Clinical trials: Disease Susceptibility
Alzheimer Disease, Oxidative Stress
Isolated Erythrocyte Membrane Susceptibility to Photo-oxidative Stress in Alzheimer's Disease
High lipid peroxidation and altered antioxidant defenses have been frequently reported in Alzheimer's disease patients. The purpose of this study is to investigate susceptibility to photo-oxidation of isolated erythrocyte…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Oxidative Stress, Adrenocortical Hyperfunction
- Trial name
- NCT01707719
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi
Hyperlipidemia, Familial Combined, Coronary Disease
Understanding the Genetic Basis of Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia in Mexican Individuals
Familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL) is an inherited disorder characterized by elevated levels of cholesterol and triglycerides; it often occurs in Mexican individuals with coronary heart disease (CHD).
- Trial name
- NCT00365235
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 998 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Obesity, Adolescent
Promoting Resilience to Food Commercials Decreases Susceptibility to Unhealthy Food Decision-Making
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how food commercials influence food choices in children and their parents.
- Trial name
- NCT04905498
- Testing
- Commercial Advertising Literacy Training, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Plasmodium Vivax Malaria
Antimalarial Drug Susceptibility and Molecular Characterization of Plasmodium Vivax Isolates in Vietnam
This is a study of drug effectiveness for 2 treatments of vivax malaria, which is one of the two main types of malaria in Viet Nam.
- Trial name
- NCT01887821
- Testing
- Chloroquine, Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 330 people
- Sponsor
- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam
Pulmonary TB
Promoting Overall Care and Management Related to Tuberculosis Infection Through Pharmaceutical Care and Text Messaging
This project aims to standardize the management of "Pharmaceutical care with the two-way text messages and incentive for mobile usage during the treatment for tuberculosis patients, to improve the outcomes and compliance, reduce…
- Trial name
- NCT04264221
- Testing
- New management mode
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Farman Ullah Khan
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Study to Evaluate H56:IC31 in Preventing Rate of TB Recurrence
This is a phase 2, double-blind, randomized (1:1), placebo-controlled trial with two parallel groups. H56:IC31 (investigational vaccine) Placebo 900 HIV-negative adults with a diagnosis of drug susceptible pulmonary TB are…
- Trial name
- NCT03512249
- Testing
- H56:IC31
- Where
- 6 sites in South Africa, Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 831 people
- Sponsor
- International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Cardiomyopathies, Genetic Predisposition
Biomarkers in SCOTland CardiomyopatHy Registry (Bio-SCOTCH)
Genetic cardiomyopathy is increasingly recognised and can lead to heart failure, arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. Some gene positive patients have rapidly progressive disease with high rates of heart failure and cardiac…
- Conditions
- Cardiomyopathies, Genetic Predisposition, Cardiomyopathy, Primary
- Trial name
- NCT06446271
- Testing
- Plasma biomarker levels
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 750 people
- Sponsor
- NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Prostate Cancer, Polygenic Risk Score
Polygenic Risk Stratification Combined With mpMRI to Identify Clinically Relevant Prostate Cancer
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate a screening method to detect clinically relevant prostate cancer. This clinical trial is using genetic data to determine a man's risk of cancer, together with multiparametric…
- Trial name
- PRS (NCT06398639)
- Testing
- Polygenic Risk Score (PRS)
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Adam S. Kibel, MD
Obesity
Prevention of Obesity in Women Via Estradiol Regulation
The purpose of this study is to evaluate potential mechanisms by which estradiol deficiency accelerates fat gain and abdominal fat accumulation in women.
- Trial name
- POWER (NCT00687739)
- Testing
- leuprolide acetate, Estradiol Transdermal, progressive resistance exercise training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Prospective Study of N-acetyltransferase2 (NAT2) and Cytochrome P4502E1 (CYP2E1) Gene as Susceptible Risk Factors for Antituberculosis (ATT) Induced Hepatitis
N-acetyltransferase2 (NAT2) and Cytochrome P4502E1 (CYP2E1) are two drug metabolizing enzymes. Antituberculosis drug isoniazid is acetylated by NAT2 and forms ultimately a nontoxic compound which is metabolized by CYP2E1 to a…
- Trial name
- NCT00834353
- Testing
- ATT
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maulana Azad Medical College
Healthy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Investigation Into the Use of Ultrasound Technique in the Evaluation of Heart Disease
The human heart is divided into four chambers. One of the four chambers, the left ventricle, is the chamber mainly responsible for pumping blood out of the heart into the circulation.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Trial name
- NCT00001632
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 195 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Myocarditis, Ventricular Arrythmia
Role of Endomyocardial Biopsy and Aetiology-based Treatment in Patients With Inflammatory Heart Disease in Arrhythmic and Non-arrhythmic Clinical Presentations: an Integrated Approach for the Optimal Diagnostic and Therapeutic Management
Myocarditis is a complex inflammatory disease, usually occurring secondary to viral infections, autoimmune processes or toxic agents.
- Conditions
- Myocarditis, Ventricular Arrythmia, Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy, Genetic Predisposition
- Trial name
- MYOCAR (NCT04521790)
- Testing
- support treatment, cardiac medical treatment, aetiology-specific treatment, device implant, arrhythmia ablation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Scientific Institute San Raffaele
Injury;Sports, Biomechanical Lesions
Effectiveness of Basketball Pre-injury Attack Program to Reduce the Susceptibility of Injury in Youth Basketball Players
Basketball is an impact, coordination-opposition sport with continuous contact among players and it is considered a sport of medium-high injury incidence.
- Conditions
- Injury;Sports, Biomechanical Lesions, Musculoskeletal Injury, Sports Physical Therapy
- Trial name
- DPL2 (NCT05256186)
- Testing
- Basketball Pre-injury Attack program
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 212 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Rovira i Virgili
Paraganglioma, Pheochromocytoma
Development of a Predictive Model for the Risk of Metastatic Disease in PPGLs, a Retrospective Cohort Study
Phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) are tumours of the adrenal medulla and extra-adrenal sympathetic nervous system, some which can become metastatic. It is a very rare disease and the tumours are often detected late.
- Conditions
- Paraganglioma, Pheochromocytoma, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Pathology
- Trial name
- PPGL-Pred (NCT04788927)
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Neurological and Mental Health Conditions, Genetic Susceptibility
Mapping Antenatal Maternal Stress
This study recruits women from early-mid pregnancy and later follows their children after birth, tracking both the mother and child until the child reaches at least 4 years of age.
- Conditions
- Neurological and Mental Health Conditions, Genetic Susceptibility, Socioeconomic Factors, Psychology, Social
- Trial name
- MAMS (NCT07432217)
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 1,419 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP), Singapore
ST Elevation (STEMI) Myocardial Infarction of Other Sites
PREdisposition Genetical in Cardiac Insufficiency = Genetic Predisposition to Heart Failure
Our main goal is to create a prospective cohort of 1500 patients with a first large myocardial infarction allowing us, in a second step, to identify susceptibility genes for the progression of patients towards chronic heart…
- Trial name
- PREGICA (NCT01113268)
- Testing
- Cohort
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 658 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Relapsed Ovarian Cancer, BRCA Mutation, Platinum Sensitivity
Olaparib Treatment in Relapsed Germline Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene (BRCA) Mutated Ovarian Cancer Patients Who Have Progressed at Least 6 Months After Last Platinum Treatment and Have Received at Least 2 Prior Platinum Treatments
Comparison of olaparib vs. physician's choice of single agent standard of care non-platinum based chemotherapy in patients with germline Breast Cancer susceptibility gene (gBRCA) mutated ovarian cancer who have progressed at…
- Trial name
- SOLO3 (NCT02282020)
- Testing
- OLAPARIB, Single agent chemotherapy
- Where
- 94 sites in United States, Argentina and 11 more
- Volunteers
- 266 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Colo-rectal Cancer, Polygenic Risk Score
Development of Polygenic Risk Scores in Colon Cancer Patients Through the Study of Ancestry and Diversity in Genetic Maps of the Brazilian Population - ORIGEM Project
Development of a polygenic risk score based on somatic and germline genetic information from patients with colorectal cancer
- Conditions
- Colo-rectal Cancer, Polygenic Risk Score, Somatic Mutation, Hereditary Cancer
- Trial name
- ORIGEM (NCT06917794)
- Where
- 9 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- D'Or Institute for Research and Education
Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene (BRCA1) Mutation, BRCA2 Mutation
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Women With BRCA1/2 Gene
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether an adapted version of a current cognitive-behavioural group therapy (CBT) protocol for cancer survivors to the specific needs of women who are carriers of the BRCA1/2…
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene (BRCA1) Mutation, BRCA2 Mutation, Fear of Cancer Recurrence
- Trial name
- CBT-FCRBRCA1/2 (NCT06817694)
- Testing
- Cognitive-behavioral group therapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval
Candidates for Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer Testing
Familial Pancreatic Cancer PROPHilation Program in Italy
The goal of the PROPH-ITA Study is to perform genetic testing in family members of pancreatic cancer patients who may have a genetic predisposition.
- Trial name
- PROPH-ITA (NCT05724992)
- Testing
- Saliva swab testing
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people
- Sponsor
- Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Pancreas