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Pharmacogenomics in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
This study will make use of a large population of well defined patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension who were enrolled in Encysive Pharmaceutical's STRIDE clinical trials or who have received …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Completed
The Effect of Diet and Exercise in Heart Failure
A growing number of people in this country are overweight or obese. This is concerning as increasing weight has been shown to increase the risk of developing heart failure. However, …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Completed
Physician Uncertainty Reduction for Hypertension
BACKGROUND: A large amount of literature suggests that the majority of "uncontrolled" hypertensives are under medical care, and that lack of control is largely explained by physicians not intensifying treatment …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Completed
Effectiveness of Intensive Lipid Modification Medication in Preventing the Progression of Peripheral Arterial Disease (The ELIMIT Study)
PAD occurring in the legs is a serious disease that affects about 8 million people in the United States. A person's risk for PAD increases with age but can also …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Completed
Diet, Exercise, Niacin, and Fenofibrate to Reduce Heart Disease Risk Factors in Individuals With HIV Lipodystrophy or Dyslipidemia
BACKGROUND: HIV lipodystrophy syndrome is associated with both metabolic (e.g., dyslipidemia and insulin resistance) and anthropomorphic (e.g., lipoatrophy and central obesity) abnormalities. These defects are likely to predispose HIV patients …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Completed
Effects of Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy on Cardiovascular Health in Infants of HIV-Infected Mothers
BACKGROUND: HIV-infected pregnant women frequently receive HAART, which is associated with reduced maternal-fetal transmission of HIV infection. This has resulted in a rapidly increasing number of seroreverters (HIV-uninfected infants born …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Completed
A Comparison of Renal Perfusion in Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm (TAAA) Repair
Despite improvements in surgical techniques and postoperative care, renal dysfunction has consistently remained a significant and potentially lethal complication after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair. In an attempt to alleviate …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Completed
Intervention for Stroke Survivors and Their Spousal Caregivers
This 5-year randomized intervention study uses an advanced practice nurse, with the assistance of an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team, to provide education, support, skill training, counseling, and social and community linkages …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Completed
Stem Cell Transplant for Patients With Blood Malignancy Using Donors and Less Toxic Chemotherapy With CAMPATH 1H
This is a two arm study in which outcomes will be assessed independently in recipients of HLA matched sibling transplants and recipients of unrelated or mismatched family donor transplants, although …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Completed
Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) Specific Cytotoxic T-Cells, Relapsed Lymphoma, ANGEL
The investigators will take 60-70 ml (12 teaspoonfuls) of blood from the patient to make a B cell line called a lymphoblastoid cell line or LCL by infecting the blood …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor