Clinical trials: Heart Transplantation
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
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
Disease, Chronic
Heart Transplant Patients, Health Status and Physical Activity
The aim of this cross-sectional observational study is (1) to assess the health status of a group of heart transplant patients and their level of physical activity, (2) and to compare the health status of a group of heart…
- Trial name
- NCT05282342
- Testing
- Diagnostic tests
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Luis Santos
Hemodynamic Monitoring
Comparison of Transthoracic Electrical Bioimpedance and Pulse Contour Analysis in Renal Transplantation Patients
Hemodynamics monitoring using non-invasive transthoracic electrical bioimpedance ICON are compatible with standard invasive monitoring using pulse contour analysis EV1000
- Trial name
- NCT03893513
- Testing
- Transthoracic Electrical Bioimpedance, Pulse Contour Analysis
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dita Aditianingsih
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
Transplant, Heart, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Heart Transplantation - Renewal
Heart transplantation (HTx) is a well-established life-saving procedure but is associated with severe complications. Regular monitoring of heart transplant recipients is thus important for the early detection of these…
- Trial name
- HeartRenewal (NCT05521399)
- Testing
- MRI Sequencing, MRI Testing (pediatric), MRI Testing
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 247 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Orthotopic Heart Transplant
Motivational Interviewing and Group Heart Transplant Exercise and Education: A Pilot Study
The aim of this 16-week group aerobic training program, delivered remotely via video-conferencing, is to assess program feasibility, and determine if program increases physical activity in adolescents after heart transplant.
- Trial name
- MIGHTEE (NCT05398744)
- Testing
- Group Exercise Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Solid Organ Transplantation, Pregnancy
Long-term Follow-up of the Offspring Born to Mothers With a Solid Organ Transplant, Transplantlines Next Generation
Background Pregnancy after all types of solid organ transplantation (SOT) is possible, although these have higher risk of pregnancy complications for mother and child, such as preeclampsia and preterm birth.
- Conditions
- Solid Organ Transplantation, Pregnancy, Long-term Follow-up, Kidney Transplant
- Trial name
- NCT07291258
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Groningen
Heart Transplant Rejection
Biomarkers for Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Targeted Therapy After Heart Transplantation
The objective of this prospective observational single center study is to investigate donor-derived cell-free DNA (ddcfDNA), peripheral blood platelet mRNA, peripheral blood extracellular vesicle mRNA, and peripheral blood…
- Trial name
- EMBIO (NCT06064123)
- Testing
- Cell-free DNA
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
Heart Transplant Recipients
Autonomic Cardiovascular Control After Heart Transplantation
The purpose of this prospective study is to investigate denervation (ie. surgical cutting of autonomic nerves) and re-innervation (ie. growth of autonomic nerves) in heart transplant recipients. More specifically, we focus on: 1.
- Trial name
- AccHeart (NCT01759966)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
Effects of Compassion Training to Patients Undergoing HSCT on Biological and Psychosocial Parameters
The hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) experience is emotionally and physically stressful for cancer patients who undergo this procedure.
- Trial name
- NCT03737084
- Testing
- CBCT Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
Noninvasive Evaluation of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
Abnormal peripheral endothelial function and alterations in circulating biomarkers that are associated with endothelial activation and inflammation correlate with angiographic evidence of cardiac allograft vasculopathy, defined…
- Trial name
- CAVII (NCT01305382)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Heart Transplantation
Sevice-learning in Physiotherapy and Heart Transplantation and Acute Coronary Syndrome
A service-learning programme in physiotherapy students will be performed. 30 physiotherapy students will be randomly assigned to an intervention group (n=16) or to a control group (n=16).
- Trial name
- NCT04261998
- Testing
- Service-learning program
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
Heart Transplantation, Elevated Resting Heart Rate
An Interventional Study to Evaluate the Effect of Ivabradine on Exercise Capacity in Heart Transplant Recipients
The hypothesis is that the treatment with ivabradine will increase pVO2 after 16 weeks of treatment compared to baseline in the heart transplant recipient population with elevated resting HR.
- Trial name
- NCT03619187
- Testing
- Ivabradine
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Amgen
Heart Transplant Recipients
The GRAFT Study: Evaluation of Graft Function, Rejection and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in First Heart Transplant Recipients.
Objective: To assess the relationship between coronary allograft vasculopathy (CAV) and graft function, and to evaluate non-invasive methods for CAV diagnosis.
- Trial name
- NCT02077764
- Testing
- OCT and coronary angiography, Right heart cat., PET
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aarhus University Hospital Skejby
Transplantation, Heart-Lung, Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction
Evaluation of Electrical Impedance Tomography for the Diagnosis of Chronic Rejection in Lung Transplants Recipients
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is non-invasive and provides functional imaging of the lung and it could be a useful tool to diagnose chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) and specially Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome…
- Conditions
- Transplantation, Heart-Lung, Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction, Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome
- Trial name
- CLAD (NCT02863835)
- Testing
- EIT, Salbutamol nebulisation and with CPAP
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Heart Transplantation, Acute Kidney Injury
Hypertonic Saline Solution to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury After Heart Transplantation
The goal of this study is to evaluate if hypertonic saline solution can prevent or attenuate acute kidney injury after heart transplantation in the early postoperative phase.
- Trial name
- HSS-HTx (NCT05909150)
- Testing
- Sodium chloride solution 3,5%, Sodium chloride solution 0,9%
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fernando Bacal
Cardiac Transplant Failure, Cardiac Transplant Rejection
Utility of Donor-Derived Cell Free DNA in Association With Gene Expression Profiling
Plasma donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is measured as a % of the total plasma cfDNA in association with the measurement of AlloMap, a non-invasive gene expression test to aid in heart transplant management.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Transplant Failure, Cardiac Transplant Rejection, Heart Diseases
- Trial name
- D-OAR (NCT02178943)
- Where
- 28 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CareDx
Cardiac Output, Low, High Blood Pressure
Assessment of Volumetric Hemodynamic Parameters and Nutritional Status in Stable Renal Transplant Recipients
Changes in volumetric hemodynamic parameters and fluid overload (Cardiac Index,Stroke Volume, Thoracic Fluid Content, Systemic Vascular Resistance) were measured using a impedance cardiography (ICG) (CardioScreen 1000 …
- Trial name
- NCT02852941
- Testing
- CardioScreen 1000, Tanita 418- Bioelectrical impedance analysis
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Warsaw
Students
Physical Therapy Students' Reflective Thinking With Narrative Photography in Heart Transplantation
Physical therapy students must learn about heart transplantation, and must be able to communicate with patients using empathy and moral sensitivity.
- Trial name
- NCT05800912
- Testing
- Narrative photography, Traditional learning
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 117 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia