Clinical trials: Glucocorticoids
Glucocorticoids Toxicity, Glucose Intolerance
Pharmacogenomics of the Variability in the In Vivo Response to Glucocorticoids
This study evaluates the effect of acute administration of oral prednisone in white blood cells counts and glucose tolerance and the relationship of these measures with changes in gene expression in healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT03023891
- Testing
- Prednisone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Endocrine Disease, Diabetes
Mifepristone Effects on Glucose Intolerance in Obese/Overweight Adults
Background: Metabolic syndrome is a name given to a group of factors that tend to occur together. These risk factors include central obesity (extra weight around the middle of the body) and high blood pressure and blood sugar…
- Trial name
- NCT01419535
- Testing
- Mifepristone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Osteoarthritis, Hip
Systemic Steroids for Peripheral Nerve Blocks
This study will investigate the ability of systemic dexamethasone to prolong the sensory block duration for lumbar plexus nerve blockade.
- Trial name
- NCT02464176
- Testing
- Dexamethasone, Bupivacaine, Epinephrine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Intra-articular Injections
Use of BIP-Needles in Rheumatologic Injections
The study focuses on needle guidance in rheumatologic operations - glucocorticoid injections inside joint capsules specifically.
- Trial name
- NCT02605928
- Testing
- Injeq Bioimpedance Probe (BIP) Needle
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Injeq Ltd
Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease COPD
A Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of AZD7594 Inhaled Formulation in Healthy Japanese Men
This is a randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled, sequential-group study to assess the safety and tolerability as well as how the drug (AZD7594) affects the body (pharmacodynamics [PD]) and how the body affects the drug…
- Trial name
- NCT02645253
- Testing
- AZD7594 inhalation powder (200 μg), AZD7594 inhalation powder (400 μg), AZD7594 pressurized inhalation suspension (200 μg)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Alcohol Use Disorder
INIA Stress and Chronic Alcohol Interactions: Glucocorticoid Antagonists in Heavy Drinkers
In alcohol use disorder (AUD) and matched healthy control (HC) men and women, the proposed research examines the effects of MIFE, with demonstrated preclinical effects on drinking-related behaviors, compared with placebo on a…
- Trial name
- NCT02989662
- Testing
- Mifepristone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Respiration Disorders, Body Composition, Beneficial
The Austrian LEAD (Lung hEart sociAl boDy) Study
The LEAD study is the first longitudinal cohort investigating respiratory, cardiac, and metabolic health in a reference population of Austria.
- Conditions
- Respiration Disorders, Body Composition, Beneficial, Metabolic Health
- Trial name
- LEAD (NCT01727518)
- Testing
- As the LEAD study is an observational cohort study, there is no intervention to report.
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 14,966 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Health
Long QT Syndrome
Study of LQT-1213 on QTc-induced Prolongation in Healthy Adult Subjects (Part1) and on Congenital Long QT in Patients Diagnosed With Type 2 or 3 Long QT Syndrome (Part 2).
Part 1: This is a Phase 1b, randomized, double-blind, crossover, dose escalation, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the effect of oral LQT-1213 on dofetilide-induced QTc prolongation in healthy adult subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT05906732
- Testing
- LQT-1213, Dofetilide 250 μg Cap
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thryv Therapeutics, Inc.
Pre-diabetes, Impaired Fasting Glucose
Effect of Sitagliptin on Short-Term Metabolic Dysregulation of Oral Glucocorticoid Therapy
The investigators hypothesize that sitagliptin will significantly reduce impairments in insulin secretion and insulin resistance resulting from short-term oral glucocorticoid therapy.
- Conditions
- Pre-diabetes, Impaired Fasting Glucose, Impaired Glucose Tolerance
- Trial name
- NCT01488279
- Testing
- Dexamethasone 2.5 mg and Sitagliptin 100 mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont