Clinical trials: Saliva Collection
Reflux Disease, Gastro-Esophageal, Sleeve Gastrectomy
Pilot Study of Salivary Bile Acids and Pepsin as Predictive Biomarkers of Reflux Disease After Sleeve Gastrectomy
The goal of this observational study is to learn whether bile acids and pepsin in saliva can help identify adults at higher risk of developing reflux-related esophageal disease after sleeve gastrectomy, including Los Angeles…
- Conditions
- Reflux Disease, Gastro-Esophageal, Sleeve Gastrectomy, Saliva Collection, Reflux Esophagitis (RE)
- Trial name
- ABSORB (NCT07607067)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Mataró
Healthy Volunteers
Sample Collection From Healthy Volunteers for Assay Optimization
Background: The Laboratory of Immune System Biology (LISB) works with other labs at the National Institutes of Health. They study how parts of living things come together to make a whole.
- Trial name
- NCT03538600
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Hearing Disorder, Oral Mucosal Disease
Biospecimen Procurement for Head and Neck Disorders
Background: Researchers want to learn more about head and neck disorders. Understanding these disorders could help them find better treatments. To do this, they are collecting tissue samples for research.
- Conditions
- Hearing Disorder, Oral Mucosal Disease, Pharyngeal Neoplasm, Head and Neck Neoplasms
- Trial name
- NCT03429036
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Reduction in Bacterial Counts Through the Use of Mouthwash
Dental Implants and Mouth Rinse
The primary aim of this study is to evaluate and compare the efficacy of a 60 second rinse with chlorhexidine, essential oil-based mouthwash, cetylpyridinium chloride mouthwash, or saline solution on bacterial contamination in…
- Trial name
- NCT02002442
- Testing
- Mouthwash
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Divorced State
Occurrence of Selected Vitamins in Saliva and Blood
There is an interest to assess nutritional status of vitamins in humans in a non-invasive way, i.e. by avoiding taking blood samples. Saliva could potentially be an alternative to blood for this purpose.
- Trial name
- SaliVit (NCT02592148)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- dsm-firmenich Switzerland AG
SARS-CoV Infection, Polymerase Chain Reaction
Self-Collected Saliva Samples Without Viral Transport Media for COVID-19 Testing Via RT-PCR
This is a study that will attempt to validate the process for detecting SARS-CoV-2 (COVID19) on a non-FDA-approved technology using self-collected saliva as the specimen.
- Conditions
- SARS-CoV Infection, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Laboratory Testing
- Trial name
- NCT04604145
- Testing
- SARS-CoV-2 testing on the Eppendorf Thermal Cycler PCR system using self-collected saliva as the specimen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center
Postpartum Depression (PPD), Pregnancy
A Study of a Test for Postpartum Depression at Home
The study will seek to prospectively validate the Enlighten Device for prediction of PPD by examining true/false positive and negative rates of the test using PPD outcomes collected through 3 months postpartum; compare the…
- Trial name
- BRAVE (NCT07186309)
- Testing
- Diagnostic Test: Enlighten
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Periodontal Disease (PD), Cardio Vascular Disease
PMPR and Chlorhexidine on Periodontal Disease and Vascular Function
Gum inflammation is called gingivitis. Gum disease, known as periodontal disease, is a long-term inflammation of the gums and bone around teeth, leading to tooth loss.
- Conditions
- Periodontal Disease (PD), Cardio Vascular Disease, Oral-Systemic Link, Vascular Dysfunction
- Trial name
- CHX-PMPR-PERIV (NCT07311512)
- Testing
- Chlorhexidine (0.2%) mouthwash
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Mahdi Mutahar