Clinical trials: Respiratory System Abnormalities
Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Failure
Frailty in Children With Cardiac Disease
Frailty is a complex biologic syndrome of diminished physiologic reserve that leads to decreased resistance to stressors and is associated with adverse health outcomes.
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Failure, Single Ventricle
- Trial name
- NCT02999438
- Testing
- Actigraph to check activity levels at home
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Asthma
A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Absorption to the Blood After Administration of Single and Multiple Doses of AZD8154 in Healthy Participants.
This study is a Phase 1, first in human (FiH) study, consisting of 3 parts (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) in healthy male and female participants of non-childbearing potential, performed at a single study center.
- Trial name
- NCT03436316
- Testing
- AZD8154
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Cystic Fibrosis
Using Rheological Methods to Characterize Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Sputum and the Effects of Mucoactive Agents
The purpose of this study is to characterize the rheological properties of cystic fibrosis (CF) and healthy sputum and to examine the effects of mucoactive agents on the rheology of CF and healthy sputum.
- Trial name
- GIST (NCT00758771)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Sepsis, Pneumonia
Improved Accessibility of EmONC Services for Maternal and Newborn Health: a Community Based Project
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an integrated EmONC package (community mobilization, training of community-based health care providers and a maternal and neonatal health pack) reduce perinatal and neonatal…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Pneumonia, Omphalitis, Birth Asphyxia
- Trial name
- EmONC (NCT01751945)
- Testing
- EmONC package
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 12,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Cystic Fibrosis
Air Pollution and Children With Cystic Fibrosis
1. To determine personal exposure to air pollution in children with cystic fibrosis; 2. To determine airway macrophage uptake of inhaled particulate matter in cystic fibrosis children; 3.
- Trial name
- NCT03853629
- Testing
- None. Not applicable
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Cystic Fibrosis, Mucociliary Clearance
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multiple Dose Trial of GS-9411 in Healthy Volunteers
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of repeated doses of GS-9411 in healthy volunteers. GS-9411 is a sodium channel inhibitor, that may restore airway hydration and mucociliary clearance in the…
- Conditions
- Cystic Fibrosis, Mucociliary Clearance, Airway Hydration
- Trial name
- NCT00999531
- Testing
- GS-9411
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gilead Sciences
Asthma, Dermatitis, Atopic
Impact in Off-spring of Mothers After Perinatal Daily Intake of a Probiotic
A probiotic (Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG) supplement to pregnant women the last four weeks of pregnancy and three months after birth is expected to give a 40% reduction in risk of atopic sensitisation and allergic disease at two…
- Conditions
- Asthma, Dermatitis, Atopic, Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial
- Trial name
- NCT00159523
- Testing
- Probiotic
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 416 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Anemia, Sickle Cell, Sleep-Disordered Breathing
SMILES: Study of Montelukast in Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic blood condition causing long term health problems including pain and brain problems which affect quality of life.
- Trial name
- SMILES (NCT04351698)
- Testing
- Montelukast
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Cystic Fibrosis
Impaired Secretory IgA and Mucosal Immunity in Cystic Fibrosis
This project entitled "Impaired secretory IgA and mucosal immunity in cystic fibrosis" is a research program which aims to determine, owing to national (KULeuven) and international (Descartes university Paris, university of…
- Trial name
- Forton2015 (NCT02308267)
- Testing
- Lung explants, Sputum, nasal fluid and serum, Bronchoscopy
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Transient Tachypnea
Prophylactic Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) in Delivery Room, in the Prevention of Transient Tachypnea of Newborn (TTN): A Randomized Controlled Trial
Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN) is a disorder of delayed clearance of lung liquid and a common cause of admission of full term infants and late pre term infants (34 to 36 weeks) to Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU).
- Trial name
- NCT01082900
- Testing
- Prophylactic CPAP Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 138 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York Hospital Queens
Healthy, Healthy Nutrition
The BEGIN Study Bifidobacterium Infantis to Newborns: Effects of Modulating the Gut Microbial Composition on Growth, Immune Function and Inflammatory Conditions - a Randomized Placebo-controlled Double-blinded Intervention Trial
The goal of The BEGIN Study, a randomized controlled double-blinded intervention trial, is to learn if probiotics, with Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis Bifin02 (B.
- Trial name
- BEGIN (NCT06452199)
- Testing
- B. infantis
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Wet Lung
Role of Cord Blood Hormones and Epinephrine in the Development of Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn
In this prospective, cross-sectional study, the aim was to investigate the possible role of cord stress hormones; adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), cortisol, epinephrine, sT3, sT4, and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in the…
- Trial name
- NCT01149928
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara University
Cardiomyopathy, Congestive, Pulmonary Hypertension
Characterization of the Liver Parenchyma Using Parametric T1 and T2 Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry
To determine normal T1 and T2 values of the liver, and to assess the impact of age and gender To determine the relation between markers of right heart decompensation and T1/T2 values of the liver in patients with pulmonary…
- Conditions
- Cardiomyopathy, Congestive, Pulmonary Hypertension, Constrictive Pericarditis, Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
- Trial name
- NCT04623528
- Testing
- T1 and T2 relaxometry of the liver parenchyma
- Volunteers
- 224 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
A Phase 1, First-in-human Study of VX-668
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of VX-668 at various doses.
- Trial name
- NCT05727800
- Testing
- VX-668
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Cystic Fibrosis
Non-invasive Prenatal Diagnosis of Monogenic Disorders by Linked-reads Technology
Description of the presence of cell-free fetal DNA in maternal plasma allowed the possibility of non-invasive prenatal diagnosis.
- Trial name
- NID (NCT03622892)
- Where
- 6 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Brest
Cystic Fibrosis (CF), Cardiovascular (CV) Risk
Heart and Blood Vessels Health in People With Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a disease that affects over 11,000 people in the UK. It is a genetic condition that affects many organs including the lungs, pancreas, kidneys and liver.
- Conditions
- Cystic Fibrosis (CF), Cardiovascular (CV) Risk, Flow-mediated Dilation Evaluation of the Brachial Artery, Pulse Wave Analysis
- Trial name
- CHi-CF (NCT07692594)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Alpha1-antitrypsin Deficiency, Healthy Volunteers
GLASSIA Infusion Rate Study
The purpose of this study was to generate sufficient safety and tolerability information in support of an increase in the infusion rate of intravenous GLASSIA in the prescribing information from 0.04 to 0.2 mL/kg/min.
- Trial name
- NCT01651351
- Testing
- Alpha1-proteinase inhibitor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baxalta now part of Shire
Cystic Fibrosis
Non-pulmonary Contributors of Exercise Intolerance in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis
The purpose of this research study is to examine if the use of antioxidant supplements impacts exercise intolerance in people with CF.
- Trial name
- NCT04166396
- Testing
- Resveratrol, NR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Cystic Fibrosis
The Impact of Insulin Therapy on Protein Turnover in Pre-Diabetic Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Insulin replacement therapy may be effective in breaking the cycle of protein catabolism, undernutrition and overall clinical deterioration in pre-diabetic, insulin insufficient CF youth because of its potent anabolic effect.
- Trial name
- NCT02496780
- Testing
- novolog insulin, levemir insulin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Cystic Fibrosis
Assessing Mucociliary Clearance and Airway Liquid Volume in the CF Airway
The objective of this study is to determine the effect of airway surface liquid (ASL) volume on mucociliary clearance in cystic fibrosis (CF). A two-isotope nuclear medicine technique will be utilized.
- Trial name
- NCT00248755
- Testing
- mucociliary clearance scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh