Clinical trials: Rheumatic Fever, open to volunteers
Rheumatic Heart Disease, Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children
Effectiveness of a School-centered Prevention Program on Prevalence of Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease
The overall objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-centered primary and secondary prevention program on the prevalence of latent rheumatic heart disease among schoolchildren in Nepal, and to investigate the role…
- Trial name
- NEPAL4 (NCT05504928)
- Testing
- School nurse program
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 2,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF )
Gait Profile and Variables in Pediatric Rheumatic Disease Using a Smart Insole System
In pediatric rheumatic diseases, joint swelling, effusion, tenderness, and painful restriction of joint movement, particularly in weight-bearing joints, frequently alter walking function.
- Conditions
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF ), Healthy Controls
- Trial name
- NCT06705673
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children
ACT4RHD is an Open-label, Randomised, Adaptive Platform Trial to Evaluate Novel and Repurposed Clinical Interventions for Patients With Acute Rheumatic Fever and Carditis. ACT4RHD Seeks to Determine Whether These Interventions Reduce RHD Severity at 6 Months.
The ACT4RHD trial is a multicentre, pragmatic, multi-arm, open-label adaptive platform trial addressing multiple therapeutic questions in patients with ARF and carditis.
- Conditions
- Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children, Acute Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Trial name
- ACT4RHD (NCT07830108)
- Testing
- Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), No Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), Prednisone or Prednisolone
- Where
- 3 sites in Australia, New Zealand
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Starship Child Health, Te Toka Tumai Auckland
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Familial Mediterranean Fever
Validity and Reliability of the International Physical Fitness Questionnaire and the Self-Perceived Health-Related Physical Fitness Questionnaire in Children and Adolescents With JIA and FMF
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) and Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), two of the most prevalent pediatric rheumatologic diseases, significantly compromise the physical health of children and adolescents, leading to reduced…
- Trial name
- NCT07617558
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Rheumatic Arthritis, Chronic Pain
Effect of Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Pain in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis With Low Inflammatory Activity
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a highly complex inflammatory autoimmune disease. Several drugs have been developed in recent decades to target the immune components of inflammation.
- Trial name
- tDCS RA (NCT07162311)
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Rheumatic Arthritis
Intervention to Support Partners and Informal Caregivers of Frail RA-patients
Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with pain, fatigue, functional limitations, and reduced quality of life.
- Trial name
- INSPIRE (NCT07442773)
- Testing
- Caregiver support
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Accelerating Delivery of rheUmatic Heart Disease Preventive iNterventions in Northern Uganda
The goal of this prospective study is to evaluate the feasibility, sustainability, and public health impact of a district-based program for secondary prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in Uganda.
- Trial name
- ADUNU (NCT05783375)
- Testing
- ADUNU program for delivery of RHD care services
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 221 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Osteoporosis, Inflammatory Rheumatism
Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis in Patients With Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases or Psoriasis
Glucocorticoids remain to be among the most important and most frequently used anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive or immune-modulatory acting drugs to treat rheumatic (and other) diseases.
- Trial name
- Rh-GIOP (NCT02719314)
- Testing
- Glucocorticoid treatment
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people
- Sponsor
- Prof Dr Frank Buttgereit
Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children
School-based Program for the Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Endemic Regions
The overall objective of the PREVENT trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of an integrated, school-based program for the prevention of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in regions with an endemic pattern of RHD.
- Trial name
- PREVENT (NCT06720272)
- Testing
- School nurse program
- Where
- 2 sites in Nepal, Zambia
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thomas Pilgrim
Cardiac Diseases, Sickle Cell Disease
Domestication and Implementation of the PEN-Plus Clinical Model in the Zambian Health System
Cognizant of the prevalence of complicated non communicable diseases (NCD) and the attendant capacity problems faced by the health workers in primary care settings, we propose to adapt and pilot the Package of Essential…
- Conditions
- Cardiac Diseases, Sickle Cell Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus
- Trial name
- PEN Plus (NCT07753681)
- Testing
- Supportive treatment
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 2,084 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Hyperthermia, Chronic Primary Pain
Hyperthermia in Patients With Chronic Primary Pain - Effects on Thermoregulation, Somatosensory System and Movement Evoked Pain
This study, in a quasi-experimental matched two-group pre-post design, investigates the effect of serial water-filtered whole-body hyperthermia on circadian core body temperature, the somatosensory system (nociception) and the…
- Conditions
- Hyperthermia, Chronic Primary Pain, Widespread Pain, Muscular Disease
- Trial name
- HYPPRI-1 (NCT07101978)
- Testing
- serial whole body hyperthermia
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bern University of Applied Sciences
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Vitamin K Antagonist in Rheumatic Heart Disease Patients With Mechanical Heart Valves: Our Current Status
VKA in RHD patients with MHV: our current status
- Trial name
- VKA and RHD (NCT07146282)
- Volunteers
- 165 people
- Sponsor
- Ahmed Hassan Rostom Ibrahim
Rheumatic Heart Disease, Anticoagulant Adverse Reaction
The Clinical Influence of Developing a Sustainable Cardiac Surgery Service to Reduce the Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa
In this bi-directional program of education, training and research activities based on sustainable development goals aim is to develop cardiac surgery service in Ethiopia.
- Trial name
- RHD-CaSS (NCT04556188)
- Testing
- Cardiac surgery
- Where
- 4 sites in Ethiopia, Norway
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF
Rheumatic Arthritis, Lung Function
Manual Diaphragmatic Release on Ventilatory Functions in Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Evaluate the effect of manual diaphragmatic release on ventilatory functions in women with rheumatoid arthritis
- Trial name
- NCT06716008
- Testing
- Aerobic training, Manual Diaphragm Release
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Middle East University
Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Inflammatory Rheumatism
Justification of the Initial Diagnosis and Evaluation of the Overall Evolution of a Cohort of Recent Polymyalgia Rheumatica (JADORE)
Pseudo-rheumatoid arthritis (PRA) is a common inflammatory rheumatic disease of the elderly, characterized by inflammatory shoulder and/or hip pain.
- Trial name
- JADORE (NCT07132164)
- Testing
- biobank sample collection
- Where
- 30 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Brest
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Artificial Intelligence to Scale Early Rheumatic Heart Disease Detection
The main goal of this project is to see if RADAR (Rapid AI-assisted Detection and Analysis of Rheumatic heart disease), which is a machine and deep-learning AI model, can help make rheumatic heart disease (RHD) screening easier…
- Trial name
- SHIELD 1 (NCT07599956)
- Testing
- AI assisted echocardiography
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Rheumatic Heart Disease, Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children
Clinical Trial Phase I/IIa to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of StreptInCor
This is a Phase I/IIa, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation clinical trial to test the candidate vaccine StreptInCor.
- Conditions
- Rheumatic Heart Disease, Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children, Vaccine Adverse Reaction, Rheumatic Diseases
- Trial name
- StreptInCorVac (NCT07078357)
- Testing
- StrepIncor
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Mitral Annulus Calcification, Rheumatic Heart Disease
Treating Severe Mitral Valve Annular or Valvular Calcification Using Shockwave Balloon SMARTWAVE
Mitral stenosis (MS) is a heavily symptomatic valvular heart disease. Common causes of MS included chronic rheumatic heart disease (CRHD) and mitral annular calcification (MAC).
- Trial name
- SMARTMAC (NCT06952374)
- Testing
- SmartWave Lithotripsy balloon
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
Rheumatic Arthritis
Effects of Paraffin Wax Therapy and Dry Cupping on Pain and Wrist Function in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that can cause pain, stiffness, and reduced functional performance in the wrist and hand joints.
- Trial name
- PDC-RA (NCT07905651)
- Testing
- Paraffin Wax Therapy, Dry cupping
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of Baghdad
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Effectiveness of Edutainment-Based Interventions in Increasing Knowledge of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Among School-Going Children in Nepal: Study Protocol for Colors to Save Hearts Quasi-Experimental Pretest-Posttest Study
Background: Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and its sequela, rheumatic heart disease (RHD), remain significant public health concerns in low- and middle-income countries, including Nepal.
- Trial name
- NCT07065474
- Testing
- education material
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kathmandu Institute of Child Health