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- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)
📍 Children's Hospital of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · +10 more US sites · Get directions →
Approximately 3 million people in the United States are living with inflammatory bowel disease, which includes Crohn's Disease (CD). There are limited treatment options approved for use in children and adults with Crohn's disease.
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. MS lesions can appear on the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans in many ways.
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →
Background: In people with multiple sclerosis (MS), brain and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers indicate inflammation or disease. Researchers want to see if 4 drugs given alone or combined affect MS biomarkers.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)
📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →
Background: Crohn s disease (CD) is an inflammatory bowel disease. It causes inflammation of the gut.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)
📍 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · Get directions →
Crohn's Disease (CD) is an inflammatory bowel disease. It can lead to significant complications and discomfort in the stomach and intestines.
- COPD (chronic lung disease)
📍 UPMC Presbyterian · Pittsburgh, PA · +1 more US site · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a lung transplantation prior to bone marrow transplantation (BMT) would allow for restoration of pulmonary function prior to BMT, allowing to proceed to BMT, to restore hematologic function.
- Depression
📍 Mayo Clinic Florida · Jacksonville, FL · Get directions →
The purpose of this research is to study the effects of intravenous ketamine infusions for the treatment of patients with depressive symptoms in intensive care unit (ICU).
- Depression
📍 Site 200 · Phoenix, AZ · +39 more US sites · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to determine efficacy differences between ALTO-300 and placebo, used adjunctively to an antidepressant, related to patient characteristics.
- Depression
📍 University of Iowa Health Care · Iowa City, IA · Get directions →
A single subanesthetic dose infusion of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist ketamine has rapid and robust antidepressant effects in patients with treatment-refractory major depressive disorder (TRD). A family history of an alcohol use disorder (Family History Positive, FHP) is one of the strongest identified predictors of an improved antidepressant response to ketamine.
- Depression
📍 The Dauten Family Center for Bipolar Treatment Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · Get directions →
We propose to test the hypothesis that bezafibrate, a pan-PPAR agonist, may be effective and safe for bipolar depression with the following specific aims: Aim #1. Proof-of-Concept Safety and Tolerability Aim: To assess the safety and tolerability of bezafibrate added to anti-manic medication for bipolar depression, especially with regard to worsening manic symptoms and suicidal ideation.
- Dementia / Alzheimer'sMultiple sclerosis (MS)
📍 Brigham MS Center, 60 Fenwood Road · Boston, MA · Get directions →
The specific aims of the study are: Primary: To determine the presence and regional distribution of microglial activation, as assessed by Fluorine-18 (18F) labeled "Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor 06" (PBR06) -PET, in subjects with active Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS), Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (SPMS), and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) as compared to healthy controls Secondary: 1. To assess the relationship between microglial activation and clinical variables including disease severity and comorbidities (such as pain, fatigue and/or depression), as well as clinical MRI findings (such as lesions and atrophy) 2.
- Depression
📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →
Background: There are no good treatments for people considering suicide. Researchers want to study suicide with questions, blood tests, brain imaging, and sleep studies.
- High cholesterolLupus (SLE)
📍 Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · +1 more US site · Get directions →
This treatment trial evaluates the addition of an anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha drug, certolizumab, to usual treatment (a heparin agent and low-dose aspirin) in pregnant women with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and repeatedly positive tests for lupus anticoagulant (LAC) to determine if this regimen will improve pregnancy outcomes. All enrolled patients will receive certolizumab, and pregnancy outcomes will be compared to those of women with APS and repeatedly positive tests for LAC enrolled in a previous study by the investigators.
- COPD (chronic lung disease)
📍 University of Virginia Health System · Charlottesville, VA · Get directions →
Hyper polarized Xenon-129 MRI will be directly compared to a radioactive Xe-133 scintigraphy to detect defects in lung ventilation from airflow limitation. This study is conducted as a pilot study with intention to conduct a larger clinical trial.
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
📍 Brigham MS Center, 60 Fenwood Road · Boston, MA · Get directions →
This study aims to use \[C-11\]MRB PET (positron emission tomography) imaging to look at brain injury in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and healthy individuals. The overarching hypothesis is that there is decreased radioligand binding to the norepinephrine transporter in multiple sclerosis, reflecting injury to the noradrenergic system and that it plays a role in disease pathogenesis, its clinical manifestations and severity.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)
📍 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · Get directions →
Unfortunately, some patients with Crohn's disease (CD) fail to respond to the best clinical treatments and some only experience temporary benefit. For severe Crohn's disease, there is an experimental treatment called "high dose immunoablation" followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)
📍 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · Houston, TX · Get directions →
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lyophilized PRIM-DJ2727 capsules given orally in subjects with ulcerative colitis at remission stage. This study will also include longitudinal analyses of recipient's gut microbiota taxonomy and metagenomics to determine potential associations with clinical outcomes in context of active FMT or placebo administration.
- Depression
📍 Laureate Institute for Brain Research · Tulsa, OK · Get directions →
This is a parallel group, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study. Participants with MDD (n=90) and HC (n=90) will be randomly assigned (2:1) to receive either lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (0.8ng/kg of body weight) or placebo (same volume of 0.9% saline) administered as an intravenous bolus.
- DepressionAnxiety
📍 The Ottawa Hospital · Ottawa, Ontario · Get directions →
The goal of this multi-centre phase I/II open-label, single-arm study is to determine the safety, feasibility, therapeutic dose, and preliminary efficacy of psilocybin microdosing to treat psychological distress among patients with advanced illness. Forty patients will receive psilocybin drug product (1-3mg per day, Mon-Fri) for 4 weeks to be administered via oral capsules by the participant.
- Lupus (SLE)
📍 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · Get directions →
A subset of autoimmune diseases (ADs) in children and young adults are life-threatening and unresponsive to conventional treatments. In these patients, the delivery of high dose immunosuppressive therapy followed by autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) offers a treatment strategy capable of purging the pathogenic, autoreactive immune system and an opportunity for "immune reset." This strategy has been used in adults across a myriad of indications with evidence for efficacy.
- Depression
📍 Nova Scotia Health · Halifax, Nova Scotia · Get directions →
The TIDE project aims to establish personal indicators for initial treatment choice for youth with first episode depression. Specifically, 100 adolescents and young adults (age 12 to 25) with untreated major depressive disorder of recent onset will be randomly allocated in 1:1 ratio to one of two evidence-based regimens for youth depression: (A) Individual cognitive-behavioural therapy; and (B) Optimized pharmacological treatment with an antidepressant.
- COPD (chronic lung disease)
📍 Clinical Physiology Laboratory · Edmonton, Alberta · Get directions →
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a condition characterized by airway obstruction. Patients with COPD experience significant shortness of breath on exertion.
- Depression
📍 Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · Get directions →
This study will investigate whether cannabidiol (CBD), the primary centrally and peripherally active non-intoxicating compound in the cannabis plant, exerts anti-neuroinflammatory effects in patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP) with or without mild-to-moderate depression.
- DepressionAnxiety
📍 Mclean Hospital · Belmont, MA · Get directions →
The study will investigate whether a nociceptin receptor antagonist will normalize neural and behavioral processes of approach/avoidance decision-making in unmedicated individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) and anxiety disorders. More specifically, the study aims to investigate dysregulation within (1) corticostriatal-midbrain circuitry and (2) nociceptin/orphanin FQ peptide and the nociceptin receptor (NOPR).
- COPD (chronic lung disease)
📍 UCSD Sleep Research · La Jolla, CA · Get directions →
Major progress has been made in the area of cardiovascular disease, but we believe that further progress will involve mechanistically addressing underlying respiratory causes including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The most common cause of death in COPD is cardiovascular, although mechanisms are unknown.
- Lupus (SLE)
📍 Clnica SER da Bahia · Salvador, Estado de Bahia · Get directions →
This study will assess how mosunetuzumab works in people who have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who may or may not also have active lupus nephritis (LN).
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
📍 University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · Get directions →
The purpose of this research study is to compare the effects of cannabidiol (CBD), tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), or both, on sleep and pain in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). Little is known about how CBD and/or THC may help sleep, reduce pain, or perhaps even treat pain through better sleep.
- DepressionAnxiety
📍 MD Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · Get directions →
To learn if Cognitive Behavior Therapy (called CBT), combined with either Bright Light Therapy (called BLT), methylphenidate, and/or melatonin, can help improve sleep and other related symptoms such as fatigue, anxiety, and depression in cancer patients. This is an investigational study.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)
📍 GI Alliance · Sun City, AZ · +38 more US sites · Get directions →
The goal of this study is to learn if tilpisertib fosmecarbil (formerly known as GS-5290) is effective and safe in treating participants with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. The study will compare participants in different treatment groups treated with tilpisertib fosmecarbil with participants treated with placebo.
- DepressionAnxiety
📍 Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · Get directions →
This study will determine the effects of pregnenolone on brain function, inflammation and depressive symptoms in people with HIV who have depression. Participants in this study will receive a pill of either pregnenolone or placebo, and can stay on their current antidepression medications.
- Depression
📍 University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · +33 more US sites · Get directions →
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if zelquistinel works to treat depression in adults. It will also learn about the safety of zelquistinel.
- DepressionAnxiety
📍 UCLA · Westwood, Los Angeles, CA · Get directions →
The goal of this study is to investigate a new treatment for chronic symptoms after concussion or mild traumatic brain injury in people aged 18-65 years old. Chronic symptoms could include dizziness, headache, fatigue, brain fog, memory difficulty, sleep disruption, irritability, or anxiety that occurred or worsened after the injury.
- Depression
📍 Health Discovery Building (HDB), 1601 Trinity St., Bldg B., Z0600 · Austin, TX · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and feasibility of sequencing psilocybin therapy with a short-duration, aiTBS protocol (Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy, or SAINT) in individuals with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder.
- Depression
📍 Laureate Institute for Brain Research · Tulsa, OK · Get directions →
This is a 2x2, within-subjects, cross-over trial to test the anti-depressant effects of acute exercise in 20 participants with bipolar depression. Participants will complete four experimental sessions, two with an exercise challenge and two with a resting control condition in a counterbalanced order.
- DepressionAnxiety
📍 University of Calgary · Calgary, Alberta · Get directions →
Background and Rationale: Suicide is the second leading cause of death in Canadian Emerging Adults (EAs; 18-24yrs). Current treatments for suicidal thoughts and behaviors are limited and novel treatments are required to save lives.
- DepressionAnxiety
📍 Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC · Durham, NC · Get directions →
Anxiety and depression symptoms occur at high rates in Veteran populations and can significantly impact function, compromising the ability to work and to successfully form and maintain valued relationships. Several other symptoms commonly occur with anxiety and depression, including poor sleep quality and chronic pain.
- Depression
📍 High Specialty Medical Unit No. 1, Bajío. Mexican Social Security Institute · León, Guanajuato · Get directions →
The goal of this randomised clinical trial is to evaluate the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on major depressive disorder (MDD) and on the levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). TMS works to treat MDD by using low-intensity magnetic fields to modulate certain areas of the brain, activating them which can help improve the mood of those suffering from the disorder.
- DepressionAnxiety
📍 University of Colorado at Boulder · Boulder, CO · Get directions →
Cannabis use increased 10 fold among adults over the age of 65 between 2014 and 2016 but very little data exists on the extent of their harmful effects on health and behavior. The overarching goal of this project is to test a novel harm reduction strategy in which older individuals who seek to use cannabis for pain, anxiety or mood problems (depression/anxiety) will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions in an 8 week randomized controlled trial: hemp-derived CBD+THC, hemp-derived CBD-THC, or placebo.
- Depression
📍 Toronto Western Hospital · Toronto, Ontario · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to see if one or two doses of psilocybin is more effective in relieving depressive symptoms in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Researchers also want to know if a second dose of psilocybin is safe and well-tolerated.
- Depression
📍 Eastern Colorado Health Care System · Aurora, CO · Get directions →
This study plans to learn more about the use of one of two self-guided online cognitive behavioral therapy courses. One is focused on symptoms of depression and one is focused on history of suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
📍 University of Kansas Medical Center · Kansas City, KS · Get directions →
The incidence of insomnia is estimated to be as high as 90% in individuals with MS due to insomnia being underdiagnosed. Sleep disturbances in people with MS have been associated with reduced cognitive performance, physical function, psychological well-being, quality of life, and occupational function, as well as increased prevalence of fatigue, pain, depression, and anxiety.
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
📍 University of Kansas Medical Center- Sleep, Health and Wellness Laboratory · Kansas City, KS · Get directions →
The objective of this RCT is to assess the efficacy of one-on-one telehealth CBT-I (tCBT-I) compared to web-based CBT-I (wCBT-I) and treatment as usual (TAU) to improve sleep outcomes (Aim 1), fatigue and quality of life (Aim 2), and promote neuroprotection (Exploratory Aim 3), and to explore the characteristics of participants that predict improvement in sleep outcomes (Exploratory Aim 4). Reassessment of outcomes will be completed after the 6-week intervention and 6 months following completion of interventions.
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
📍 UBMD Neurolgy · Buffalo, NY · Get directions →
The goal of the study is to learn about treating older people with multiple sclerosis (MS) with metformin. Metformin may be used as a single therapy or as an add-on therapy.
- Depression
📍 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · Get directions →
The proposed study is a single-site, randomized, controlled clinical trial (RCT) comparing ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) to a standard evidence-based regimen of ketamine administered in a medical model without psychotherapy (KET). Eligible study participants will be adults with major depressive disorder (MDD).
- Depression
📍 Emory University Hospital · Atlanta, GA · Get directions →
The study aims to investigate the effects of a 6-week leucine challenge on brain chemistry, connectivity, and behavior in people with midlife depression. The researchers will compare the leucine and an active comparator arm (lysine) for 6 weeks.
- Depression
📍 Massachusetts General Hospital, Chelsea · Chelsea, MA · Get directions →
This is a pilot clinical trial to assess the feasibility, safety, and preliminary efficacy of ketamine-assisted group therapy for Spanish-speaking adults with depression
- Depression
📍 University of Illinois College of Medicine · Chicago, IL · Get directions →
The goal of this study is to find out if the antihistamine, clemastine, can make the white matter in the brain better in older adults with depression. The study will also determine whether this improvement can make antidepressant treatment work better, reduce depressive symptoms, and improve memory and thinking.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)
📍 AZ Gastro Care - Chandler · Chandler, AZ · +39 more US sites · Get directions →
The main purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of eltrekibart and mirikizumab in adult participants with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC).
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)
📍 Digestive Health Specialists /ID# 266216 · Dothan, AL · +39 more US sites · Get directions →
Crohn's disease (CD) is a long-lasting disease that causes severe inflammation (redness, swelling), in the digestive tract, most frequently affecting the bowels. It can cause many different symptoms including belly pain, diarrhea, tiredness, and weight loss.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)
📍 Sunshine Coast University · Birtinya, · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of OD-07656 in participants with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC). In addition, the study will evaluate the potential of OD-07656 to enhance the therapeutic benefit of vedolizumab when given after OD-07656.
- DepressionAnxiety
📍 Kansas State University · Manhattan, KS · Get directions →
This project will examine changes in depression and anxiety following a 10-week intervention promoting nature-based physical activity in mental health settings. We will recruit ten licensed therapists whose caseload includes adults with depression and anxiety.
- Lupus (SLE)
📍 AKDHC Medical Research ServicesLLC · Phoenix, AZ · +25 more US sites · Get directions →
The overall purpose of this two-part study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of iptacopan (LNP023) in addition to standard of care treatment.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)
📍 IMC Gulf Coast Gastroenterology, PC · Fairhope, AL · +39 more US sites · Get directions →
This study has 3 treatment phases, a 12-Week Induction Phase, a 40-Week Maintenance Phase, and a 48-Week Extension Phase. The objective is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of obefazimod compared to placebo as induction and maintenance therapy in subjects with moderately to severely active CD after inadequate response (no response, loss of response, or intolerance) to conventional therapies and/or advanced therapies.
- Depression
📍 Emory University · Atlanta, GA · Get directions →
This study will test the hypothesis that Janus kinase (JAK) signaling is involved in major depression (MD) with high inflammation by determining whether its inhibition with baricitinib can improve functional connectivity in reward and motor circuits in association with improved motivation and motor function in MD patients enriched for high C-reactive protein (CRP) and anhedonia.
- Lupus (SLE)
📍 Local Institution - 0106 · Phoenix, AZ · +39 more US sites · Get directions →
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety and drug levels of CC-97540 in participants with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) including lupus nephritis with inadequate response to glucocorticoids and at least 2 immunosuppressants.
- Depression
📍 Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA · Get directions →
This research study aims to understand how people with depression respond to the medication pramipexole and to determine whether clinical response differs depending on the function of specific circuits in the brain. The investigators hope to learn which circuits are involved in depression and how these circuits interact with pramipexole to affect mood, behavior, and cognition.
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
📍 The Hospital for Sick Children · Toronto, Ontario · Get directions →
A randomized multiple baseline feasibility trial where participants will start taking metformin at one of 3 randomly determined points (3-months, 6-months or 9 months) during the 12-month trial. All subjects will be on a daily dose of metformin for a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 9 months.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)
📍 Site 024 · Canoga Park, CA · +24 more US sites · Get directions →
This is a Phase 2, multicenter, proof-of-concept platform study in adult participants with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC). The primary goal of the study is to assess the efficacy and safety of multiple interventions following intravenous (IV) induction and subcutaneous (SC) maintenance treatment.
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
📍 Profound Research, LLC · Carlsbad, CA · +8 more US sites · Get directions →
The main purpose of this study is to assess the bioequivalence of ocrelizumab SC test formulation to the marketed ocrelizumab SC reference formulation in participants with either relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) or primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS). The study consists of 2 phases: a controlled phase, where participants in each group will receive one dose of test or reference formulation and a continuation phase, where all participants in both groups will receive ocrelizumab SC test formulation.
- Crohn's / ulcerative colitis (IBD)
📍 United Medical Doctors · Murrieta, CA · +27 more US sites · Get directions →
Crohn's disease (CD) is a long-lasting condition causing inflammation that can affect any part of the gut. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TAK-279 versus placebo in participants with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease (CD).
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