Clinical trials: Processes, Metabolic
Kidney Failure, Chronic, Diabetic Nephropathies
Effects of Rituximab and Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) on Highly Sensitized Patients Awaiting Renal Transplant
This is a 12-month phase 2, prospective, open label study to evaluate the effect of rituximab with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)on the PRA of 14 highly sensitized patients who just completed an 8 month trial of MMF treatment alone.
- Conditions
- Kidney Failure, Chronic, Diabetic Nephropathies, Glomerulonephritis, IGA, Hypertension, Renal
- Trial name
- NCT00446251
- Testing
- Rituximab, Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
End Stage Renal Disease
Safety and Efficacy Study of the Effect of Etanercept in Hemodialysis Patients
Etanercept is a novel anti-inflammatory agent currently used in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. We are examining whether Etanercept is effective in improving the nutritional status of hemodialysis patients as a consequence of…
- Trial name
- NCT00293202
- Testing
- Etanercept
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Kaysen, George A., M.D., Ph.D.
Arterial Dysfunction, Chronic Kidney Disease
Vitamin D and Arterial Function in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
The purpose of this study is to determine whether nutritional (cholecalciferol) or active vitamin D (calcitriol) supplementation improves vascular endothelial function in patients with stage IIIB and IV chronic kidney disease…
- Trial name
- NCT01384539
- Testing
- Cholecalciferol, Calcitriol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Type 1 Diabetes, Peripheral Neuropathy
Targeting Inflammation With Salsalate in Type 1 Diabetes Neuropathy
Diabetic neuropathy (DN) is the most common chronic complication of diabetes, affecting up to50% of individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1DM).
- Trial name
- TINSAL-T1DN (NCT02936843)
- Testing
- Salsalate
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Jaundice, Neonatal, Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal
Stannsoporfin With Light Therapy for Newborn Babies With Jaundice
It is normal for red blood cells to die, even in newborn babies. The waste from that is called bilirubin. The liver clears bilirubin out of the body.
- Trial name
- JASMINE_204 (NCT01887327)
- Testing
- Phototherapy, Stannsoporfin
- Where
- 18 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people
- Sponsor
- InfaCare Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a Mallinckrodt Company
Respiratory Insufficiency, Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
Juno Perth Clinical Trial
This study is to evaluate the efficacy of a new therapy (Automatic Expiratory Positive Airway Pressure with intelligent Volume Assured Pressure Support (AutoEPAP iVAPS)) designed to treat respiratory insufficiency, respiratory…
- Conditions
- Respiratory Insufficiency, Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Neuromuscular Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02317042
- Testing
- Juno
- Where
- 2 sites in Australia
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- ResMed
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Hyperuricemia
Sex-related Differences in Arterial Stiffness in Type 2 Diabetics: Role of Uric Acid
Three separate interventions will be undertaken with the primary outcome of improving pulse wave velocity. Initially, age and BMI-matched men and post-menopausal women, all with type 2 diabetes, will be treated with allopurinol…
- Trial name
- NCT03648996
- Testing
- Low-fructose diet, isocaloric, Allopurinol, Low-fructose, hypocaloric
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Gout, Hyperuricemia
A Study to Assess Efficay and Safety of LC350189 Different Doses in Gout Patients With Hyperuricemia
The aim of this 12-week randomized multicenter double-blind parallel group placebo-controlled dose finding study is to assess the efficacy and safety of three different doses of LC350189 in subjects with hyperuricemia and a…
- Trial name
- NCT03934099
- Testing
- LC350189 formulated capsule
- Where
- 34 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 156 people
- Sponsor
- LG Chem
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Afrezza® Dosing Optimization Study
MKC-TI-191 is a Phase 4, single-arm, multicenter, proof-of-concept clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of Afrezza, administered according to the current Afrezza prescribing information (PI) compared to a titrated…
- Trial name
- DOS (NCT04849845)
- Testing
- Afrezza Dose 1, Afrezza Dose 2
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Mannkind Corporation
End-stage Liver Disease (ESLD), Liver Transplant
A Physical Activity Program in End-state Liver Disease
The primary aim of this study is to improve both physical fitness and sarcopenia of patients with ESLD who are potentially eligible for liver transplantation through a 12-week physical training program.
- Conditions
- End-stage Liver Disease (ESLD), Liver Transplant, Sarcopenia, Poor Physical Fitness
- Trial name
- NCT02776553
- Testing
- Nutritional consultation, Physical training program, Behavioral modification therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Gout
Validation Study of Physical Measurement of Tophi
The purpose of this study is to determine the inter- and intra-rater reproducibility of direct physical measurement of tophus nodules in subjects with gout.
- Trial name
- NCT00175006
- Testing
- Measurement of Tophi to validate procedure
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Takeda
Frontotemporal Dementia, Dementia
Care of Persons With Dementia in Their Environments (COPE) in Programs of All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE)
The protocol is organized into three Phases - In Phase I an online training program will be developed in "Care of Persons with Dementia in their Environments" (COPE) -an evidence-based bio-behavioral dementia program -using…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Dementia, Dementia, Multi-Infarct Dementia, Vascular Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT04165213
- Testing
- Care of Older Persons in their Environment (COPE) online module training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Diabetic Nephropathy, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
ORIENT: Olmesartan Reducing Incidence of End Stage Renal Disease in Diabetic Nephropathy Trial
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of olmesartan versus placebo on the progression of diabetic renal disease.
- Conditions
- Diabetic Nephropathy, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Proteinuria
- Trial name
- NCT00141453
- Testing
- olmesartan medoxomil
- Where
- 2 sites in China, Japan
- Volunteers
- 577 people
- Sponsor
- Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Critical Illness
LOGIC-Insulin Algorithm-guided Versus Nurse-directed Blood Glucose Control During Critical Illness
The LOGIC-Insulin computerized software algorithm will be compared with a nurse-directed protocol, both targeting a blood glucose level of 80-110 mg/dL, in critically ill patients
- Trial name
- LOGIC-1 (NCT01420302)
- Testing
- Nurse directed, LOGIC-Insulin
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Greet Van den Berghe
Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C
Adrabetadex to Treat Niemann-Pick Type C1 (NPC1) Disease
Due to different study designs, the sponsor separated Part C into this separate registration (NCT04958642), leaving Parts A/B in NCT02534844.
- Trial name
- NCT04958642
- Testing
- Adrabetadex
- Where
- 30 sites in United States, Australia and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Mandos LLC
Obesity, Metabolic Disease
Effects of Colchicine in Non-Diabetic Adults With Metabolic Syndrome
Background: Being overweight may cause low-level inflammation. This inflammation may cause some of the medical problems of obesity, like high blood sugar (diabetes) and heart disease.
- Trial name
- NCT02153983
- Testing
- Colchicine 0.6Mg Cap, Colchicine 0.6Mg Tab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Chronic Pancreatitis, Insulin Dependent Diabetes
Hydroxychloroquine and Metabolic Outcomes in Patients Undergoing TPAIT
This will be a pilot, 12-month phase II, open label, randomized, two-arm, single-blinded, placebo-controlled, parallel clinical trial of individuals undergoing TPAIT (Total Pancreatectomy and Autologous Islet Transplantation) for…
- Trial name
- NCT03283566
- Testing
- Hydroxychloroquine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Healthy
Xanthohumol Metabolism and Signature
A pilot study to assess the safety and tolerability of oral xanthohumol in humans, to identify a biological signature of xanthohumol exposure, and to characterize the role of xanthohumol metabolism by intestinal microorganisms in…
- Trial name
- XMaS (NCT03735420)
- Testing
- Xanthohumol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Natural Medicine
Type 2 Diabetes
Anti-inflammatory Effects of the Fiber
This study will help elucidate the mechanism underlying the cardioprotective and anti-diabetes effect of dietary fiber by exploring a comprehensive set of inflammatory and oxidative stress markers, based on a contemporary…
- Trial name
- NCT02868788
- Testing
- dietary fiber, HFHC meal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University at Buffalo
Nosocomial Infection, External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality
Tight Glycaemic Control During Cardiac Surgery
To determine whether intraoperative tight glycaemic control can reduce postoperative infection, morbidity and mortality
- Conditions
- Nosocomial Infection, External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality, Hypoglycemia
- Trial name
- TGC (NCT01225159)
- Testing
- TGC, Conventional glycaemic control
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Prince of Songkla University