Clinical trials: open to volunteers, sponsored by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Undiagnosed Diseases, Cardiovascular Disease
Human Biospecimen Procurement Protocol: Biorepository to Support Translational Research to Identify Disease Mechanism(s)
Background: Studies show that rare genetic variants might lead to diseases. Researchers want to collect blood and tissue samples so they can study them and better understand diseases.
- Trial name
- NCT02543996
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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)
Structural Heart Disease
NHLBI-Emory Advanced Cardiac CT Reconstruction
Background: Doctors use computed tomography (CT) to get detailed pictures of the heart. CT uses x-rays to gather raw data. Computers assemble this data to make the images doctors look at.
- Trial name
- NCT05372627
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Heart Failure
Multi-Scale Analysis of Phenotypes in Heart Failure (MAP-HEART)
Background: More than 6.5 million people in the United States live with heart failure (HF), and more than a million new cases are diagnosed each year.
- Trial name
- NCT06280820
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Ventricular Arrhythmia
VINTAGE (Ventricular Intramyocardial Navigation for Tachycardia Ablation Guided by Electrograms) Using Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Catheters
Background: Ventricular arrhythmia is an abnormal pulse rhythm that starts in the lower part of the heart (ventricles). Treatment includes ablation; ablation uses heat to destroy small portions of the heart that are causing short…
- Trial name
- NCT06940752
- Testing
- VINTAGE (Ventricular Intramyocardial Navigation for Tachycardia Ablation Guided by Electrograms)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Lung Transplantation
Syk Inhibition in MItigating Lung Allograft Rejection (SIMILAR): A Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Fostamatinib in Lung Transplant Patients With Donor-Specific Antibodies
Background: People who have lung transplants often survive 6 or 7 years. But some people develop donor-specific antibodies (DSA) after their transplants; antibodies are proteins that attack foreign invaders in the body.
- Trial name
- NCT06948097
- Testing
- fostamatinib
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Ventricular Arrhythmia
EDEN Intracardiac Electrogram Recording and Classifying System
Background: Heart surgeons use electrocardiogram (ECG) machines to record electrical signals from the heart during procedures. Normal ECG machines connect only to the skin.
- Trial name
- NCT07137455
- Testing
- EDEN Intracardiac Electrogram Recording and Classifying System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Plasma Lipids-Dependent Vitamin E Metabolism During Dynamic Hyperlipidemia
Background: Obesity is known to lead to diseases such as diabetes and high cholesterol (or fats) in the blood (hyperlipidemia). But no one knows why.
- Trial name
- NCT07715890
- Testing
- High fat liquid shake
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Small Lymphocytic Leukemia
Nemtabrutinib for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)/Small Lymphocytic Leukemia (SLL) Refractory to Covalent Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor or Pirtobrutinib and Previously Treated With a BCL2 Inhibitor
Background: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic leukemia (SLL) are diseases in which the body makes too many white blood cells that do not work properly.
- Trial name
- NCT07796373
- Testing
- Nemtabrutinib
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction
NHLBI SESAME (SEptal Scoring Along Midline Endocardium) Multi-Center Prospective Study Using Improvised Off-Label Devices
This is an early study of a catheter-based minimally invasive procedure called SESAME to slice thick heart muscle as described below.
- Conditions
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction, Systolic Anterior Motion
- Trial name
- NCT07806149
- Testing
- SESAME Procedure
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Fatty Acids, Omega-3, Fish Oils
Metabolic Impact of VLCPUFA-Rich Fish Oil: A Clinical Study on Omega-3 Index Enhancement in Healthy Individuals
Background: Fish oils contain omega-3 fatty acids that play important roles in the body. Researchers are studying a new type of fish oil that contains very-long-chain omega-3 fatty acids (VLCPUFAs).
- Trial name
- NCT07882160
- Testing
- VLCPUFA-rich fish oil, DHA-rich fish oil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Epcoritamab as Consolidative Therapy for Waldenstr(SqrRoot)(Delta)m Macroglobulinemia (WM) Treated With a Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (BTKi)
Background: Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM) is a type of blood cancer. It causes the blood to get thicker, which slows circulation and makes it harder to carry oxygen and other substances around the body.
- Trial name
- NCT07882173
- Testing
- epcoritamab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Mortality in Sickle Cell, Sickle Cell Cardiopulmonary Complications
Observational Study to Deeply Phenotype Major Organs in Sickle Cell Disease After Curative Therapies
Background: People with sickle cell disease (SCD) have problems with their heart, brain, kidneys, liver, and lungs as they age. These problems may improve after transplant. Researchers want to learn how and why this happens.
- Conditions
- Mortality in Sickle Cell, Sickle Cell Cardiopulmonary Complications, Sickle Cell Organ Damage, Sickle Cell Life Expectancy and Risk Factors for Early Death
- Trial name
- NCT05213572
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL)
Immune Profiling of CLL/SLL Treated With First-Line Pirtobrutinib
Background: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) are blood cancers that affect certain white blood cells. Advanced forms of these diseases are difficult to treat.
- Trial name
- NCT07428707
- Testing
- Pirtobrutinib
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Sickle Cell Disease
Blood Collection for Research Related to Certain Diseases Involving Blood Vessels
The collection of human specimens from both patients and healthy volunteers is necessary for the development of laboratory assays to further basic and clinical research studies.
- Trial name
- NCT00047996
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Pain Crisis
Natural History of Sickle Cell Disease
This study is not a treatment protocol and no experimental treatments are involved. Study participants may be seen as needed for clinical, translational and basic research studies, or as medically indicated.
- Trial name
- NCT00081523
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Wide Spectrum of Diseases, Hematologic Diseases
Data Collection of Standard Care and Evaluation of NHLBI Patients and Donors
Background: Researchers seek ways to study people s medical problems in order to teach and further general knowledge. The ability to assess and treat people with a wide range of diseases is critical to training people to be good…
- Trial name
- NCT04450927
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Sickle Cell Disease, Hemolytic Anemia
Escalating Doses of VAS-101 in Subjects With Stable Sickle Cell Disease
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder. The disease affects the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen.
- Trial name
- NCT07566494
- Testing
- VAS-101
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Graft-Versus-Host Disease, Graft-versus-leukemia
Improved Methods of Cell Selection for Bone Marrow Transplant Alternatives
Bone marrow transplants (BMT) are one form of treatment for disorders of the blood, including leukemia. However, because the procedure is often associated with potentially life-threatening reactions, it is usually reserved for…
- Conditions
- Graft-Versus-Host Disease, Graft-versus-leukemia, Donor Apheresis
- Trial name
- NCT00001529
- Testing
- G-CSF
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Hematologic Disease and Disorders, Donors
Screening for Hematology Branch Protocols
This study allows the evaluation of subjects in order to determine their ability to safely participate in other active research studies.
- Conditions
- Hematologic Disease and Disorders, Donors, Healthy Volunteer
- Trial name
- NCT00001620
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)