Clinical trials: Predictive Biomarkers
Pain
Alpha as a Predictive Biomarker
The investigators will use non-invasive recordings of brain activity to measure pain as a proxy to self-report. Participants will undergo testing for about 3 hours on two separate days.
- Trial name
- APB (NCT02796625)
- Testing
- Painful Stimuli
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Pulmonary Emphysema
Longitudinal Follow up to Assess Biomarkers Predictive of Emphysema Progression in Patients With COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
The study will include 60 healthy subjects (ex-smoker without any airflow limitation), 125 COPD GOLD (global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease) I , 125 COPD GOLD II, 125 COPD GOLD III and up to 20 patients with COPD…
- Trial name
- NCT02719184
- Where
- 51 sites in United States, Belgium and 10 more
- Volunteers
- 463 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
Breast Cancer
DNA in Predicting Response After Systemic Therapy in Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood from patients with cancer and from healthy participants in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that may occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00899548
- Testing
- DNA methylation analysis, microarray analysis, polymerase chain reaction
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Depression
Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Brain Serotonin Activity in People With Depression
This study will examine changes in brain serotonin activity in people with depression before and after they receive cognitive behavioral therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT00641108
- Testing
- ADAM SPECT plus Cognitive Therapy, ADAM SPECT plus No Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania