View clinical trials related to Cardiovascular Disease.
Filter by:The purpose of this study is to conduct a double-blind, randomized controlled trial (RCT), to determine if six month supplementation of olive oil can improve the health of the blood vessels and improve long term health of the heart and blood vessels, in patients requiring percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
The purpose of this study is to collect data to help researchers better understand the various causes of obesity, which may lead to the development of new obesity treatment options.
This study evaluates the PCSK9 inhibitor, Bococizumab (PF-04950615;RN316), compared to placebo, in reducing the occurrrence of major cardiovascular events, including cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, and unstable angina requiring urgent revascularization in high risk subjects who are receiving background lipid lowering therapy and have cholesterol laboratory values of LDL-C >/= 100 mg/dL (2.6 mmol/L) or non-HDL-C >/=130 mg/dL (3.4 mmol/L).
This study evaluates the PCSK9 inhibitor, Bococizumab (PF-04950615;RN316), compared to placebo, in reducing the occurrence of major cardiovascular events, including cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, and unstable angina requiring urgent revascularization, in high risk subjects who are receiving background lipid lowering therapy and have cholesterol laboratory values of LDL-C >/= 70 mg/dL (1.8 mmol/L) or non-HDL-C >/= 100 mg /dL (2.6 mmol/L).
The purpose of this study is to establish a registry that uses observational study methods to collect uniform data (clinical, lifestyle and other) to evaluate specific outcomes and to enable research on patients at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). This is a descriptive, observational registry study. All data for participants in the WRNMMC Integrative Cardiac Health Project (ICHP) Cardiovascular Health Program (CHP) will be entered into a single, secure information management system (IMS) for subjects at risk for CVD. At periodical intervals, the IMS will be queried to define the effect of an integrative therapeutic lifestyle change (TLC) program on CVD risk over time. This protocol outlines collection, storage, and handling of data, describes specific data elements and lays the foundation for future research questions.
Brown adipose (fat) tissue (BAT) is a type of fat tissue found in certain small rodents and human babies that is capable of extremely high rates of energy burning. We now know that in adult humans it is present and also able to burn energy. In addition to increased energy expenditure during cold exposure, energy burning is also increased after consuming a meal. Animal studies have shown that part of this additional energy consumption is contributed by BAT. In the present study we will aim to examine whether BAT activity is increased after a meal.
Coordinated project whose objectives are: a) to assess the effectiveness of a physical activity intervention (MOVI-KIDS) on preventing obesity and improving fitness during the adiposity rebound period; and b) to examine the effectiveness of MOVI-KIDS on reducing the carotid intima-media thickness.
This study is part of a larger consortium project investigating the validity and best use of next-generation sequencing (in particular, whole exome sequencing, or WES) in clinical care. This sub-project is investigating benefits and harms of providing WES diagnostic and different types of incidental findings to adult patients and parents of pediatric patients who undergo WES because they have symptoms suggesting genetic disease.
The aim of this study is to evaluate if synchronizing when patients with diabetes and/or coronary artery disease fill their prescriptions improves long-term adherence to these medications.
This intervention aims to reduce obesity by using new type of nutritional and lifestyle therapy and in parallel, tailored persuasive information and communications technology (ICT)-technology based application. The study hypothesis is that obesity cannot be reduced just by distributing nutritional information. Instead, by influencing also the eating behavior, permanent lifestyle changes can be achieved. The effect of the therapy along the time-line, the health information literacy of the study persons and the changes in it will be studied at different phases of the intervention. The research will be carried out in three groups of different nutritional therapies with a parallel ICT-intervention group for each.