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This Phase IIb dose-ranging study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of 2 different doses of AZD6793 compared with placebo tablets in participants with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

📍 University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · Get directions →

The goal of this study is to learn whether patients who have a genetic mutation in the genes that cause alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency also have genetic variation in nearby genes that can increase risk for reduced immune function and respiratory infections. To investigate this hypothesis, we will compare immune responses to the 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV20, Pfizer) between participants who have one abnormal copy of the SERPINA1 gene and either no COPD exacerbations, vs those with 2 or more COPD exacerbations in the past year.

📍 Research Site · Surprise, AZ · +17 more US sites · Get directions →

International, Multicenter and Double-Blind study. The purpose is to measure the effect of baxdrostat in combination with dapagliflozin compared with baxdrostat/placebo on albuminuria, as well as safety, in participants with chronic kidney disease and high blood pressure.

📍 UT Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · Get directions →

This study will investigate the utility of a polypill-based strategy for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and high risk of heart failure (HF), as assessed via the WATCH-DM risk score. Polypill therapy will consist of empagliflozin 12.5 mg, losartan 25, 50 or 100 mg, and finerenone 10 mg daily.

📍 Cevaxin - The Panama Clinic · Panama City, · Get directions →

This is a multi-center, open label Phase 2a clinical trial in subjects with sickle cell disease to assess safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of HBI-002, an orally administered liquid containing carbon monoxide (CO), with doses daily for 14 days.

📍 UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center · San Francisco, CA · Get directions →

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if positive pressure during inspiration will improve penetration of aerosolized N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) into airway mucus plugs in the lungs of patients with asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does delivery of aerosolized NAC with positive inspiratory pressure have a greater effect on mucus plug burden in the lungs than delivery of NAC without positive pressure.

📍 Harbor UCLA Medical Center · Torrance, CA · Get directions →

The purpose of this research is to see if ketamine is effective and safe in treating children and young adults with sickle cell disease experiencing sickle cell related pain. In this study, we will compare the outcomes (such as pain scores) in persons who receive standard of care pain medicine (an opioid such as morphine) plus a low dose (amount) of ketamine to those who receive only standard of care pain medicine.

📍 DM Clinical Research - Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · +11 more US sites · Get directions →

This is a Phase 2 study of the efficacy, safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of two doses of EXPD-101 in participants with COPD. Study participants will be randomized to receive either study drug or placebo administered once daily for 52 weeks.

📍 University of Missouri Hospital · Columbia, MO · Get directions →

Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is a hormone that helps regulate blood glucose levels through improved insulin sensitivity and release of insulin from the pancreas, control hunger, induce satiety and plays a role in the metabolic health of a person. GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RAs) have been shown to be effective in achieving weight loss in patients with type 2 diabetes while improving blood glucose control.

📍 Children's Healthcare fo Atlanta at Hughes Spalding · Atlanta, GA · +1 more US site · Get directions →

The purpose of this study is to determine whether giving extra arginine to patients with sickle cell disease seeking treatment for vaso-occlusive painful events (VOE) will decrease pain scores, decrease need for pain medications or decrease length of hospital stay or emergency department visit.

📍 The Hospital for Sick Children · Toronto, Ontario · Get directions →

This study is being done to learn about etavopivat, a once a day medicine taken by mouth in adolescents with sickle cell disease. The main goals are to study safety and how long etavopivat stays in the bloodstream, while also studying if there are benefits from taking etavopivat.

📍 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · Get directions →

To determine the feasibility and efficacy of matching donor red cells by RH genotype for a cohort of chronically transfused patients with SCD.

📍 Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO · Aurora, CO · +4 more US sites · Get directions →

The investigators will study whether the drug tadalafil improves shortness of breath in 126 Veterans with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and high blood pressure in the lungs. The investigators will also assess whether tadalafil improves quality of life, home daily physical activity, exercise endurance, the frequency of acute flares of COPD, blood pressure in the lungs, and lung function.

📍 University of California, Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · +1 more US site · Get directions →

This is an open label, non-randomized, 2-center, phase 1/2 trial of a single infusion of sickle allele modified cluster of differentiation (CD34+) hematopoietic stem progenitor cells (HSPCs) in subjects with in subjects ≥12 years old to 35 years old severe Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). The study will evaluate the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) using CRISPR/Cas9 edited red blood cells (known as CRISPR\_SCD001 Drug Product).

📍 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Manhattan, NY · Get directions →

Randomized, placebo-controlled, double masked, dose finding study of twice daily cannabidiol given at 3 dose levels, 200mg, 400mg, and 600mg, compared to placebo for 4 weeks.

📍 University of Alabama at Birmingham Lung Health Center · Birmingham, AL · +21 more US sites · Get directions →

This is a Phase 2, multicenter study in adult participants with an acute COPD exacerbation and type 2 inflammation

📍 Inova Schar Cancer · Fairfax, VA · +1 more US site · Get directions →

This study tests whether early heart screening and treatment for iron overload in subjects with sickle cell disease can prevent heart problems and reduce hospitalizations.

📍 Grady Health System · Atlanta, GA · Get directions →

The goal of this study is to determine if there is a positive effect of prophylactic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion of leukoreduced, ABO, Rh (D/Cc/Ee) and Kell matched blood compared to standard of care on the number of episodes of acute sickle cell disease (SCD) manifestations or pregnancy-related complications requiring acute health care encounters (acute care/ER/Hospital visits) or resulting in death over the entirety of pregnancy until 2 months post-partum in women with SCD. RBC transfusion is the only disease-modifying therapy for pregnant women with SCD, and it is considered a standard treatment option however, there exists no consensus on the role of transfusion therapy in preventing SCD-related pregnancy complications.

📍 UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland · Oakland, CA · +5 more US sites · Get directions →

The goal of this short term prospective Phase II study is to compare the effects of two alternate daily doses of zinc (25 and 40 mg/day) in 34 randomly assigned homozygous Sickle Cell Disease (SCD-SS) patients aged 15-40 years old. The main question it aims to answer is: Which biomarkers are most responsive to zinc supplementation, and what is the maximum tolerated zinc dose that induces the desired changes in biomarkers of bone turnover?

📍 Masonic Cancer Center · Minneapolis, MN · Get directions →

A single center, open label, interventional, phase II trial for donor transplant for high risk hemoglobinopathies and other red cell transfusion dependent disorders utilizing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) regimens.

📍 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · Get directions →

The purpose of this study is to determine if intensive lowering of systolic blood pressure (SBP), using FDA approved medications (antihypertensive), reduces Alzheimer's Disease pathology (i.e., excessive brain amyloid and tau protein deposition) in older adults at high risk for memory decline or dementia.

📍 SEC Clinical Research, LLC · Dothan, AL · +39 more US sites · Get directions →

This study will assess the safety and efficacy of fixed dose combinations of ensifentrine with two different glycopyrrolate dose levels compared to placebo and to the individual components of the fixed dose combinations, each administered twice a day via standard jet nebulizer, in adult subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

📍 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.

📍 The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine · Knoxville, TN · Get directions →

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of inhaled bronchodilators delivered via nebulizers vs. dry powder inhalers (DPIs) in symptomatic participants with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) who have airflow obstruction (FEV1/FVC ≤ 70%) and show significant air trapping (RV ≥ 120% of predicted).

📍 Cleveland Clinic Main Campus · Cleveland, OH · Get directions →

Cirrhosis is a form of advanced liver disease that can lead to serious complications, especially when combined with severe obesity. Many patients with cirrhosis also develop a condition called clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH), which is increased pressure in the veins of the liver.

📍 University of Alabama at Birmingham Lung Health Center · Birmingham, AL · +39 more US sites · Get directions →

The purpose of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects and safety of the study medicine PF-07275315 for the potential treatment of COPD. COPD is a condition that makes it difficult to breathe, which negatively impacts the quality of life and functioning of people who are affected.

📍 Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge (Consent only) · Basking Ridge, NJ · +5 more US sites · Get directions →

Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation/HCT involves receiving healthy blood-forming cells (stem cells) from a donor to replace the diseased or damaged cells in participants' bone marrow. The researchers think giving participants treatment with fludarabine and dexamethasone, drugs that lower the activity of the body's immune system (immune suppression), before standard conditioning therapy and HCT may help prevent serious side effects, including graft failure and GvHD.

📍 University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine · Philadelphia, PA · Get directions →

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether semaglutide, an FDA-approved treatment for diabetes and obesity, is feasible and tolerable in patients with advanced lung disease. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: 1.

📍 University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · +18 more US sites · Get directions →

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, pH and food effect, and preliminary efficacy of BMS-986470 in healthy volunteers and participants with sickle cell disease.

📍 University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital · Birmingham, AL · +39 more US sites · Get directions →

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multiple Dose-Ranging Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Solrikitug in Participants with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

📍 National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD · Get directions →

This is a non-ablative (partial) stem cell transplant for patients with severe sickle cell disease or beta-thalassemia requiring red cell transfusions. The intensity of the transplant is slightly increased from our previous transplant regimens.

📍 University of Illinois Chicago, Sickle Cell Center · Chicago, IL · Get directions →

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited red blood disorder. The kidneys are among the most commonly affected organ systems in SCA.

📍 Children's National Hospital · Washington D.C., DC · Get directions →

This multicenter prospective study seeks to determine if daratumumab given, prior to HLA-identical sibling donor transplantation using alemtuzumab, low dose total-body irradiation, and sirolimus, can prevent pure red blood cell aplasia with an acceptable safety profile in patients with anti-donor red blood cell antibodies, achieving an event-free survival similar to transplanted patients without such antibodies.

📍 WB Contracted Clinical Research Site · Miami Lakes, FL · +3 more US sites · Get directions →

This study is trying to identify the right dose of a long-acting medicine called WIN378 for people with moderate - severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). WIN378 blocks the action of a protein called TSLP that causes inflammation in the lung and may contribute to COPD control and symptoms.

📍 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH · Get directions →

The main reason for this research study is to learn more about hydroxyurea and the treatment of sickle cell anemia (SCA). Hydroxyurea is a medication that has been studied for many years and has been shown to provide benefits for people with SCA.

📍 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · Aurora, CO · Get directions →

The risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is significantly elevated in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Notably, women with CKD commonly experience menstrual disturbances induced by CKD, which may contribute to impaired vascular function and elevated CVD risk.

📍 University of Alabama Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · +5 more US sites · Get directions →

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and preliminary food effect of ITU512 as well as the fetal hemoglobin (HbF)-inducing capacity of ITU512. This will be the first evaluation of the potential therapeutic effect of ITU512 in healthy participants and patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).

📍 Yale School of Medicine · New Haven, CT · +3 more US sites · Get directions →

This study is designed to estimate the efficacy and toxicity of familial HLA mismatched bone marrow transplants in patients with non-malignant disease who are less than 21 years of age and could benefit from the procedure.

📍 Alberta Children's Hospital · Calgary, Alberta · Get directions →

The aim of this study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a nonmyeloablative conditioning regimen for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) who have a matched related major ABO-incompatible donor. The nonmyeloablative regimen will use alemtuzumab, total body irradiation (TBI) and sirolimus for immune suppression.

📍 New York Medical College · Valhalla, NY · Get directions →

Children, adolescents, and young adults with malignant and non-malignant conditionsundergoing an allogeneic stem cell transplantation (AlloSCT) will have the stem cells selected utilizing α/β CD3+/CD19+ cell depletion. All other treatment is standard of care.

📍 Children's National Hospital · Washington D.C., DC · Get directions →

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if intravenous citrulline works to treat acute pain in hospitalized patients with sickle cell disease. It will also learn about the safety of intravenous citrulline.

📍 Emory University · Atlanta, GA · +1 more US site · Get directions →

This research is being conducted to see if using an injectable contraception, Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (Depo-Provera), can reduce the pain experienced by women with sickle cell disease. Participants in this study will be adult women with sickle cell disease who regularly experience sickle cell pain.

📍 UAMS Medical Center · Little Rock, AR · +4 more US sites · Get directions →

This is a phase 2a, global, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study investigating the safety of anumigilimab administered subcutaneously (SC) at the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) in adult participants with SCD. The primary aim of the study is to assess the safety of anumigilimab in participants with SCD.

📍 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.

📍 Univ. of California, San Francisco Health Care · Oakland, CA · +15 more US sites · Get directions →

This is a phase 2, randomized, multiple-dose, placebo-controlled study designed to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of CSL889 (human hemopexin) when given intravenously (IV) to adults and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD) experiencing vaso-occlusive crises (VOC). The main objectives of the study are to evaluate the safety and tolerability of CSL889 in study participants, and to assess how CSL889 affects the time it takes for VOC to resolve in participants with SCD.

📍 Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · Get directions →

This early phase, open label, single arm clinical trial will determine the intraindividual safety, tolerability and effects of NPC1 (parthenolide and ipriflavone) on blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology among adults with subjective cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, or Alzheimer's disease and objective indicators of seeding AD pathology

📍 Children's Hospital of Colorado · Aurora, CO · +3 more US sites · Get directions →

This trial will determine whether adding ruxolitinib to a reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimen reduces the rate of graft failure following haploidentical (haplo) hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) for children and young adults with sickle cell disease (SCD). This study will enroll and treat up to 24 participants.

📍 UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center · Sacramento, CA · Get directions →

A prospective, single-arm, intervention study of oral alendronate in adults with sickle cell disease and osteonecrosis

📍 University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · +3 more US sites · Get directions →

This is a follow-up trial to NYMC 526 (NCT01461837) to assess the safety, efficacy and toxicity of administering Defibrotide prophylaxis for high-risk sickle cell or beta thalassemia patients undergoing a familial haploidentical allogeneic stem cell transplantation with CD34 enrichment and T-cell addback. This patient population historically has a risk of developing sinusoidal obstructive syndrome (SOS) and Defibrotide has demonstrated efficacy in treatment of SOS.

📍 University of Illinois at Chicago · Chicago, IL · Get directions →

The study is a Phase II clinical trial. Patients will receive intensity modulated total body irradiation (TBI) at a dose of 3 Gy with standard fludarabine/ i.v.

📍 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.

📍 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · Get directions →

There is limited information on what causes injury to the heart in individuals with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Researchers in this study want to see if decreased blood flow to the heart during stress could be causing the heart damage seen in SCD patients.

📍 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.

📍 Children's National Health System · Washington D.C., DC · +4 more US sites · Get directions →

This multisite prospective study seeks to determine if HLA-identical sibling donor transplantation using alemtuzumab, low dose total-body irradiation, and sirolimus (Sickle transplant Using a Nonmyeloablative approach, "SUN") can decrease the toxicity of transplant while achieving a high cure rate for children with sickle cell disease (SCD).

📍 Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC · Pittsburgh, PA · Get directions →

The purpose of this study is to evaluate what effect, if any, mismatched unrelated volunteer donor and/or haploidentical related donor stem cell transplant may have on severe sickle cell disease and other transfusion dependent anemias. By using mismatched unrelated volunteer donor and/or haploidentical related donor stem cells, this study will increase the number of patients who can undergo a stem cell transplant for their specified disease.

📍 University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · Get directions →

The investigators are evaluating the role of a low dose of tocilizumab in treating acute chest syndrome in patients with sickle cell disease. Tocilizumab inhibits interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptors and is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and severe cytokine release syndrome, which can be seen with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy, and it is also authorized for treatment of COVID-19.

📍 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.

📍 University Of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · +6 more US sites · Get directions →

This is a multi-center multi-national rollover study to allow continued access to crizanlizumab for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) who are on crizanlizumab treatment in a Novartis-sponsored study (parent study) and are benefiting from the treatment as judged by the investigator.

📍 University of Kansas Medical Center · Kansas City, KS · Get directions →

The main purpose of research is to examine and understanding the development of hypertension in obese adults with insulin resistance. Findings from our studies will identify unique mechanisms that can be targeted to limit increases in vascular dysfunction and reduce the excessively high prevalence of hypertension and risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).

📍 Duke University Medical Center · Durham, NC · Get directions →

The main goal of this study is to develop a noninvasive signature for pulmonary vascular remodeling in Group 3 PH patients, using hyperpolarized 129Xe magnetic resonance imaging (129Xe MRI). Such a signature may identify Group 3 PH responders to PAH-specific therapies.