Clinical trials: Nerve; Disorder, Sympathetic
Cardiomyopathy
Characterization of Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Stress Cardiomyopathy
Stress (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy (SC) is a peculiar form of acute, reversible myocardial dysfunction predominantly affecting the apical and mid left ventricular segments.
- Trial name
- NCT01048125
- Testing
- Sympathetic Nerve Activity, Mental Stress Test (Color Word Test), The Modified Oxford Technique for Baroreflex Sensitivity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Hypertension
Efficacy and Safety of Radiofrequency Renal Denervation in Drug Resistant Hypertension
Single-center, single group study of the efficacy and safety of transcatheter renal denervation for treatment of patients with essential hypertension uncontrolled despite combined pharmacotherapy including 3 or more hypotensive…
- Trial name
- NCT01499810
- Testing
- Bilateral radiofrequency sympathetic renal denervation
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- Tomsk National Research Medical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Restless Legs Syndrome, Neuropathic Pain
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Restless Legs Syndrome
The overall goal of this proposed study is to evaluate the underlying mechanisms of neural control of blood flow in the lower extremities in humans with restless leg syndrome (RLS).
- Trial name
- NCT03539081
- Testing
- Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry Scan, Laboratory Measurements, Blood Flow Measurement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marshall Holland
Heart Failure
Using Clonidine to Improve Leg Weakness in People With Heart Failure
People with heart failure often have weakness in their leg muscles. This study will determine whether the leg weakness is due to very high adrenaline levels and whether the medication clonidine can improve leg weakness.
- Trial name
- NCT00858845
- Testing
- Clonidine Patch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Dysautonomia, Familial, Baroreflex Failure Syndrome
Carbidopa for the Treatment of Excessive Blood Pressure Variability
The overall study objectives are to determine whether carbidopa (Lodosyn®) is safe and well tolerated and to assess whether it can inhibit catecholamine-induced paroxysmal hypertension and normalize or reduce the exaggerated…
- Trial name
- CarbiFD (NCT02553265)
- Testing
- Carbidopa Low-Dose, Carbidopa High-Dose
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy
Bromocriptine-QR Therapy on Sympathetic Tone and Vascular Biology in Type 2 Diabetes Subjects
The main objective is to demonstrate the effects of early dopaminergic activation on the autonomic nervous system in subjects with newly diagnosed vs. established type 2 diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT02682901
- Testing
- Cycloset
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Eastern Virginia Medical School
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Effects of Salmeterol on Autonomic Nervous System
This is a 4-week non-randomized, partially blinded, single-arm monocentre study in subjects with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) class II or III with the…
- Trial name
- ESAN (NCT01536587)
- Testing
- Salmeterol
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia and Autonomic Nervous System Function
The goals of this proposal are to determine the effects of hypoglycemia on the autonomic nervous system.
- Trial name
- HypoANS (NCT01816893)
- Testing
- Hypoglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp, Euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Shoulder Hand Syndrome, Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
Tolerability of Suprascapular and Median Nerve Blocks for the Treatment of Shoulder-hand Syndrome
Shoulder-hand syndrome (SHS) in stroke patients is painful and lowers quality of life. Unfortunately, the cause of SHS is not known, diagnosing SHS can be difficult, and treating it can be hard.
- Trial name
- NCT03291197
- Testing
- Suprascapular and median nerve blocks
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Hypertension
Comparison of Nebivolol and Metoprolol With Exercise and Angiotensin II in Hypertensive Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine if Nebivolol a) attenuates the angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced increase in oxidative stress, thereby attenuating Ang II-induced vasoconstriction; and b) attenuates sympathetic mediated…
- Trial name
- NCT01502787
- Testing
- Metoprolol succinate, Nebivolol, Forearm blood flow
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Nerve; Disorder, Sympathetic
Changes in Skin Conductance Measurement as an Endpoint Monitor for Sympathetic Blocks
This study is intended to evaluate a monitor that will facilitate ascertainment of an effective sympathetic blockade following Lumbar Sympathetic blocks.
- Trial name
- NCT02390323
- Testing
- Lumbar Sympathetic Block, Skin conductance algesimeter
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Neuropathic Pain, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Effects of Vaporized Marijuana on Neuropathic Pain
This study theorized that a low dose of vaporized cannabis could alleviate nerve injury pain.
- Conditions
- Neuropathic Pain, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Peripheral Neuropathy, Post-herpetic Neuralgia
- Trial name
- NCT01037088
- Testing
- Mild dose cannabis, Low dose cannabis, Cannabis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis