Clinical Trials
Below are current clinical trials.
518 studies in Cardiovascular Research Center (all studies, either open or closed).
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Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of this research study is to see if Atorvastatin(Lipitor) 40 mg by mouth daily decreases the chance of developing heart problems in women who are receiving anthracycline-based chemotherapy for breast cancer.
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Rochester, Minn.
AIMS:
1. Determine the feasibility of measuring velocity of flow across a patent foramen ovale and using this Doppler spectrum to estimate left atrial pressures.
2. Correlate PFO velocity Doppler profile with the degree of diastolic dysfunction.
3. To Correlated PFO velocity and Doppler derived left atrial pressure with left atrial pressure measured during cardiac catheterization in a subset of (n=20) subjects for validation of this methodology.
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Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.
24-week study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of macitentan for the treatment of portopulmonary hypertension.
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Rochester, Minn.
This study is a pilot, multi-centered, randomized, clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of performing early Coronary Angiography (CAG) versus no early CAG in post-cardiac arrest patients without ST segment elevation. Safety will be assessed by evaluating the association of major adverse events (re-arrest, bleeding, pulmonary edema, hypotension, acute renal insufficiency, and pneumonia) with early coronary angiogram. Efficacy will be assessed by a composite endpoint of improved left ventricular regional and global function (both regional wall motion analysis and left ventricular ejection fraction) as measured by echocardiography prior to hospital discharge and favourable neurological function (Cerebral Performance Categories 1 or 2) at discharge.
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Albert Lea, Minn., Austin, Minn., Rochester, Minn.
The investigators will do the study in two phases. The first phase will be a pilot study on up to 18 participants [patients 60 years or older with coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) or patients who are eligible to undergo and participate in cardiac rehabilitation (CR)]; up to 6 participants each will be given oral daily rapamycin (0.5, 1, and 2mg) dose for the duration of CR. Baseline and follow-up data will be collected for age-associated impairment (AAI): frailty (primary endpoint) and quality of life (QOL),senescent-associated secretory phenotype (SASP)and abdominal/thigh subcutaneous adipose biopsy for measurement of adipocyte mitochondrial DNA copy number and to quantitate the number of senescent preadipocytes. Safety of rapamycin will be assessed by periodic clinical follow-up, blood draws, and serum rapamycin levels. Following completion of the pilot phase, the data will be analyzed. If favorable changes are noted in the SASP or AAI, the investigators will start a phase 2 randomized trial.
Second phase: In a prospective, randomized, clinical trial design, patients 60 years or older will be randomized at the time of CR to a standardized exercise protocol, or exercise protocol with the addition of low-dose rapamycin to test the hypothesis whether low-dose rapamycin (demonstrated in the pilot trial to improve SASP/AAI) will improve measures of AAI, SASP, or findings on the fat biopsy as compared to exercise alone. The null hypotheses are that there is no improvement with rapamycin in measures of AAI or SASP.
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Rochester, Minn.
As part of the long-term goal of successfully implementing tissue regeneration strategies in an individualized manner for patients with thoracic diseases including, but not limited to: cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension, the investigators will assess the feasibility of collecting skin biopsies from patients undergoing surgery for thoracic disease, culturing skin fibroblasts from the biopsy, and reprogramming these skin fibroblasts into induced pluripotent cells.
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Rochester, Minn.
This randomized phase III trial studies the best dose of apixaban and how well it works in preventing secondary cancer related blood clots in cancer patients who have completed anticoagulation therapy. Apixaban may stop the clotting of blood by blocking some of the enzymes needed for blood clotting.
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Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of this study is to establish a collection, termed biorepository or biobank, of samples as well as both clinical and genetic data from patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of this study is detection of relationship between biomarkers and the severity of AS (echocardiographic hemodynamics/CT-calcium load). Detection of relationship between biomarkers to the consequences of AS on the LV (echo remodeling parameters and speckle-tracking LV strain). Detection of differences on echocardiographic and CT-calcium load AS severity assessments between tricuspid and bicuspid valves. Detection of biomarker associations with AS hemodynamics, CT-calcium load, LV remodeling and LV strain between tricuspid and bicuspid phenotypes.
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Rochester, Minn.
This is a prospective, non-randomized, multicenter, pivotal Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) study. The intent of this study is to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the ST Monitoring Feature in St Jude Medical ICD systems.
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