Clinical trials: Heart Defects
Sudden Cardiac Death, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Low QRS Voltages in Young Healthy Individuals and Athletes
There is some limited evidence that reduced size of electrical complexes/traces of the heart on the electrocardiogram (ECG) may be associated with scarring in the heart muscle, which may predispose to serious life-threatening…
- Conditions
- Sudden Cardiac Death, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Sudden Cardiac Death Due to Cardiac Arrhythmia, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Trial name
- NCT05799833
- Testing
- Cardiovascular magnetic resonance scan - 3T scanner (Siemens Vida)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Eye Diseases Hereditary, Retinal Disease
Inherited Retinal Degenerative Disease Registry
The My Retina Tracker® Registry is sponsored by the Foundation Fighting Blindness and is for people affected by one of the rare inherited retinal degenerative diseases studied by the Foundation.
- Conditions
- Eye Diseases Hereditary, Retinal Disease, Achromatopsia, Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
- Trial name
- MRTR (NCT02435940)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Foundation Fighting Blindness
Turner's Syndrome
Effect of Estrogen on Mental and Social Functioning in Girls With Turner's Syndrome
RATIONALE: Turner's syndrome is a disease in which females are missing all or part of one X chromosome and do not produce estrogen. Giving estrogen is standard treatment for girls who have Turner's syndrome.
- Trial name
- NCT00004274
- Testing
- Estrogen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Congenital Heart Disease, Metabolism Disorder
Metabolic Remodeling in Fontan Patients
Assessment of metabolic alterations in adult Fontan patients with a dominant left ventricle with the help of serum examinations (Metabolomics).
- Trial name
- NCT03886935
- Testing
- Metabolomics
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University Innsbruck
Coarctation of the Aorta
Coarctation Of the Aorta Stent Trial
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Cheatham Platinum bare metal stents are safe and effective in the treatment of native and recurrent aortic coarctation in selected children, adolescents and adults.
- Trial name
- COAST (NCT00552812)
- Testing
- Stent therapy of aortic coarctation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Richard E. Ringel
Down Syndrome, Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital Heart Disease: Impact on Learning and Development in Down Syndrome (CHILD-DS)
The study objective is to compare neurodevelopmental (ND) and behavioral outcomes between children with Down syndrome (DS) who had complete atrioventricular septal defect (CAVSD) repair and children from the same clinical sites…
- Trial name
- CHILD-DS (NCT05312177)
- Testing
- Stanford Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition, Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales Third Edition, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Fifth Edition
- Where
- 14 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 273 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carelon Research
Turner Syndrome, Ovarian Failure, Premature
Dry Eye in Women With Turner Syndrome and Women With Premature Ovarian Failure
Premature ovarian failure (POF) is known to be associated with an increased risk of ocular surface disease (dry eye), likely due to the reduction of both estrogens and androgens seen in this condition.
- Conditions
- Turner Syndrome, Ovarian Failure, Premature, Sex Chromosome Aberrations, Menopause
- Trial name
- NCT00471731
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Eye Institute (NEI)
Single-ventricle, Congenital Heart Disease
Correlation Between 3D Echocardiography and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Patients With Single Ventricle
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of birth defects, with an incidence of 0.8%. Among CHD, univentricular heart disease or "single ventricle" is rare and complex.
- Trial name
- VU3D (NCT05118152)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Congenital Heart Disease
Interpretation of Fetal Echocardiography by Artificial Intelligence
The study to be performed aims to design and develope an automated Intelligent Decision Support System for fetal echocardiography that can significantly assist the obstetric physician in the improvement of detection of fetal…
- Trial name
- LIFE (NCT05090306)
- Testing
- Routine ultrasound examination
- Where
- Romania
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova
Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Electrocardiogram QT Prolonged
Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in UN Athletes
The detection of sudden cardiac death risk in athletes is a topic of great relevance in the field of sports physiotherapy and physical activity.
- Conditions
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Electrocardiogram QT Prolonged, Athlete Heart, Athletic Injuries
- Trial name
- Suddendeath (NCT06518252)
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Congenital Heart Disease, Nutritional Failure
Nutritional Failure in Infants With Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease
The purpose of this study is to understand the causes of growth failure and to define biochemical markers of nutritional failure in patients with single ventricle Congenital Heart Disease (CHD).
- Trial name
- NCT01821287
- Testing
- CHD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Inherited Cardiac Arrythmias, Long QT Syndrome (LQTS)
Derivation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells to Heritable Cardiac Arrhythmias
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) have driven a paradigm shift in the modeling of human disease; the ability to reprogram patient-specific cells holds the promise of an enhanced understanding of disease mechanisms and…
- Conditions
- Inherited Cardiac Arrythmias, Long QT Syndrome (LQTS), Brugada Syndrome (BrS), Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT)
- Trial name
- NCT02413450
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
Plethismographic Perfusion Index in Neonates
Photoplethismography will be measured and compared in newborns suffering from patent ductus arteriosus and normal controls.
- Trial name
- NCT02380040
- Testing
- PPG
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Atrial Fibrillation
Clinical Cohort Study - TRUST
The "Long-term Outcome and Predictors for Recurrence after Medical and Interventional Treatment of Arrhythmias at the University Heart Center Hamburg" (TRUST) study is an investor-initiated, single-center, prospective clinical…
- Conditions
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Flutter, Ventricular Tachycardia
- Trial name
- TRUST (NCT05521451)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Heart Disease Congenital
Support Tool for Families of High-Risk Children With Heart Disease During Hospital Admission and After Discharge
The goal of this study is to pilot the "support tool" in the Nemours Cardiac Center to assess acceptability and feasibility. This tool will be offered to 5 high-risk families, and they will be asked to complete a survey.
- Trial name
- NCT05926661
- Testing
- NCC Support Toolkit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Do Elevated BNP Levels Predict Hemodynamically Significant PDAs
The purpose of this study is to determine if B type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels can be used to predict a hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (PDA).
- Trial name
- NCT01497054
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 109 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Albany Medical College
Congenital Heart Disease
Study of RV Remodeling in Congenital Heart Disease
The primary aims of this study are to 1. Develop an automated method of quantitation of RV remodeling in terms of regional RV surface curvature and area strain and assess the feasibility, repeatability and accuracy in normal…
- Trial name
- RVShape (NCT02791061)
- Testing
- Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imagine (MRI), Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), Echocardiography
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart Centre Singapore
Noonan Syndrome, LEOPARD Syndrome
Hormonal Sensitivity in Patients With Noonan and LEOPARD Syndromes
Noonan and LEOPARD syndromes share, with variable severity, different clinical traits, notably craniofacial manifestations, cardiopathies, short stature, and juvenile cancers.
- Trial name
- NOLEO (NCT02486731)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Mitochondrial Disorders, Mitochondrial Genetic Disorders
North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium Patient Registry and Biorepository (NAMDC)
The North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium (NAMDC) maintains a patient contact registry and tissue biorepository for patients with mitochondrial disorders.
- Conditions
- Mitochondrial Disorders, Mitochondrial Genetic Disorders, Mitochondrial Diseases, Disorder of Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Complexes
- Trial name
- NAMDC (NCT01694940)
- Where
- 17 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Bundle-Branch Block, Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular
Right Bundle Branch Block After Surgical Closure of Ventricular Septal Defect
The most common congenital heart disease is the ventricular septal defect, and after surgical closure of a such defect, an arrythmia called the right bundle branch block, is very frequent.
- Trial name
- NCT01480908
- Testing
- Echocardiography at rest, Echocardiography during exercise, MRI at rest
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus