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Lowering Insulin to Decrease Liver Fat Production

Condition: Nutrition

Status: Currently Recruiting

We are conducting a research study on the effect of high insulin levels on the buildup of excessive liver fat ("fatty liver disease") in people at risk for type 2 diabetes. We are seeking adult volunteers, ages 18-65, who have obesity with a body mass index of 30-45, and have been diagnosed with, or are at risk for, prediabetes and metabolic…

Study of EDIT-301 in Patients with Severe Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

Condition: Blood Disorders / Sickle Cell Disease

Investigator: Monica Bhatia, MD

Status: Closed

The purpose of this study is to find out if the study medicine called EDIT-301 will help in the treatment of Severe Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and how safe it is to be used in people. EDIT-301 (study medicine) is a new investigational therapy which uses the patient's own stem cells, modifies them by CRISPR technology, and infuses them back to the…

Investigating Problem Solving in Health Management

Condition: Nutrition

Investigator: Lena Mamykina, PhD

Status: Closed

We are conducting an academic study to understand how people solve problems related to health. In the study, participants will be presented with a hypothetical problem related to diabetes self-management and asked to use an online health application to explore information and propose a solution. We invite all participants between 18 and 65 years old, who…

Chatbot for Nutritional Coaching and Chronic Disease Self-Management

Condition: Nutrition

Investigator: Lena Mamykina, PhD

Status: Closed

Seeking participants for a study about how individuals prefer to receive nutrition recommendations to support health management and preferences for visualizing health data. Participants will be invited to complete a 60-minute session to answer questionnaires and evaluate different styles of nutrition recommendations. Alternatively, they will complete one 60…

Meal Choices Study

Condition: Nutrition

Investigator: Lena Mamykina, PhD

Status: Closed

Study of PF-07209326 in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

Condition: Blood Disorders / Sickle Cell Disease

Investigator: Andrew Eisenberger, MD

Status: Closed

The purpose of this study is to learn about whether the study drug (PF-07209326) is safe and effective in people with sickle cell disease and learn about what the right dose is. We will look at drug levels in the blood, see how fast drug levels rise and fall, and what effects the drug has, all of which are known as the pharmacokinetics (PK) and…

The Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Exercise and Peanut Consumption

Condition: Nutrition

Investigator: Richard Sloan, PhD

Status: Closed

We will enroll and randomly assign 30 sedentary, healthy overweight men and women to two groups. Participants will either start by consuming peanuts for 4 weeks, and then go on to exercise at high intensity intervals (HIIT) for 4 weeks, or the reverse order. We will test and compare the effect of peanuts and exercise on inflammation and heart rate…

Study of stem cell transplant effects in patients with sickle cell disease

Condition: Blood Disorders / Sickle Cell Disease

Investigator: Monica Bhatia, MD

Status: Closed

This study is being done to see if giving your child a lower dose of chemotherapy (drug therapy), than has been used historically in bone marrow transplant, to kill his/her own diseased cells before he/she receives a bone marrow transplant, will possibly result in the permanent control of your child's sickle cell disease. Patients will receive busulfan…

A study for patients with episodic or chronic migraine using the Cefaly device for the acute treatment of migraine headaches

Condition: Headaches / Migraines

Investigator: Denise Chou, MD

Status: Closed

This study plans to learn more about a device called the Cefaly and if it is effective for treating migraine attacks. This device is approved by the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) for the prevention of episodic migraines, but clinical data has not yet been collected on its effectiveness in treating migraine attacks.

A study for adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea using a CPAP machine to view its effects on diet, physical activity and cardiovascular risk

Condition: Nutrition

Investigator: Ari Shechter, PhD

Status: Closed

We are currently looking for overweight (body mass index 25 kg/m2) men and women, age 18-65 y, to participate in a sleep study. To participate you must have been diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea within the past year, and have been prescribed continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) but not have not yet started treatment. This is a 2-phase,…

A study to reduce episodic and/or chronic migraine headache symptoms in patients who have a common heart defect called Patent Foramen Ovale

Condition: Headaches / Migraines

Investigator: Robert Sommer, MD

Status: Closed

This study is for patients who have severe migraine headaches that might be a result of a hole in the heart wall called a Patent Foreman Ovale, or PFO. It is known that as many as 40% of patients with migraine headaches also have a PFO. It is not well understood how the two are related, or how having a hole in the heart wall could cause headaches. In this…

Acute treatment of Migraine using the Cefaly device

Condition: Headaches / Migraines

Investigator: Denise Chou, MD

Status: Closed

This study plans to learn more about a device called the Cefaly and if it is effective for treating migraine attacks. This device is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the prevention of episodic migraines, but clinical data has not yet been collected on its effectiveness in treating migraine attacks. The Cefaly device works by generating…

A study for children with sickle cell using study drug Hydroxyurea

Condition: Blood Disorders / Sickle Cell Disease

Investigator: Nancy Green, MD

Status: Closed

The purpose of this research is to learn how to help parent youth pairs work together to help youth with sickle cell disease take hydroxyurea every day as a daily habit. This study is for children and teens ages 10-18 with Sickle Cell Anemia taking hydroxyurea, and their parents (or guardians). Many children and teens do not use hydroxyurea every day. Daily…

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