Clinical trials: Illness, Chronic
COPD
Optimizing Maintenance Therapy in COPD Patients
Background: Effectiveness of maintenance therapy for COPD with Dry Powder Inhalers (DPIs) requires an optimal Peak Inspiratory Flow Rate (PIFR), a proper inhalation technique and adequate medication adherence from patients.
- Trial name
- PIFOTAL (NCT04532853)
- Where
- 6 sites in Australia, Greece and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 1,434 people
- Sponsor
- General Practitioners Research Institute
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With Exacerbation, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation
Bubble PEP Training Among Patient With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Pulmonary Function Effects
The morbidity rate of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is increasing year by year. It is predicted to be the third leading cause of death worldwide in 2030.
- Conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With Exacerbation, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation, Chronic Pulmonary Disease
- Trial name
- NCT04828837
- Testing
- bubble PEP
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Chronic Disease Prevention
Evaluate Health Coaching Support in Technology-based Interventions for Meeting Health Goals
This was a pilot evaluation conducted to test procedures for a possible future trial and provide preliminary insights regarding whether text messages sent to Veterans could help support nutrition and/or physical activity health…
- Trial name
- Coaching (NCT04021472)
- Testing
- Text message
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Effects of N-acetylcysteine on Cardiorespiratory Control in COPD Patients With Mild-to-moderate Airflow Obstruction
The main purpose of this study is to determine whether pharmacological treatment with N-acetylcysteine improves central and peripheral cardiorespiratory control and physical capacity in COPD patients with mild-to-moderate airflow…
- Trial name
- NCT02579772
- Testing
- N-acetylcysteine
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Queen's University
COPD
Urdu Translation, Validity and Reliability of Dyspnea 12 (D-12)
Dyspnea is a distressing symptom with pain like perception. The object of study is to translate a tool that measure overall dyspnea severity.
- Trial name
- NCT04879095
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Chronic Hepatitis B Infection, Chronic Hepatitis D Infection
The Safety and Efficacy of Sequential Treatment of Ropeginterferon Alfa-2b (P1101) and Anti-PD1 in Interferon-Naive Adults With Chronic Hepatitis B or D Infection
Primary objective: To evaluate the safety and tolerability of sequential administration of P1101 and anti-PD1 in patient with chronic hepatitis B or D infection Secondary objectives: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT04638439
- Testing
- P1101 + Nivolumab + Entecavir
- Where
- 5 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- PharmaEssentia
Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Effect of Ocrelizumab on Cortical Lesion Accumulation in Patients With PPMS (ORATORIO-Cortical)
The goal of this non-interventional, observational study is to determine whether cortical pathology can be slowed down by use of ocrelizumab.
- Trial name
- ORATORIO-Cort (NCT05974839)
- Testing
- Ocrelizumab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 732 people
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Pulmonary Emphysema
Safety Study of Bone-marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Associated With Endobronchial Valves in Emphysema
The combined use of one-way endobronchial valves and bone-marrow derived mesenchymal stromal cells in patients with severe pulmonary emphysema is safe and will contribute to increase quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT01872624
- Testing
- Bronchoscopy
- Where
- 3 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
Effect of Inhaled Hydroxy Gas on Long COVID Symptoms
The goal of this clinical trial is to see if several weeks of self-administered, home-based, treatment involving breathing hydroxy gas (a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen) for at least 2 hours a day for 3 weeks, will relieve…
- Trial name
- LCHydroxy (NCT06159296)
- Testing
- Hydroxy gas
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Oxford Brookes University
Mesothelioma, Lung Neoplasms
Chest Wall Motion Analysis in Disease
Breathing movements, called chest wall motion, are very complex. The investigators are studying how movement of the abdomen, ribs and diaphragm contribute to breathing and how this differs with different diseases in the chest.
- Conditions
- Mesothelioma, Lung Neoplasms, Surgery, Cystic Fibrosis
- Trial name
- CWM (NCT02958683)
- Testing
- Chest wall motion analysis
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heart of England NHS Trust
Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection
An Efficacy and Safety Study of Telaprevir in Patients With Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Infection After Liver Transplantation
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of telaprevir in combination with Peg-IFN-alfa-2a and ribavirin in stable liver transplant patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1.
- Trial name
- REPLACE (NCT01571583)
- Testing
- Telaprevir, Pegylated interferon alfa-2a, Ribavirin
- Where
- 21 sites in Austria, Belgium and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- Janssen-Cilag International NV
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Effect of Electrostimulation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
This study was designed to test the following hypothesis: To investigate whether COPD muscles can respond to stimuli in terms of changes in fiber-type distribution.
- Trial name
- ExaEMS2005 (NCT01167283)
- Testing
- Electrostimulation
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Leukemia, Lymphoma
VNP40101M in Treating Patients With Richter Syndrome or Refractory or Relapsed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or Other Lymphoproliferative Disorders
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as VNP40101M, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Trial name
- NCT00304005
- Testing
- laromustine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Vion Pharmaceuticals
Hepatitis C, Chronic, Hepatitis C
Compliance of HCV Genotype 1 Infected Patients Receiving PegIntron/Rebetol and a Patient Assistance Program (Study P04671)
Enrolled patients will be recruited to two parallel groups during therapy for Hepatitis C. Patients in the first one will receive a patient assistance program, and patients in the second group will not.
- Trial name
- NCT00728494
- Testing
- PegIntron (peginterferon alfa-2b; SCH 54031), Rebetol (ribavirin; SCH 18908), Patient Assistance Program
- Volunteers
- 99 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
COPD
Monitoring Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients at Home by a Forced Oscillation Technique Device
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a pathological condition whose progression is characterized by stable periods broken up by intermittent acute exacerbations of the symptoms, during which a severe inflammatory…
- Trial name
- NCT01552031
- Where
- 5 sites in Australia, Italy
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Raffaele Dellaca
COPD
The Effect of Face Hand Fan Application on Dyspnea
Diagnosing and managing dyspnea in patients with COPD is very important. Although pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods are used in the management of dyspnea, it is recommended that pharmacological methods be supported…
- Trial name
- HandfanCOPD (NCT06265831)
- Testing
- Hand-fan application to the face
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- Bartın Unıversity
Chronic Kidney Disease, End-stage Renal Disease
MONITOR-CKD5 - Multi-level Evaluation of Anaemia Treatment, Outcomes, and Determinants in Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5
MONITOR-CKD5 is an observational, pharmaco-epidemiological study to evaluate the multi-level factors and outcomes associated with the treatment of renal anaemia with biosimilar epoetin alfa in Stage 5 CKD patients requiring…
- Conditions
- Chronic Kidney Disease, End-stage Renal Disease, Anaemia
- Trial name
- MONITOR-CKD5 (NCT01121237)
- Testing
- Recombinant human erythropoietin alfa (biosimilar)
- Where
- 95 sites in Austria, France and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 2,086 people
- Sponsor
- Sandoz
Leukemia, Lymphoma
Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Rituximab, and Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant in Treating Patients With B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Giving low doses of chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide and fludarabine, total-body irradiation, and rituximab before a donor umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00387959
- Testing
- filgrastim, rituximab, cyclophosphamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive, Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia
Personalized NK Cell Therapy in CBT
This phase II clinical trial studies how well personalized natural killer (NK) cell therapy works after chemotherapy and umbilical cord blood transplant in treating patients with myelodysplastic syndrome, leukemia, lymphoma or…
- Conditions
- Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive, Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Remission
- Trial name
- NCT02727803
- Testing
- Allogeneic Natural Killer Cell Line NK-92, Anti-Thymocyte Globulin, Busulfan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalitis (CFS/ME)
B-lymphocyte Depletion Using Rituximab in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalopathy (CFS/ME). A Randomized Phase-III Study.
The hypothesis is that a subgroup of patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalopathy (CFS/ME) have a chronically activated immune system and may benefit from B-lymphocyte treatment using the monoclonal anti-CD20…
- Trial name
- RituxME (NCT02229942)
- Testing
- Rituximab
- Where
- 5 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 151 people
- Sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital
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