Active clinical trials for "Inflammation"

The purpose is to conduct a dietary intervention study in which human participants will consume beverages sweetened with erythritol or aspartame, each for 2 weeks, in a randomized crossover design

This study evaluates the hypothesis that osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) and non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) elicit anti-inflammatory actions through activation of the parasympathetic nervous system. In a cross-over design, research participants will be subjected to various combinations of OMT, taVNS, or sham interventions during four study sessions, that are at least one month apart. During each study session research participants will undergo OMT and/or taVNS for 3 consecutive days. Blood pressure and electrocardiogram (ECG) will be recorded on all three study days to assess parasympathetic nervous system function. On the 3rd study day a blood sample will be taken to assess the effects of OMT and/or taVNS on inflammation.

Longitudinal monitoring of inflammation using skin devices may help predict outcomes compared to traditional blood draws

This study applies a hypothesis-driven approach to examine the effects of chronic marijuana use on HIV-associated inflammation and its subsequent impacts on central nervous system function, with the goal of identifying the mechanisms through which cannabinoids modulate neurological disorders and other comorbidities in persons with HIV.

This is a cross-sectional 3-group study with subjects enrolled and matched by region (Asia, Europe), age, sex, and average daily product consumption over the last 2 years as self-reported. The study will be conducted as a multi-center and multi-regional study, to demonstrate beneficial effects of switching from cigarettes to THS.

Immunological toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) monoclonal antibodies are unpredictable autoimmune and inflammatory pathologies that can affect all treated patients. Some of these events are severe and occur in 15-20% of patients treated with Programmed Death 1 (PD-1) antibodies. The study of cellular immunological characteristics within tissues affected by toxicities and the interactions between the different actors of these toxicities aims at improving the knowledge concerning the mechanisms of these toxicities, but also at being able to specify the unexpected effects of ICIs on cells of the immune system, outside the tumor microenvironment. Diffuse infiltrative lung disease is one of the most frequent and severe toxicities encountered in patients treated with anti PD-(L)1; either for bronchial cancer, melanoma or any other type of cancer. Patients developing this type of complication benefit from cytological, bacteriological, mycological and molecular analyses of intra-alveolar constituents obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) performed during bronchial fibroscopy as part of their routine care. These analyses help to confirm the diagnosis of alveolitis, to specify the cellular characteristics of alveolar inflammation and to eliminate differential diagnoses of ICI toxicity.

The goal of this mechanistic clinical trial is to learn about the effects of medications called soluble guanylyl cyclase stimulators on vascular function and markers of kidney and brain injury in patients having heart surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does soluble guanylyl cyclase stimulation improve blood vessel function compared to placebo? Does soluble guanylyl cyclase stimulation decrease markers of kidney injury and brain injury compared to placebo? Participants will be randomized to a soluble guanylyl cyclase stimulator called vericiguat or placebo, and researchers will compare vascular function and markers of brain and kidney injury to see if vericiguat improves vascular function and reduces markers of injury. This will provide important information to determine the underlying reasons that patients have some kidney and brain function problems after having heart surgery.

This is a 4-month randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility of 'good and very good' adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern and to a high-fermented-food diet by individuals with Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by alterations in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) gene, characterized by multisystemic alterations, mainly in the lung, intestine, sweat, and bile ducts. In addition to pulmonary involvement, the presence of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency also increases the risk of survival, as it is associated with malnutrition and deficiency of fat-soluble vitamins, such as vitamin D. Vitamin D, in addition to its role in bone health, in the case of CF patients with chronic inflammation, it has been suggested that many of the cytokines that regulate the inflammatory response contain elements that respond to vitamin D, so vitamin D could play an essential role in the regulation of the inflammatory response in CF, which could favor lung function. However, more than 50% of CF patients present vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency, despite the different schemes suggested for supplementation in different age groups, which suggests that new strategies are needed to normalize vitamin D levels, which will allow us to see its clinical effect on the inflammatory response, by decreasing the number of exacerbations and thus perpetuating or improving lung function, as well as on bone mineral health.

The proposal aims to determine if non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation(nVNS) will alter: 1) the peripheral inflammatory biomarker profile, 2) the neural correlates of change in pain stimuli and 3) PTSD symptom severity and 4) life quality and function in Veterans with PTSD. The planned inflammatory biomarker and neuroimaging results can 1) promote knowledge of inflammatory and neurobiological mechanisms that contribute to pain in PTSD, and 2) advance the ability to provide targeted neuromodulation based interventions that support improved life quality and function for Veterans. These goals are consistent with the VA's mission to sponsor research examining variables related to pathogenesis, diagnosis, and(ultimately) treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders.