Clinical trials: Early Phase 1
Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Cachexia
Ruxolitinib for Cancer Cachexia
To assess toxicity with use of Ruxolitinib in NSCLC cachexia patients; to associate levels of JAK/STAT signaling in blood, adipose, and muscle pre- and post-ruxolitinib treatment with changes in cachexia and anorexia.
- Trial name
- NCT04906746
- Testing
- Identify any dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) when ruxolitinib is administered to NSCLC cachexia patients.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Tu Dan
Opioid Use Disorder
Neurobehavioral Mechanisms of Choice in Opioid Use Disorder
The objective of this protocol is to use probabilistic reinforcement learning choice tasks and magnetic resonance neuroimaging to demonstrate the impact of problematic opioid use and opioid withdrawal on dynamic decision-making…
- Trial name
- NCT03958474
- Testing
- Oxycodone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Joshua A. Lile, Ph.D.
Healthy Participants
Washington University WU 409: Immune Responses to Rabies Vaccine.
This study will evaluate the immune response to rabies vaccination persons 18 years and older. We will evaluate thirty healthy participants across three cohorts: 1) standard rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis regimen (two doses of…
- Trial name
- NCT07399951
- Testing
- Imovax, RabAvert, HyperRAB
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Epidural Spinal Tumors, Cancer
Study of Combined Decompressive Spine Radiosurgery and Pembrolizumab
The purpose of this research study is to find out what effects (good and bad) Pembrolizumab and radiosurgery have on participants with high-grade epidural disease of the spine.
- Trial name
- NCT05204290
- Testing
- Pembrolizumab, Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, Blood draws
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Keratoconus, Dry Eye
Safety and Efficacy of Intracanalicular Dexamethasone Compared to Loteprednol Etabonate in Patients With Keratoconus
Drug delivery platforms are an innovative exciting advancement in ophthalmology. They allow patients to eliminate topical medications which are generally associated with lack of compliance, difficulty of use and requiring help…
- Conditions
- Keratoconus, Dry Eye, Allergy
- Trial name
- NCT04418999
- Testing
- dexamethasone ophthalmic insert 0.4 mg, for intracanalicular use, Loteprednol Etabonate 0.38% Ophthalmic Gel/Jelly
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Illinois College of Optometry
Bladder Cancer, Urothelial Carcinoma
18Fluorine-Fluciclovine PET/CT for Staging Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Preceding Radical Cystectomy
This research study is studying a positron emission tomography (PET) agent called 18F-fluciclovine to evaluate how well 18F-fluciclovine-PET scans determine the extent of muscle invasive bladder cancer (as compared to regular CT…
- Trial name
- NCT04018053
- Testing
- 18F-fluciclovine, PET/CT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Colorectal Cancer
ASPIRED-XT: ASPirin Intervention for the REDuction of Colorectal Cancer Risk -EXTension
This research study is studying a drug intervention as a possible chemoprevention strategy for colorectal cancer. The name of the study intervention involved in this study is: Low Dose Aspirin
- Trial name
- NCT05056896
- Testing
- Aspirin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 161 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Environmental and Genetic Factors on Lung Function
ONES Grant: CXCL10/CXCR3 Regulation of Ozone-Induced Epithelial Permeability
The purpose of this research study to understand how environmental and genetic factors may be involved in lung function. Study participants will undergo a 1-day screening that includes a blood draw and breathing testing, return…
- Trial name
- NCT03599206
- Testing
- Ozone, Filtered Air
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Robert Tighe, MD
Nicotine Dependence, Smoking, Cigarette
Isradipine Enhancement of Virtual Reality Cue Exposure for Smoking Cessation
The proposed study represents a crucial and important stage in translating basic research to strategies for treating nicotine dependence.
- Conditions
- Nicotine Dependence, Smoking, Cigarette, Smoking Cessation, Smoking Behaviors
- Trial name
- NCT03083353
- Testing
- Isradipine, Cue Exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jasper A. Smits
Social Anxiety Disorder
Dose Timing of D-Cycloserine to Augment CBT for Social Anxiety Disorder
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of 50 mg of d-cycloserine in comparison to placebo (a pill containing no medication) for improving the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in reducing symptoms…
- Trial name
- NCT02066792
- Testing
- D-Cycloserine, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jasper A. Smits
Cerebral Arterial Diseases
Human Cerebral Blood Flow Regulation
To determine cerebrovascular control mechanisms in humans and provide mechanistic knowledge to offer new sex-specific therapeutic options for cerebrovascular diseases.
- Trial name
- Gas Challenge (NCT04265053)
- Testing
- Indomethacin 25 MG/50 MG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Postmenopausal Symptoms, Aging
Cholinergic Health After Menopause (CHAMP)
Women are at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Notably at menopause, some women experience a change in cognition. However, not all women experience negative effects of menopause on cognition.
- Conditions
- Postmenopausal Symptoms, Aging, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- CHAMP (NCT04129060)
- Testing
- Cholinergic antagonist
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA)
Study to Determine Effect of Gentle Wounding to Stimulate Hair Follicle Neogenesis
The investigators have extensive evidence in mouse that wounding leads to the generation of new hair follicles in the skin. This can be an important new therapy for patients with scarring, but especially those with alopecia.
- Trial name
- NCT03491267
- Testing
- Retinoic acid, Laser
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Cardiovascular Diseases, Atherosclerosis
Ertugliflozin: Cardioprotective Effects on Epicardial Fat
The purpose of this study is to learn if Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) medications enhance beneficial properties of epicardial adipose tissue including metabolic flexibility, insulin sensitivity, decreased…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Atherosclerosis, Type 2 Diabetes, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT04167761
- Testing
- Ertugliflozin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Methamphetamine-dependence, Postpartum Abstinence
PRevention Of Methamphetamine Use Among Postpartum Women Trial (PROMPT)
The PRevention Of Methamphetamine Use among Postpartum Women Trial (PROMPT) is randomized controlled trial of postpartum individuals with methamphetamine use disorder to 12 weeks of 200 mg oral micronized progesterone twice daily…
- Trial name
- NCT05128071
- Testing
- Progesterone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Healthy, Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI)
Characterization of Tissue-Specific Immune Responses to Bronchoscopic Instillation of Mycobacterial Antigens Into the Human Lung
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a lung disease. It is caused by inhaling a type of airborne bacterium. Tuberculin Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) is used to test for TB exposure. It is usually injected under a person s skin.
- Trial name
- NCT05027958
- Testing
- Tuberculin Purified Protein Derivative
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Pediatric Obesity
Phentermine/Topiramate in Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
As the prevalence of obesity rises in the U.S., so does the incidence of pediatric type 2 diabetes (T2D), which is associated with more aggressive disease progression than in adults.
- Trial name
- NCT04881799
- Testing
- Phentermine/Topiramate (Qsymia)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Asthma
GSNOR Phenotyping/GSNO Challenge in Severe Asthma
Asthma is caused by or worsened by different things in different people. It is because of these differences that not all people with asthma respond the same to all treatments and medicines.
- Trial name
- NCT03926741
- Testing
- GSNO Challenge
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- James Reynolds
Chronic Actinic Dermatitis
Comparison of Efficacy of Methotrexate and Azathioprine in Patients With Chronic Actinic Dermatitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of AZT and MTX in patients with Chronic Actinic Dermatitis (CAD). These drugs have been used successfully as steroid-sparing alternatives in a variety of related…
- Trial name
- NCT06476366
- Testing
- Azathioprine, Methotrexate
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Pak Emirates Military Hospital
X-linked Hypophosphatemia, Hypophosphatemic Rickets
Calcitriol Monotherapy for X-Linked Hypophosphatemia
Children and adults with XLH recruited will be treated with calcitriol alone (without phosphate supplementation) for one year, during which the calcitriol dose will be escalated during the first 3 months of therapy.
- Conditions
- X-linked Hypophosphatemia, Hypophosphatemic Rickets, Hypophosphatemic Rickets, X-Linked Dominant
- Trial name
- NCT03748966
- Testing
- Calcitriol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital