Clinical trials: Gender Differences
Athletic Performance, Sports Performance
Effects of Afternoon Napping, Caffeine, and Standardised Active Recovery on Evening Athletic Performance
This study evaluated whether afternoon napping, caffeine ingestion, and a standardised active recovery and nutritional protocol could influence evening physical and cognitive performance in healthy university athletes.
- Conditions
- Athletic Performance, Sports Performance, Exercise Performance, Circadian Rhythm
- Trial name
- NAP-CAF-REC (NCT07652424)
- Testing
- Afternoon Nap, Caffeine, Standardised Active Recovery and Nutritional Protocol
- Where
- Tunisia
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax
Gender Difference in V2 Receptor Function in Response to dDAVP Infusion, Nocturia
The Effect of Gender on Antidiuresis - Evaluated by Graded Low Dose Desmopressin Infusion
There is substantial evidence that women throughout life have significantly lower plasma levels of the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin (pAVP) compared to men.
- Conditions
- Gender Difference in V2 Receptor Function in Response to dDAVP Infusion, Nocturia, Nocturnal Enuresis
- Trial name
- NCT02068560
- Testing
- dDAVP infusion
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Spinal Stenosis
Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Treatment for Spinal Stenosis
Lumbar spinal stenosis (a narrowing of spaces in the backbone that results in pressure on the spinal cord and/or nerve roots) is a condition that occurs frequently, particularly in the elderly.
- Trial name
- NCT00022776
- Testing
- Surgical decompression, Physical therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 178 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Nicotine Dependence, E-cigarette Use
Sex Differences in E-Cigarette Perception
This study examines differences between males and females in the appeal and addiction potential of menthol flavored e-cigarettes with and without nicotine.
- Trial name
- NCT07398976
- Testing
- Nicotine Level 1 (0mg/ml), Nicotine Level 2 (36mg/ml), Nicotine Level 3 (59mg/ml)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Muscle Damage
Sex Differences in Muscle Damage Following Resistance Exercise With or Without Milk Protein Ingestion
Purpose: To investigate the impact of milk protein ingestion on resistance exercise-induced muscle damage in untrained males and females.
- Trial name
- EIMD-MILK (NCT04986150)
- Testing
- Resistance exercise
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Durham University
Healthy Population
Exploration of Gender Differences in Liver Aging
The liver is an important metabolic organ in the body. It participates in central metabolic activities to maintain systemic homeostasis. It is also one of the most vulnerable organs in the process of individual aging.
- Trial name
- NCT06591897
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Gender Differences in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)
Gender medicine considers the way in which gender, male or female, affects the development and impact of diseases and the response to therapies.
- Trial name
- NCT04580576
- Testing
- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Burlo Garofolo
Colo-rectal Cancer, Molecular Pathway Deregulation
Clinicopathological Characteristics of Colon Cancer in Young Age
A Study on the Characteristics of Colorectal Cancer by Age and sex.
- Trial name
- NCT05365412
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Tweens to Teens Project at Penn State
The goal of this study is to help investigators to understand more about the development of characteristics related to being male or female (what is called gender development).
- Trial name
- T2T@PSU (NCT01184651)
- Testing
- Questionnaires/Interviews
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 188 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Sex, Age
The Effects of Sex and Age Differences on Gastric Cancer : a Retrospective Study
Gastric cancer (GC) is more prevalent in males than in females. One of these differences could be the effect of sex hormones such as estrogens.
- Conditions
- Sex, Age, Gastric Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT04973631
- Testing
- Sex, Age
- Volunteers
- 14,900 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
HIV
Evaluation of the Quality of Self-collected Blood Spot Specimens for Laboratory HIV Testing - An InvolveMENt Sub Study
We will invite a convenience sample of up to 45 enrolled subjects to participate in an optional, self-administered blood specimen collection procedure to determine optimal procedures for collection.
- Trial name
- NCT02043041
- Testing
- Number of DBS Spots
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Metastatic Cancer
Goals of Care Discussions for Hospitalized Patients With Advanced Cancer
The goal of this study is to better understand gender differences in end-of-life communication between physicians and patients with advanced cancer in the hospital.
- Trial name
- NCT01991015
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Pain, Abuse, Drug
Cannabis Effects as a Function of Sex
The purpose of this research is to assess the impact of cannabis on the analgesic and abuse-related effects between men and women
- Trial name
- CanSex (NCT04385082)
- Testing
- Active Cannabis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTIONS
Efficacy and Safety of Second-Line Helicobacter Pylori Eradication
Subjects with persistent H. pylori infection after first-line treatment failure receives either a 14-day PPI-based moxifloxacin triple regimen (esomeprazole, amoxicillin, and moxifloxacin) or a 14-day P-CAB-bismuth-containing…
- Trial name
- NCT07855497
- Testing
- P-CAB-BM quadruple regimen, Moxifloxacin triple regimen
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 141 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Turner Syndrome
Sex Differences in Early Brain Development; Brain Development in Turner Syndrome
Relative risk for many psychiatric disorders differs dramatically in males and females. Early-onset disorders, such as autism, occur more often in males; other conditions, such as schizophrenia, occur at similar rates in males…
- Trial name
- NCT00877942
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 295 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Sleep Deprivation, Sex Differences
Evaluation of Sex Differences in Glucose Metabolism in Response to Sleep Curtailment
The goal of this study is to learn whether insufficient sleep affects glucose metabolism differently in healthy men and women.
- Conditions
- Sleep Deprivation, Sex Differences, Glucose Tolerance
- Trial name
- NCT06809023
- Testing
- Sleep restriction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mental Stress, Myocardial Ischemia
Heart-brain-axis and Psychosocial Stress
The main study objective is to prospectively determine the influence of sex-related risk factors and psychosocial variables on neuronal stress responses and myocardial perfusion in a population of 64 female and male individuals…
- Conditions
- Mental Stress, Myocardial Ischemia, Sex Role, Gender
- Trial name
- NCT06345573
- Testing
- Mental stress
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Male, Female
Sex-difference in Response to Resistance Exercise and Training
Sex-Difference in Response to Resistance Exercise and Training Given the importance of muscular strength for athletic performance as well as for daily activities in the general population-including clinical populations-and the…
- Conditions
- Male, Female, Healthy Adult
- Trial name
- WOMENRESIST S1 (NCT07692815)
- Testing
- Resistance exercise on a leg extension machine, Resistance training on a leg extension machine, Blood samples
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Sex Differences
Sex Differences in the Dilatory Response of Compound 21
When blood pressure changes, Angiotensin II is produced and released into the bloodstream. This substance can make blood vessels smaller (i.e., vasoconstriction) by acting through Angiotensin II type I receptors (AT1R) to…
- Trial name
- NCT05576155
- Testing
- Compound 21, Compound 21 + losartan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anna Stanhewicz, PhD
E-cigarette Use
Sex Differences in the Vascular Effects of E-cigarette Use
The use of electronic nicotine delivery systems, or e-cigarettes - colloquially referred to as "vaping" - in the United States has increased exponentially since their introduction to the US market in 2007.
- Trial name
- NCT06159608
- Testing
- Local heating + L-NAME (NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester; nitric oxide synthase inhibitor), Chronic estrogen exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anna Stanhewicz, PhD