Clinical trials: Controls
Diabetes, Pre-diabetes
Metformin at the Cellular Level and Dosing for Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
The investigators know that metformin works at the level of the cells in the body by acting on a protein called Cyclic amine monophosphate- Response Binding Elements (CREB) binding protein or Constitutive Reverter of eIF2α…
- Conditions
- Diabetes, Pre-diabetes, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT01876992
- Testing
- Metformin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
DART Electrical Impedance Myography (EIM) Trial in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and Healthy Controls
Physicians seek a method to assess neuromuscular disease that is both non-invasive and quantifiable. Many patients do not tolerate standard current day assessment tools (such as needle electromyogram), and Electrical Impedance…
- Trial name
- NCT01523964
- Testing
- Testing with EIM
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dart Therapeutics. LLC
Vasomotor Rhinitis
Nasal Physiologic Reactivity of Nonallergic Rhinitics to Cold Air Provocation
This study seeks to compare patients with vasomotor rhinitis ("perennial nonallergic rhinitis," "idiopathic rhinitis") with normal controls with respect to their nasal physiologic reactivity to cold air challenge.
- Trial name
- NCT00415493
- Testing
- Cold-dry air provocation, Warm-moist air provocation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Associated Scientists to Help Minimize Allergies
Menopause, Depression
Brain Imaging Study in Menopausal Women With and Without Major Depressive Disorder
The purpose this study is to measure cortical gama-aminobutyric acid levels (GABA) levels in menopausal women with major depressive disorder and healthy subjects using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS).
- Trial name
- NCT00626340
- Testing
- MDD diagnosis and Estrogen treatment, MDD diagnosis and Fluoxetine treatment, MDD diagnosis with both Estrogen and Fluoxetine treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Narcolepsy With Cataplexy, Healthy Controls
Xyrem and Brain Dopamine in Narcolepsy
The overall aim of this investigation is to establish whether an action of Xyrem® on the brain dopamine system in patients with narcolepsy, and in a comparison control group, might explain part of the anti-narcoleptic effect of…
- Trial name
- NCT02637076
- Testing
- Xyrem
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease
Cerebral Haemodynamic Changes During Cognitive Testing: A fTCD Study
850,000 people live with dementia in the UK, with that number expected to rise to more than 1 million within the next 5 years. The most common type of dementia (55%) is Alzheimer's dementia, and vascular dementia is the second…
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease, Vascular Dementia, Healthy Controls
- Trial name
- NCT03134963
- Testing
- Transcranial doppler ultrasonography, Blood pressure monitoring, Heart rate monitoring
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leicester
Schizophrenia
Clinical Trial of Tolcapone for Cognition in Schizophrenia
This study will evaluate whether Tolcapone improves cognition in healthy volunteers as well as patients with schizophrenia. Talcapone is a drug that has been FDA approved for Attention Deficit Disorder and allegedly increase the…
- Trial name
- NCT00044083
- Testing
- Tolcapone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Antenatal Depression, Major Depressive Disorder
Pilot Study of Personalized Aperiodic Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation in Antenatal Depression (PandA-tACS)
The purpose of this study is to develop the safety, feasibility, and tolerability of a personalized transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) approach in antenatal depression.
- Conditions
- Antenatal Depression, Major Depressive Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder in Pregnancy, Healthy Controls
- Trial name
- PandA-tACS (NCT06979154)
- Testing
- tACS (aperiodic)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Memory Aid by Intranasal Insulin in Diabetes (MemAID)
The main purpose of this study is to find the long-term effects of daily administration of 40 IU of intranasal insulin (INI) as compared to placebo (sterile saline) on cognition and memory in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus…
- Trial name
- MemAID (NCT02415556)
- Testing
- Regular Human Insulin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 289 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Spondylitis, Ankylosing
Analysis of the Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis During Infliximab Treatment (Study P04465)(COMPLETED)
This is an open-label, controlled sub-study to the parent protocol (P04041, NCT00779935) to examine the expression profile of genes in patients in the active stage of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) compared to the healthy population…
- Trial name
- NCT00778869
- Testing
- Remicade
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Biomarkers Study in the Immediate Postnatal Period of Development
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the leading genetic cause of death of infants. Strong preclinical evidence suggests that effective therapy must be delivered as early as possible to prevent progression of the disease.
- Trial name
- NCT01736553
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Meningococcal Disease
Safety and Immunogenicity of Novartis Meningococcal B Vaccine When Administered to Immunocompromised Children and Adolescents Compared to Healthy Subjects.
The study aims at evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of rMenB+OMV NZ when administered to subjects from 2 to 17 years of age with increased risk of meningococcal disease because either of primary or secondary complement…
- Trial name
- NCT02141516
- Testing
- rMenB+OMV
- Where
- 20 sites in Italy, Poland and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 239 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Novartis
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
A Follow-up Study to Describe the Safety of Study Participants Who Received RSVPreF3 Maternal Vaccination (Any Dose) or Controls From Previous RSV MAT Studies During Any Pregnancy Conceived Post Vaccination/Control
The purpose of this follow-up study was to describe the safety in subsequent pregnancies in participants who were previously administered the RSVPreF3 maternal vaccine or control during any prior RSV MAT study.
- Trial name
- NCT05705440
- Testing
- RSVPreF3 vaccine, Control
- Where
- 138 sites in United States, Argentina and 21 more
- Volunteers
- 3,855 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Wrist Ligament and Bone Disorders
A Study to Evaluate 4DCT Controls
The purpose of this study is to use CT motion pictures (4DCT) to visualize and record how much space there is between certain wrist joint bones, both without any resistance and with light resistance to the movement, during a…
- Trial name
- NCT04736537
- Testing
- 4DCT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Schizophrenia
Tryptophan MRI in People With Schizophrenia and Healthy Controls
Kynurenic acid (KYNA) is a naturally occurring chemical in the brain. Studies with rodents indicate that levels of KYNA can impact levels of the neurotransmitters glutamate and dopamine.
- Trial name
- NCT02067975
- Testing
- Tryptophan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Healthy, Chronic Pain
H-coil TMS to Reduce Pain: A Pilot Study Evaluating Relative Efficacy of the H1 vs H7 Coil
Chronic pain is a serious public health problem with estimates as high as nearly half of the adult population experiencing some form of pain that lasts for more than 6 months.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Chronic Pain, Opioid Use, Pain, Chronic
- Trial name
- NCT04203199
- Testing
- Real rTMS to the mPFC using H7 Coil, Real rTMS to the dlPFC using H1 Coil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Healthy
Effect of Empagliflozin Kinetics on Renal Glucose Reabsorption in Patients With Type II Diabetes and Healthy Controls
Single center, 14-day, open-label trial to examine the effect of 25 mg q.d. empagliflozin on kinetics of renal glucose reabsorption in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus and healthy controls
- Trial name
- NCT01867307
- Testing
- Empagliflozin, BI 10773
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
Congestive Heart Failure
Natriuretic Peptide System as Therapy in Human Preclinical Left Ventricle Dysfunction
In congestive heart failure, cardiac output is low, blood pressure is high, and the body becomes congested with fluid. In normal people, when there is high blood pressure, the heart muscle cells secrete a hormone that excretes…
- Trial name
- PPG1 (NCT00387621)
- Testing
- Nesiritide, Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Horng Chen
Healthy Controls
The Influence of Pressure Pain on [11C]Diprenorphine Binding Potentials
Healthy volunteers aged 21 to 50 are needed for a research study investigating whether pain will alter the binding properties of ([11C]diprenorphine), a molecule that can be used during brain imaging.
- Trial name
- NCT01546155
- Testing
- PET imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Chikungunya
Phase 2 Open-label Study of Alum-adjuvanted Chikungunya Virus-like Particle Vaccine (PXVX0317)
This was a phase 2 parallel-group age- and gender-matched open label study in healthy adults 18-65 years of age to assess the safety and immunogenicity of an alum-adjuvanted chikungunya virus-like particle vaccine (PXVX0317…
- Trial name
- WRAIR (NCT03992872)
- Testing
- Chikungunya
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bavarian Nordic