Clinical trials: Telomere
Meditation
Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of Transcendental Meditation on Telomere Activity and Well-Being Among Nurse Managers
The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of a health and coping strategy (Transcendental Meditation, or TM) on Telomere Length and Telomerase Activity (known markers of physiological and psychological stress and…
- Trial name
- NCT07165795
- Testing
- Transcendental Meditation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
Telomere Biology Disorders, Dyskeratosis Congenita
Nucleoside Therapy in Patients With Telomere Biology Disorders
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a combination therapy of deoxycytidine (dC) plus deoxythymidine (dT) is safe in patients with telomere biology disorders.
- Conditions
- Telomere Biology Disorders, Dyskeratosis Congenita, Revesz Syndrome, Hoyeraal Hreidarsson Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT06817590
- Testing
- deoxycytidine, deoxythymidine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Suneet Agarwal
Adenocarcinoma of the Lung, Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar
Telomere Biology in Early Adenocarcinoma of the Lung
Early adenocarcinoma of the lung has an excellent five-year survival after resection. However, its clinical and radiologic presentation is highly variable.
- Trial name
- NCT02239432
- Where
- 2 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
Psychological Stress, DNA Degradation, Apoptotic
CBART: The Reduction of Psychological and Physiological Stress in Women Undergoing IVF
The study is a randomized controlled trial of a cognitive behavioral interventions and an art-based stress reduction treatment protocol (CB-ART) with 100 women, identified with elevated perceived stress, before undergoing IVF…
- Conditions
- Psychological Stress, DNA Degradation, Apoptotic, Telomere Shortening, Fertility Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT03459053
- Testing
- CBART
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
Stress, Aging
Health Enhancement And Resilience Training
The purpose of this research study is to examine whether a stress reduction intervention can improve health, mood and biological markers of cellular stress and aging in a group of chronically-stressed maternal caregivers and…
- Conditions
- Stress, Aging, Well-being
- Trial name
- HEART (NCT01959126)
- Testing
- Stress-reduction class
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Alzheimer Disease
Telomerase Activator and Retinal Amyloid
A method of detecting amyloid in the retina has been developed. A specially designed retinal camera will directly visualze and record retinal amyloid and via image processing will generate a number: the retinal amyloid index…
- Trial name
- NCT02530255
- Testing
- cycloastragenol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chippewa Valley Eye Clinic
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Genetic and Telomere Characteristics of High of Grade Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Soft tissue sarcomas (STSs) are a rare group of cancers that can arise in any 'soft' tissue but commonly involve muscles, fat and nerves.
- Trial name
- NCT02547376
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals, Leicester
Telomere Disease, Telomere Shortening
Nasal Brushing for the Diagnosis and Understanding of Telomeropathies
To date, the diagnosis of telomeropathies is based on telomere length measured in blood cells. However, this type of analysis is not always sufficient because some mutations underlying the development of telomeropathies are not…
- Trial name
- TELOSTIC (NCT05508321)
- Testing
- Nasal brushing, Sniffin' Sticks
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Male Infertility
Relationship Between Sperm Head Vacuoles and Sperm DNA Alterations in Infertile Men
In men presenting sperm alterations, the selection of genetically undamaged spermatozoa need to be improved in order to increase the success of assisted reproduction treatments.
- Trial name
- VATES (NCT02006446)
- Testing
- Sperm Samples
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Rouen
Aging
AC-11 Supplement and Biological Aging
This is a prospective non-randomized clinical study of 24 patients to evaluate the effects of the AC-11®. The study will evaluate the effectiveness of the supplement's ability to reverse epigenetic markers of biological age.
- Trial name
- NCT05310123
- Testing
- AC-11
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- TruDiagnostic
Primary Immune Deficiency Disorder, Immune Deficiency Disease
Regenerative Medicine to Restore Hematopoiesis and Immune Function in Immunodeficiencies and Inherited Bone Marrow Failures
Phase II prospective trial to assess the rates of donor engraftment using reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) and post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) for patients with primary immune…
- Conditions
- Primary Immune Deficiency Disorder, Immune Deficiency Disease, Bone Marrow Failure, Short Telomere Length
- Trial name
- NCT04232085
- Testing
- Alemtuzumab, Fludarabine, Melphalan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Depressive Disorder
Study of the Telomere-telomerase System and the Expression of Candidate Genes in the Leukocytes of Patients With Depressive Disorder: Search for Peripheral Markers of Somatic Stress
The mechanisms of oxidative stress and inflammation involved in mood disorders are factors of chronicity and severity. These mechanisms induce a phenomenon of accelerated cellular senescence and are reflected by alterations in…
- Trial name
- NCT01903655
- Testing
- telomere length
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Telomeres Length in Israeli Fibrotic ILD Patients
Individuals with fibrotic interstitial lung diseases (FILD) will be recruited after providing informed consent. in addition to routine data as usually collected in the clinic, blood samples will be taken for measurement of…
- Trial name
- NCT06885515
- Testing
- leukocyte telomere length (LTL) will be measured using the Telomere Restriction Fragment (TRF) Analysis method
- Where
- 2 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Barzilai Medical Center
Idiopathic Infertility, Infertility Unexplained
Biological Aging Hallmarks-Guided Integrative TCM and Conventional Medicine in Post-Treatment Unexplained Female Infertility
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether telomere profiling and other biological aging hallmarks can help identify underlying mechanisms of persistent infertility in women with post-treatment unexplained…
- Conditions
- Idiopathic Infertility, Infertility Unexplained, Infertility (IVF Patients), Infertility Assisted Reproductive Technology
- Trial name
- TECMI (NCT07404969)
- Testing
- 1. Aging Hallmarks Biomarker Profiling (Telomere-Based), 2. Integrative Botanical and Nutraceutical Intervention, 3. Natural Conception or Assisted Reproductive Technologies
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- BEYOND GENOMiX SA, AG, Ltd
Critical Limb Ischemia
Evaluation of Safety and Tolerability of Libella Gene Therapy for Critical Limb Ischemia: AAV- hTERT
Using gene therapy to express active telomerase (hTERT) in human cells has the potential to treat many diseases related to aging, including critical limb ischemia (CLI).
- Trial name
- NCT04110964
- Testing
- AAV-hTERT
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Libella Gene Therapeutics
Parent Child Relationship, Child Social-Emotional Development
The Impact of an Evidence-Based Parenting Service on Maternal Sensitivity and Infant Cellular Aging in a Population of Under-Resourced Families
The goal of this clinical trial study is to learn how stress in childhood, or Early Life Adversity (ELA), gets "under the skin" and influences long-term health.
- Conditions
- Parent Child Relationship, Child Social-Emotional Development, Telomere Length, Epigenetic Aging
- Trial name
- NCT06740266
- Testing
- Promoting First Relationships in Primary Care (PFR-PC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
OVARIAN STIMULATION, Telomere Length
Does Recombinant FSH (rFSH, i.g. Gonal F®) as Compared to Human Menopausal Gonadotrophin (hMG) Affect Telomere Length of Cumulus Cells During Antral Follicle Growth and Impact Blastocyst Status?
Gonal-F® (follitropin alfa) is a recombinant FSH without LH activity, while Menopur® contains both LH and hCG. The MEGASET trial compared Menopur® and Gonal-F® in GnRH antagonist cycles with SET, showing similar efficacy.
- Conditions
- OVARIAN STIMULATION, Telomere Length, Telomere Length, Mean Leukocyte
- Trial name
- rFSH and hMG (NCT06732843)
- Where
- United Arab Emirates
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ART Fertility Clinics LLC
Telomere Shortening, Telomere Length, Mean Leukocyte
Rosuvastatin Effect on Telomere-telomerase System in ACS
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the diseases characterised by biological aging as one of the important risk factors in several epidemiological studies.
- Conditions
- Telomere Shortening, Telomere Length, Mean Leukocyte, 22q Telomere Deletion Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT02299245
- Testing
- rosuvastatin
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Xiao-dong Zhuang
Healthy
Influence of Different Risk Factors in Vascular Accelerated Aging (EVA Study)
Introduction: The process of population aging that is occurring in developed societies represents a major challenge for the health system.
- Trial name
- NCT02623894
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Fundacion para la Investigacion y Formacion en Ciencias de la Salud
Fanconi Anemia, Severe Aplastic Anemia
Alpha/Beta TCD HCT in Patients With Inherited BMF Disorders
This is a phase II trial of T cell receptor alpha/beta depletion (α/β TCD) peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplantation in patients with inherited bone marrow failure (BMF) disorders to eliminate the need for routine…
- Conditions
- Fanconi Anemia, Severe Aplastic Anemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, T Cell Receptor Alpha/Beta Depletion
- Trial name
- NCT03579875
- Testing
- Total Body Irradiation (TBI) (Plan 1), Cyclophosphamide (CY) (Plan 1), Fludarabine (FLU)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota