Clinical trials: Pulmonary Dysfunction
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Spironolactone for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Background: High blood pressure in the lungs, known as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), is a rare disorder. In spite of recent advances in treatment, the death rate remains unacceptably high.
- Trial name
- NCT01712620
- Testing
- Spironolactone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
The Genetics of Pulmonary Fibrosis
This study seeks to screen first degree family members of people with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) for the earliest signs of lung fibrosis.
- Trial name
- NCT03478553
- Testing
- Blood draw, Questionnaire
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Cognitive Impairment, COVID-19 Respiratory Infection
Cognitive Impact in Patients With COVID-19 Infection
SARS-COV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome- corona virus - 2) infection reframed medical knowledge in many aspects, yet there is still a lot to be discovered.
- Trial name
- NCT05293561
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Effects of Dynamic Hyperinflation on the Left-ventricular Diastolic Function in Healthy Male Subjects
The aim of this study is to identify whether actively induced dynamic hyperinflation can cause left-ventricular diastolic dysfunction in healthy male subjects in order to explore the mechanisms of developing cardiac dysfunctions…
- Trial name
- NCT03500822
- Testing
- Metronome-paced tachypnea, Expiratory-stenosis breathing
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Otto Wagner Hospital
Critical Illness, COVID-19
A Study of Healthy Microbiome, Healthy Mind
Researchers are doing this study to find out if a high fermented food diet is tolerable, and if it will help improve quality of life after surviving a critical illness, including severe COVID-19, by promoting gut health recovery…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, COVID-19, PICS, Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT06020703
- Testing
- Fermented Food Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Lung Transplant; Complications
Primary Graft Dysfunction Score in Lung Transplantation
The validity of several functional parameters, which could be included in a new PGD scoring system, will be tested in a prospective pilot study of 80 consecutive bilateral lung transplant recipients in high volume lung transplant…
- Trial name
- NCT03276403
- Testing
- PiCCO Catheter
- Where
- 2 sites in Austria, Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Konrad Hoetzenecker, PhD
Olfactory Dysfunction, COVID-19
Acupuncture Therapy for COVID-Related Olfactory Loss
This study is looking at the role of acupuncture as a treatment for olfactory dysfunction in patients who tested positive for COVID-19.
- Trial name
- NCT04952389
- Testing
- Acupuncture Therapy, Budesonide, Olfactory Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic