Clinical trials: Heart Transplant
Heart Transplantation
Quantification of Intramyocardial Lipid by Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Accumulation of triglycerides in heart tissue has been associated with changes in left ventricular function which can lead to heart failure.
- Trial name
- MRS (NCT00469911)
- Testing
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Ex vivo heart biopsy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Kidney Failure, Acute
Effect of Erythropoietin (EPO) in Kidney After Cardiac Surgery
The purpose of this study is to determine whether erythropoietin is effective in preventing acute kidney dysfunction after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
- Trial name
- EPO-CABG (NCT00654992)
- Testing
- Erythropoietin-Beta, Normal Saline
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Myocardial Infarction, Stroke
Women's Health Initiative Strong and Healthy Study
The WHISH trial applies state-of-the science behavioral principles and currently available technologies to deliver a physical activity intervention without face-to-face contact to ~25,000 older U.S. women expected to consent.
- Conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Cardiovascular Mortality, Hip Fractures
- Trial name
- WHISH (NCT02425345)
- Testing
- Physical Activity
- Volunteers
- 49,331 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Coronary Heart Disease, Cardiac Rehabilitation
Reducing Risk in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Partners Together in Health (PaTH) Intervention Study
The objective of the proposed study, using an experimental, two-group (n = 30 couples in each group) repeated measures design, was to pilot test the effects of the PaTH Intervention versus a usual care group in improving the…
- Trial name
- PaTH (NCT00926848)
- Testing
- Partners Together in Health (PaTH) Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Coronary Artery Diseases, Valvular Heart Diseases
Clinical and Hospital Stay Effects of Reiki and Manual Therapy After Open Heart Surgery
Reiki is an energy-based healing therapy using light touch. Manual therapy is a technique using light effleurage. These complimentary healing services are utilized to promote relaxation, sleep, improve emotions, and decrease…
- Trial name
- NCT05853250
- Testing
- Reiki/manual therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 272 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Patients With Post Orthotopic Heart Transplantation Status
iNOS With Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in Cellular Inflammation.
The primary purpose of this study is to measure the level of an enzyme in a patient's heart called inducible nitric oxide synthase(iNOS) using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging with a radioactive tracer called 18F-NOS.
- Trial name
- F-NOS (NCT01066637)
- Testing
- [18F](+/-)NOS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Cardiac Transplant Disorder
Don't Throw Your Heart Away: Patient Study 4
This empirical study tests whether transplant center performance data that reflect center donor acceptance rates influence patients and their family members to evaluate centers with high organ decline rates less favorably than…
- Trial name
- NCT04809051
- Testing
- Stratified Transplant Survival Metric, SRTR Information Format
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carnegie Mellon University
Cardiac Transplant Disorder
Don't Throw Your Heart Away: Clinician Study 3
Publicly available outcome assessments for transplant programs do not make salient that some programs tend to reject many of the hearts they are offered, whereas other programs accept a broader range of donor offers.
- Trial name
- NCT04455893
- Testing
- Stratified Transplant Survival
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carnegie Mellon University
Coronary Graft Patency
Aspirin and Plavix Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
The design of the study will be randomized, double blind trial, which will examine the effects of addition of clopidogrel to current guideline recommended background therapy on lowering the incidence of graft stenosis after…
- Trial name
- ASAP-CABG (NCT01158703)
- Testing
- clopidogrel, sugar pill, Aspirin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ahmad Slim
Cardiac Transplant Disorder
Don't Throw Your Heart Away: Layperson Study 1
Publicly available outcome assessments for transplant programs do not make salient that some programs tend to reject many of the hearts they are offered, whereas other programs accept a broader range of donor offers.
- Trial name
- NCT04133831
- Testing
- Total Survival, Stratified Transplant Survival
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,019 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carnegie Mellon University
Cardiac Transplant Disorder
Don't Throw Your Heart Away: Medical Student Study 2
Publicly available outcome assessments for transplant programs do not make salient that some programs tend to reject many of the hearts they are offered, whereas other programs accept a broader range of donor offers.
- Trial name
- NCT04176796
- Testing
- Stratified Transplant Survival
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carnegie Mellon University
Stress, Psychological, Caregiver Burden
Wellness Coaching for Caregivers of Thoracic Transplant Candidates
Researchers are studying the effects of a health coaching intervention on the stress and burden of caregivers of patients awaiting heart or lung transplant.
- Trial name
- NCT04245228
- Testing
- Wellness Coach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Coronary Artery Disease
Topical Application of Tranexamic Acid to Reduce Post-operative Bleeding in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
The goal of this project is to determine whether the use of tranexamic acid, a clot-promoting drug, applied topically over the heart in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) will reduce post operative blood loss.
- Trial name
- NCT01519245
- Testing
- Tranexamic Acid, normal saline
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Atrial Fibrillation
Fish Oil for Reduction of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery
The primary objective of this study is to determine if omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids reduce atrial fibrillation and other outcomes after cardiac surgery.
- Trial name
- FISH (NCT00446966)
- Testing
- Omega Three Polyunsaturated fatty acids
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chirag Sandesara