Clinical trials: Disease Susceptibility
Bronchiectasis, Cystic Fibrosis
Natural History of Bronchiectasis
Bronchiectasis is a chronic inflammatory and muco-obstructive condition that results in abnormal dilation of the airways, decline in lung function, frequent exacerbations, and chronic respiratory tract infections.
- Conditions
- Bronchiectasis, Cystic Fibrosis, Autoimmune Disease, Common Variable Immunodeficiency
- Trial name
- NCT00943514
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Ovarian Cancer, Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Healthy Volunteers Study
The purpose of this study is to examine the role of the bacterial environments and metabolites in the early detection and prediction of ovarian cancer development.
- Trial name
- NCT06962059
- Testing
- Self-Administered Sample Collection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer
Does Genetic Susceptibility for Bleeding Affect Quantitative Faecal Immunochemical Test (qFIT) Results?
Quantitative faecal immunochemical testing (qFIT) is used to test for blood within faeces that cannot always be visible. The presence of blood in the stool has been shown to be a finding where there may be a problem within the…
- Trial name
- NCT05329870
- Testing
- SNP array
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Genetic Predisposition, BRCA Mutation
Frequency of Occult Breast Cancer After Prophylactic Mastectomy Among High-Penetrance Breast Cancer Gene Positives
The role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy(SLNB) among mutation-negative BC patients is well established; however, we are lacking data to assess the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy for patients who are undergoing surgery for…
- Conditions
- Genetic Predisposition, BRCA Mutation, Breast Cancer, Occult Cancer
- Trial name
- OBC-PM (NCT05771454)
- Testing
- Histopathological confirmation
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan
Covid19
Genetic Predisposition to Severe Forms of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2 Infection)
The main objective of this part of the project is to identify the germline genetic factors which discriminate the benign and severe forms of SARS-CoV2 (CoVID-19) infection in the context of the ongoing SARS-CoV2 (HCOVID-19)…
- Trial name
- COVIDGEN (NCT04644146)
- Testing
- GENETIC
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Overweight , Obesity
Lifestyle Interventions and Genetic Scores for Weight Management
The ACTION (Genotype-tAilored exerCise inTerventION) study investigated whether genetic information related to obesity susceptibility and endurance capacity could be used to inform personalized lifestyle interventions aimed at…
- Trial name
- ACTION (NCT07922005)
- Testing
- Structured Jogging Program, Habitual Physical Activity Recommendations, Structured Yoga Program
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 198 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Susceptibility to High Altitude Pulmonary Edema in Subjects With Increased Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction
It has been shown, that subjects susceptible to high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE)are characterized by an abnormal increase of pulmonary artery pressure at rest in hypoxia and during exercise in normoxia.
- Trial name
- NCT00559442
- Testing
- Altitude Exposure:
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heidelberg University
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Milieu Teaching-AV: Adaptation of Milieu Teaching That Encourages Looking to the Mouth
This project will look at Milieu Teaching (i.e., a language intervention) that encourages looking to audiovisual speech cues (Milieu Teaching-AV) for infants with autistic older siblings (Baby Sibs), who are highly likely be…
- Conditions
- Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Susceptibility to, 6
- Trial name
- MilieuTeach-AV (NCT07494513)
- Testing
- Milieu Teaching-AV, Milieu Teaching-NoAV
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Metabolic Disease, Nutrition Disorders
Observational Study on a Chinese Population
An observational study was conducted in a health examination center to distinguish risk factors for health in a randomly recruited volunteers of Chinese population.
- Conditions
- Metabolic Disease, Nutrition Disorders, Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03406234
- Testing
- No intervention.
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 2,650 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control
Atrial Fibrillation, Inflammation
Impact of Inflammatory Indexes and Gene Scores in Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation
Because of the high recurrence rates following electrical cardioversion and high morbidity in AF patients there is a need to explore prediction models for AF recurrence following ECV.
- Conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation, Inflammation, Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Trial name
- IERV (NCT06399666)
- Testing
- Blood sampling
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vrinnevi Hospital
Primary Ovarian Insufficiency, Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genetic Etiology in Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI), first described by Albright in 1942, is defined as an increase in Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), an insufficiency of the ovarian function leading to an early menopause (<40 years of…
- Trial name
- POI (NCT01973075)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- BEGUM AYDOGAN
Crohn's Disease, Genetic Predisposition
Abnormal Fecal Microbiota in Healthy Subjects at High Risk for Crohn's Disease
Transversal multicentric French study on the microbiota in patients with Crohn's disease and their first degree healthy relatives The primary objective is the comparison of microbiota between patients with CD, healthy controls…
- Trial name
- MAGIC (NCT02826330)
- Testing
- biomarkers
- Where
- 10 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Lille
Obesity, Hyperlipidemia
Body Worlds 3 Nutrition Display
Primary Aim # 1: Determine the willingness of the public to participate in an intervention trial - NutritionQuest's Alive!TM - available in a public forum.
- Trial name
- NCT00669500
- Testing
- Lifestyle intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,188 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Graves' Disease
Genetic Polymorphisms Associated With Cigarette Smoking and Risk of Graves' Disease
Cigarette smoking is a well-recognized risk factor of Graves' disease and, particularly, Graves' ophthalmopathy. Hence, germline polymorphisms of detoxification genes and genes belonging to the major DNA repair/apoptosis pathways…
- Trial name
- NCT00505011
- Volunteers
- 1,998 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Campinas, Brazil
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Study of Neurobiological Predictors of Response to Non-invasive Neurostimulation and Genetic Susceptibility to Dementia in Patients With Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation is a non-invasive neuromodulatory technique that results in the clinical improvement of patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment, a prodromal condition for the onset of dementia.
- Trial name
- NCT04943003
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Suellen Marinho Andrade
AMPD, Ischemic Tolerance
The Influence of the 34C>T Variant in the AMPD1 Gene Ischemic Tolerance
Previous epidemiological studies have shown that in cardiovascular patients, the 34C>T variant in the gene encoding for the enzyme Adenosine Mono Phosphate Deaminase (AMPD1) is associated with prolonged survival.
- Trial name
- NCT00319059
- Testing
- systemic administration of 99mTc-HYNIC-Annexin A5, 10 minutes of ischemic handgripping
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
Vascular Abnormalities in Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
The purpose of this study is to use non-invasive Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans to investigate venous insufficiency, brain iron levels and white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) to determine if there is direct correlation…
- Trial name
- IPD (NCT02045420)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Airway Inflammation, Allergic Asthma
To Identify Persons Who Are Susceptible to WSP-induced Inflammation and Examine the Role of GSTM1 and Other Factors in This Susceptibility
Purpose: This screening protocol is designed to assess PMN (neutrophil) responsiveness to wood smoke particles (WSP) and the effect of the GSTM1 null genotype on this response.
- Trial name
- SmokeScreen (NCT02767973)
- Testing
- Wood Smoke Particles (WSP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Fitness Trackers, Sedentary Behavior
Intervention Study: Genetic Risk Communication and Wearables
This study aims to determine the effects of communicating genetic risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) alone or in combination with goal setting and prompts from a wearable device on objectively measured physical activity (PA) and…
- Conditions
- Fitness Trackers, Sedentary Behavior, Exercise, Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Trial name
- NCT04879758
- Testing
- Genetic Risk Estimate, Genetic Risk Estimate + Fitbit Functions
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
DiGeorge Syndrome, Velocardiofacial Syndrome
Velocardiofacial (VCFS; 22q11.2; DiGeorge) Syndrome Study
Velocardiofacial syndrome, also known as 22q11.2 syndrome or DiGeorge syndrome, has been associated with many features such as a cleft palate, heart defects, and learning, speech and feeding problems.
- Conditions
- DiGeorge Syndrome, Velocardiofacial Syndrome, 22q11.2 Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT00105274
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)