Clinical trials: Sympathetic Disorder
Arterial Hypertension, Chronic Renal Insufficiency
Renal Protection Using Sympathetic Denervation in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Kidney protection study (KPS 1) is a prospective randomized clinical study comparing the use of renal denervation (RDN) and optimal medical therapy in subjects with chronic kidney disease stage 3-4 and resistant arterial…
- Trial name
- KPS (NCT02002585)
- Testing
- Renal denervation
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Charles University, Czech Republic
Catecholamine; Overproduction, Catecholamine; Secretion
Sympathetic Activity and Cardiometabolic Complications
Recent studies on catecholamine physiology have shown a direct correlation with arterial hypertension, overcoming the exclusive role in the diagnosis and follow-up of chromaffin tumors.
- Conditions
- Catecholamine; Overproduction, Catecholamine; Secretion, Metabolic Syndrome, Hypertensive Heart Disease
- Trial name
- SYMPACT (NCT04495231)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,380 people
- Sponsor
- University of Turin, Italy
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), CPAP
Sleep Apnea Biomarkers and Adherence to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is commonly assessed using the apnea-hypopnea index, although this measure does not fully reflect cardiovascular risk or the physiological impact of the disease.
- Conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), CPAP, Biomarkers for Prediction of OA Treatment Efficacy
- Trial name
- BIOSA (NCT07792746)
- Testing
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Clinique du Millenaire
Hypertension
Sympathetic and Blood Pressure Responses to Aerobic Exercise and Guided Respiration in Hypertensives
Hypertension is serious health problem in Brazil and affects almost 30%of adult population. It is known that there are pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic strategies for treating hypertension.
- Trial name
- NCT02608827
- Testing
- Resperate®-InterCure Ltda, Music group (GC)
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of Upper Limb (Disorder)
CRPS - Diagnostics, Pathophysiological Mechanisms, and Response to Treatment With Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
This is a sham controlled, randomized, double-blind, navigated repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (nrTMS) study for the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS types 1 and 2).
- Trial name
- NCT04439669
- Testing
- Active nrTMS and open phase
- Where
- 2 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
The Effects of Weight Loss on Neuroadrenergic Function
Elevated subconscious nervous system activity is a characteristic of the obese state and contributes importantly to the risk of heart disease and diabetes.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT01771042
- Testing
- Dietary weight loss at 25% energy deficit
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Baker Heart Research Institute
Vasodilation, Hypoxia
Sex-related Differences in Sympathetic Vascular Transduction in the Setting of Hypoxemia
The purpose of this project is to identify sex-related differences in the effect of hypoxia on sympathetic vascular transduction.
- Trial name
- NCT05256069
- Testing
- Propranolol Pill
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Stroke
MTPr With Shockwave on Pain & Function of SHS in Stroke
Background: shoulder-hand syndrome is considered a significant reason for the reduction of upper limb functions after stroke. Purpose: To investigate the influence of Myofascial Trigger Points (MTrPs) release and shockwave…
- Trial name
- NCT04627636
- Testing
- Myofascial trigger points pressure (MTrP) release, Shockwave therapy application, conventional therapy
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- October 6 University
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I of the Upper Limb
Effects of Repetitive Electric Sensory Stimulation (RSS) as Intervention in Complex-regional-pain-syndrome Type I (CRPS)
The purpose of this study is to test a specific nerve stimulation protocol as therapeutic option in patients diagnosed with CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome) of the upper extremity.
- Trial name
- NCT01915329
- Testing
- RSS (repetitive sensory stimulation)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Ruhr University of Bochum
Heart Failure
Effects of Low-frequency Electrical Stimulation in Patients With Advanced HF
The purpose of this study is to verify the effects of low frequency functional electrical stimulation in heart failure patients hospitalized for treatment of the syndrome.
- Trial name
- NCT01886430
- Testing
- Functional electrical stimulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Stroke
Effects of Task-Based Mirror Therapy for Post-stroke Shoulder-Hand Syndrome
The study aims to determine the effects of task-based mirror therapy on edema, pain and upper limb motor function with shoulder-hand syndrome in post stroke patients.
- Trial name
- NCT07428811
- Testing
- Task based mirror therapy, Conventional exercises
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Myocardial Infarction, Acute
COLchicine to Prevent Sympathetic Denervation After an Acute Myocardial Infarction
This study evaluates the benefit of colchicine on induced denervation after myocardial infarction. Patients who have suffered a documented De Novo myocardial infarction and completed a revascularization procedure will receive…
- Trial name
- COLD-MI (NCT04420624)
- Testing
- Colchicine
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Uncontrolled Hypertension
Renal Denervation in Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension (Symplicity HTN-2)
An international, multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled study of the safety and effectiveness of renal denervation in patients with uncontrolled hypertension.
- Trial name
- HTN-2 (NCT00888433)
- Testing
- Renal Denervation (Symplicity® Renal Denervation System)
- Where
- 20 sites in Australia, Austria and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Vascular
Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Evolution of Hypoxic Burden and Sympathetic/Parasympathetic Balance in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension
Background and Rationale: Sleep-disordered breathing and nocturnal hypoxemia are highly prevalent in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH), and current guidelines recommend systematic sleep assessment in this…
- Conditions
- Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Sleep-disordered Breathing, Nocturnal Hypoxemia
- Trial name
- HRV&PH (NCT07464184)
- Testing
- Standard Clinical and Functional Assessment, Overnight Polysomnography
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Rouen
Chronic Kidney Disease
L-arginine to Reduce Sympathetic Nerve Activity in CKD Patients
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and death. An overactive sympathetic nervous system in CKD patients is one of the major mechanisms increasing the cardiovascular risks in…
- Trial name
- NCT03982160
- Testing
- L-Arginine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Arlington
Obesity, Prehypertension
Vascular Dysfunction in Human Obesity Hypertension
The purpose of the study is to test the effects of blocking sympathetic nerve activity with a drug called clonidine on blood vessel function and muscle nerve activity in adults who are obese and have high blood pressure.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Prehypertension, Hypertension
- Trial name
- VANISH (NCT01983462)
- Testing
- Clonidine, Hydrochlorothiazide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gary L. Pierce
Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Correlation of the Arrhythmia Mechanism and Substrate to Ablate Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Study
This is a pilot study to assess the usefulness of ECG mapping, and enhanced MRI and PET scan imaging in identifying atrial fibrosis and arrhythmia circuits involved in persistent atrial fibrillation and in guiding an innovative…
- Trial name
- COAST-AF (NCT02184013)
- Testing
- Catheter ablation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
The Success of Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglion Block Using Lower Extremity Perfusion Index
The patient, who is experiencing chronic pain in the lower extremities persisting for more than three months, is scheduled to undergo lumbar sympathetic ganglion block.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndromes, Peripheral Neuropathy, Post Herpetic Neuralgia
- Trial name
- NCT06241820
- Testing
- Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglion Block
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Jeongsoo Kim
Hypoxia, Sleep Apnea
Intermittent Hypoxia 2: Cardiovascular and Metabolism
The purpose of this study is to compare cardiovascular physiological adaptation to intermittent hypoxia (IH) of nonobese healthy subjects. The exposure will be two periods of two weeks (IH versus exposure "placebo hypoxia").
- Conditions
- Hypoxia, Sleep Apnea, Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Trial name
- IH2 (NCT02058823)
- Testing
- Valsartan, Amlodipine
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Hypertension, Hemodialysis
Sympathetic Mapping/ Ablation of Renal Nerves Trial - Hemodialysis
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of targeted renal sympathetic denervation using SyMapCath I™ in patients on hemodialysis with pharmacotherapy and uncontrolled hypertension for at least 6 months, then after standardized…
- Trial name
- SMART-HD (NCT04872114)
- Testing
- SyMapCath I™ catheter and SYMPIONEER S1™ Stimulator/Generator
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- The Second Hospital of Nanjing Medical University