Clinical trials: Natural History
Ataxia
RFC1 Natural History Study
This international, multi-center, multi-modal and prospective observational study aims to determine the phenotypic spectrum and the natural progression of the RFC1 repeat expansion disease, and to seek and validate digital…
- Trial name
- RFC1-NHS (NCT05177809)
- Testing
- Clinical rating scale to measure ataxia disease severity and progression
- Where
- 10 sites in Australia, Brazil and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prof. Dr. Matthis Synofzik
Hypoparathyroidism
Hypoparathyroidism Natural History Study
This is a prospective three-year natural history study of adults with hypoparathyroidism. The goal is to monitor patients with hypoparathyroidism to define end-organ damage in the context of the disease.
- Trial name
- SHINE (NCT05793853)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease
Genetics of Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease in African Diaspora Populations
Background: African Americans have one of the highest rates of type 2 diabetes in the United States, and often have other medical problems related to obesity and cardiovascular disease.
- Trial name
- NCT01316783
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Disorders of Sex Development (DSD), Pediatric and Adolescent Cancers of the Genital Tract
Data Collection Study of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Conditions
Background: Gynecologic conditions are those that are related to the reproductive system. They can be reproductive gland disorders or reproductive system tumors. They can also be inborn anomalies of the reproductive tract.
- Conditions
- Disorders of Sex Development (DSD), Pediatric and Adolescent Cancers of the Genital Tract, Reproductive Endocrine Conditions in Puberty, Structural Gynecologic Conditions Including Vulvar and Vaginal Conditions
- Trial name
- NCT04717349
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Muscular Dystrophy, Peripheral Neuropathy
Investigational Use of Neuromuscular Ultrasound
Background: Current techniques used to measure the health and function of a person s nerves and muscles are generally effective, but they do have limits.
- Conditions
- Muscular Dystrophy, Peripheral Neuropathy, Motor Neuron Disorder, Normal Physiology
- Trial name
- NCT05237973
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders
Development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques for Studying Mood and Anxiety Disorders
This study is intended to help develop new MRI imaging techniques for studying mood and anxiety disorders. Researchers believe that depression and anxiety disorders may cause structural and functional changes in the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT00397111
- Testing
- 7T Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanner
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Stroke
The Beneficial Effects of Naps on Motor Learning
Background: Memory consolidation is the process by which memories become stable, long-term representations in the brain. Consolidation of a motor skill is dependent upon sleep.
- Trial name
- NCT04312126
- Testing
- MRI system, MEG system
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 199 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Chronic Pain, Fatigue
Real-world Momentary Assessment of Kratom Use Accompanied by Product Assays: A Natural-history Study for Interdisciplinary Characterization of Kratom Use and Pharmacology
Background: Mitragyna speciosa, also called kratom, is a plant used in Southeast Asia for its psychoactive effects. Its use has increased in the US, and an estimated 10 million adults may take it at least semiregularly.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Fatigue, Substance Use Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT05457803
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 396 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Study to Understand the Natural History of HIV/AIDS in the Era of Effective Therapy (SUN Study)
The SUN Study is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-sponsored multi-site prospective observational cohort study designed to better understand the incidence and etiology of metabolic and other complications related…
- Trial name
- NCT00146419
- Testing
- Reduction in behaviors capable of sexually transmitting HIV
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 699 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Endometrial Cancer, Endometrial Cancer Precursors
The DETECT Study: Discovery and Evaluation of Testing for Endometrial and Ovarian Cancer in Tampons
BACKGROUND: Endometrial cancer is a common and deadly cancer for women. It is getting more common and deadly because risk factors like age and obesity are increasing.
- Conditions
- Endometrial Cancer, Endometrial Cancer Precursors, Ovarian Cancer, Complex Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia
- Trial name
- DETECT (NCT03538665)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
STD
Study of Oral Papillomavirus In Teens and Twenties
Recently human papillomavirus (HPV) has been recognized to cause some oropharyngeal (tonsil) cancer. But very little is known about oral HPV infection and risk factors.
- Trial name
- SPITT (NCT00994019)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 550 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
HIV Infections
Natural History Study of HIV Acquired in Infancy or Childhood
Background: About 10,000 children in the United States have been living with HIV infection since birth. Little is known about the long-term effects of HIV infection and its treatment on the growth and development of these…
- Trial name
- NCT00924365
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Metabolic Disease, Obesity
Characterization of Patients With Uncommon Presentations and/or Uncommon Diseases Associated With the Cardiovascular System
Background: Researchers are interested in studying individuals who have known or suspected metabolic, inflammatory or genetic diseases that may put them at a high risk for heart diseases or diseases of their blood vessels.
- Conditions
- Metabolic Disease, Obesity, Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, Cardiomyopathy
- Trial name
- NCT01143454
- Testing
- NSR IDE-MRI: Research pulse sequences
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Healthy Volunteers, Non-Healthy/Non-Frail
Genetic and Epigenetic Signatures of Translational Aging Laboratory Testing (GESTALT)
Background: Biomarkers are substances in people's blood and tissues. They help researchers understand diseases and signs of aging.
- Conditions
- Healthy Volunteers, Non-Healthy/Non-Frail, Frail
- Trial name
- NCT02339012
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Atopy, Primary Immunodeficiency
NIAID Centralized Sequencing Protocol
Background: Genetic testing called "sequencing" helps researchers look at DNA. Genes are made of DNA and are the instructions for our bodies to function. We all have thousands of genes.
- Conditions
- Atopy, Primary Immunodeficiency, Autoimmunity, Autoinflammation
- Trial name
- NCT03206099
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Drug Abuse, Nicotine Dependence
Cognitive Task Development and Implementation for Functional MRI Studies
Background: Drugs of abuse have effects on mood, behavior, thinking, and decision making that may encourage people to continue using them and make it difficult for them to stop.
- Trial name
- NCT01036685
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 525 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Spinocerebellar Ataxias, Spastic Paraplegias
Natural History, Genetic Bases and Phenotype-genotype Correlations in Autosomal Dominant Spinocerebellar Degenerations
The autosomal dominant spinocerebellar degenerations are a highly heterogeneous, clinically and genetically, group of rare diseases and of severe evolution.
- Trial name
- NCT00136630
- Where
- 8 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Lyme Disease
A Comprehensive Clinical, Microbiological and Immunological Assessment of Patients With Suspected Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome and Selected Control Populations
This study will determine whether patients who have been infected with the Lyme bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, and treated with antibiotics still have the bacteria alive inside them and whether it is causing their symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT00001539
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Hypertension, Diabetes
Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes in West Africans
Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and associated complications are major contributors to the global disease burden. T2D is already a major health threat in populations in developed countries and is rapidly taking hold in the…
- Trial name
- NCT00837122
- Where
- 5 sites in Ghana, Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 7,418 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Natural History Study of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)
Background: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a severe viral infection of the brain. It is caused by JC virus.
- Trial name
- NCT01730131
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)