Clinical trials: Sex Differences
MACE, Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
throMboembolic Risk Associated To High atrIal Fibrillation riSk
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality from treatable conditions in the European Union and the second from preventable causes, with a standardized mortality rate of 257.8 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.
- Conditions
- MACE, Atrial Fibrillation (AF), Quality-adjusted Life-years, Electronic Health Records
- Trial name
- MATHIAS (NCT07441759)
- Testing
- AI_MATHIAS
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
Heat Intolerance, Heat Stress
Acquiring and Targeting Heat Exposures Necessary for Action
The purpose of this research study is to better understand ways that women and men differ physiologically, cognitively, physically, and cellularly to better prescribe helpful interventions that will prevent injury and risk of…
- Conditions
- Heat Intolerance, Heat Stress, Fatigue; Heat
- Trial name
- ATHENA (NCT05678738)
- Testing
- Antioxidant Berry Supplementation, Acute and Chronic Exercise-Heat Stress
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Exercise, BDNF
Sex Differences in BDNF Study
A single bout of exercise can improve cognitive abilities like memory and attention. These functions help us navigate through everyday life. However, we do not fully understand how exercise improves cognitive abilities.
- Conditions
- Exercise, BDNF, Sex Differences
- Trial name
- BDNF-SD (NCT07912307)
- Testing
- VO2peak Test
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Marijuana Dependence
Hormones and Reduction in Co-users of Marijuana and Nicotine
The purpose of this study is to examine the role of progesterone (a naturally occurring hormone found in both men and women) on reducing marijuana use.
- Trial name
- NCT02579421
- Testing
- Progesterone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Muscle Recovery, Oxidative Stress
Development of a Coffee Pulp Infusion as a Strategy for Recovery After Moderate Physical Exercise in a Healthy Population.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a coffee pulp infusion works to improve muscle recovery after moderate physical exercise in a healthy adult population.
- Conditions
- Muscle Recovery, Oxidative Stress, Inflamation, Muscle Damage
- Trial name
- COPULP-REC (NCT07875699)
- Testing
- Two 250 mL infusions per day (one in the morning and one at night) for 45 consecutive days.
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 138 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- David Ramiro Cortijo
Alcohol Use Disorder, Alcoholic Liver Disease
Alcoholic Liver Disease and the Gut Microbiome
Background: Significant sex differences exist in regard to alcohol use disorder (AUD) and alcoholic liver disease (ALD). To date, no studies have examined the brain-gut-microbiome (BGM) axis (which is the relationship between the…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use Disorder, Alcoholic Liver Disease, Microbiome
- Trial name
- NCT05007470
- Testing
- VSL #3 112.5 Capsule
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Kyphosis
Specialized Centers of Research (SCOR)on Sex Differences - Kyphosis Study
This is a randomized, controlled trial among 100 total males and females with hyperkyphosis, aged 60 years and older, to determine the effects of an exercise intervention that includes high intensity spinal muscle strengthening…
- Trial name
- SCOR (NCT01766674)
- Testing
- Kyphosis spinal strengthening exercises
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Alcohol Use Disorder
Sex Differences, Cognitive Training & Emotion Processing
This pilot project addresses two understudied questions related to neurocognitive deficits observed in treatment-seeking alcoholics.
- Trial name
- NCT03137654
- Testing
- Affective Training, Neutral Training
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Human Papillomavirus Vaccination, Cervical Cancer Prevention
Integrating HPV Education Into School Health Programs in Cambodia and Kenya
The Clinton Health Access Initiative conducted a mixed-methods, school-based interventional study in Cambodia and Kenya to evaluate whether integrating age-appropriate human papillomavirus (HPV) education into existing school…
- Trial name
- NCT07784283
- Testing
- Integrated HPV Education
- Where
- 5 sites in Cambodia, Kenya
- Volunteers
- 9,054 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc.
Happiness, Educational Problems
A RCT of Walking With Positive Education in Retired Elders
Three arms of experimental design were used: Pedometer walking training (PWT), positive education and pedometer walking training (PEPWT), and pedometer walking (PW).
- Conditions
- Happiness, Educational Problems, Exercise
- Trial name
- RCT (NCT03607877)
- Testing
- Pedometer walking training and positive education, Pedometer walking with training, pedometer walking
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan
Healthy Participants
Sex Differences in Reflex Responses to Intermittent Hypoxia
The purpose of the present study is to determine whether there are sex differences in the reflex responses to hypoxia in humans.
- Trial name
- NCT03606434
- Testing
- Hypoxic exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Intracranial Atherosclerosis, Acute Stroke
Vessel Wall MR Imaging to Explore Sex-Differences of Intracranial Arterial Wall Changes After Suspected Stroke
Despite advances in stroke care, women continue to face worse outcomes after stroke than men. This disparity in outcomes may be related to biologic sex-differences that manifest in the development and progression of…
- Conditions
- Intracranial Atherosclerosis, Acute Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack
- Trial name
- NCT03990545
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Cigarette Smoking-Related Carcinoma
Gender Differences in Switching From Smoking Regular Cigarettes to E-Cigarettes
This early phase I trial studies potential differences between men and women when switching from the use of combustible cigarettes to the National Institute on Drug Abuse's Standard Research E-Cigarette (SREC).
- Trial name
- NCT03856515
- Testing
- Nicotine Replacement, Questionnaire Administration, Electronic Cigarette
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 169 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Fasting, Obesity (BMI>30)
The Effect of Fasting on Peak Fat Oxidation, Mitochondrial Coupling and Extracellular Matrix
The interventional study will recruit four groups (n=10 per group): Young men and women with normal weight (BMI 18-25), and young men and women with obesity (BMI >30).
- Conditions
- Fasting, Obesity (BMI>30), Sex Difference
- Trial name
- GlycoFast84 (NCT07692646)
- Testing
- Diet
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Cerebrovascular Disorders
HYPEROXIA Responses and ROS
30 participants (15 males and 15 females) who are ≥18 - ≤ 40 years old and considered healthy will be enrolled into this study to test the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in regulating cerebral blood flow (CBF).
- Trial name
- NCT05958303
- Testing
- Antioxidant Cocktail
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
ASPIRATION
The Cricoid Force Necessary to Occlude the Esophageal Entrance: Is There a Gender Difference?
the investigators have observed that women may require less CF than men to occlude the esophageal entrance, and that the routine use of 30 N in women may actually increase the incidence of airway-related problems.
- Trial name
- NCT02618863
- Testing
- Cricoid pressure
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Procare Riaya Hospital
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Flexibility and the Predictive Brain in Autistic Males and Females
The goal of this study is to compare the neural correlates of predictive brain mechanisms during high-level social and non-social flexibility tasks, between autistic and non-autistic males and females.
- Trial name
- FLEX-PREAU (NCT06391684)
- Testing
- Social/non social; predictable vs unpredictable
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Nicotine Addiction, E-Cig Use
Sex Differences in E-cig Perception: Study 1
The primary objective is to examine the influence of sex on sensory effects, appeal, and reinforcing value of nicotine containing e-cigs in popular flavor components; sweet and cooling.
- Conditions
- Nicotine Addiction, E-Cig Use, Cigarette Smoking, Sex Differences
- Trial name
- NCT05432830
- Testing
- E-liquid Flavor 1, E-liquid Flavor 2, E-liquid Flavor 3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
CB1 Receptor PET Imaging Reveals Gender Differences in PTSD
The objective of the proposed translational study is to test a model, based upon basic science studies, exploring multisystem impairments in PTSD including endocannabinoid (eCB) and glucocorticoids in the modulation of fear…
- Trial name
- NCT02237677
- Testing
- Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Healthy
Meal Enjoyment and Tolerance: Sex Differences
Aim: to determine the effect of gender on the responses to meal ingestion. Participants (10 men and 10 women) will be instructed to eat a standard dinner the day before, to consume a standard breakfast at home after overnight…
- Trial name
- NCT03408977
- Testing
- probe meal
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute