Clinical trials: Heat Therapy
Heart Failure, Heart Diseases
Effects of Passive Heat Therapy on Oxygen Consumption and Cardiovascular Fitness in Adults
The purpose of this study is to determine if enhanced endothelial arterial distensibility observed with heat therapy translates into improved cardiorespiratory fitness.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Heart Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, Endothelial Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT04026126
- Testing
- Heat Therapy Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases
Heat Therapy Versus Exercise Training in Hypertension
This is a clinical trial to determine whether 30 sessions of heat therapy in the form of hot water immersion is better than 30 sessions of traditional aerobic exercise training on blood pressure reduction in people with elevated…
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases, Arterial Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT03557502
- Testing
- Heat Therapy Group, Aerobic Exercise Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oregon
Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
A Phase 2 Study of Viagenpumatucel-L (HS-110) in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Determine whether viagenpumatucel-L combined with low-dose cyclophosphamide prolongs survival in patients with NSCLC who failed 2 or 3 prior lines of therapy for incurable or metastatic disease compared with chemotherapy alone.
- Trial name
- NCT02117024
- Testing
- Viagenpumatucel-L, Metronomic Cyclophosphamide, Physician's Choice Regimen (Vinorelbine, Erlotinib, Gemcitabine, Paclitaxel, Docetaxel, Pemetrexed)
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Heat Biologics
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
A Trial of Two Electrosurgical Conizations: Histopathological Analysis of Excision Margins
The purpose of this trial is to evaluate if Straight Wire Excision of the Transformation Zone (SWETZ) is superior to (Large Loop Excision of the Transformation Zone) LLETZ cone in reducing the incomplete excision of disease.
- Trial name
- NCT01929993
- Testing
- SWETZ, LLETZ cone
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 164 people
- Sponsor
- Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Heat Therapy to Reduce Pain and Improve Walking Tolerance
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether exposure to heat therapy improves calf muscle oxygenation and enhances walking tolerance in patients with symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).
- Trial name
- NCT03435835
- Testing
- Heat Therapy (HT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Cervical Cancer
Cisplatin and Radiation Therapy With or Without Hyperthermia Therapy in Treating Patients With Cervical Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00085631
- Testing
- cisplatin, hyperthermia treatment, brachytherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people
- Sponsor
- Mark Dewhirst
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Home-based Leg Heat Therapy
The objective of this study is to evaluate the benefits of participating for 8 weeks in a home-based daily treatment with heat therapy (HT) or a thermoneutral control intervention, as assessed by vascular function, walking…
- Trial name
- HHT (NCT03763331)
- Testing
- Heat Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Efficacy and Safety of Miltefosine or Thermotherapy for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Colombia.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a worldwide disease, endemic in 88 countries, that has shown an increasing incidence the last two decades. It is estimated that in 2005, about of 20,000 new cases of CL were diagnosed in Colombia.
- Trial name
- NCT00471705
- Testing
- Miltefosine, Thermotherapy, Glucantime®
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 437 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Antioquia
Peripheral Arterial Disease, Intermittent Claudication
A New Heat Therapy Device for Home-based Leg Heating in Patients With Lower-extremity Peripheral Artery Disease
The goal of the proposed pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility of a new leg heat therapy system treatment for patients with lower extremity PAD.
- Trial name
- NCT05335161
- Testing
- Home-based leg heat therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Glioma, Pilocytic Astrocytoma
Using MRI-Guided Laser Heat Ablation to Induce Disruption of the Peritumoral Blood Brain Barrier to Enhance Delivery and Efficacy of Treatment of Pediatric Brain Tumors
By employing a combination of advanced MRI techniques and correlative serum biomarkers of blood brain barrier (BBB) disruption, the investigators plan to develop a powerful, first of its kind clinical algorithm in pediatrics…
- Conditions
- Glioma, Pilocytic Astrocytoma, Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma
- Trial name
- NCT02372409
- Testing
- MRI-guided laser ablation, Doxorubicin, Etoposide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Melanoma
STA-9090(Ganetespib) in Patients With Unresectable Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma
STA9090 is a drug which inactivates or blocks the work of a protein called Heat Shock Protein 90 or HSP90. HSP90 is a protein that helps some molecules inside your cells to have the right shape.
- Trial name
- NCT01551693
- Testing
- STA-9090
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Bronchiolitis, Hypoxemia
Heated Humidified Oxygen Compared to Dry Oxygen Therapy in Children With Bronchiolitis
The purpose of this study is to compare heat and humidified oxygen with cold and dry oxygen in children with bronchiolitis. The hypotheses are that heating and humidifying inspired low flow supplemental oxygen will optimize…
- Trial name
- NCT02094664
- Testing
- Heated and humidified oxygen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Advanced Solid Tumor
A Phase 1 Study of HS130 in Combination With Viagenpumatucel-L (HS110) in Patients With Solid Tumors
This is a phase 1 open-label, single center, dose escalation study to determine a safe and effective maximum tolerated dose of HS-130 in combination with viagenpumatucel-L (HS-110) for adult subjects with advanced solid tumors…
- Trial name
- NCT04116710
- Testing
- HS-110 (viagenpumatucel-L), HS-130
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Heat Biologics