A listing of none medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
You are being invited to participate in a research study because you have hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), also called acne inversa. Avacopan is an investigational drug being studied to learn if it is safe and effective for the treatment for HS.
The purpose of the study is to learn more about people’s experiences of smoking withdrawal when they are smoking as usual and when they are undergoing smoking abstinence (not smoking as they usually do). We are interested in how people’s moment-to-moment experiences of withdrawal might change or might stay the …
Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a serious condition that results in your heart beating much faster than its usual rate. Catheter ablation, which is burning the irregular electrical activity in the heart muscle through wires, is one of the methods that has been used in the treatment of VT. In order …
The purpose of this research study is determine the feasibility of a hypnosis intervention to women with bladder pain syndrome. We also plan to assess the effect of hypnotic words and suggestions on brain function. Hypnotherapy has been studied in other chronic pain conditions and has been shown to be …
You are being asked to take part in this research study because you have ATTR amyloidosis with peripheral neuropathy (nerve damage that occurs in the extremities of the body and may cause pain, such as foot pain or hand pain). Transthyretin (TTR) is a naturally occurring protein. In ATTR amyloidosis, TTR …
DPP4 is an enzyme that breaks down proteins that may affect blood sugar and the heart. We will recruit individuals from the Penn Biobank (cases, controls). Participants will be asked to complete a meal test, DXA, and echocardiogram with exercise. A cardiac MRI and related pilot study are optional.
This open-label, controlled, phase 1 trial will assess the safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma in severely ill, hospitalized participants with pneumonia due to COVID-19. This study will enroll adults 18 years old and older, including pregnant women. A total of 80 eligible participants will be randomized to receive either …
The research study is being conducted to better understand factors that lead to gastric (stomach) cancer, including differences in our genes that may put some people at increased risk of developing gastric cancer compared to other people. Both people with increased risk as well as people with average risk of …
The primary goal of this study is to assess use of an aerosol biocontainment device for planned airway procedures under general anesthesia. This will serve as a platform for using this device as a novel biocontainment and aerosol evacuation system as part of rapid sequence intubation protocols for COVID-19 patients.