Clinical trials: Disease Susceptibility
Congenital Heart Diseases, Aortic Valve Disorder
Pre-operative Prophylaxis With Vancomycin and Cefazolin in Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Patients
The investigators hope to learn 1) if the addition of prophylaxis with vancomycin will decrease the rate of cefazolin non-susceptible surgical site infections (SSI), in high risk population 2) to develop better understanding of…
- Trial name
- NCT01619982
- Testing
- Cefazolin 25 mg/kg body weight and Vancomycin hydrochloride, Cefazolin 30 mg/kg body weight
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Mild Asthma
Genetic Susceptibility to Ozone in Mild Asthmatic Volunteers
Recent reports have shown that people with asthma who have a particular gene, known as the GSTM1 null gene, are more susceptible to the effect of air pollutants.
- Trial name
- Glutoz (NCT00287365)
- Testing
- ozone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Coronary Heart Disease, Susceptibility to, 5, Prediabetic State
Genetic Risk and Health Coaching for Type 2 Diabetes and Coronary Heart Disease
The purpose of this study is to examine whether the use of genetic test information and/or health coaching in patient risk counseling for heart disease and diabetes affect health behaviors and health outcomes in active-duty Air…
- Trial name
- NCT01884545
- Testing
- Health coaching, Genetic risk counseling, Standard risk assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Healthy Adults, Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Enabling Personalized Medicine Through Exome Sequencing in the U.S. Air Force
The MilSeq Project is a nonrandomized, prospective pilot study of whole exome sequencing (WES) in the U.S. Air Force. The purpose of this study is to explore the implementation of WES into clinical medical care in the military…
- Trial name
- MilSeq (NCT03276637)
- Testing
- Whole exome sequencing
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital