Clinical trials: Fragility
Diabetes Type 2
Famine From Feast: Linking Vitamin C, Red Blood Cell Fragility, and Diabetes
An unexpected means to prevent microvascular disease in diabetes may be coupled to the function of vitamin C in red blood cells (RBCs) of diabetic participants.
- Trial name
- NCT02107976
- Testing
- Vitamin E, Vitamin C
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Colon Cancer, Fragility
Prehabilitation of Frail Surgical Cancer Patients Using Remote Ischemic Preconditioning
This project will examine the efficacy of a simple, cost-effective, non-invasive intervention, called remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC), to reduce frailty in pre-surgical, frail, elderly patients with colon cancer.
- Conditions
- Colon Cancer, Fragility, Prehabilitation, Surgery
- Trial name
- Prehab (NCT03853473)
- Testing
- Remote Ischemic Preconditioning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Aging
Effect of Topical Sulforaphane on Skin Fragility Seen in Skin Aging and With Ultraviolet Exposure
This study aims to compare the expression of keratins before and after application of sulforaphane (SF) to determine whether this agent alters skin fragility seen in both intrinsic and extrinsic skin aging and UV light exposure.
- Trial name
- NCT03126539
- Testing
- Sulforaphane, Narrow-band Ultraviolet B exposure, 4 mm skin punch biopsy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Study of Teriparatide (FORTEO) to Treat Adults With Osteogenesis Imperfecta
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of teriparatide (FORTEO), which is human parathyroid hormone 1-34, for increasing bone mass and improving bone structure in adults affected with Osteogenesis Imperfecta…
- Trial name
- OI (NCT00131469)
- Testing
- Teriparatide (FORTEO)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Osteoporosis
Denosumab Fracture Intervention Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial in Japanese Patients With Osteoporosis
Evaluate the efficacy and safety of denosumab in the treatment of involutional (postmenopausal and senile) osteoporotic subjects with prevalent fragility vertebral fracture(s)
- Trial name
- DIRECT (NCT00680953)
- Testing
- Denosumab, Alendronate sodium hydrate
- Where
- 4 sites in Japan
- Volunteers
- 1,262 people
- Sponsor
- Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Osteoporosis, Bone Loss
Zoledronic Acid for Osteoporosis in the Elderly
This trial will examine the safety, efficacy and feasibility of a single dose of intravenous zoledronic acid in the maintenance of skeletal integrity for frail, institutionalized women, who are most at risk for the deleterious…
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Bone Loss, Fragility Fractures
- Trial name
- ZEST (NCT00558012)
- Testing
- Intravenous zoledronic acid, Vitamin D 800 IU/daily, Calcium 1200 mg/daily
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 181 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh