Clinical trials: Telomere Disease
Telomere Disease
Low-Dose Danazol for the Treatment of Telomere Related Diseases
Background: DNA is a structure in the body. It contains data about how the body develops and works. Telomeres are found on the end of chromosomes in DNA.
- Trial name
- NCT03312400
- Testing
- Danazol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Alzheimer Disease
Telomerase Activator and Retinal Amyloid
A method of detecting amyloid in the retina has been developed. A specially designed retinal camera will directly visualze and record retinal amyloid and via image processing will generate a number: the retinal amyloid index…
- Trial name
- NCT02530255
- Testing
- cycloastragenol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chippewa Valley Eye Clinic
Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Systemic Disease (Disorder), Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Systemic Disease (Telomere Biology Disorder)
Occupational and Environmental Exposures Analysis in Interstitial Lung Diseases.
The OCEAN-ILD study is designed to prospectively evaluate the prevalence and clinical relevance of environmental and occupational exposures in a large Italian cohort of patients affected by any ILD, using a standardised exposure…
- Conditions
- Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Systemic Disease (Disorder), Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Systemic Disease (Telomere Biology Disorder), Exposure Occupational, Occupational Exposure
- Trial name
- OCEAN-ILD (NCT07577115)
- Testing
- standard interview
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Telomere Disease, Telomere Shortening
Nasal Brushing for the Diagnosis and Understanding of Telomeropathies
To date, the diagnosis of telomeropathies is based on telomere length measured in blood cells. However, this type of analysis is not always sufficient because some mutations underlying the development of telomeropathies are not…
- Trial name
- TELOSTIC (NCT05508321)
- Testing
- Nasal brushing, Sniffin' Sticks
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Telomere Shortening, Bone Marrow Failure
Study to Evaluate of EXG34217 in Patients With Telomere Biology Disorders With Bone Marrow Failure
This is a Phase I/II, open label, single center study to assess the safety and tolerability of EXG34217 in bone marrow failure patients with telomere biology disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT04211714
- Testing
- EXG34217
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Elixirgen Therapeutics, Inc.
Severe Aplastic Anemia, Telomere Biology Disorders
Natural History of Acquired and Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
Background: Bone marrow failure diseases are rare. Much is known about the diseases at the time of diagnosis, but long-term data about the effects of the diseases and treatments are lacking.
- Conditions
- Severe Aplastic Anemia, Telomere Biology Disorders, Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
- Trial name
- NCT05012111
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Anxiety Disorders, Social Anxiety Disorder
Brain Plasticity and Cellular Aging After Internet-delivered CBT for Social Anxiety Disorder
This study evaluates underlying psychological and biological mediators in Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for adults with social anxiety disorder.
- Trial name
- UMEII (NCT02592564)
- Testing
- Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Linkoeping University
Aging
A Model for Healthy Aging: Moscow Centenarians (AGE-100)
This study evaluates the associations between biomarkers of ageing, comprehensive geriatric status, telomere length and progerin level, the composition of the gut microbiota, 16sRNA metagenome sequencing in Moscow centenarians.
- Trial name
- AGE-100 (NCT02876809)
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Prostate Cancer
Telomere Associated Variables (TAVs) in Prostate Cancer
This research project results from the interest in continuing the collaboration with the previous LL-HURS-ONC001 clinical validation study, which gives cause to the present study.
- Trial name
- NCT04124900
- Where
- 10 sites in United States, Spain
- Volunteers
- 509 people
- Sponsor
- Life Length SL
Aplastic Anemia
Danazol for Genetic Bone Marrow and Lung Disorders
Background: Some people have bone marrow and lung disorders that are caused by genetic problems. These problems often involve damage to the ends of the chromosomes that pass down genes. One of these disorders is aplastic anemia.
- Trial name
- NCT01441037
- Testing
- Danazol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Immune Deficiency and Early BMF in Childhood
Consequences of DNA Repair and Telomere Defects on the Function of the Immune System: Application to CVID and Immune Deficiencies With Dysmorphic Syndromes
The molecular mechanisms participating in the various aspects of the DNA Damage Response (DDR) are absolutely essential to maintain the genome dynamics essential to all living organisms.
- Trial name
- IMMUNEREP (NCT02556359)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Critical Limb Ischemia
Evaluation of Safety and Tolerability of Libella Gene Therapy for Critical Limb Ischemia: AAV- hTERT
Using gene therapy to express active telomerase (hTERT) in human cells has the potential to treat many diseases related to aging, including critical limb ischemia (CLI).
- Trial name
- NCT04110964
- Testing
- AAV-hTERT
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Libella Gene Therapeutics
Obesity
Study of the Life Expectancy of Patients With Metabolic Syndrome After Weight Loss:
Background and study aims: Surgical and non-surgical normalization of body weight with obesity leads to a significant improvement in health and regression of metabolic syndrome.
- Trial name
- LIFEXPE-RT (NCT03667469)
- Testing
- Laparoscopic one anastomosis gastric bypass, Hypocaloric diet therapy
- Where
- Kazakhstan
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center, Kazakhstan
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Telomere Repair Gene Mutation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
This study will evaluate and compare the genes of the telomere repair complex in healthy control subjects, patients with blood diseases, and patients with inflammatory bowel disease to identify what, if any, changes are…
- Trial name
- NCT00353639
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Leukemia
Biomarkers in Samples From Young Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
RATIONALE: Studying bone marrow samples from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT01247584
- Testing
- DNA analysis, mutation analysis, polymerase chain reaction
- Volunteers
- 234 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Colonic Polyp
Study of a Screening Blood Test to Determine Patients' Potential Risk of Adenomatous or Advanced Colon Polyps (ACPs)
The aim of this study is to develop a blood test to determine which patients are at risk for pre-cancerous colon polyps (ACPs: Advanced Colon Polyps).
- Trial name
- NCT01062035
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number and Leukocyte Telomere Length as Biomarkers in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Type 2 diabetes mellitus, which is characterised by a combination of insulin resistance and insufficient insulin secretion is a major contributor to the burden of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
- Trial name
- NCT05684406
- Testing
- Genotyping
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sohag University
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Telomere Shortening
Efficacy of Pythagorean Self-Awareness for Aging Biomarkers Improvement, in T2D Patients and Healthy Individuals.
The present study explored the effects of the implementation of the Pythagorean Self Awareness Intervention (PSAI) on the dynamics of stress-related aging factors of immune cells in healthy volunteers and a cohort patients with…
- Trial name
- NCT04763525
- Testing
- Pythagorean Self-Awareness Intervention(PSAI)
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Colon, Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum
Telomere Length in Predicting Toxicity in Older Patients With Stage III-IV Colorectal Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy
This pilot research trial studies telomere length in predicting toxicity in older patients with stage III-IV colorectal cancer undergoing chemotherapy.
- Conditions
- Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Colon, Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum, Signet Ring Adenocarcinoma of the Colon, Signet Ring Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum
- Trial name
- NCT01934179
- Testing
- cytology specimen collection procedure, laboratory biomarker analysis, questionnaire administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
Pulmonary Fibrosis, Telomere Shortening
The TELO-SCOPE Study: Attenuating Telomere Attrition With Danazol. Is There Scope to Dramatically Improve Health Outcomes for Adults and Children With Pulmonary Fibrosis
TELO-SCOPE is a national, multi-centre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised (2:1) trial which will test the hypothesis that, compared to placebo, the addition of danazol to standard of care in pulmonary fibrosis…
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Fibrosis, Telomere Shortening, Telomere Disease, Dyskeratosis Congenita
- Trial name
- NCT04638517
- Testing
- Danazol
- Where
- 9 sites in Australia
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Queensland