There are about 173942 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in United States. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
This study will have significant impact on muscular dystrophy patients as it promotes early screening for heart disease. With early identification, beneficial medical therapy can be started sooner, resulting in restoring and maintaining normal heart function. This is critical to the survival of these patients. We have reported previously that heart failure in all patients may have common mechanisms, the "final common pathway". Heart failure is a significant health problem with 5 million people in the US carrying the diagnosis and accounting for 12-15 million office visits and 6.5 million hospital days per year. The number of deaths from heart failure continues to increase. The data from this study could impact patients worldwide with heart failure by offering new insight into an ever-growing disease population and lead to significant changes in how they are currently treated.
Erythropoietin (Epo) is a hormone normally found in the body that may protect brain cells from damage due to lack of oxygen. This study will evaluate the safety of high-dose Epo in infants who did not get enough oxygen during birth.
Study objective is to provide prospective randomized controlled data on pediatric pain levels found in PlasmaKnife tonsillectomy and monopolar tonsillectomy.
This research is being done to see if the combination of sargramostim and MS-275 will help to improve the bone marrow function of people with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or acute myeloid leukemia(AML). It will also determine the side effects of this combination.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Cura-100 in treating rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
To conduct a prospective, randomized, blinded, placebo controlled, dose escalation clinical trial in 4 cohorts of 10 postmenopausal women (total N=40) aged 45 to 65 years with at least one menopausal vaginal symptom, vaginal pH > 5.0 and > 20% parabasal vaginal epithelial cells.
Evaluation of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of different doses of spray-dried recombinant human insulin powder for inhalation administered via a dry powder uinhalation device compared with subcutaneously administered regular human insulin in healthy male volunteers under the conditions of a eugycemic clamp.
FGF-1 for the treatment of patients with peripheral arterial disease with intermittent claudication.
Patients in intensive care units have higher risks for developing blood clots. Arixtra inhibits blood clot formation by binding with the blood clotting factor, Xa. Critical illnesses and, specifically, medications given in the ICU to increase arterial blood pressure (vasopressors) may impair the absorption of drugs like Arixtra that are given subcutaneously. The study will measure the levels of Arixtra in blood comparing those subjects who are and those subjects who are not on blood pressure medication.
This will be a randomized controlled trial closely following the original protocol in the previous study published in JAMA 2004 by Merten et al. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups. Treatment group A will receive 1cc/kg/hour of 0.9% normal saline at least 2 hours prior to study beginning and will be continued during and for 6 hours post contrast. Treatment group B will receive 3cc/kg of sodium bicarbonate solution for one hour prior to procedure then drip rate will be decreased to 1cc/kg/hour during and for 6 hours post procedure. The sodium bicarbonate solution will be made by adding 3 amps of bicarbonate to 1L of D5W. Patients in both treatment arms weighing >110kg the initial fluid bolus and drip will be limited to those patients weighing 110kg. In both treatment arms, diuretics will be held before and after contrast administration on the day of the study. BMP will be checked the day of, 24 and 48 hours post contrast administration. The greatest change in all readings will be used for treatment comparisons. Contrast induced nephropathy will be defined as a change in serum creatinine of more than 25% from baseline and/or 0.5mg/dL. Urinary pH will also be measured on first spontaneous void following bolus. Vital signs including blood pressure and oxygen saturation will be documented every 4 hours to monitor patients closely for signs and symptoms of volume overload