clinical trial Archive — Page 5 of 15
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May 30, 2024
Study to prevent Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome seeks participants
Participants may be able to join this study if they have Down syndrome, are between 35 and 50 years old and have a study partner willing to attend all study visits. -
May 21, 2024
Acetaminophen shows promise in warding off acute respiratory distress syndrome, organ injury in patients with sepsis
Findings from NIH-supported clinical trial suggest that intravenous acetaminophen has the greatest benefit in the sickest patients. -
April 25, 2024
Traditional healer-initiated HIV testing and care expands in South Africa
Developed in a region with the world’s highest HIV prevalence, this study design and intervention has the potential to impact testing uptake among a “hidden population” by mobilizing trained healers, who vastly outnumber allopathic care providers in South Africa. -
April 25, 2024
Advance in the treatment of acute heart failure identified
A multicenter study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy in Nashville has identified a potential new treatment for acute heart failure, a leading cause of hospitalization and death. -
April 16, 2024
Unsung Zeros: How biostatistics advances personalized health in the era of smart data
VUMC is acrawl with statistical design, bias detection and analysis that’s recognized with $532 million in federal and nonfederal research support. -
February 29, 2024
Study targets nicotine craving in schizophrenia
Vanderbilt's Heather Burrell Ward, MD, has received a five-year, $928,000 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to test whether an externally applied magnetic field can reduce nicotine craving in people with schizophrenia. -
February 22, 2024
NIH-funded trial to determine if immunomodulation can improve brain and cardiovascular dysfunction in Long COVID
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is working with scientists around the U.S. to launch the first Phase III, multicenter, placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of immunomodulation on Long COVID.