Active clinical trials for "Muscular Diseases"

Background: -(Degree)ystinosis is an inherited disease. If not treated correctly, it can cause muscle wasting and weakness and kidney damage. Researchers want to learn if growth hormone (GH) can help people with cystinosis. Objective: - To learn if GH treatment can slow or reverse muscle wasting and improve muscle strength in people with cystinosis. Eligibility: - People 18 and older who are already enrolled in protocol 78-HG-0093. Design: Participants will be admitted to the clinic for eight 3 4 day visits, mostly four months apart. At each visit, participants will have a history and physical exam and give urine and blood samples. At month 0 or 13, participants will take tests that will be repeated at their 12- or 25-month visit: They will have an eye exam, medical consultations, and strength and movement tests. They will complete questionnaires. They may have tests of heart activity and lung function. They will have ultrasound imaging of their arm and hand muscles. They will have a scan of their legs while lying in a magnetic resonance imaging machine (a big metal cylinder). They will have a DEXA bone scan (two X-ray beams measure body composition). They will also swallow barium while X-ray imaging records the throat muscles. Participants will be randomly assigned to either receive or not receive GH for the first 12 months. Then, at month 13, if they received GH, they will switch for the next 12 months. Participants will take GH as a daily injection. They will be taught how to give the injections.

Correlation between clinical , ultrasonographical, neurophysiological and histopathological findings in muscle diseases of different etiologies.

This study aims to determine the association between the pathological changes detected by ultrasound and those detected in MRI in muscle diseases of different etiologies.

Pretreating people with replacement doses of vitamin D will allow them to tolerate Statin medications that have caused muscle pain for them in the past.

1-standardization of semi quantitative muscle ultrasonographic parameters ( muscle thickness (MT) and echo intensity (EI) ) in healthy adults and to obtain a set of normal values of all accessible muscle in both upper and lower limbs. 2.standardizaition of quantitative muscle ultrasonographic parameters (Gray scale level (GSL), Calibrated muscle backscatter values (cMBs), Optical Density (OD), 2D Textu1) in healthy adults and to obtain a set of normal values of all accessible muscle in both upper and lower limbs.

A study looking at the effect of pioglitazone in skeletal muscle of patients with sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM).

Statins are a group of medications that are used to lower cholesterol levels. Although serious side effects are rare, some people taking statins experience muscle pain or weakness. This study will evaluate the number of people who experience mild muscle complaints and will determine the effect of statins on skeletal muscle strength, endurance, and aerobic exercise performance.

Nemaline myopathy is a rare congenital myopathy. Respiratory failure is the main cause of death in these patients. The primary objective of this study is to determine the effect of a 8-week inspiratory muscle training program on respiratory muscle function in nemaline myopathy patients. The secondary objective is to determine respiratory muscle function in nemaline myopathy patients and its correlation with clinical severity and general neuromuscular function. The nemaline myopathy patients will be included in the first phase for a clinical characterization. From this phase patients will be selected for the second phase, which is a controlled before-after trial of inspiratory muscle training. The primary outcome is the change in maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) after active inspiratory muscle training

This is the 2 years extension of the prospective and longitudinal study of the natural history and functional status of patients with myotubular myopathy and other centronuclear (CNM) sponsored by Dynacure including ten additional pediatric patients with mutation in MTM1 or DNM2 genes). the patients are planned to be enrolled in one year leading to an expected total number of 70 patients followed at least over 1 year period. Data from the study will be used to characterize the disease course of CNM and determine which outcome measures will be the best to assess the efficacy of potential therapies.

Joints and muscles disorders are common symptoms in the population. They are characterized by swelling, pain, functional impairment and morning stiffness. These disorders can be really disabling and painful, affecting the person's quality life. The purpose of this clinical trial is to test Kritech (Krill oil) efficacy in reducing these symptoms in 154 subjects complaining functional discomfort associated to joints and muscles disorders.