Clinical trials: Cardiac Transplant
Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Autologous Stem Cells for Cardiac Angiogenesis (FOCUS HF)
This is a phase 1, single-blind trial to evaluate using autologous bone marrow mononuclear stem cells in ischemic cardiomyopathy patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00203203
- Testing
- Intramyocardial Injection of stem cells via NOGA Mapping, Control, then Stem Cell Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Texas Heart Institute
Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy
Safety & Efficacy of Intramyocardial Injection of Mesenchymal Precursor Cells on Myocardial Function in LVAD Recipients
The main purpose of this research is to determine whether injecting mesenchymal precursor cells (MPC) into the heart during surgery to implant a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is safe.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Ventricular Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT02362646
- Testing
- MPC Intramyocardial Injection, Control Solution
- Where
- 19 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 159 people
- Sponsor
- Annetine Gelijns
Organ Transplant
Trial to Compare the SherpaPak™ Device vs Cold Storage
The Investigator's are doing this study to see which method of organ preservation leads to better outcomes for donated hearts. There are two methods of organ preservation. The first method is the use of cold storage.
- Trial name
- SherpaPak (NCT05194514)
- Testing
- SherpaPak™ Device, Cold Storage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Non ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Clinical Effects of Eptifibatide Administration in High Risk Patients Presenting With Non-ST Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome (NSTE-ACS) Requiring Urgent Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in Short- and Long-Term Follow-up
1. INTRODUCTION Through last couple of years the number of patients treated for acute coronary event without persistent ST segment elevation in ECG has been growing.
- Trial name
- NCT01863134
- Testing
- Eptifibatide
- Where
- 6 sites in United States, Poland
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Silesia
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Redo, Heart Valve Diseases
SONOlysis in Risk REduction of Symptomatic and Silent Brain infarCtions dUring Cardiac surgEry
The aim of the project is to demonstrate a fibrinolytic effect of sonothrombolysis (continual transcranial Doppler monitoring) using 2 MHz diagnostic probe on the reduction of risk of brain infarctions due to the activation of…
- Trial name
- SONORESCUE (NCT01591018)
- Testing
- sonolysis, cardiac surgery
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Ostrava
DiGeorge Anomaly, DiGeorge Syndrome
Thymus Transplantation Dose in DiGeorge #932
One purpose of this study is to determine whether the amount of cultured thymus tissue implanted into DiGeorge anomaly infants has any effect on the immune outcome.
- Conditions
- DiGeorge Anomaly, DiGeorge Syndrome, Complete DiGeorge Anomaly, Complete DiGeorge Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT00576836
- Testing
- Cultured Thymus Tissue Implantation (CTTI), Cultured Thymus Tissue Implantation with Parathyroid Transplantation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Sumitomo Pharma Switzerland GmbH
Heart Diseases, Heart Transplantation
Canadian Cardiology de Novo Study: A Comparison Between Tacrolimus- and Cyclosporine- Based Immunoprophylactic Regimens
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of tacrolimus in de novo heart transplantation.
- Trial name
- NCT00157014
- Testing
- Tacrolimus, Cyclosporine, Mycophenolate mofetil
- Where
- 13 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- Astellas Pharma Inc
End-Stage Heart Failure, Bridge-to-Transplant LVAD Placement (BTT)
Development & Testing of a Decision Aid for LVAD Placement
The goal of this project is to develop a patient-centered decision aid for decision-making about end-stage heart failure treatment.
- Conditions
- End-Stage Heart Failure, Bridge-to-Transplant LVAD Placement (BTT), Destination Therapy LVAD Placement (DT), Refusal of LVAD Placement (Decliners)
- Trial name
- VADDA (NCT02248974)
- Testing
- LVAD Decision Aid
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Effectiveness of BoneSeal® on Bone Hemostats in Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery
A prospective randomized open-label study that will evaluate the effectiveness of the pliable and absorbable bone hemostats (BoneSeal®) on the reduction of bleeding from the sternal bone marrow in patients undergoing…
- Trial name
- NCT03085017
- Testing
- BoneSeal, Ostene
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- Loma Linda University
Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Tricuspid Atresia
Methacetin Breath Test in Patients With Liver Disease Secondary to Heart Disease
The aim of this project is assess a non-invasive functional liver tests in patients with the Fontan circulation that may be used for prognostic purposes.
- Trial name
- MBT+Fontan (NCT04176458)
- Testing
- Methacetin Breath Test (MBT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Safety and Efficacy Study of Stem Cell Transplantation to Treat Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Several studies have documented that transplantation of bone marrow-derived cells (BMC) following acute myocardial infarction is associated with a reduction in infarct scar size and improvements in left ventricular function and…
- Trial name
- NCT00629018
- Testing
- CD34+ autologous stem cell transplantation, Bone Marrow Stimulation, SC therapy
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Cardiac Transplant Disorder
Don't Throw Your Heart Away: Clinician Study 3
Publicly available outcome assessments for transplant programs do not make salient that some programs tend to reject many of the hearts they are offered, whereas other programs accept a broader range of donor offers.
- Trial name
- NCT04455893
- Testing
- Stratified Transplant Survival
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carnegie Mellon University
Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Use of Adult Autologous Stem Cells in Treating People Who Have Had a Heart Attack (The TIME Study)
Heart attacks are a leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. A heart attack occurs when blood flow to the heart is restricted, commonly due to a blood clot that has formed in one of the coronary…
- Trial name
- NCT00684021
- Testing
- Adult stem cells
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Non-ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
PercutaneOus StEm Cell Injection Delivery Effects On Neomyogenesis in Dilated CardioMyopathy (The POSEIDON-DCM Study)
The technique of transplanting progenitor cells into a region of damaged myocardium, termed cellular cardiomyoplasty1, is a potentially new therapeutic modality designed to replace or repair necrotic, scarred, or dysfunctional…
- Trial name
- PoseidonDCM (NCT01392625)
- Testing
- Autologous hMSCs, Allogeneic hMSCs
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Joshua M Hare
Coronary Artery Disease
CorMatrix ECM Study: To Identify Inflammatory Markers Following CABG With/Without ECM
The objective of this study is to identify proteomic inflammatory biomarkers to determine if there are differences in the biomarkers in patients who are treated using the CorMatrix ECM implant to close the pericardium and the…
- Trial name
- CorMatrix (NCT01535807)
- Testing
- CorMatrix extra cellular matrix (ECM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Inova Health Care Services
Coronary Artery Disease
Hybrid Coronary Revascularization Trial
The purpose of the study is to learn which treatment option is better for patients who have multi-vessel coronary artery disease (blockages in more than one vessel supplying blood to the heart muscle).
- Trial name
- NCT03089398
- Testing
- Hybrid Coronary Revascularization (isolated LIMA-LAD), Hybrid Coronary Revascularization (PCI), Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Where
- 46 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Emilia Bagiella
Immunosuppression
Safety Outcomes of Lower Immunosuppression Versus Traditional Immunosuppression in Heart Transplant Recipients
This was a study to compare less intense immunosuppression with a more traditional approach. The hypothesis was that less immunosuppression will provide similar protection against rejection than typical 2-3 drug therapy.
- Trial name
- TICTAC (NCT00299221)
- Testing
- Tacrolimus, combination therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Myocardial Protection With Multiport Antegrade Cold Blood Cardioplegia
In spite improvements in methods of myocardial protection, peri-operative myocardial damage is still the commonest cause of early morbidity and mortality after technically successful CABG Surgery.
- Trial name
- MACBC (NCT02303704)
- Testing
- multiport antegrade cardioplegia, Aortic root antegrade cardioplegia
- Volunteers
- 448 people
- Sponsor
- Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
Real Time Myocardial Perfusion Echocardiography for Coronary Allograft Vasculopathy
Is real-time myocardial perfusion echocardiography (RTMPE) a feasible and effective non-invasive method to detect significant Coronary Allograft Vasculopathy in pediatric and adult cardiac transplant recipients? Will perfusion…
- Trial name
- NCT02880137
- Testing
- Perflutren Lipid Microsphere, RTMPE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Renal Transplant
24 Months Follow-up, Two Arm Study to Compare the Cardiovascular Profile in a Regimen With Everolimus + Mycophenolic Acid (MPA) Versus (vs.) a Regimen of CNI+MPA in Maintenance Renal Transplant Recipients
The objective of the study is to compare the cardiovascular profile of an everolimus and mycophenolic acid immunosuppressive regimen with a calcineurin inhibitor and mycophenolic acid regimen in maintenance renal transplant…
- Trial name
- EVITA (NCT01169701)
- Testing
- Everolimus, Tacrolimus, Mycophenolic acid (MPA)
- Where
- 9 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 71 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals