Clinical trials: sponsored by 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
Emergency Medicine, Frontline Providers
N95 Reuse During COVID-19
During critical personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages, such as those associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends N95 extended use (wearing the same N95 for multiple patient…
- Conditions
- Emergency Medicine, Frontline Providers, Healthcare Worker
- Trial name
- ReuseN95 (NCT05148793)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 412 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Alcoholism
A Study of Pleiotropic Pioglitazone Effects on the Alcoholic Lung (APPEAL Study)
This study is a single center, open-label, randomized clinical trial to determine the effect of pioglitazone (PIO) treatment on alveolar macrophage immune function, redox stress, and NADPH oxidase expression in outpatient…
- Trial name
- APPEAL (NCT03060772)
- Testing
- Pioglitazone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Hiv, Pregnancy Related
A Crossover Study Evaluating 3 Non-medicated Silicone IVRs
The overall aim of this study is to assess different external diameters of intravaginal rings (IVRs) for adherence, preference, and acceptability.
- Trial name
- NCT05128136
- Testing
- Impact of ring size on adherence
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Population Council
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Delay
Validation of a Salivary miRNA Diagnostic Test for ASD
This study involves sample collection to identify biomarkers relating to Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) in the saliva of children who are between the ages of 18 months to 6 years and 11 months.
- Trial name
- NCT05418023
- Testing
- Salivary Collection, Adaptive Assessment, Medical and Demographic questionnaire
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 6,604 people
- Sponsor
- Quadrant Biosciences Inc.
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
Sentinel Lymph Node, Melanoma (Skin)
SPY-X: A Study to Assess the Feasibility of Using SPY Alone for Sentinel Node Localization for Melanoma or Breast Cancer
The objective of this study is to determine if fluorescence lymphangiography can be used alone to localize sentinel nodes in patients with melanoma or breast cancer.
- Conditions
- Sentinel Lymph Node, Melanoma (Skin), Breast Cancer
- Trial name
- SPYX (NCT03294330)
- Testing
- IC-Green KIT
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Anesthesia
Epidural Technique: Does it Really Matter to the Patient?
The main objective of this study will be to determine if the dural puncture epidural (DPE) provides superior analgesia and better patient satisfaction when compared to traditional epidurals for cesarean sections, and to also…
- Trial name
- NCT03539796
- Testing
- Dural puncture epidurals (DPE), Traditional epidurals (EPI), Combined-spinal epidural technique (CSE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Type2 Diabetes Mellitus
Guide To Goals: A Novel Care Coordination Tool for Children With Type Two Diabetes (T2D)
The ultimate goal of this field trial is to systematically evaluate a novel care coordination tool for children with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) in an office setting at Emory/Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta.
- Trial name
- GTG (NCT03926598)
- Testing
- Patient and/or Family Member Intervention, Certified Diabetes Educator Intervention, Physician Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgia Institute of Technology
HIV
Dolutegravir in Reservoirs
The purpose of this study is to find out how well the HIV medication dolutegravir gets into different parts of the body including blood plasma, special blood cells, and rectal tissue.
- Trial name
- NCT02924389
- Testing
- dolutegravir, Triumeq, Truvada
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 22 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
Stroke, Stroke, Acute
Study of Allogeneic Umbilical Cord Blood Infusion for Adults With Ischemic Stroke
The primary objective of this study is to determine the efficacy of a single intravenous infusion of unrelated donor umbilical cord blood (UCB) for improving functional outcomes in patients with ischemic stroke.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Stroke, Acute, Brain Injury, Acute
- Trial name
- CoBIS 2 (NCT03004976)
- Testing
- Umbilical Cord Blood
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people
- Sponsor
- Joanne Kurtzberg, MD
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
Recurrent Glioblastoma, Recurrent Gliosarcoma
Inducing a Hypothyroxinemic State in Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma or Gliosarcoma
This early phase I trial studies the safety and feasibility of inducing a hypothyroxinemic state in patients with glioblastoma or gliosarcoma that has come back (recurrent).
- Trial name
- NCT05017610
- Testing
- Liothyronine, Lomustine, Methimazole
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Candesartan's Effects on Alzheimer's Disease And Related Biomarkers
This study is intended to investigate the safety of candesartan, a blood pressure medication, in non-hypertensive individuals who have mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer's disease and its effect on disease…
- Trial name
- CEDAR (NCT02646982)
- Testing
- Candesartan
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Surgical Site Infection, Obesity
SUpPress SSI - Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) to Reduce Surgical Site Infections
Our goal is to provide data that will give surgeons and hospitals clear recommendations on the use of NPWT for Cesarean section, abdominal hysterectomy and colon surgeries in patients with diabetes and/or obesity.
- Conditions
- Surgical Site Infection, Obesity, Diabetes, Cesarean Section Complications
- Trial name
- SUpPressSSI (NCT03816293)
- Testing
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3,680 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Stroke
Global Impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic on Stroke Care, Cerebral Venous Thrombosis, and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
A 1-year analysis of global selected stroke metric data will be conducted comparing the results during the Covid-19 pandemic to the pre-pandemic period.
- Trial name
- NCT04934020
- Testing
- Pre-pandemic stroke related metrics, Stroke related metrics during the pandemic
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 345,089 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma, Thyroid Gland Follicular Carcinoma
Lenvatinib and Iodine Therapy in Treating Patients With Radioactive Iodine-Sensitive Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
This phase II trial studies how well lenvatinib works when given together with standard of care iodine I-131 in treating patients with radioactive iodine-sensitive differentiated thyroid cancer.
- Conditions
- Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma, Thyroid Gland Follicular Carcinoma, Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma
- Trial name
- NCT03506048
- Testing
- Lenvatinib
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University