Clinical trials: Controls
Healthy Controls, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Number of Multiple Breath Washout Tests in Adults With Pulmonary Disease and Healthy Controls
The investigators aim to determine the optimal number of measurements required for multiple-breath-washout derived lung function parameters in adults with pulmonary disease as well as in healthy controls
- Conditions
- Healthy Controls, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Bronchial Asthma, Sarcoidosis
- Trial name
- NCT03176745
- Testing
- multiple breath washout
- Volunteers
- 153 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitätsmedizin Mannheim
Psoriatic Arthritis, Psoriatic Nail
Sonographic Analysis of Nails in Psoriatic Arthritis and Healthy Controls
This study aims to identify the nail ultrasonography (NUSG) properties in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and healthy controls by a participant-based evaluation; to assess feasibility, reliability, and discriminative…
- Trial name
- NUSGI (NCT04718428)
- Testing
- Nail Ultrasonography
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Chronic Kidney Disease stage4
AC/DC Study: Acidification Test in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Healthy Controls
In this study the effect of an acute acid load on the intrarenal renin angiotensin-system is evaluated in patients with chronic kidney disease and healthy controls
- Trial name
- AC/DC (NCT03293446)
- Testing
- Urinary acidification test
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Cystic Fibrosis
Evaluation of Sit-to-stand Test in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis and Matched Controls.
Introduction: In recent years, since the discovery of the cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator gene in human skeletal muscle, there appears to be growing interest in the measurement of muscle function in CF.
- Trial name
- STS-CF (NCT03524859)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Lactose Intolerance
Comparison of the Colonic Metabolism in Patients With Lactose Intolerance and Healthy Controls
Most people are born with the ability to digest lactose, a dissacharide consisting of β-D-glucose and β-D-galactose, because of the presence of lactase at the brush border of the small intestine.
- Trial name
- NCT02171403
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Alzheimer Disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Evaluating Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in Alzheimer's, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Subjects, and Controls
This is an experimental medicine study to evaluate the kinetics of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers in subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) compared to healthy controls using a heavy…
- Trial name
- NCT01348061
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KineMed
Heart Failure
Exercise Capacity and Fatigue in Heart Failure Patients With and Without Inspiratory Muscle Weakness
In patients with heart failure, diaphragm dysfunction contributes to decreased quality of life while simultaneously increasing morbidity and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT06428227
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gazi University
Psoriasis (PsO), Periodontal Disease
Evaluation of TNF-α, IL-17A, and YKL-40 in GCF and Serum of Psoriasis Patients and Healthy Controls
Background: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects 2-3% of the global population and is linked to immune dysregulation and systemic inflammation.
- Trial name
- NCT06897722
- Testing
- TNF-α analysis in GCF, IL-17A analysis in GCF, YKL-40 analysis in GCF
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zhala Vatankha Sain
Healthy, Healthy Individuals (Controls)
Protocol for Tongue Elastography and Ultrasound Markers
The purpose of this observational is to methodologically assess the standardisation and reliability of a protocol of ultrasound lingual markers, including tongue shear-wave elastography, attenuation indexes, and echo intensity in…
- Trial name
- NCT07024069
- Testing
- Tongue ultrasound via submental approach
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Haute Ecole Bruxelles-Brabant
Healthy, Type 2 Diabetes
Study of Gene Activity in Fat and Muscle in Diabetics and Healthy Controls
The aim of the present protocol is to study gene activity in fat and muscle tissue in type 2 diabetics and healthy volunteers after injection of E.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Type 2 Diabetes, Endotoxemia
- Trial name
- NCT00412906
- Testing
- Escherichia Coli Endotoxin
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Metastatic Melanoma, CNS Metastases
Collection of Cerebrospinal Fluid and Tumor Tissue in Subjects With Metastatic Melanoma and Controls
This study has two ultimate goals: 1. Understand how the original melanoma from the skin spreads to the CNS. In order to study this we need to collect (and compare) the original skin melanoma, the CNS melanoma, as well as any…
- Trial name
- NCT01312506
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Alzheimer's Disease, Healthy Controls
Development of Eye-movement Based Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease
This study aims to develop and validate a sensitive and non-invasive eye-tracking software application. This study will obtain participant responses to brief cognitive tests designed to evaluate several key functions known to be…
- Trial name
- NCT05176704
- Testing
- Eye-Tracking
- Where
- 5 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Coronary Artery Disease
Impact of Breathing Maneuvers on the Oxygenation Supply of the Heart Assessed With MRI in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Patients with an impaired blood supply of the heart routinely receive oxygen in order to improve or preserve the oxygen supply of the heart muscle in acute cardiac care.
- Trial name
- CADOS-CMR (NCT02233634)
- Testing
- Oxygen, Hyperventilation Breath-hold (HVBH), HVBH with Oxygen
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Metabolic Syndrome, Coronary Heart Disease
Hämeenlinna Metabolic Syndrome Research Program: Surrogate Indicators for Atherosclerosis
Mechanisms that link metabolic syndrome to atherosclerosis are incompletely understood. As a part of Hämeenlinna Metabolic Syndrome Research Program (HMS) surrogate indicators for atherosclerosis are studied in 120 men with…
- Trial name
- HMS-02 (NCT01119404)
- Where
- 4 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kanta-Häme Central Hospital
Type 2 Diabetes
Processed Meat and Brain Regions Related to Reward and Addiction
The purpose of this study is to 1. Compare effects of two isocaloric meals (processed meat hamburger vs. vegetarian sandwich) in response to the postprandial period by using functional brain imaging of reward circuitry implicated…
- Trial name
- RewCrav (NCT02474147)
- Testing
- Processed meat hamburger, Vegan sandwich
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Idiopathic Rhinitis Patients, Healthy Controls
Neuro-immunological Analysis of Idiopathic Rhinitis Patients and Controls Treated With Capsaicin.
The term idiopathic rhinitis (IR) is used in this study to describe a patient group with following characteristics: patients with complaints of nasal obstruction, sneezing and/or rhinorrhea for a period of over 1 year, which…
- Trial name
- NCT01223820
- Testing
- Capsaicin
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Parkinson Disease
Evaluation of [18F]MK-9470 as a Brain Tracer of Cannabinoid-1 Receptor in Parkinson's Disease and Healthy Subjects
The purpose of this study is to assess MK-9470 Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging as a tool to evaluate the activity of the CB-1 receptor in the brain.
- Trial name
- MK9470 (NCT01462708)
- Testing
- [18F]MK-9470
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
Sickle Cell Disease
Relationship Between Abnormal Myocardial Perfusion and Diastolic Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Disease Using PET
There is limited information on what causes injury to the heart in individuals with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Researchers in this study want to see if decreased blood flow to the heart during stress could be causing the heart…
- Trial name
- NCT05583721
- Testing
- [13N]NH3, Lexiscan, Positron emission tomography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Healthy
Assessment of the Analgesic Effects of PF-06273340 in Healthy Volunteers Using Evoked Pain Endpoints
This study will examine the activity of 2 different doses of PF-06273340 on a panel of evoked pain tests carried out from 0.5 to 10 hours following oral dosing in healthy male subjects
- Trial name
- NCT02260947
- Testing
- PF-06273340, Pregabalin, Ibuprofen
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Healthy Controls
Identification of a Safe and Non-Psychedelic Dose of Psilocybin
This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single ascending dose study will evaluate psilocybin in healthy adult subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT07710027
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Diamond Therapeutics Inc.