A listing of Pain medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
The purpose of this study is to see whether a drug called naltrexone improves health-related quality of life in patients with vasculitis. Naltrexone is a prescription drug approved for a different reason at a higher dose than the dose used in this study. However, “low dose naltrexone” is widely used, …
The purpose of this study is to collect information about the blood level of a specific marker (lipoprotein (a)). Similar to other blood lipids, such as the "bad cholesterol", lipoprotein (a) levels were found to be associated with the risk of hardening of the arteries, known as atherosclerosis, which leads …
Vasculitis is inflammation of blood vessels in your body. The exact cause is unknown, but we do know that it is an autoimmune condition. This means that your body’s own immune system, that normally fights infection, is overactive and is damaging your own blood vessels. Vasculitis can affect almost any …
The study is evaluating the safety and effectiveness of the Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (THV) in comparison with clinical monitoring in asymptomatic patients over the age of sixty five that have be diagnosed with severe calcific narrowing of the aortic valve (aortic stenosis). Patients will be determined asymptomatic …
This is an event-driven, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to determine whether methotrexate reduces heart attacks, strokes, or death in people who have already had at least one heart attack and have type 2 diabetes or metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is defined as a combination of problems including a large …
The research study is being conducted to determine if there are differences in anxiety scores, heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen status when using sedation medication versus the patient's choice of listening to music while undergoing a peripheral nerve block before his or her surgery. The patient will either receive …
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.
A 28-week research study is being conducted that is designed to help all participants lose weight. All participants will receive lifestyle modification (diet, exercise, and behavioral treatment). Participants who do not lose weight with lifestyle modification alone also will be prescribed an FDA-approved weight loss medication (phentermine) or placebo.