A listing of High blood pressure medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
The purpose of this study is to find out if we can detect a disease of the heart called cardiac transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis early. People develop cardiac TTR amyloidosis due to an accumulation of a transthyretin protein in the heart. This can happen as part of an aging process (wild …
The research study is being done to understand both why and how scleroderma and related female-biased diseases affect women and men differently. Though we do not know what causes these diseases, we do know that women are much more likely to develop them than men. We are studying how the …
The purpose of this study is to investigate different oral and systemic problems including dental carries, periodontal disease, dry mouth, high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, and osteoporosis, observed in patients living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy.
This study will use a new investigational study drug called OMS721 in people with Immunoglobulin A (IgA) Nephropathy. This kidney disease produces abnormal amounts of a protein called IgA in the kidney that damage the filtering units or glomeruli. Glomeruli are tiny filtering units in the kidney that remove excess …
The Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE) is a multi-disciplinary, multi-center longitudinal observational study. The main purpose of this study is to find markers for progression of Nephrotic Syndrome. We are particularly interested in the diseases called Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), Minimal Change Disease (MCD), and Membranous Nephropathy (MN), which …
The nuMoM2b Heart Health Study (nuMoM2b-HHS) has followed a demographically diverse cohort of women enrolled and richly phenotyped during their first pregnancy, with data and biospecimens prospectively collected for up to 7 years thereafter. The overarching scientific goal of this study is to define the relationship between adverse pregnancy outcomes …
Determine the reproducibility of the subharmonic aided pressure estimation (SHAPE) algorithm in subjects to estimate portal pressures with an ultrasound scanner. Examine if serial SHAPE can accurately predict development of ascites and other liver related events. Use SHAPE to monitor treatment response in patients identified with portal hypertension and compare …
TThe research study is being conducted to compare macitentan 75 mg with the approved macitentan 10 mg to see if it is well tolerated, safe and useful for treating patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
The purpose of this clinical study is to see whether a medical device called the Paradise Renal Denervation System (also called The Paradise System) can lower high blood pressure in patients who are known to have hypertension. The results of this study will be used to help the Food and …
The main purpose of this study is to determine if certain genes, hormones, or other factors predict the risk of developing lung vessel disease in patients with liver disease and whether they determine outcome. Patients in need of a liver transplant evaluation or have portopulmonary hypertension or are suspected of …