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OHI--Randomized Control Trial to Evaluate Efficacy, Acceptability, and Perception of Benefit of an Innovative Custom AFO (External Link)
The investigators propose a randomized control trial to evaluate long term effects and effectiveness of Moore Balance Brace (MBB) ankle foot orthoses (AFO) in reducing risk of falling in older …
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Novel Offloading for Diabetic Foot Ulcers With PulseFlow: A Prospective Study (External Link)
Diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) is a common and largely preventable complication of diabetes. While most of these ulcers can be treated successfully, some will persist and become infected. Ultimately, nearly …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
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Get With the Guidelines in ED Patients With Heart Failure (External Link)
Heart failure (HF) is common and growing healthcare concern. Heart failure affects nearly 6 million Americans. It results in over one million annual hospital discharges as the primary discharge diagnosis …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Completed
Individual Blood Pressure Optimization Based on Cerebral Autoregulation After Implantation of Continuous-flow LVAD (External Link)
Preoperative data will be collected as the baseline information through chart review and patient interview before the surgery as follows: patient demographics, co-morbidities, medication, preoperative laboratory results, and preoperative vital …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
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Assessment Of Educational Strategies In Heart Failure Patients Presenting To The Emergency Department For Care (External Link)
In 2015, 12.8% of adults ages 19-64 in the United States lacked any form of health insurance. An even greater number fell under the umbrella of under-insured. Studies indicate that …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
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Chronic Hypertension and Pregnancy (CHAP) Project (External Link)
During pregnancy, chronic hypertension (CHTN) is the most common major medical disorder encountered, occurring in 2-6%. The substantial negative effect of CHTN on pregnancy includes a consistent 3- to 5-fold …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Completed
Using a Tailored Health Information Technology Driven Intervention to Improve Health Literacy and Medication Adherence (External Link)
Physicians seeing patients in the outpatient clinics will write patient's statin and/or antiplatelet prescription and the patient's cell phone numbers on an Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheet. The sheet will …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Completed
Biomarker Guided Therapies in Stage A/B Heart Failure (External Link)
Recently the investigators have shown that HF risk prediction can be improved using cardiac troponin T measured with a novel high-sensitivity assay (hs-cTnT) and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP). Furthermore, …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Completed
Framingham State Food Study (External Link)
Many overweight and obese people can lose weight for a few months, but most have difficulty maintaining weight loss over the long term. One explanation for the poor long-term outcome …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Completed
The IMPULSE Study: Pilot (External Link)
Continuous-flow (CF) left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are an important tool in the treatment of end-stage heart failure, affording patients significantly improved quantity and quality of life. In recent years, …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor