Clinical trials: completed, sponsored by Emory University
End Stage Renal Disease
SPIRIT for Persons With Dementia and Complex Multimorbidity
In this study, 30 patient and caregiver dyads will be randomized to receive the SPIRIT-dementia intervention or usual care. Participants will be follow-up with 2-3 days after the intervention to evaluate the impact of SPIRIT on…
- Trial name
- NCT04108000
- Testing
- SPIRIT-Dementia, Usual Care
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Combo-PEP: Multipurpose Prevention of Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Regimens
The study will determine tissue pharmacology of a single dose of doxycycline for sexually transmitted infection (STI) Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP).
- Trial name
- NCT04860505
- Testing
- Doxycycline, Biktarvy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Cystic Fibrosis
Pilocarpine Microneedles for Sweat Induction (PMN-SI)
The investigators want to test in this non-randomized clinical trial a new method of administrating Pilocarpine medicine into the skin during the Sweat testing process that does not use any electrical current.
- Trial name
- NCT04732195
- Testing
- Pilocarpine microneedle patch, Pilocarpine Iontophoresis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Autism
Examination of Differential Valuation of Leisure Items and Attention as Reinforcers in Children With Autism
The purpose of this study is to compare how children with autism, typically developing children, and children with other developmental delays value social attention and toys.
- Trial name
- NCT03152383
- Testing
- Training trials, Progressive Ratio Session, Re-test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Anemia
Transfusion of Biotinylated Red Blood Cells
The purpose of this research is to study how red blood cells (RBCs) survive in a person's circulation, and how that survival may be different in red blood cells that are donated and stored prior to being transfused.
- Trial name
- b-RBCs (NCT02757898)
- Testing
- Biotin-Labeled Red Blood Cells (RBCs)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Acute Kidney Injury
A Low ChloridE hyperTonic Solution for Brain Edema
This pilot study will compare the two hypertonic solutions currently used for subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) - related complications and to determine if the reduction of chloride load is safer, and as efficacious as the classic…
- Trial name
- ACETATE (NCT03204955)
- Testing
- Sodium chloride /sodium acetate (16.4%), Sodium chloride (23.4%), PlasmaLyte
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Cardiovascular Diseases, Hyperlipidemias
The Mixed Meal Challenge Study
The purpose of this study is to assess sample collection conditions for various dietary challenges (fat, sugar, and mixed) and determine the optimal fasting and post-meal sample collection time points for future studies on a…
- Trial name
- NCT05087823
- Testing
- Lipid Challenge, Glucose Challenge, Mixed Meal Challenge
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Cardiovascular Diseases
Lipid Challenge in Adults
Participants in this study will have one visit to the Emory University Hospital Clinical Research Unit. Participants will consume, over 5 minutes, a single standardized fat challenge (100 grams), using a commercially available…
- Trial name
- NCT03948295
- Testing
- Lipid Challenge
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Chronic Pain
Bacteriostatic Normal Saline Versus Lidocaine for Intradermal Anesthesia
The purpose of this study is to determine if creation of a skin wheel with bacteriostatic normal saline, which includes 0.9% benzyl alcohol, is less painful and provides a similar level of anesthesia compared to 1% lidocaine.
- Trial name
- NCT04495868
- Testing
- Bacteriostatic Normal Saline, 1% Lidocaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Dementia
Preparation for End-of-Life Decision Making in Mild Dementia
The proposed study will adapt and pilot test an efficacious advance care planning interventions, Sharing Patient's Illness Representations to Increase Trust (SPIRIT), with patients with mild dementia and their surrogates to…
- Trial name
- NCT03311711
- Testing
- SPIRIT-in person, SPIRIT-remote, Usual care
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 242 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
COVID-19
Duvelisib Ameliorates Manifestations of Pneumonia in Established Novel Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19)
In this study, patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection will be randomized to receive duvelisib or a placebo.
- Trial name
- DAMPEN-CI (NCT04487886)
- Testing
- Duvelisib
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Cognitive Impairment, Dementia
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia for the Dementia Caregiving Dyad
Disturbed sleep is stressful to persons living with dementia (PLwD) and their caregivers. It contributes to earlier placement of the PLwD in nursing homes and increase the risk for many psychological and cognitive health issues…
- Trial name
- NCT04426838
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi) via Videoconference
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Dementia, Caregiver Burnout
Equality in Caregiving: Facilitating Caregiver Mastery Among LGBT Caregivers of PLWD
The goal of this study is to adapt existing Savvy Caregiving Program (SCP) for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) caregivers of person living with dementia (PLWD).
- Trial name
- EIC (NCT04394260)
- Testing
- Savvy Caregiver Program via Remote Learning, Focus group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Diabetes Type 2, Diabetes Mellitus
Cryovagotomy Diabetes Trial
The pilot study will assess the feasibility and efficacy of cryoablation procedure to freeze the vagus nerve in obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Aim 1 will focus on changes in glycemic control.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Type 2, Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT04276051
- Testing
- Cryoablation of the Vagus Nerve, Lifestyle Intervention
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Brain Tumor, Medulloblastoma
WP1066 in Children With Refractory and Progressive or Recurrent Malignant Brain Tumors
In this Phase I clinical study, the investigators plan to offer investigational treatment with the novel JAK2/STAT3 inhibitor WP1066 (Moleculin Biotech, Inc.) to pediatric patients with any progressive or recurrent malignant…
- Conditions
- Brain Tumor, Medulloblastoma, Brain Metastases
- Trial name
- NCT04334863
- Testing
- WP1066
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Depression, Depression Bipolar
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) in Midlife Depression
The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of inflammation on central nervous system (CNS) glutamate, white matter pathology and alterations in behavior and cognition in middle-aged patients with major depression.
- Trial name
- NCT02567110
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 169 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Stroke
Carepartner Collaborative Integrated Therapy in Sub-Acute Stroke
Carepartner and Collaborative Integrated Therapy (CARE-CITE) is a novel, web-based carepartner focused intervention designed to foster problem solving and skill building while facilitating carepartner engagement during upper…
- Trial name
- CARE-CITE (NCT04040751)
- Testing
- CARE-CITE, Standard of care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Graft Versus Host Disease, Acute Graft Versus Host Disease
BMT Autologous MSCs for GvHD
Subjects in this study have had an allogeneic (blood or marrow cells from another person) blood or marrow transplant to treat leukemia, lymphoma or other cancer of the blood, and have now developed Graft Versus Host Disease…
- Conditions
- Graft Versus Host Disease, Acute Graft Versus Host Disease, Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02359929
- Testing
- Autologous mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
COVID-19
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for COVID-19-associated Hyperviscosity
Many patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) have atypical blood clots. These blood clots can occur in either veins or arteries and be large, like in stroke or heart attack, or very tiny, called microthrombi.
- Trial name
- NCT04441996
- Testing
- Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE), Standard of care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
HCC, Cancer of Liver
Low-dose Y90 Treatment Planning for HCC
The study proposes low-dose Y90 microspheres for therapy planning of HCC, as an alternative to Technetium (99mTc) albumin aggregated (MAA), to be a bioidentical therapeutic Y90 surrogate marker to better predict and thus achieve…
- Conditions
- HCC, Cancer of Liver, Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT04172714
- Testing
- SIR-Spheres microspheres
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University