Clinical trials: Pathology, Molecular
Huntington Disease
IMarkHD: in Vivo Longitudinal Imaging of HD Pathology
iMarkHD is an adaptive, longitudinal positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging study in Huntington's disease (HD) that aims to assess abnormal molecular, functional, and structural changes in…
- Trial name
- NCT03434548
- Testing
- PET imaging, Multi-modal MRI imaging
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 113 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Leukemia
Molecular Epidemiology of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Little is known about the epidemiologic risk factors associated with the development of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), and less is known about the role that genetic susceptibility plays in the development of AML.
- Trial name
- NCT00502983
- Testing
- Interview
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 519 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Obesity; Endocrine, Diabete Type 2
Molecular, Metabolomic and Nutritional Changes After Metabolic Surgery
Obesity is a major risk factor for Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. Recently, weight loss surgery (i.e., metabolic or bariatric surgery) has been shown to result in very…
- Conditions
- Obesity; Endocrine, Diabete Type 2, PreDiabetes
- Trial name
- MoMen (NCT05322551)
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ministry of Health, Malaysia
Myocardial Infarction, Myocardial Ischemia
18F-fluorocholine PET-MR Imaging of Coronary Plaque Vulnerability
This study is designed as a prospective observational feasibility study. The investigators will study whether vulnerable plaques on OCT (fibrous cap ≤ 70 μm) show a locally increased uptake of 18F-choline on PET-MRI compared to…
- Conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Myocardial Ischemia, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Artery Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03252990
- Testing
- PET-MRI, Optical Coherence Tomography
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Nicotine Withdrawal, Marijuana Dependence
Medications Development for the Treatment of Cannabis Related Disorders
The primary objective of this application is to test the neurobehavioral mechanisms and effects of aprepitant as a new cessation agent for cannabis, tobacco or both.
- Conditions
- Nicotine Withdrawal, Marijuana Dependence, Cannabis Dependence, Nicotine Dependence
- Trial name
- MTC (NCT01204723)
- Testing
- Active Aprepitant
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Muscle Soreness, Muscle Fatigue
Effect of Inhaled Molecular Hydrogen on Recovery Process After Downhill Walking on the Treadmill
This study assesses the effect of molecular hydrogen inhalation in healthy males on muscle soreness, fatigue, oxidative stress, and inflammation following eccentric muscle contraction during downhill walking on the treadmill.
- Conditions
- Muscle Soreness, Muscle Fatigue, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT05982665
- Testing
- Molecular hydrogen
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Palacky University
COPD
Effects of Low-Dose Theophylline During Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Exacerbations
Molecular mechanisms of COPD exacerbations and the modulating effect of low dose theophylline on that inflammation are elucidated in this project.
- Trial name
- NCT00671151
- Testing
- Theophylline
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitari Son Dureta
Obesity, Childhood, Asthma in Children
Asthma and Obesity Diet Versus Exercise
Obesity is recognized as a pro-inflammatory condition associated with multiple chronic diseases, including asthma. The specific mechanisms linking asthma and obesity remain hypothetical.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Asthma in Children, Inflammatory Response, Metabolic Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT03644355
- Testing
- Lifestyle counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans
Acute Ischemic Stroke, Haemorrhagic Stroke
Translational Immunodiagnostics in Stroke (TrImS)
In adult patients presenting to emergency departments within 24 hours of symptom onset with suspected acute stroke, we aim: 1. to identify early brain- and pathology-specific circulating, whole blood, plasma and serum panorOmic…
- Conditions
- Acute Ischemic Stroke, Haemorrhagic Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attacks, Cardioembolic Stroke
- Trial name
- TrImS (NCT05300997)
- Testing
- Biomarker blood draw and saliva collection
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 650 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Circulating Tumor Cell, HNSCC
Using a 3D Culture Model for Circulating Tumor Cells Combined With Molecular Bioassays in Patients With HNSCC Cancer
Cancer has been a significant cause of human death in the recent two decades, although detection, diagnosis, and cancer treatments improved and evolved rapidly.
- Trial name
- NCT06755762
- Testing
- Organoid 3D culture
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Burn Pit Exposure, Airborne Hazard Exposure
Project PHOENIX: Molecular Signatures of Burn Pit Exposure
Project PHOENIX is an observational clinical research study designed to characterize molecular, genomic, cellular, and functional features in blood specimens from former U.S.
- Conditions
- Burn Pit Exposure, Airborne Hazard Exposure, Veteran Health, Deployment-Related Toxic Exposure
- Trial name
- PHOENIX (NCT07562243)
- Testing
- Prior Burn Pit Exposure, No Known Burn Pit Exposure
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Creative Medical Technology Holdings Inc
Cachexia, Neoplasms
Cancer-associated Muscle Mass - Molecular Factors and Exercise Mechanisms
Muscle mass loss is a common adverse effect of cancer. Muscle mass loss occurs with or without reduction in body weight. Cancer cachexia (CC) is the involuntary loss of body weight of >5% within 6 months and it occurs in 50-80%…
- Conditions
- Cachexia, Neoplasms, Exercise, Metabolism
- Trial name
- PANACEA (NCT05307367)
- Testing
- Exercise training
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Inert Dusts and Pathology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
The main objective of the study is the exploration of the natural course of COPD and its biological background. To this end, active workers without COPD and workers in functional classes GOLD 0-III are investigated by a combined…
- Trial name
- NCT00618137
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Obesity, Type-2 Diabetes
Exploring the Molecular Basis to Healthy Obesity: The Diabetes Risk Assessment Study
The purpose of this study is to better understand the genetic and metabolic differences in obese individuals with and without type 2 diabetes.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Type-2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, Dyslipidemia
- Trial name
- DRA (NCT01884714)
- Testing
- High fat/high calorie meal
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Guelph
Human African Trypanosomiasis
Assessment of Recombinant HAT-RDT Specificity
Human African trypanosomiasis HAT, or sleeping sickness, is a tropical disease caused mainly by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (gHAT).
- Trial name
- NCT05637632
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 1,504 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Habitual Abortion
Low Molecular Weight Heparin and/or Aspirin in Prevention of Habitual Abortion
1 % of all pregnancies end in habitual/recurrent abortion. In about half of women with habitual abortions (HAB) hereditary or acquired (antiphospholipid antibodies) thrombophilia are observed.
- Trial name
- HABENOX (NCT00959621)
- Testing
- Aspirin, Klexane, Klexane and ASA
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Helsinki
Frontotemporal Dementia
Molecular Neuroimaging of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Dementias
Neuroinflammation is increasingly implicated as a potential critical pathogenic mechanism in a variety of neurologic and psychiatric disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT02945774
- Testing
- (18F)-FEPPA
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Glioma
Magnetic Resonance Elastography in Glioma: Exploring Tumor Stiffness and Adhesion
this study will investigate the relationship between tumor stiffness and adhesion in gliomas using MRE. By utilizing preoperative MRE and Intraoperative neuronavigation, followed by comprehensive molecular pathology analysis, we…
- Trial name
- NCT05990244
- Testing
- Magnetic Resonance Elastography, Assessment and Recording
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shengjing Hospital
Cartilage Diseases
Molecular Biomarkers Associated With Degenerative Joint Disease in the Knee
This investigation describes a novel complex of structural degradation proteins that is associated with pain in individuals with meniscal pathology undergoing arthroscopic partial meniscectomy.
- Trial name
- NCT01006278
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Scuderi, Gaetano J., M.D.
Mitral Regurgitation
Molecular Mechanisms of Volume Overload-Aim 1(SCCOR in Cardiac Dysfunction and Disease)
The investigators hypothesize that beta-1 receptor blockade (ß1-RB) attenuates extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation and progressive adverse Left Ventricular (LV) remodeling and failure in the volume overload of mitral…
- Trial name
- P1A1 (NCT01052428)
- Testing
- metoprolol succinate (Toprol XL)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham