Clinical trials: Therapy Failure
Early Breast Cancer, Radiation Associated Cardiac Failure
The DBCG Proton Trial: Photon Versus Proton Radiation Therapy for Early Breast Cancer
The majority of early breast cancer patients are treated with adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) as part of their multimodal therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT04291378
- Testing
- Proton versus photon radiation therapy
- Where
- 8 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 1,502 people
- Sponsor
- Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group
Heart Failure
Cutaneous Heart Sounds Data Collection During Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) Optimization Study
The Cutaneous Heart Sounds Data Collection During CRT Optimization study is an acute, prospective, non-randomized multi-center feasibility clinical trial.
- Trial name
- NCT01609985
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
End Stage Liver Disease
Pilot Trial of Eculizumab Therapy to Reduce Preservation Injury in Human Macrosteatotic Liver Transplantation
The number of liver transplants that can be performed is limited by the availability of organs. Livers that are steatotic (i.e., infiltrated by triglycerides and other fatty substances) are usually not used for transplants, due…
- Trial name
- NCT03468140
- Testing
- Eculizumab, No intervention
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Capsular Contracture, Implant
Ultrasound Guided Treatment of Steroids for Capsular Contracture in Patients With Reconstructed/Augmented Breast
Ultrasound guided treatment of steroids for capsular contracture in patients with reconstructed/augmented breast
- Trial name
- NCT03171974
- Testing
- Dexamethasone, US
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rabin Medical Center
Medication Adherence, Compliance
Compliance/Adherence After Kidney Transplant, With or With Out Med-O-Wheel™.
Background: Adherence to the immunosuppressive drug regimen is critical to the outcome after an organ transplant. Patients need to take their prescribed medications and attend their appointments with the doctor.
- Conditions
- Medication Adherence, Compliance, Medication Nonadherence, Communication
- Trial name
- C/A (NCT01709097)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
Efficacy and Safety of Early Initiation of Vericiguat in Heart Failure After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Heart failure (HF) is a severe cardiovascular disease with extremely high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide, and ischemic cardiomyopathy is an important cause of heart failure.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Acute Heart Failure (AHF)
- Trial name
- VIC-MI (NCT06812546)
- Testing
- Vericiguat
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Dongying Zhang
Liver Failure, Acute
Efficacy of L-ornithine L-aspartate and Therapeutic Plasma Exchange Versus Plasma Exchange Alone in Lowering Ammonia and Improving Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure.
Pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) is associated with very high mortality and morbidity with native liver survival varying between 21 to 75%.Hyperammonemia manifesting as hepatic encephalopathy and causing cerebral edema…
- Trial name
- NCT05778461
- Testing
- L-ornithine L-Aspartate
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
Sepsis
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in the Treatment of Sepsis Associated Multi-Organ Failure [SAMOF-TPE]
The investigators prospective, randomized adult clinical trial investigates the therapeutic efficacy of early therapeutic plasma exchange as adjunct treatment to standard therapy in patients with refractory septic shock and…
- Trial name
- SAMOF-TPE (NCT03844542)
- Testing
- Therapeutic plasma exchange
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Forsyth Medical Center
Congestive Heart Failure
Outpatient Ultrafiltration Therapy in Heart Failure Patients Trial
This trial will look at the effectiveness and patient acceptance of ultrafiltration therapy in an outpatient setting. The purpose of this study is to determine if ambulatory patients who suffer from heart failure and hypervolemia…
- Trial name
- NCT00319384
- Testing
- Ultrafiltration therapy
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Heart Failure, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Echocardiography in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (Echo-CRT)
The present observational prospective study aims at identifying echocardiographic parameters (based on the Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB)-like contraction of the left ventricle (LV) ascertained using new methods of…
- Trial name
- Echo-CRT (NCT02986633)
- Testing
- Echocardiography
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Lille Catholic University
Heart Failure, Infection
Improve Management of Heart Failure With Procalcitonin
Patients presenting to the Emergency Department with shortness of breath and (suspected) heart failure will be screened and randomized to either a standard of care or a procalcitonin-guided arm.
- Trial name
- IMPACT-EU (NCT02392689)
- Testing
- Procalcitonin
- Where
- 15 sites in Denmark, Germany and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 759 people
- Sponsor
- Brahms AG
Heart Failure
Detection of Phrenic Nerve Stimulation Using Sensors' Signals
The purpose of this study is to collect sensor data from patients with implanted cardiac resynchronization devices who exhibit phrenic nerve stimulation.
- Trial name
- DETECT PS (NCT01233323)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Cardio/Pulm: Heart Failure
Real-time Pressure Volume Loop Monitoring as a Guide for Enhanced Understanding of Changes in Elemental Cardiovascular Physiology During Therapeutic Strategies Aiming for Hemodynamic Optimization. Cohort I: Veno-arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (PLUTO-I)
Invasive pressure-volume (PV) loop measurements have the potential to confirm or refute earlier computer simulations and animal studies regarding changes in cardiovascular physiology induced by (veno-arterial) ECMO.
- Trial name
- PLUTO-I (NCT05909280)
- Testing
- Pressure-volume loop measurements
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Virtual Nurse and Social Worker Palliative Care Team to Improve Quality of Life in Veterans With Heart Failure or COPD
Many Veterans living with heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience significant symptoms - such as breathlessness, fatigue, depression, and anxiety -that reduce their quality of life.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Interstitial Lung Disease
- Trial name
- VITALVET:ADAPT (NCT07714252)
- Testing
- Virtual Nurse and Social Worker Palliative Care Team, Enhanced Implementation Support, Standard Implementation Support
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 420 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Myocardial Infarct, Heart Failure
IMPACT-CABG Trial: IMPlantation of Autologous CD133+ sTem Cells in Patients Undergoing CABG
Following myocardial infarct, cellular therapy is a potential approach to repopulate the injured myocardium, to treat heart failure and restore cardiac function.
- Trial name
- IMPACT-CABG (NCT01033617)
- Testing
- Injection of stem cells at time of coronary artery bypass grafting
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Phase I Study of Iressa and CRT/IMRT in Chinese Patients With IIIB/IV NSCLC After Failure of Platinum-Based Chemotherapy
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the tolerability and the maximum tolerated dose of Conformal or Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy when given in combination with gefitinib 250mg in Chinese patients with IIIB or…
- Trial name
- NCT00497250
- Testing
- Gefitinib, Radiation Therapy
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Fudan University
Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction, Hypertension
BLOCKade of Calcium Channels and Beta Adrenergic Receptors for the Treatment of Hypertension in HFpEF
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a critical public health problem. Heart failure (HF) affects over 5 million adults in the United States (US), and is a major source of morbidity, mortality, and impaired…
- Trial name
- BLOCK HFpEF (NCT04434664)
- Testing
- Amlodipine Besylate, Metoprolol Succinate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Pulmonary Hypertension, End-Stage Renal Disease
Impact of Hemo-dialysis Therapy on Blood Levels of Treprostenil in End Stage Renal Disease Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension
Remodulin (Treprostenil sodium) is synthetic prostacyclin analog available as a solution for administration in the intravenous route.
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Hypertension, End-Stage Renal Disease, Hemo-dialysis Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT01234571
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Renal Replacement Therapy, Renal Dialysis
A Clinical Trial of IntensiVE Dialysis
This study will assess clinical outcomes of extended weekly hours of haemodialysis (>= 24 hours per week) compared with standard hours of haemodialysis (<=18 hours/week) in people with ESKD.
- Conditions
- Renal Replacement Therapy, Renal Dialysis, End Stage Kidney Disease, End Stage Renal Disease
- Trial name
- ACTIVE (NCT00649298)
- Testing
- haemodialysis
- Where
- 40 sites in Australia, Canada and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- The George Institute
HIV
Ritonavir-boosted Lopinavir Monotherapy
To assess 48-week treatment responses, tolerability, and steady-state minimum plasma concentrations of ritonavir-boosted lopinavir monotherapy for salvage therapy in HIV-1 infected patients who failed antiretroviral regimens…
- Trial name
- NCT01002898
- Testing
- lopinavir/ritonavir soft gel capsule
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute