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Pilot Clinical Trial of Repeated Doses of Macimorelin to Assess Safety and Efficacy in Patients With Cancer Cachexia (External Link)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of repeated oral administration of macimorelin at different doses daily for 1 week for the treatment of cancer …
Baylor Role:
Collaborator
Completed
Texas Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (TX CORD) Project -Primary Prevention Study (External Link)
A systems approach emphasizes the linkage between individual behavior change strategies and social and physical environmental changes, which act synergistically to facilitate (or inhibit) healthy eating and active living. We …
Baylor Role:
Collaborator
Completed
Food, Fun, & Fitness Internet Program for Girls: Outcome Evaluation (External Link)
This research will conduct an outcome evaluation on a promising web based obesity prevention program for 8-10 year old African American girls. A pilot study with 80 girls established its …
Baylor Role:
Lead Sponsor
Completed
Sleep Abnormalities in Rare Genetic Disorders: AS, RTT, and PW (External Link)
Subjects with AS, RTT or PWS and normal siblings (controls) will be recruited for study participation. Subjects will be recruited from the Rare Disease Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) consortium registries …
Baylor Role:
Lead Sponsor
Completed
Calcium Absorption in Patients With Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome (External Link)
This is an evaluation of bone calcium deposition in patients with Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome (RTS). This study includes one study visit during which subjects will be admitted to the inpatient unit …
Baylor Role:
Lead Sponsor
Completed
The Management of Glucocorticoid-Induced Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Patients (External Link)
The target fasting serum glucose (FSG) and pre-meal SG was 90-140 mg/dL, and the random SG was less than 180 mg/dL, taking into consideration the ADA/AACE target glucose levels in …
Baylor Role:
Lead Sponsor
Completed
Effect of Exenatide on Liver and Heart Fat and Inflammation (External Link)
Type 2 diabetics and insulin resistant individuals have an excess of fat in the liver which is not attributable to alcohol or other known causes of liver disease, a condition …
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Lead Sponsor
Completed
Does Pioglitazone Increase the Production of 15-EPI-Lipoxin A4? (External Link)
Type-2 diabetes mellitus is a public health concern. According to the World health organization (WHO), diabetes mellitus affects more than 180 million people worldwide. Type 2 diabetes mellitus accounts for …
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Lead Sponsor
Completed
Genetic Influences Between Cognitive Function and BMI (External Link)
Investigators will use existing data collected as part of the Texas Twin Project (TTP). TTP collected neuropsychological task data on cognition (executive functioning and general cognitive abilities) from a computerized …
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Lead Sponsor
Completed
Healthy Kids-Houston: A Community Childhood Obesity Intervention Program (External Link)
Childhood obesity is a major health issue in the United States, particularly among minority children. An integrated after-school program that offers structured and fun physical activities with nutrition and behavior …
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Lead Sponsor