995501
- Testing
- Dexamethasone Sodium Sulfate, Insulin, anesthesia management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 381 people
- Sponsor
- d sessler
Heart Failure, Myocardial Ischemia
METhotrexate Therapy Effects in the Physical Capacity of Patients With ISchemic Heart Failure (METIS Trial)
The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of methotrexate to improve physical capacity in patients with symptomatic ischemic heart failure.
- Trial name
- METIS (NCT00759811)
- Testing
- Methotrexate
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul
Sepsis
Impact of Heart Rate Characteristics Monitoring in Neonates
Hypothesis: Fewer neonates managed using information from heart rate characteristics (HRC) will require intubation and mechanical ventilation as a result of sepsis and sepsis-like illness.
- Trial name
- HeRO (NCT00307333)
- Testing
- HeRO heart rate characteristics monitor
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3,003 people
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Psoriasis, Inflammation
A Proof-of-Activity Study With Orticumab in Subjects With Psoriasis and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
The primary purpose of this proof-of-activity, phase 2 trial is to evaluate the safety and activity of orticumab in subjects with moderate to severe psoriasis and cardiometabolic risk factors.
- Conditions
- Psoriasis, Inflammation, Coronary Artery Disease, Cardiometabolic Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT04776629
- Testing
- Orticumab
- Where
- 13 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- Abcentra
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
Aortic Stenosis, Inflammation
Inflammation and Thrombosis in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
The central hypothesis of this study is that TAVR leads to platelet deposition and inflammatory cell activation that can be attenuated by the potent anti-platelet and/or pleiotropic effects of ticagrelor.
- Conditions
- Aortic Stenosis, Inflammation, Thrombosis
- Trial name
- NCT02486367
- Testing
- Clopidogrel, Ticagrelor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Congenital Heart Disease in Children, Inflammatory Response
STeroids to REduce Systemic Inflammation After Infant Heart Surgery
This study's objective is to determine the pharmacokinetics (PK)/pharmacodynamics (PD), safety and efficacy of methylprednisolone in infants undergoing heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Trial name
- STRESS (NCT03229538)
- Testing
- Methylprednisolone, Isotonic saline
- Where
- 23 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,263 people
- Sponsor
- Kevin Hill
Heart Failure, Systolic, Inflammation
Interleukin-1 Blockade In Recently Decompensated Heart Failure - 2
REDHART2 is a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial to determine the effects of Anakinra on peak aerobic exercise capacity measured with a cardiopulmonary test after 24 weeks in patients with recently decompensated…
- Trial name
- REDHART2 (NCT03797001)
- Testing
- Anakinra
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
Efficacy and Safety of MEDI6570 in Patients With a History of Myocardial Infarction
A Phase IIB Parallel group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of MEDI6570 in Participants with a Prior Myocardial Infarction.
- Trial name
- GOLDILOX (NCT04610892)
- Testing
- MEDI6570
- Where
- 84 sites in United States, Australia and 9 more
- Volunteers
- 423 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Infective Endocarditis
Phase 4 Efficacy and Safety Study of Cubicin® With and Without Combination Therapy in S. Aureus Infective Endocarditis (SAIE)
multicenter, randomized, double blind study to describe the safety and efficacy of daptomycin (6 mg/kg q24h) with and without concomitant initial gentamicin combination therapy in the treatment of SAIE
- Trial name
- NCT00638157
- Testing
- daptomycin, daptomycin and gentamicin
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, New Jersey USA)
Obesity, Pre-diabetes
SGLT2 Inhibitor Effects on Inflammation and Heart Disease in Obesity Pilot
Obesity is associated with increased cardiometabolic disease risk due, in part, to heightened chronic inflammation arising from adipose tissue.
- Trial name
- NCT04907214
- Testing
- Empagliflozin 25 MG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Effect of Exenatide on Liver and Heart Fat and Inflammation
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of exenatide on liver and heart (myocardial) fat and inflammation.
- Trial name
- NCT01951651
- Testing
- Exenatide, Glipizide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Congenital Heart Disease, Inflammation
Ultrafiltration in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: An Observational Cohort Study
Infants and children undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) can experience systemic inflammation that prolongs post-operative recovery.
- Trial name
- NCT05154864
- Testing
- SBUF-SMUF
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre