Clinical trials: Inflammatory Response
Preterm Infants, Term Infants
The Intestinal Innate Immune System in Newborns. Development and Inflammation in Health and Disease
The goal of this observational study is to determine the normal development of the human intestinal immune system in premature and mature neonatal life and to determine the pathophysiology behind life-threatening gastrointestinal…
- Conditions
- Preterm Infants, Term Infants, Necrotising Enterocolitis, Atresia; Bowel
- Trial name
- INTINE (NCT06092463)
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 275 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Sepsis Newborn, Infection
Glove-based Care in the NICU to Prevent Late Onset Sepsis
Babies that get an infection after 3 days of age while in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is not related to their delivery but to the hospital environment.
- Trial name
- GloveCare (NCT03078335)
- Testing
- Glove based care, Standard of Care - Hand Hygiene
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 786 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Muscle Protein Synthesis, Endotoxemia
Whey vs Casein to Combat Post-inflammatory Protein and Muscle Waste in Acute Disease
This study compares three different protein supplements (casein, whey and leucine-enriched whey) and their effect on post-inflammatory muscle waste in a model of acute disease.
- Conditions
- Muscle Protein Synthesis, Endotoxemia, Nutrition, Milk Protein
- Trial name
- NCT03319550
- Testing
- Casein, Whey, Leucine-enriched whey
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Clinical Trial of the BioMed rTSST-1 Variant Vaccine in Healthy Adults
Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) is a severe condition with high morbidity and mortality from the hosts overwhelming inflammatory response and cytokine storm. Staphylococcal superantigen toxins are the main causative agents.
- Trial name
- NCT02814708
- Testing
- rTSST-1v
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Biomedizinische Forschungs gmbH
Sepsis
Effect of Lipopolysaccharide on Skeletal Muscle Functions
The investigators aim to examine how the skeletal muscles of the human volunteers respond to experimental septic conditions to aid understanding of muscle wasting and its biology..
- Trial name
- LPS (NCT01423968)
- Testing
- Lipopolysaccharide infusion, saline
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Sepsis
TRIM25 in Septic Patients
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by the body's overwhelming response to infection, which can lead to organ damage and failure.
- Trial name
- NCT07320638
- Testing
- Gene and Inflammatory Marker Analysis in Sepsis
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ruijin Hospital
Severe Asthma
3TR Asthma Biologics Cohort (ABC) Study
The 3TR-ABC study is a multicentre observational prospective cohort study platform that follows patients with severe asthma from the start of biological therapy and three years onwards.
- Trial name
- 3TR-ABC (NCT06126692)
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark, Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Bipolar 1 Disorder, Control Subjects
Socio-cognitive and Biological Responses to Maltreatment
The study will investigate how a history of emotional childhood maltreatment (CM) is associated with different aspects of psychological (social behaviour, empathy) and biological (brain function and structure, inflammation)…
- Trial name
- NCT07101107
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University Innsbruck
Wounds and Injuries
Effect of Leukoreduced Blood Transfusions on Infection Following Trauma
The purpose of this study is to determine if leukoreduced blood transfusions reduce the risk of infection following trauma. Specifically, the investigators intend to evaluate whether there are clinically relevant differences in…
- Trial name
- NCT00135291
- Testing
- Leukoreduced blood transfusion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Brain Death
Brain Death: Inflammatory Response, Apoptosis, and Endotoxin Tolerance
We hypothesized that brain death is associated with an early systemic inflammatory response, possibly combined with activation of apoptotic cell death, two events that may contribute to induce rapid organ dysfunction.
- Trial name
- NCT00615225
- Testing
- Muscle biopsy
- Where
- 3 sites in Belgium, France
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Delafontaine Hospital
Sepsis, Renal Failure
The Prevention of Failure to Rescue Using Early Warning Scoring
The purpose of this study is to assess if, compared with standard paper-based systems, an automated Early Warning System (EWS) resident in a spot check patient monitor, can help to identify deteriorating patients.
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Renal Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardio-pulmonary Arrest
- Trial name
- VitalCare (NCT01197326)
- Testing
- use of the MP5 EWS patient monitor
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 414 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philips Healthcare
Sepsis
Defining Circulating Micro-RNA Biomarkers for the Early Diagnosis and Prognosis of Sepsis
The objectives are to: 1. derive and validate a panel of miRNAs that are consistently differentially expressed in the plasma of patients with and without sepsis 2.
- Trial name
- miRNA-Sepsis (NCT02544490)
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University Hospital, Singapore
Endotoxemia, Inflammation
The Effects of Immunostimulation With GM-CSF or IFN-y on Immunoparalysis Following Human Endotoxemia
The human body knows a biphasic immunological reaction to sepsis. First, the pro-inflammatory reaction takes place, marked by the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines like TNF-α, as a reaction to the bacterial toxins.
- Conditions
- Endotoxemia, Inflammation, Multi Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, Sepsis
- Trial name
- NCT01374711
- Testing
- GM-CSF, IFN-Y, E.coli endotoxin
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Innate Immunity
Effect of Anti-Inflammatory Agents on Biological Responses to Endotoxin Inhalation in Healthy Subjects
The main objective of this study is to characterize the biological responses elicited by endotoxin inhalation applied to healthy subjects, and to assess the effect of standard anti-inflammatory agents (i.e.
- Trial name
- NCT02252809
- Testing
- adalimumab, methylprednisolone
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brugmann University Hospital
Viremia
Yellow Fever Virus Vaccine and Immune Globulin Study
The purpose of this study is to determine whether immune globulin can limit the amount of yellow fever vaccine virus present in the blood after vaccination without compromising the immunity associated with the yellow fever…
- Trial name
- NCT00254826
- Testing
- YF-VAX® plus saline, 17D YF Vaccine plus Ig,
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Malaria
Markers of T Cell Suppression: Antimalarial Treatment and Vaccine Responses in Healthy Malian Adults
Background: People with malaria often show altered immune responses to many illnesses and vaccines. This means that the malaria might cause immune suppression. It is not clear how or which vaccines are impacted by malaria.
- Trial name
- NCT02544048
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Neonatal Sepsis
Using Machine Learning to Model Early-onset Neonatal Sepsis Risk in Uganda and Zimbabwe
The goal of this observational study is to develop a risk prediction model for early-onset neonatal sepsis in term and late preterm neonates in Uganda and Zimbabwe.
- Trial name
- NeoRisk (NCT06411405)
- Testing
- Maternal medical history
- Where
- 2 sites in Uganda, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St George's, University of London
Innate Inflammatory Response, Asthma
Nasal Immune Challenge Study
Respiratory viral infections cause significant illness, especially in vulnerable individuals and is a topic of immense significance during the current COVID-19 global pandemic.
- Conditions
- Innate Inflammatory Response, Asthma, Nasal Allergy
- Trial name
- NCT06021002
- Testing
- R848, Saline
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sepsis, Pneumonia
Improved Accessibility of EmONC Services for Maternal and Newborn Health: a Community Based Project
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an integrated EmONC package (community mobilization, training of community-based health care providers and a maternal and neonatal health pack) reduce perinatal and neonatal…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Pneumonia, Omphalitis, Birth Asphyxia
- Trial name
- EmONC (NCT01751945)
- Testing
- EmONC package
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 12,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Sepsis
Zambia Chlorhexidine Application Trial
This will be a cluster-randomized controlled trial to assess whether washing the umbilical cord with a disinfectant (4% chlorhexidine) helps to reduce neonatal deaths in Zambia when compared to the current standard of care, dry…
- Trial name
- ZamCAT (NCT01241318)
- Testing
- Chlorhexidine gluconate (4%), Dry cord care
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 77,535 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University