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- Multiple sclerosis (MS)💵 May compensate
This Study Involves a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan Using a New Investigational Radioactive Tracer, [18F]-FZTA, to Detect Inflammation in the Brain. The Tracer Will be Tested in Healthy Younger Adults and Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis.
Testing a new brain PET scan tracer to detect inflammation in multiple sclerosis
📍 Washington University in St. Louis · St Louis, MO · Get directions →
This study involves a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan using a new investigational radioactive tracer, \[18F\]-FZTA, to detect inflammation in the brain. The tracer will be tested in healthy younger adults and individuals with Multiple Sclerosis.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's💵 May compensate
Individual Closed-Loop Neuromodulation Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease
Testing a brain stimulation approach to study memory and thinking in people with early
📍 Massachusetts General Hospital · Charlestown, MA · Get directions →
The project is a placebo-controlled study that aims to use closed-loop transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) to study patients with symptoms of mild cognitive impairment which is likely due to Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia (AD-MCI). Patients will undergo an EEG and complete some questionnaires and computer tasks during each study visit.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's💵 May compensate
Study of LHP588 in Subjects With P. Gingivalis-Positive Alzheimer's Disease
Testing an Alzheimer’s treatment in people with dementia and gum infection
📍 Banner Alzheimer's Institute · Phoenix, AZ · +38 more US sites · Get directions →
This study is to test LHP588 in persons who have mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) who have shown progressive mental decline in the last year and who have P. gingivalis (Pg) infection.
- Sickle cell disease💵 May compensate
Escalating Doses of VAS-101 in Subjects With Stable Sickle Cell Disease
Testing higher doses of VAS-101 in people with stable sickle cell disease
📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder. The disease affects the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen.
- Sickle cell disease💵 May compensate
Integrative Medicine in Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease, 2.0
Testing whether acupuncture can reduce pain in people with sickle cell disease
📍 Indiana University School of Medicine · Indianapolis, IN · Get directions →
The proposed research is to determine the clinical efficacy and neurobiological mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia in patients with sickle cell disease.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's💵 May compensate
Investigation of Inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Using [11C]-CS1P1
Testing a brain scan tracer to measure inflammation in dementia
📍 Washington University School of Medicine · St Louis, MO · Get directions →
This study involves a brain positron emission tomography (PET) scan with a new, investigational radioactive tracer called \[11C\]-CS1P1 to identify inflammation in the brain by testing with healthy older adults and with cognitively impaired older adults.
- Dementia / Alzheimer's💵 May compensate
Intervention for Communication Quality of Life in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Testing an online speech and language program to improve communication and quality of life for
📍 University of Texas · Austin, TX · Get directions →
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a personalized, multi-component, virtual speech language treatment program can improve communication and quality of life for adults with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and their primary communication partners. The study will enroll participants who speak English and/or Spanish.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)💵 May compensate
The Influence of a Fasting Mimicking Diet on Ulcerative Colitis
Testing how a fasting-like diet affects inflammation in ulcerative colitis
📍 Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to see how a diet that mimics fasting effects inflammation in patients with mild to moderate Ulcerative Colitis (UC). The diet may allow users to receive the benefits of fasting while also being able to enjoy food (the ingredients of which are GRAS (generally recognized as safe) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)💵 May compensate
Fermented Food-Supplemented Diet in Ulcerative Colitis
Testing whether a diet with fermented food supplements affects inflammation and quality of life in
📍 Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to see how a diet that supplements fermented foods effects inflammation and quality of life in patients with mild to moderate Ulcerative Colitis (UC). There is a paucity of research and an enormous need for better understanding of diet and intestinal inflammation.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)💵 May compensate
Treatment of UC With Novel Therapeutics
Testing an oral medicine to treat mild ulcerative colitis over 12 weeks
📍 Brigham and Women's Hospital · Chestnut Hill, MA · Get directions →
This study is a clinical trial being done to investigate the efficacy of drug BRS201 as a treatment in patients with active mild ulcerative colitis. Participation in this study will take 12 weeks long and the study is structured as a crossover study in which participants will take the study drug for 4 weeks and a placebo drug for 4 weeks in a randomized order in the form of an oral medication.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)💵 May compensate
Study of Novel Therapeutics for Acute Remedy of Colitis
Testing a new treatment in adults with acute ulcerative colitis
📍 Brigham and Women's Hospital · Chestnut Hill, MA · +1 more US site · Get directions →
This study is a clinical trial being done to investigate the efficacy of drug BRS201 as a treatment in patients with acute ulcerative colitis. Patients who qualify are adults who have not responded to treatments for their severe ulcerative colitis.
- COPD (chronic lung disease)💵 May compensate
PiMZ Longitudinal Cohort (PiMZ Logic)
Tracking how COPD affects people with the PiMZ form of alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency
📍 University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · +4 more US sites · Get directions →
Alpha-1 Anti-trypsin Deficiency (AATD) is a genetic disease with lung and liver disease presentations. Presentations are variable in the heterozygous population, the most predominant genotype being PiMZ.
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)💵 May compensate
Prospective Evaluation of Sequencing From antiCD-20 Therapies to Ozanimod
Testing whether ozanimod is safe and works as a step-down treatment for stable multiple sclerosis
📍 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · Aurora, CO · +2 more US sites · Get directions →
A multi-center pilot study to evaluate safety and efficacy of ozanimod as de-escalation therapy in clinically stable MS patients previously treated with anti-CD20 therapy.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)💵 May compensate
Open-label Single-arm Study to Assess the Efficacy of Mirikizumab in Patients With Inflammatory Strictures Due to CD
Testing whether mirikizumab is safe and works for people with Crohn’s strictures
📍 Digestive & Liver Center of Florida · Orlando, FL · +1 more US site · Get directions →
This is an open-label, single-arm, phase 4 study to assess the safety and efficacy of mirikizumab in approximately 60 participants with stricturing CD.
- COPD (chronic lung disease)💵 May compensate
Effect of the Inhaled Triple Therapies Over the Small Airway in Biomass Exposure
Comparing inhaled triple versus double medicines for COPD lung airways after wood smoke exposure
📍 Insituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias "Ismael Cosío Villegas" · Mexico City, Tlalpan · Get directions →
This phase IV randomized controlled clinical trial intend to compare the effect of three close standard inhaled triple therapies and one close standard inhaled double therapy on the small airway in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD-B) and chronic bronchitis without obstruction (BCNO) exposed to wood smoke. The treatment phase duration is of 3 months.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)💵 May compensate
Behavioral Therapy for Crohn's Disease
Testing talk therapy to help people with Crohn’s disease with mood and stress
📍 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · +1 more US site · Get directions →
People living with Crohn's disease (CD) experience psychological and emotional symptoms, in addition to known chronic and disabling physical symptoms, which prevent them from living their life to the fullest (flourishing). Depression and anxiety are experienced by 30% of people living with CD and 60% of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients continue to report chronic pain, stress, sleeplessness, and fatigue, even when they are "objectively" in remission.
- Migraine / chronic headache💵 May compensate
Real-world Prospective Study on the Use of Anti-CGRP Drugs in Migraine
Studying real-world results of migraine preventive medicines targeting CGRP
📍 University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine · Miami, FL · Get directions →
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate clinical differences in patients who received preventive treatment with medication targeting calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) or its receptor: monoclonal antibodies (erenumab, galcanezumab, fremanezumab, eptinezumab) or gepants (rimegepant, atogepant) during a 2-year period observation phase.
- COPD (chronic lung disease)💵 May compensate
Routine vs On-demand ECMO for Lung Transplantation
Comparing routine versus on-demand ECMO during lung transplants for people with COPD
📍 Univeristy of Alberta & Alberta Health Services · Edmonton, Alberta · Get directions →
Lung transplantation is a complex procedure performed in patients with terminal lung disease. The transplant procedure stresses the patient's heart and lungs, which are already taxed by the underlying disease process.
- COPD (chronic lung disease)💵 May compensate
Inter-lobar Fissure Completion in Patients With Failed Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction
Testing a lung procedure to reduce lung trapping in severe COPD
📍 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · Get directions →
The purpose of this protocol is to perform a pilot prospective controlled clinical trial to evaluate the potential role of lung fissure completion with pleural adhesiolysis strategy (experimental intervention) in severe emphysema/COPD patients with failed bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) via the use of endobronchial valves (EBVs) therapy. In select patients, the lung fissure completion with adhesiolysis strategy will be performed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) guided stapling along the lung fissures to reduce collateral ventilation with adhesions removal and determine whether this experimental strategy will improve outcomes after failed BLVR in patients with severe emphysema/COPD.
- COPD (chronic lung disease)💵 May compensate
Neurocognitive and Health Impact of Sleep Apnea in Elderly Veterans With Comorbid COPD
Studying whether sleep apnea together with COPD affects thinking in older veterans
📍 John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI · Detroit, MI · Get directions →
Cognitive dysfunction in the aging Veteran population is a growing health concern in the Veterans Health System. It is not known whether OSA coexisting with COPD will enhance the risk for cognitive dysfunction.
- COPD (chronic lung disease)💵 May compensate
Feasibility, Safety and Efficacy of Nebulized Long-Acting Bronchodilators (Formoterol and Revefenacin) vs. Short-Acting Bronchodilators (Albuterol and Ipratropium) in Hospitalized Patients With AECOPD
Testing nebulized long-acting breathing medicines vs usual short-acting ones in hospitalized COPD
📍 University of Tennessee Medical Center · Knoxville, TN · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, safety and efficacy of a combination of nebulized Formoterol and Revefenacin among patients hospitalized for AECOPD compared with standard-of-care therapy with nebulized Albuterol and Ipratropium.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)💵 May compensate
Treat-to-Target of Endoscopic Remission in Patients With IBD in Symptomatic Remission
Comparing switching to another immune-suppressing treatment versus staying on current treatment to
📍 Hoag Hospital · Irvine, CA · +21 more US sites · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness and safety of a strategy of switching to an alternative targeted immunomodulator (TIM) therapy to treat to a target of endoscopic remission, versus continuing index TIM in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis \[UC\]) in symptomatic remission with moderate to severe endoscopic inflammation despite optimization of index TIM in a real-world setting.
- COPD (chronic lung disease)💵 May compensate
Study of Clinical and Patient-reported Outcomes in Adults With Moderate to Severe COPD Treated With Breztri/Trixeo
Studying how adults with COPD feel and how their symptoms change over time
📍 Research Site · Buenos Aires, · Get directions →
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Exacerbations accelerate disease progression and increase the risk of death.