Clinical Trials
Below are current clinical trials.
203 studies in Infectious Diseases Research (all studies, either open or closed).
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Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of this study is to compare a standard steroid dosing algorithm to a novel biomarker-tailored steroid dosing algorithm for patients receiving corticosteroids for community acquired pneumonia. Patients with severe community acquired pneumonia may benefit from adjunctive corticosteroid therapy. The optimal patient selection, dosing and duration of steroids is unknown.
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Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of this study is to explore lay understandings toward participating in and perceptions of consent to biospecimen research and valuation of genetics in SARS-COV-2 infection, testing, immunity, and vaccine development, to explore professional attitudes toward and perception of barriers and facilitators for implementating genetic technology to facilitate understanding of SARS-COV-2 infection and immunity, improvement and scale-up of testing, and vaccine development, and to identify ethical, social, and inter-professional aspects of microbial genetic technology implementation in population health surveillance, clinical test development, and vaccine research.We hypothesize that engagement with individuals whom directly experience and/or are impacted by the increasing use of SARS-Cov-2 genetic technology, including COVID-19 Pandemic Response Biobank contributors and interdisciplinary expert teams will help identify ethical and social issues in adopting and implementing emerging technology.
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Rochester, Minn., Eau Claire, Wis., La Crosse, Wis., Mankato, Minn., Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.
The study aims to characterize patient factors, such as pre-existing comorbidities, cancer type and treatment, and demographic factors, associated with short- and long-term outcomes of COVID-19, including severity and fatality, in cancer patients undergoing treatment. The study also is aimed to describe cancer treatment modifications made in response to COVID-19, including dose adjustments, changes in symptom management, or temporary or permanent cessation. Lastely, evaluate the association of COVID-19 with cancer outcomes in patient subgroups defined by clinico-pathologic characteristics.
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Rochester, Minn.
The microbiome within the gut lumen has been found in prior studies to differ in individuals with C. difficile infection (CDI) in comparison to those without diarrhea. The microbiome associated with the mucosal surface on the colon has been noted to differ from that of the lumen in other clinical scenarios, although this has not been studied in depth in patients with CDI. The goal of this research is to characterize the mucosal microbiome in patients with CDI after treatment to characterize this microbiome and determine the effect on recurrence of CDI.
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Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of this study is to extend the previous SERES-004 study in patients who had a recurrence of clostridium difficile infection within the first 8 weeks of participation.
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Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of this study is to investigate disease causing and other organisms which athletes may be exposed to while participating in the Summer Olympic Games. The study will also investigate the organism and metabolism environment of stool, blood analysis and presence of abnormal cell structures in Olympic athletes in comparison with other elite athletes.
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Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate treatment of BK polyomavirus with the use of Brincidofovir.
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Rochester, Minn.
The primary goal of this study will be to assess whether stool collected and frozen from anonymous screened unrelated donors can be as effective as stool freshly collected from recipient's parents when used in Fecal Microbial Transplant for the eradication of recurrent Clostridium difficile infections in children. In the current protocols, which are more than 90% effective, each child who is receiving a fecal transplant has to provide their own donor stool, usually from a parent or close relative. This requires considerable screening costs for each case and is logistically complicated as the donor must be present and must stool just prior to the transplant. The investigators hope to show that a small number of healthy donors can provide stool samples which can be frozen and banked and then thawed for use in numerous patients. The primary goal is to show that Clostridium difficile will be eradicated as effectively (Greater than 90% success) when using the stool from the frozen donors.
The study will also evaluate the inflammatory response and intestinal microbiome in young children aged 1-3 years with Clostridium difficile infections to better predict which ones will respond to fecal transplantation and which ones have incidental infections. For this question the investigators will gather stool samples to check for lactoferrin, calprotectin, and alpha1antitrypsin, and 16s ribosomal RNA analysis in children before and after the fecal transplants. The goal is to see if there is an intestinal microbiome that predisposes some children to getting sick from Clostridium difficile versus just having it incidentally.
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Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of this study is to assess influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) in preventing pandemic influenza virus illness and infection, and to assess the incidence of pandemic influenza virus infection and illness among Health care providers (HCP), first responders (FR) (police, fire, and Emergency Medical Technicians [EMT]) and school personnel (SP).
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Rochester, Minn.
The purpose of this study is to estimate the success, recurrence, and complications over the 90 day follow up period for the treatment of C. difficile infection in adult solid organ or stem cell transplant patients.