Clinical trials: HV
Cerebral Cortex Dysfunction
Brain Function in Primary Lateral Sclerosis and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
This study will test whether primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) affect parts of the brain responsible for thinking, planning, memory and emotion.
- Trial name
- NCT00334516
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Healthy, Obesity
New Heart Imaging Techniques to Evaluate Possible Heart Disease
Background: Imaging tests, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), can provide information about heart and blood vessels. The tests let doctors can see the amount of blood vessel narrowing and vessel wall thickness.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Obesity, Diabetes, Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT01399385
- Testing
- MR Imaging Techniques - 1, MR Imaging Techniques - 2, MR Imaging Techniques - 3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Isoagglutinin-Mediated Hemolysis, Probiotic Toxicity
Probiotic Ingestion and Isoagglutinin Titers
Background: Probiotics are oral food supplements containing live bacteria that may be beneficial to a person s digestion or general health.
- Trial name
- NCT00891787
- Testing
- Probiotic Supplement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Healthy, HIV Infections
Safety and Immunogenicity of an HIV Vaccine in Normal Adult Volunteers
This study will test the safety of an experimental vaccine against HIV infection and see if it causes an immune response to HIV. The vaccine is given by injection (shot) in the upper arm.
- Trial name
- NCT00083330
- Testing
- VRC-HIVADV014-00-VP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Epilepsy
Herpes Virus-6 and Epilepsy
This study will explore whether the human herpes virus-6 is associated with epileptic seizures. The virus may be involved in brain scarring, called mesial temporal sclerosis, which is seen in some epilepsy patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00085683
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Mood Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Major
Dopamine Receptor Imaging in Mood Disorders
This study seeks to increase the understanding of dopamine receptor function in the brain during major depressive disorder and bipolar depression, as well as genetic changes that may be behind changes in those receptors' actions.
- Conditions
- Mood Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Major, Bipolar Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT00116077
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Musculoskeletal Physiology, Healthy
Postural Control in the Elderly
This study will examine loss of balance in the elderly. Falls due to balance problems are a major health issue in older people, often resulting in bone fractures and other bodily injuries, and functional decline.
- Trial name
- NCT00059501
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Alcoholism, Genetics
Genetics of the Acute Response to Alcohol in Social Drinkers
Background: Previous research has shown that a person s genes can influence how they respond to alcohol. But researchers do not yet know all the genes that might be involved.
- Trial name
- NCT01375556
- Testing
- Ethanol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Schizophrenia
Clinical Trial of Tolcapone for Cognition in Schizophrenia
This study will evaluate whether Tolcapone improves cognition in healthy volunteers as well as patients with schizophrenia. Talcapone is a drug that has been FDA approved for Attention Deficit Disorder and allegedly increase the…
- Trial name
- NCT00044083
- Testing
- Tolcapone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Alzheimer Disease
Brain Imaging in Alzheimer's Disease
The purpose of this study is to use brain imaging technology to examine the role of certain brain chemicals in individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT00039702
- Testing
- [123] 5-I-A-85380
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Echocardiography, Doppler
Technical Development of Strain Rate Echocardiography
This study will examine heart function using two imaging techniques - echocardiography (ultrasound) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - to evaluate newly developed software for echocardiograph machines.
- Trial name
- NCT00075920
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Anxiety Disorders
Expectation of Unpleasant Events in Anxiety Disorders
Fear and anxiety are normal responses to a threat. However, anxiety is considered abnormal when the response to the threat is excessive or inappropriate.
- Trial name
- NCT00055224
- Testing
- Threat of shock
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 921 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Neutropenia, Agranulocytosis
Natural History Study for BEN
In recent decades, hematologists have noticed that persons of African descent sometimes have lower white blood cell counts of a certain type, called granulocytes. These cells help to fight infections.
- Conditions
- Neutropenia, Agranulocytosis, Hematologic Diseases, Leukocyte Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT00059423
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 178 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Parkinson Disease
Cell Studies of Parkinson's Disease
This study will examine and compare blood samples from healthy volunteers and patients with Parkinson's disease to identify abnormalities associated with Parkinson's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00076505
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Arthritis Knee, Aseptic Loosening
Retrospective Simplex High Viscosity (HV) Bone Cement Study
This study is a retrospective multicenter study to review the use of Simplex High Viscosity Bone Cement in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Trial name
- NCT05659329
- Testing
- Simplex HV/Gentamicin Simplex HV bone cement
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Stryker Orthopaedics
Autism Spectrum Disorders, Seizures
Clinical and Immunological Investigations of Subtypes of Autism
The purpose of this study is to learn more about autism and its subtypes. Autism is a developmental disorder in which children have problems with communication and social skills and display restricted interests and repetitive…
- Trial name
- NCT00298246
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 557 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Motor Neuron Disease
Brain Function in Primary Lateral Sclerosis
This study will examine whether the motor cortex (the part of the brain that controls movement) works properly in patients with primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), a disorder in which voluntary movements are very slow.
- Trial name
- NCT00071435
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)