Clinical trials: Epigenetic Changes
Gestational Diabetes, Pregestational Diabetes
Possible Epigenetic Changes in Offspring of Women With Pregestational and Gestational Diabetes
Pregestational diabetes (PGD) during pregnancy may be associated with an increased rate of spontaneous abortions, intrauterine death and congenital anomalies among the offspring.
- Conditions
- Gestational Diabetes, Pregestational Diabetes, IDM (Infant of Diabetic Mothers), Neurodevelopmental Outcome
- Trial name
- NCT01255384
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization
Head and Neck Cancer, Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Epigenetic Changes in Head and Neck Cancer
With this study, the investigators will investigate the epigenetic changes, which may contribute to the development of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.
- Conditions
- Head and Neck Cancer, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Head and Neck Neoplasms
- Trial name
- NCT04260074
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University Hospital
Metastatic Melanoma, Melanoma
Treatment of a Resistant Disease Using Decitabine Combined With Vemurafenib Plus Cobimetinib
The purpose of this study is to see if the combination of Vemurafenib with Decitabine plus Cobimetinib improves the low therapy response rate in subjects with malignant melanoma.
- Conditions
- Metastatic Melanoma, Melanoma, BRAF-mutated Metastatic Melanoma, V600EBRAF-mutated Metastatic Melanoma
- Trial name
- ML28604 (NCT01876641)
- Testing
- Vemurafenib + Cobimetinib, Decitabine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Mohammed M Milhem
Leukemia
Biomarker Changes in Samples From Young Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood or tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT01139931
- Testing
- DNA methylation analysis, gene expression analysis, microarray analysis
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Oxidative Injury, Stress Physiological
TORNADO-Omics Techniques and Neural Networks for the Development of Predictive Risk Models
The goal of this observational study is to define a personalized risk model in the super healthy and homogeneous population of Italian Air Force high-performance pilots.
- Conditions
- Oxidative Injury, Stress Physiological, Discogenic Pain, Cardiovascular Risk Factor
- Trial name
- NCT06372054
- Testing
- Biological sample collection
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Hospitalism
Psychological, Neurological and Immunological Changes Following a Meeting With a Chaplain Coupled With Biblical Readings
The aim of the "HEALING" " (Hospital-based Ecumenical And Linguistic Immuno-NeuroloGic) Study was to examine immunological and neurological changes in hospitalized participants after meeting a chaplain and Biblical listenings, in…
- Trial name
- HEALING (NCT04112121)
- Testing
- Meeting with a Chaplain coupled with Biblical Readings
- Where
- Hungary
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- Somogy Megyei Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital
Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Correlations of Epigenetic Changes With POCD in Surgical Patients
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a subtle cognitive dysfunction, especially postoperative memory impairment lasting for weeks or months. The underlying pathophysiological mechanism of POCD remain unclear.
- Trial name
- NCT02965235
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Central South University
Preterm, Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Biomarkers, Neurodevelopment and Preterm Infants
Approximately 2% of neonates in the US are born very preterm. Preterm births are associated with impaired cognitive, language and motor function, and increased risk for autism spectrum disorders.
- Conditions
- Preterm, Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Epigenetic Changes
- Trial name
- NCT02557191
- Testing
- Observational study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Vorinostat Dose-escalation After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
The objective of this study is to evaluate the maximum tolerated (MTD) of vorinostat used in combination with low-dose azacitidine after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) for prevention of relapse of…
- Conditions
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia, Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
- Trial name
- NCT03843528
- Testing
- Vorinostat, Azacitidine Injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Epigenetic Changes in Psychotherapy of Adolescents With Borderline Personality Pathology
The link between epigenetic changes as an effect of psychotherapy has been investigated recently. Genes investigated in these studies were brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), NR3C1, FKBP51, MAOA and GLUT1.
- Trial name
- NCT04095546
- Testing
- routine psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Lung Cancer
Biomarkers in Tissue and Blood Samples From Patients With Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood and tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT01139944
- Testing
- DNA methylation analysis, polymerase chain reaction, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Volunteers
- 99 people
- Sponsor
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Persistent Depressive Disorder, Treatment-resistant Depression
A Comparison of Two Psychotherapy Programs in Persistently Depressed Treatment-Resistant Inpatients
The purpose of this study is to compare the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) conducted over 16 weeks (acute and continuation treatment) with Behavioral Activation (BA; same dose and duration) in…
- Trial name
- ChangePDD (NCT04996433)
- Testing
- inpatient CBASP individual therapy, inpatient CBASP group therapy, inpatient CBASP nurse contact
- Where
- 8 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 396 people
- Sponsor
- University of Greifswald
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Obese
Fatty Liver in Obesity: Long-lifestyle Follow-up (FLiO)
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition of excessive hepatic lipid accumulation in subjects that consume less than 20g ethanol per day, without other known causes as drugs consumption or toxins exposure.
- Conditions
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Obese, Overweight
- Trial name
- FLiO (NCT03183193)
- Testing
- Control diet, FLiO diet
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra
Atrial Fibrillation
Antiorbital Calcium in Chronic Conditions
The purpose of this study is to determine the mechanistic effects of an ionic calcium supplement in adults with atrial fibrillation, osteoarthritis, and hypertension.
- Trial name
- AntiAFib (NCT05302713)
- Testing
- Ionic Calcium, Calcium Carbonate
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- National University of Natural Medicine
Major Depressive Disorder
Epigenetic Regulation of BDNF in Major Depression
The investigators will (1) detect the associations between brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) DNA methylation, histone modification, depressive symptoms, suicidal behavior and antidepressant responses in major depressive…
- Trial name
- NCT01182103
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Pancreas
Superenhancer Inhibitor Minnelide in Advanced Refractory Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Pancreas (ASCP)
Background: Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal types of cancer. American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) is a highly aggressive type of pancreatic cancer. It is very rare.
- Trial name
- NCT04896073
- Testing
- Minnelide, ECG, CT/MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Lutathera and ASTX727 in Neuroendocrine Tumours
Patients entered into the study will receive ASTX727 orally for 5 days, prior to receiving Lutathera treatment on Day 8, to determine whether pre-treatment with ASTX727 results in re-expression of somatostatin receptor-2 in…
- Trial name
- LANTana (NCT05178693)
- Testing
- ASTX727, Lutathera
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Sarcoidosis, Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary
Epigenetic Regulation of Altered T-cell Immunity in Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is a multi-system granulomatous disorder that is triggered and influenced by gene-environment interactions. Although sarcoidosis predominantly affects the lungs in most cases, the clinical disease course is highly…
- Trial name
- NCT03145922
- Testing
- Observational Study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- National Jewish Health
Lung Nodule
Epigenetic Nucleosomes in Plasma for Pulmonary Nodule Differentiation
Investigators aim to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the Nu.Q blood test for lung cancer in the Taiwanese population and compare its diagnostic performance with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) or computed tomography (CT).
- Trial name
- NCT06838806
- Testing
- blood draw
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Obesity, Vascular Dysfunction
DNA Methylation and Vascular Function
The main objective is to examine DNA hypomethylation as an underlying mechanism for the increased production of inflammatory cytokines and the impaired vascular function in obese individuals and as a potential target for…
- Trial name
- NCT03527420
- Testing
- Exercise training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago