Clinical trials: Decreased Immunologic Activity
MEASLES DISEASE
Unravelling the Measles Paradox (MISIA)
The measles (MeV) paradox refers to an apparent contradiction: natural measles causes a transient but profound immune suppression putting patients at risk for opportunistic infections for years, while at the same time MeV…
- Trial name
- MISIA (NCT07267585)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC), Colorectal Cancer (CRC)
Advanced Therapies for Liver Metastases
Liver metastases (MTS) are the main cause of death for patients affected by colorectal carcinoma (CRC) and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), thus representing the major unmet clinical need for these malignancies.
- Conditions
- Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC), Colorectal Cancer (CRC), Liver Metastasis, IPMN, Pancreatic
- Trial name
- LiMeT (NCT04622423)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 625 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
Vitamin D Deficiency, Immunosuppression
Helminth Infection During Pregnancy on Vitamin D Regulation: HELMVIT Study
Purpose: To examine whether helminth infection during pregnancy alters Vitamin-D-metabolism and reactivity of the child's immune system Hypothesis: Helminth infection during pregnancy is associated with altered Vitamin D levels…
- Trial name
- HELMVIT (NCT04324853)
- Testing
- Microscopy ( Urine filtration), UCAA test, qPCR,, Microscopy (Kato Katz, Coproculture, Harada Mori, MIF), qPCR,
- Where
- Gabon
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre de Recherche Médicale de Lambaréné
Immunosuppression
Immune Response to Vaccination in Patients Receiving Single Drug Immunosuppression
Biomedical Lay Summary Title: Characterization of immune response to vaccination in patients receiving single-drug immunosuppressive therapy Principal Investigator: Robert Swerlick, MD Other Investigators: Rafi Ahmed, PhD Suephy…
- Trial name
- NCT01733056
- Testing
- Flu Vaccine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Ultraviolet Rays, Immunosuppression
Effect of RANKL Inhibition on UV-induced Immunosuppression
Ultraviolet (UV) light is part of normal sunlight and has many effects on human skin and health. One of the harmful effects of long-term UV light exposure is that it can cause skin cancer.
- Conditions
- Ultraviolet Rays, Immunosuppression, Hypersensitivity, Delayed, Immune Tolerance/Drug Effects
- Trial name
- NCT01978483
- Testing
- Denosumab, UVB exposure, Diphenylcyclopropenone
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Innovaderm Research Inc.
Kidney Transplant
Patient Reported Outcomes in Renal Transplant Patients Tolerating Gastrointestinal (GI) Symptoms Converted to Myfortic (EC-MPS)
Hypothesis: Presently, some patients' mycophenolate mofetil (MMF.,Cellcept) related gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are not being spontaneously reported.
- Trial name
- NCT00676221
- Testing
- Myfortic
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Foothills Medical Centre
Lung Transplant Recipients, Diverticulitis
Epidemiology of Diverticulitis in Lung Transplant Recipients
The purpose of this study is to assess incidence, treatment modalities and outcome of complicated and uncomplicated diverticulitis in highly immunosuppressed lung transplant recipients (LTRs) in order to establish improved…
- Trial name
- NCT02132078
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Kidney Transplantation, Immunity
Protective Immunity Project 01
Patients who undergo kidney transplant must take medications to prevent organ rejection. There are standard immunosuppressant medications such as prednisone, tacrolimus (Prograf), mycophenolate mofetil(Cellcept) or sirolimus…
- Conditions
- Kidney Transplantation, Immunity, Immunosuppression
- Trial name
- PIP-01 (NCT00788021)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Sepsis, Immunosuppression
Expression and the Clinical Significance of Neutrophil PD-L1 During Sepsis
Immunosuppression is the leading cause of death in septic patients. Neutrophils are classical components of innate immunology, but recent studies showed that neutrophils might display antigen presenting function and inhibit…
- Trial name
- NCT01976884
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Changhai Hospital
Age-related Muscle Decline
CALM-AF-AI: Counteracting Age-related Loss of Muscle With AAV-Follistatin Combined With Angiogenesis-Inducing VEGF Plasmid Gene Therapy
This Phase 1/2a, open-label, non-randomized study is designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of intramuscular AAV9-Follistatin gene therapy administered either as monotherapy or in combination with a VEGF-encoding…
- Trial name
- CALM-AF-AI (NCT07443826)
- Testing
- AAV9-Follistatin gene therapy, VEGF Plasmid
- Where
- Honduras
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unlimited Biotechnology LLC
Kidney Transplant, Immunology
Protective Immunity Project 02
Influenza (Flu) vaccine is recommended for kidney transplant patients who are at least 6 months post-transplant. The influenza vaccine stimulates the immune system to builds protective antibodies against the flu virus.
- Conditions
- Kidney Transplant, Immunology, Immunosuppression
- Trial name
- PIP-02 (NCT00833651)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Skin Diseases
Trem-1 and Ultraviolet Radiation-induced Immune Suppression
The overall goal of this study is to determine novel mechanisms for ultraviolet light (UV)-induced suppression of the immune system in human subjects and to improve understanding of UV-induced skin carcinogenesis.
- Trial name
- NCT05020496
- Testing
- Diphenylcyclopropenone (DPCP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
COVID19 Vaccination, Rituximab
Responses to COVID19 Vaccination in Patients With a Treatment History of Rituximab.
Patients with treatment history of rituximab since 01.01.2019 and immunocompetent volunteers will be contacted to give a blood sample after their COVID19 vaccination, and in a subset also before vaccination.
- Conditions
- COVID19 Vaccination, Rituximab, Immunosuppression
- Trial name
- RituxiVac (NCT04877496)
- Testing
- History of exposure to anti-CD20 treatment since 01/01/2010, Completion of COVID19 vaccine at least 4 weeks ago
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 425 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Melanoma, Breast Cancer
Quantifying Systemic Immunosuppression to Personalize Cancer Therapy
The Serpentine (Stratify cancER PatiENTs by ImmuNosupprEssion) project, represents the most consistent effort so far attempted to translate MDSC into clinical practise by producing an off-the-shelf compliant assay for quantifying…
- Conditions
- Melanoma, Breast Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma, Urinary Bladder Cancer
- Trial name
- Serpentine (NCT05621837)
- Testing
- MDSC quantification
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano
SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Active Immunization
Saxon SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccination Study in Dialysis Patients, Solid Organ Recipients and Staff
To investigate short- (3 and 8 weeks) and long-term (6, 9, 12, and 18 months) immune protection or response at the humoral and cellular levels before and after SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination in patients with moderately…
- Conditions
- SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Active Immunization, Immune Response, Immunosuppression
- Trial name
- DIA-Vacc (NCT04799808)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technische Universität Dresden
Kidney Transplantation, Mycophenolate Mofetil
Reduced Immunosuppression in Older Renal Transplant Recipients With Trugraf®/TRAC Monitoring (RIOT Trial): A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Trial.
The purpose of this research is to determine the safety and efficacy of withdrawing MMF (Mycophenolate Mofetil) in kidney transplant recipients who are 55 years or older at the time of receiving a kidney transplant.
- Trial name
- RIOT (NCT06568549)
- Testing
- Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) Maintenance Group, Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) Withdrawal Group
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Primary Graft Dysfunction, Lung Transplantation
This Study is Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of Immune Inhibition as a Treatment to Prevent Primary Graft Dysfunction
Lung transplant recipient survival lags other solid organ recipients, with the main early cause of death being primary graft dysfunction (PGD).
- Conditions
- Primary Graft Dysfunction, Lung Transplantation, Acute Lung Injury(ALI), Natural Killer Cell Mediated Immunity
- Trial name
- MARAVIROC (NCT06853223)
- Testing
- Maraviroc
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Chronic Renal Disease
Kidney Graft Function Under the Immunosuppression Strategies
To demonstrate that cyclosporine-sparing immunosuppressions with the standard dose of Enteric-Coated Mycophenolate Sodium would preserve renal graft function after transplantation without an increase of incidences of adverse…
- Trial name
- MyLowCsA (NCT01817322)
- Testing
- Standard Dose of Myfortic and Reduced Dose of Myfortic, Prednisolone OR methylprednisolone OR deflazacort injected both control group and experimental group, Basiliximab injected both control group and experimental group
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Lung Cancer (Diagnosis), Sarcoidosis
Immune Cells Role in Lung Cancer and Their Use in Anticancer Immunotherapies and Inflammatory Lung Disease
This study aims to better understand the role of immune system cells in lung diseases such as lung cancer, sarcoidosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Conditions
- Lung Cancer (Diagnosis), Sarcoidosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Immunotherapy Resistance
- Trial name
- IMMUNOPUMON2 (NCT07384897)
- Testing
- Peripheral Blood Collection for Immune Profiling
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 425 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Keratopathy
Immunosuppression After Repeat Keratoplasty
Purpose: To compare the efficacy of topical 0.03% tacrolimus with systemic mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in preventing corneal allograft rejection after repeat keratoplasty.
- Trial name
- NCT04147390
- Testing
- prescribe topical 0.03 % tacrolimus, prescribe mycophenolate mofetil(MMF)
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences