Clinical trials: Rheumatic Diseases
Rheumatic Diseases, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Pain Phenotyping of Rheumatic Diseases - An Observational Study
Background: Rheumatic diseases can affect the joints, ligaments, tendons, bones, muscles, and skin. They can also cause inflammation, damage body tissues, and change nerve signals in the brain.
- Conditions
- Rheumatic Diseases, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, Lupus Vasculitis, Central Nervous System, Arthritis
- Trial name
- NCT07829497
- Testing
- Bedside quantitative sensory testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Rheumatic Heart Diseases, Scabies
Assessment of the Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in School Settings in Mayotte and the Acquisition of Ultrasound Sequences Guided by Artificial Intelligence
The prevalence of chronic rheumatic heart disease (RHD) on the island of Mayotte is unknown, but it appears to be high and is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality.
- Trial name
- PRECARE-MAYIA (NCT07904975)
- Testing
- Ultrasound performed bycardiologis for diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease
- Volunteers
- 900 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion
Antiphospholipid (aPL)-Positive, Rheumatic Arthritis
MENA/Levant Epidemiological, Registry of Immunological & Clinical Traits (MERIT)
The primary objective of this multicenter observational registry is to characterize the clinical, epidemiological, and biological profiles of individuals of Middle Eastern, North African, and Levantine ancestry, including…
- Conditions
- Antiphospholipid (aPL)-Positive, Rheumatic Arthritis, Celiac Disease, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
- Trial name
- MERIT (NCT07892651)
- Where
- Jordan
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Axiom Bioregistry
Rheumatic Joint Disease
Observational Study of Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases: The CARRA Registry
Continuation of the CARRA Registry as described in the protocol will support data collection on patients with pediatric-onset rheumatic diseases. The CARRA Registry will form the basis for future CARRA studies.
- Trial name
- NCT02418442
- Where
- 82 sites in United States, Canada and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Rheumatic Heart Disease
GOALIE: Intramuscular vs. Enteral Penicillin Prophylaxis to Prevent Progression of Latent RHD Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if twice daily oral penicillin prophylaxis is non-inferior to monthly IM penicillin prophylaxis in preventing latent Rheumatic Heart Disease Progression in children between the ages…
- Trial name
- NCT05693545
- Testing
- phenoxymethyl penicillin, intramuscular benzathine penicillin G (BPG) prophylaxis
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,004 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Artificial Intelligence to Scale Early Rheumatic Heart Disease Detection
The main goal of this project is to see if RADAR (Rapid AI-assisted Detection and Analysis of Rheumatic heart disease), which is a machine and deep-learning AI model, can help make rheumatic heart disease (RHD) screening easier…
- Trial name
- SHIELD 1 (NCT07599956)
- Testing
- AI assisted echocardiography
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Relapsed/Refractory Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease-associated Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
A Phase III Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Plonmarlimab in Subjects With Relapsed/Refractory Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease-associated Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (Also Known as Macrophage Activation Syndrome [MAS])
A study designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, immunogenicity, PK, and PD characteristics of Plonmarlimab in patients with relapsed/refractory rheumatic and immunologic disease-associated MAS, and to explore biomarkers…
- Trial name
- NCT07208058
- Testing
- Plonmarlimab
- Where
- 18 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- TJ Biopharma Co., Ltd.
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Testing a Registry-Based Strategy (ACT+) to Reduce Loss to Follow-Up in Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening in Uganda
This study aims to improve follow-up care after positive rheumatic heart disease (RHD) screening in Northern Uganda. It will identify barriers and co-develop an enhanced ACT+ strategy, then evaluate its effectiveness in…
- Trial name
- SHIELD 2 (NCT07606131)
- Testing
- The ACT+ Strategy
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children
Adapting Enhanced Supports to Improve Patient Adherence to Secondary Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Rheumatic Heart Disease
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness and implementation of enhanced Secondary Antibiotic Prophylaxis (SAP) supports using a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation design.
- Trial name
- SHIELD 3 Adapt (NCT07666048)
- Testing
- CHW Delivered SAP Adherence Supports
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 308 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children
ACT4RHD is an Open-label, Randomised, Adaptive Platform Trial to Evaluate Novel and Repurposed Clinical Interventions for Patients With Acute Rheumatic Fever and Carditis. ACT4RHD Seeks to Determine Whether These Interventions Reduce RHD Severity at 6 Months.
The ACT4RHD trial is a multicentre, pragmatic, multi-arm, open-label adaptive platform trial addressing multiple therapeutic questions in patients with ARF and carditis.
- Conditions
- Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children, Acute Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Trial name
- ACT4RHD (NCT07830108)
- Testing
- Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), No Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), Prednisone or Prednisolone
- Where
- 3 sites in Australia, New Zealand
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Starship Child Health, Te Toka Tumai Auckland
Chronic Disease, HIV/AIDS
Observational Pharmaco-Epidemiology Research & Analysis
Greater advances are needed in two separate but related areas in healthcare: 1) the Clinical Decision Support Systems that complement the EHR use in support of routine patient care, population management and disease management…
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease, HIV/AIDS, Liver Diseases, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Trial name
- OPERA (NCT03813862)
- Testing
- Non-interventional (observational only)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Epividian
Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children
Penicillin to Prevent Early Rheumatic Heart Disease in School-Aged Children
This study will look at whether children ages 5-8 who take Penicillin V by mouth twice a day are less likely to develop rheumatic heart disease (RHD) over a 3-year period compared to children who do not take the medicine.
- Trial name
- MEERCATS 2 (NCT07798232)
- Testing
- Oral Penicillin V
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 9,622 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children
Multi-country Evaluation of Early RHD in Children Across Africa for Vaccine Trial Readiness
This study will look at how many children develop rheumatic heart disease (RHD) over a 3-year period. The study will include children ages 5 to 8 who do not have RHD at the start and who live in areas where the disease is common.
- Trial name
- MEERCATS 1 (NCT07790302)
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 7,500 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Rheumatic Diseases, Arthritis
Pain-Sleep in Rheumatic Disease
Overall, our understanding of how pain and sleep are experienced and how they can be treated in teenagers with rheumatic diseases is limited.
- Conditions
- Rheumatic Diseases, Arthritis, Lupus, Lupus Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Trial name
- NCT07775612
- Testing
- Better Nights, Better Days for Youth
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases, Prevention
Incidence of Tuberculosis in Patients With Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
This is a prospective, randomized, controlled study designed to evaluate the effectiveness of annual re-screening for tuberculosis infection (TBI) (previous) in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) receiving…
- Trial name
- TB-RESCREEN (NCT07731672)
- Testing
- re-screening, No Rescreening
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 1,660 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Cardiac Diseases, Sickle Cell Disease
Domestication and Implementation of the PEN-Plus Clinical Model in the Zambian Health System
Cognizant of the prevalence of complicated non communicable diseases (NCD) and the attendant capacity problems faced by the health workers in primary care settings, we propose to adapt and pilot the Package of Essential…
- Conditions
- Cardiac Diseases, Sickle Cell Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus
- Trial name
- PEN Plus (NCT07753681)
- Testing
- Supportive treatment
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 2,084 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases, Recurrent Herpes Simplex
Prevention of Recurrence of Herpes Simplex in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
The goal of this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of oral suppressive therapy with acyclovir in preventing herpes simplex virus (HSV) reactivation in patients…
- Conditions
- Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases, Recurrent Herpes Simplex, Prevention
- Trial name
- PRoHerpARD (NCT07341386)
- Testing
- Acyclovir (ACV)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Lipid Metabolism Disorders, Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Screening for Disorders of Lipid Metabolism and Familial Hyperlipidemia in Children and Adolescents With Increased Cardiovascular Risk Due to Chronic Diseases Such as Congenital Heart Disease, Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Celiac Disease and Rheumatic Disorders
Preventive measures are increasingly coming to the forefront of medicine. Many of these measures can be implemented as early as childhood and adolescence.
- Conditions
- Lipid Metabolism Disorders, Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Congenital Heart Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Trial name
- FAMELIPIDCHILD (NCT07716488)
- Testing
- blood test, questionaire
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Alexandra Miriam Kiess
VEXAS Syndome, Autoinflammatory Disease
Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Genetics Study
This is an exploratory natural history protocol that will enroll patients with known genetic diseases, such as VEXAS syndrome, or as yet undiagnosed disorders of inflammation with the goal of improving our understanding of…
- Conditions
- VEXAS Syndome, Autoinflammatory Disease, Autoimmune Disease, Rheumatic Disease
- Trial name
- NCT06004349
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Rheumatic Heart Disease
A Non-Inferiority Trial of Stopping Penicillin in Early Rheumatic Heart Disease: GOAL-Stop
GOAL-Stop is a randomized, controlled, non-inferiority trial designed to evaluate whether discontinuing secondary antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) is non-inferior to continuing SAP in preventing progression of rheumatic heart disease…
- Trial name
- GOAL-Stop (NCT07146048)
- Testing
- Secondary Prophylaxis
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 922 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati