Clinical trials: sponsored by Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Cognitive Decline
Vitamin D to Improve Outcomes by Leveraging Early Treatment: Long-term Brain Outcomes in Vitamin D Deficient Patients
This ancillary study will determine if early administration of a single high-dose (540,000 IU) oral vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) treatment improves 12-month global cognition and executive function as determined by comprehensive…
- Trial name
- VIOLET-BUD (NCT03733418)
- Testing
- 540,000 IU vitamin D3
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
HIV Infection
Traditional Healer-initiated HIV Counseling and Testing in South Africa
The objective of this proposal is to conduct a pilot test of a program aimed at training traditional healers to conduct HIV testing and implementing HIV testing among people living in Bushbuckridge, South Africa.
- Trial name
- NCT05079347
- Testing
- HIV rapid test
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 418 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
COVID 19
Impact of Nasal Saline Irrigations on Viral Load in Patients With COVID-19
Nasal saline irrigations are a safe and commonly used mechanism to treat a variety of sinonasal diseases including sinusitis, rhinitis, and upper respiratory tract infections.
- Trial name
- NCT04347538
- Testing
- Saline Nasal Irrigation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nephrolithiasis
A Comparison of Ureteroscopic Treatment of Nephrolithiasis With and Without Moses Technology
Flexible ureteroscopy is characterized as first-line therapy for the treatment of renal stones < 2 cm in size. This involves passing a flexible endoscope into the renal pelvis through the urethra, bladder and ureter in a…
- Trial name
- NCT04505956
- Testing
- Holmium laser lithotripsy with Moses Technology, Holmium laser lithotripsy without Moses Technology
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 171 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Osteoarthritis, Knee, Hypertension
The Clinical Impact of Diet on Medical Conditions Treated Within Bundled Payment Models: a Pilot Study
Diet interventions (e.g., low-energy diets) are recommended as a treatment for obesity, obese patients with osteoarthritis, hypertension (HTN), and type 2 diabetes (T2D).
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis, Knee, Hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05735873
- Testing
- Low-energy diet
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Opioid Prescribing, Surgical Procedure, Unspecified
A Clinician-Focused Nudging Intervention to Optimize Post-Surgical Prescribing
This is a pilot single site randomized controlled trial to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a nudging intervention providing surgeons with procedure-specific feedback regarding patients' postoperative opioid…
- Trial name
- NCT05299528
- Testing
- Direct Feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 465 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Investigating Social Competence in Youth With Autism
Our treatment, SENSE Theatre, combines several well-documented, effective behavioral strategies and theatre techniques. The proposed project will extend previous findings showing improving improvement in memory for faces.
- Trial name
- NCT03368001
- Testing
- SENSE Theatre, Tackling Teenage Together
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 318 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Colorectal Cancer, Shared Decision Making
Preoperative 3D Models and Shared Decision-making
The objectives of this study will be to quantify, using validated scales, the effects of 3D-printed models on shared decision-making and patient anxiety during the pre-operative consent and education process.
- Conditions
- Colorectal Cancer, Shared Decision Making, Anxiety, Informed Consent
- Trial name
- NCT06625008
- Testing
- 3D-printed model
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Orthostatic Intolerance
Orthostatic Intolerance After Bariatric Surgery
More than 78 million adults in the U.S. are obese. Bariatric surgery is the only modality that results in sustained weight loss along with reversal of diabetes mellitus, and a decrease in cardiovascular events.
- Trial name
- RYGB (NCT03808740)
- Testing
- Atomoxetine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ocular Infection, Viral
Can COVID-19 Persist in Intraocular Fluid?
Several common viruses thrive and persist in intraocular fluid due to ocular immune privilege. Immune privilege is maintained by lack of lymphatic tissue, a strong blood ocular barrier, and regulation of the systemic immune…
- Trial name
- NCT04945850
- Testing
- routine care intraocular sx
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Priapism Due to Sickle Cell Disease
A Trial for Prevention of Recurrent Ischemic Priapism in Men With Sickle Cell Disease: A Pilot Study
To conduct a randomized controlled internal pilot feasibility trial for the prevention of recurrent ischemic priapism referred to as the Priapism in Nigeria (PIN) trial.
- Trial name
- PIN (NCT05142254)
- Testing
- Tadalafil, Hydroxyurea
- Where
- 2 sites in Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Telehealth Autism Assessment for Adults
The study aims to investigate the reliability and validity of an adapted Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment measure for use in a telehealth visit.
- Trial name
- NCT04766970
- Testing
- ADOS-2 Module 4, Adapted Telehealth ADOS-2 Module 4
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Colorectal Cancer
Magnesium Treatment on Vitamin D Metabolism in Participants Completed Personalized Prevention of Colorectal Cancer Trial
One striking observation is that a large portion of the inter-person variation in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels is unexplained.
- Trial name
- NCT03265483
- Testing
- Magnesium glycinate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Medication Management
Discharge Medication Counseling in Hospitalized Children
Our objective is to design and test the efficacy of a health-literacy-informed discharge medication counseling intervention in the inpatient setting to reduce medication dosing errors and improve adherence in hospitalized…
- Trial name
- NCT05143047
- Testing
- Medication counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 198 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Acute Respiratory Failure
DirEct Versus VIdeo LaryngosCopE Trial
Clinicians perform rapid sequence induction, laryngoscopy, and tracheal intubation for more than 5 million critically ill adults as a part of clinical care each year in the United States.
- Trial name
- DEVICE (NCT05239195)
- Testing
- Video Laryngoscope, Direct Laryngoscope
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,420 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Schizophrenia; Psychosis, Persecutory Delusion
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Study Evaluating the Updating of Persecutory Beliefs
The purpose of this study is to examine how Bayesian belief updating changes throughout psychotherapeutic treatment for persecutory delusions.
- Trial name
- NCT04748679
- Testing
- Worry Intervention, Befriending
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Overactive Bladder, Stress, Psychological
Stress and Anxiety Effects on Overactive Bladder
The purpose of this study is to assess how psychological stress and anxiety relate to bladder sensitivity and to psychological burdens in people with overactive bladder and how this can be measured effectively.
- Conditions
- Overactive Bladder, Stress, Psychological, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT05087810
- Testing
- Psychological stress induction, Accelerated oral hydration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Cognitive Impairment
Assessment of Cognitive and Functional Impairment in Older Patients After ERCP
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is an interventional endoscopy procedure utilized in the therapeutic management of pancreatobiliary diseases including gallstones, bile duct strictures, leaks and infections…
- Trial name
- NCT03762954
- Testing
- Neurocognitive function assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 215 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
HIV Infections
Storytelling to Increase Family Support for Pre Exposure Prophylaxis Use
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective at preventing HIV infection but requires high levels of medication adherence, particularly among women.
- Trial name
- PrEP (NCT04071470)
- Testing
- Storytelling, PrEP
- Where
- Mozambique
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Sacro-Iliac Spondylosis
Particulate Corticosteroid Versus Non-particulate Corticosteroid for Sacroiliac Joint Injection
Comparing two different corticosteroids (dexamethasone and triamcinolone) for use in sacroiliac joint injections
- Trial name
- NCT03166761
- Testing
- Dexamethasone, Triamcinolone Acetonide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center