Clinical trials: Cardiovascular Complications
Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension
Renal Hemodynamic Effects of the HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors in Normal Volunteers and in Patients With Chronic Renal Failure
This study was done to determine whether Simvastatin (a medication commonly used to treat patients with high cholesterol levels in the blood increases blood flow to the kidneys and improves renal function in normal volunteers and…
- Conditions
- Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Chronic Renal Failure
- Trial name
- NCT02511418
- Testing
- Simvastatin
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Preeclampsia, Gestational Hypertension
Evaluation of sFlt-1/PlGF Ratio ,OPG and sEng as Predictive Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Treatment Evaluation of Preeclampsia
his study investigates the effectiveness of three specific biological markers (biomarkers) in the blood-the sFlt-1/PlGF ratio, soluble endoglin (sEng), and osteoprotegerin (OPG)-to better diagnose and monitor preeclampsia.
- Conditions
- Preeclampsia, Gestational Hypertension, Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
- Trial name
- PE-POSS (NCT07349277)
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ammar Jassim Abed
Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Congenital Heart Disease
Altered Cerebral Growth and Development in Infants With Congenital Heart Disease
Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most frequent inborn defect with an incidence of 1 in 100 newborns per year, i.e. 800 children born in Switzerland per year.
- Conditions
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Congenital Heart Disease, Brain Injuries, Fetal Growth Retardation
- Trial name
- NCT04233775
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Children's Hospital, Zurich
Hypertension, Proteinuria
Sympathetic Overactivity in Essential Hypertension
The primary objective of the study is whether subjects with hypertension and proteinuria display increased sympathetic nerve activity compared to hypertensive subjects without proteinuria and normotensive controls.
- Trial name
- NCT00541619
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School
Reperfusion Injury
Role of Volatile Anesthetics for Hepatic Protection
This study aims to evaluate the attenuation of ischemic-reperfusion injury in the liver after sevoflurane preconditioning. In the presence of sevoflurane, an attenuation of liver injury is hypothesized (diminished increase of…
- Trial name
- NCT00516711
- Testing
- Sevoflurane
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Chronic Renal Disease, Cardiovascular Disease
Dyslipidemia-related Risk Factors in Dialysis
In this study, we studied lipoprotein abnormalities-related variables as risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease in patients on renal replacement therapies.We studied 96 dialyzed patients, 62 males and 34…
- Conditions
- Chronic Renal Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Dyslipidemia
- Trial name
- NCT02072837
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Infant, Premature, Erythropoietin
High-Dose Erythropoietin in Extremely Premature Infants to Prevent/Attenuate Brain Injury: A Phase II Study
The highest risk for perinatal brain injury occurs among extremely premature infants who weigh less than 1250 grams at birth. Such perinatal brain injury is currently irreversible, associated with neurodevelopmental disability…
- Conditions
- Infant, Premature, Erythropoietin, Brain Injury, Intraventricular Hemorrhage
- Trial name
- NCT00589953
- Testing
- Erythropoietin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Atlantic Health System
Obesity and Obesity-related Medical Conditions, Diabetes
Routine Validation and Reproducibility Testing of Laboratory Assays and Research Techniques Used for Endocrine, Cardiometabolic, and Musculoskeletal Disorder Research (VALD)
The purpose of this research study is to validate (check the accuracy of) laboratory assays, intravenous catheter insertion, and equipment or devices and their reproducibility, which is necessary to perform high quality research…
- Conditions
- Obesity and Obesity-related Medical Conditions, Diabetes, Atherosclerotic Disease, Heart Failure
- Trial name
- VALD (NCT07083557)
- Testing
- Endothelial cell collection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bettina Mittendorfer
Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18
High Risk Multiple Gestation Study
The objectives of the clinical study are to demonstrate the accuracy of our proprietary algorithm method to determine the genetic health of the developing fetuses in a multiple gestation pregnancy from a maternal blood sample.
- Conditions
- Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18, Trisomy 21, Sex Chromosome Abnormalities
- Trial name
- NCT02278874
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Natera, Inc.
Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension
ADMA Levels in End-Stage Renal Disease
Asymmetric dimethylarginine, ADMA, in plasma, is significantly elevated in patients with renal disease and associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT00350974
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Retinopathy, Diabetic, Diastolic Dysfunction
REWARD: Using the REtina as a Window To Detect Cardiac microvasculAR Dysfunction In Diabetes Mellitus
Retinopathy may be associated with diastolic dysfunction and/or coronary flow reserve in the heart, and albuminuria in diabetic patients.
- Conditions
- Retinopathy, Diabetic, Diastolic Dysfunction, Microalbuminuria
- Trial name
- NCT04025996
- Testing
- Cardiac Assessments and Eye Assessments
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart Centre Singapore
Arthritis, Diabetes Mellitus
Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Older Mexican Americans
The purpose of this study is to examine complementary and alternative medicine use among older Mexican Americans and to determine how this use influences physical, functional, and mental health.
- Conditions
- Arthritis, Diabetes Mellitus, Fractures, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT00084110
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
IVF, Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET)
Maternal Cardiovascular Adaption to Pregnancy in IVF Patients Following Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET)
Aim of the study is to explore the effect of a lacking corpus luteum on maternal cardiovascular and metabolic adaption to pregnancy by the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
- Conditions
- IVF, Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET), Cardiovascular Adaption, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Trial name
- NCT06471140
- Testing
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University Hospital
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Body Fat as Determinant of Female Gonadal Dysfunction
Reproduction requires from women enough energy depots to warrant an adequate nutritional supply to the fetus. Hence, adipose tissue is able to communicate with female hypothalamic-pituitary-ovary axis.
- Trial name
- NCT03841981
- Testing
- Anthropometric and physical examination, Indirect calorimetry, accelerometer and seven-day dietary recall, Biochemical, hormonal and metabolic phenotyping
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
Essential Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease
Prognostic Value of the Circadian Pattern of Ambulatory Blood Pressure for Multiple Risk Assessment
The HYGIA study was designed to investigate prospectively 1. the prognostic value of ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring among subjects primarily evaluated at primary care settings 2.
- Conditions
- Essential Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke, Chronic Kidney Disease
- Trial name
- HYGIA (NCT00741585)
- Testing
- Any antihypertensive medication alone or in combination, Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
- Where
- 20 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 21,983 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vigo
Maternal Death, Neonatal Death
Evaluating the Effects of SMS Text Messaging Support System Among Frontline Health Workers in Ghana
Introduction Maternal and neonatal mortality continue to be to be prominent public health issues in sub Saharan Africa including Ghana, with slow progress made towards attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 4 \& 5.
- Conditions
- Maternal Death, Neonatal Death, Postpartum Haemorrhage, Pre-eclampsia
- Trial name
- Accelerate (NCT02468310)
- Testing
- Maternal and neonatal emergency protocols
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 65,831 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hannah Brown Amoakoh
Hypertension, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Evaluation of an Electronic CKD Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) in Clinical Care
The investigators propose a three-arm, pragmatic, cluster-randomized clinical trial based in primary care. Participating Primary Care Providers (PCPs) will be randomized to usual care or one of two intervention arms.
- Trial name
- CDSSR18 (NCT02925962)
- Testing
- Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS), Clinic Decision Sup System + Pharmacist
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 542 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Turner Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome
X-chromosome Inactivation, Epigenetics and the Transcriptome
The human genetic material consists of 46 chromosomes of which two are sex chromosomes. The sex-chromosome from the mother is the X and from the father the Y-chromosome.
- Conditions
- Turner Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome, Triple X Syndrome, 47 XYY Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT01678261
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Diabetic Retinopathy (DR)
Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Point-of-Care Artificial Intelligence
This research study is being conducted to improve eye care by using artificial intelligence (AI) to make diabetic eye screenings faster and more accessible.
- Trial name
- DRES POCAI (NCT06721351)
- Testing
- Diabetic Retinopathy screening Point of Care Artificial Intelligence
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 548 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centro De Salud La Comunidad De San Ysidro Inc DBA: San Ysidro Health
Pre-Eclampsia, Eclampsia
Prospective Study in Pregnant Women With Hypercoagulopathy
Pre-eclampsia is one of the most common causes of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to identify pregnant women at risk for pre-eclampsia or other cardiovascular complications at a very early…
- Trial name
- NCT00215969
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hillerod Hospital, Denmark