Clinical Trials

Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether semaglutide, an FDA-approved treatment for diabetes and obesity, is feasible and tolerable in patients with advanced lung disease. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: Are patients with advanced lung disease able to tolerate s…

Brief Summary: This is a Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, adaptive, multicenter study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability, Pharmacodynamics (PD), and Pharmacokinetics (PK) of OATD-01 in the treatment of subjects with active pulmonary sarcoidosis. Detailed Description…

Brief Summary: Arrhythmogenic ventricular cardiomyopathy (AVC) is a genetic condition which affects the heart and can lead to heart failure and rhythm problems, of which, sudden cardiac arrest or death is the most tragic and dangerous. Diagnosis and screening of blood-relatives is very difficult as…

Brief Summary:Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown cause that can affect any organ in the body, including the heart. Granulomatous myocarditis can lead to ventricular dysfunction and ventricular arrhythmias causing significant morbidity and mortality. Immunosuppressive thera…

Brief Summary: The study objective is to identify the earliest changes in energy substrate metabolism in patients with cardiomyopathies (CMP). To achieve this objective, we plan first to test the hypothesis that patients with CMP present focal alterations in myocardial hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate…

Brief Summary: The goal of the study is to create a longitudinal study of patient reported outcomes for people living with sarcoidosis that maintains privacy. Patients report on the following: demographics, disease symptoms, diagnostic journey, provider experience, disease treatment, and burden of d…

Brief Summary: nonischemic cardiomyopathies (NICM) constitute a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by distinct structural and functional myocardial abnormalities in the absence of obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease. To date, there is a huge lack of knowledge related to two mai…

Brief Summary: this multicenter registry, both retrospective and prospective, aims at answering multiple questions about myocarditis, with special attention to arrhythmic manifestations. Patients with myocarditis proven at least by endomyocardial biopsy and/or cardiac magnetic resonance will be enro…

Brief Summary: This prospective, observational study is a single center clinical registry of patients referred for management of symptomatic or asymptomatic Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs). Subjects will be followed through 12 months. The study will enroll approximately 50 patients. Detail…

Brief Summary: To facilitate clinical, basic science, and translational research projects involving the study of rheumatic diseases. Detailed Description: A rheumatology biorepository will be created to permit comparative analyses between the rheumatic diseases in order to increase the understanding…

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of BMS-986278 in Participants with Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Brief Summary: Arrhythmogenic ventricular cardiomyopathy (AVC) is a genetic condition which affects the heart and can lead to heart failure and rhythm problems, of which, sudden cardiac arrest or death is the most tragic and dangerous. Diagnosis and screening of blood-relatives is very difficult as…

Brief Summary: Establish a interstitial lung disease (ILD) registry and biorepository to lead towards a further understanding of the disease. Detailed Description: The University of Kansas ILD and Rare Lung Disease clinic sees hundreds of new patients per year. The investigators would like to levera…

Brief Summary: We propose to acquire data and blood samples on all patients being cared for by the Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) program. Additionally, we will collect data and blood samples from a control group for comparator purposes. In doing so, we will be able to describe the “phenotypic” exp…

Brief Summary: This study is designed to evaluate the genetics involved in the development of lung disease by surveying genes involved in the process of breathing and examining the genes in lung cells of patients with lung disease. The study will focus on defining the distribution of abnormal genes…

Brief Summary: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of inhaled treprostinil in subjects with sarcoidosis-associated interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension. Detailed Description: Pulmonary sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension is classified as WHO Group 5 pulmonar…

Brief Summary: The investigators will compare endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) with intranodal forceps biopsy (EBUS-IFB) as it relates to the rate of diagnosis of suspected sarcoidosis. Detailed Description: This is prospective, single center randomized comparati…

Brief Summary: This study sets out to register imaging of small biopsy specimens obtained during bronchoscopy using full-field optical coherence tomography against standard histologic evaluation. Detailed Description: Small biopsy specimens obtained through bronchoscopy are commonly employed for the…

Brief Summary: The goal of the study is to look at the relationship between how individuals with Sarcoidosis take the sarcoidosis medicines and how it affects the disease, to evaluate any factors that may make individuals not want to take the medicines, and to develop and refine ways to help support…

Brief Summary: A phase 1b/2 study of XTMAB-16 in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis  

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to develop prediction models that can prognosticate patients with sarcoidosis using clinical data and blood markers that can be obtained during a clinic visit. Detailed Description: The purpose of this study is to develop prediction models that can prognos…

Brief Summary: This protocol is an unblended randomized screening trial will have consecutive patients with no suggestion of cardiac sarcoidosis according to usual screening enroll in an enhanced screening protocol. The routine clinical care is to gather patient’s history of symptoms and under go an…

Brief Summary: The objective is this study is to test whether use of Acthar gel in the context of sarcoidosis will lead to improved symptoms and lung function and correlate with decreased levels of predictive blood biomarkers, like chemokine ligand 9 (CXCL9). Detailed Description: The investigators…

Brief Summary: The primary objective of this study was to determine the ability of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) to identify cardiac involvement in patients with sarcoidosis. Patients were to undergo CMR in addition to routine clinical evaluation. Detailed Description: In patients with sarcoidosi…

Brief Summary: Sarcoidosis is a multi-system granulomatous disorder that is triggered and influenced by gene-environment interactions. Although sarcoidosis predominantly affects the lungs in most cases, the clinical disease course is highly variable and any organ can be affected leading to end organ…

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of the oral JAK1 inhibitor, abrocitinib 200 mg once daily, for the treatment of patients with moderate to severe cutaneous sarcoidosis. Detailed Description: To determine if JAK1 specific inhibition is effective in treating sarcoido…

Brief Summary: Prospective randomized controlled trial comparing low dose Prednisone(or Prednisolone)/Methotrexate combination to standard dose Prednisone(or Prednisolone) in patients diagnosed with acute active clinically manifest cardiac sarcoidosis and not yet treated. The Investigators hypothesi…

Brief Summary: The registry will focus on furthering the understanding of the natural history of recurrent pericarditis (RP), as well as document RP-related clinical, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and economic burden and will assist the medical community to refine or develop data-driven re…

Brief Summary: The primary purpose of this study is the evaluation of the efficacy and safety of RPH-104 treatment in patients with recurrent pericarditis. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters of RPH-104 multiple doses in this patient population will be assessed as well. Detailed Descripti…

Brief Summary: The overall goal of the study is to investigate the characteristics and potential mechanisms responsible for myocardial injury and dysfunction in patients after COVID-19 vaccination. Cardiac damage will be assessed with cardiac MRI and endomyocardial biopsy (EmBx) histopathology. Myoc…

Brief Summary: The primary aim is to test whether abatacept, as compared to placebo, is associated with a reduction in major adverse cardiac events (MACE) among participants hospitalized with myocarditis secondary to an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI). The primary outcome, MACE, is a composite of…

Brief Summary: This is a phase III, multi-center international, single blind randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of pulsed intravenous (IV) methylprednisolone versus standard therapy on top of maximal support in patients with Acute myocarditis (AM). Detailed Description: Acute myocardit…

Brief Summary: Multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group design. Patients with myocarditis will be screened and, if eligible, randomized within 10 days of the diagnostic CMR to CardiolRx or placebo. The treatment period is 12 weeks; a last follow-up visit is scheduled one week a…

Brief Summary: G-COR is the first Global Prospective Cardio-Oncology Registry. It is a multinational, multicenter prospective observational cohort registry, with the goal of collecting clinical, laboratory, imaging, demographic, and socioeconomic data to identify risk factors associated with increas…

Brief Summary: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown cause that can affect any organ in the body, including the heart. Granulomatous myocarditis can lead to ventricular dysfunction and ventricular arrhythmias causing significant morbidity and mortality. Immunosuppressive ther…

Brief Summary: The purpose of this clinical trial is to learn about the safety and effects of the study vaccine (called COMIRNATY) for the potential prevention of COVID-19. This study is seeking participants who: Are age <21 years. Have presentation to participating medical center with evaluation…

The overall goal of this project is to evaluate the clinical potential of fast quantitative myocardial tissue characterization using recently emerged Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR) techniques to aid the diagnosis, treatment, and follow up of patients with myocardial diseases, such as ische…