Children's Hospital of Philadelphia leads or participates in hundreds of clinical research studies and clinical trials. Many of the studies that are currently enrolling patients can be found in this database. Use this finder to learn more about the purpose of these studies and clinical trials, find out who can participate, and tell us you're interested in enrolling. You can also look for studies that offer remote participation from home!
Inherited Metabolic Disorders (IMD) are single gene conditions that affect metabolic pathways. IMD are individually rare, but collectively common. Advances in diagnosis and management have greatly increased the life expectancy of patients with IMD. Gaps in our knowledge about adult neurocognitive outcomes and quality of life confounds the ability to obtain critical therapeutic supports, including social services and vocational rehabilitation. The lack of information also complicates our ability to provide anticipatory guidance to the families of younger patients about prognosis and how to optimize outcome. This study examines neurocognitive outcomes for adults with IMD with a focus on executive and adaptive function, domains necessary for managing life skills, using an entirely remote format.
Participants in this study will complete online surveys on their life skills, medical self-management skills, and quality of life. Thinking skills will be assessed through online questionnaires and a web-based collection of games that test executive function. Some participants will be asked to take part in an interview about their experience as an adult and the transition from pediatric to adult-centered healthcare.
Getting a driver’s license is something that teens-including those with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)-may look forward to. Although we know a lot about teenage driving and the programs in place to support learning this skill, we know very little about the early driving experiences of teenagers with CHD.
We are looking for teens with CHD who are 15 to 19 years old and have a learner’s permit or valid driver’s license, or interest in obtaining a learner’s permit or driver’s license and their parent/legal guardian. The study will be conducted remotely.
The electronic health record will be reviewed by a member of the study team, and teens and parents/legal guardians will be asked to complete demographic and health assessment surveys. Each teen and parent will participate in separate 45-minute video interviews to talk about what things support driving with a CHD and things that might make it harder to do. The video interview will take place on a video conferencing site using a computer or smartphone.
The total study participation time for each person (teen and parent/legal guardian) is 60 minutes. All teens and parents/legal guardians who participate will be compensated for their effort.
The purpose of this research study is to help us understand how well tofacitinib works as a treatment for ulcerative colitis or indeterminate colitis in pediatric patients. We are looking to enroll, males or females ages 6 to 21 years old with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis or indeterminate colitis who have started tofacitinib therapy prescribed by their primary gastroenterologist within the past 2 weeks or will be starting tofafacitinib within 1 month.
This study involves the collection of medical information and samples from people with a confirmed or suspected leukodystrophy or related disorder affecting the white matter of the brain, as well as "healthy controls" who are not known to be affected by one of these disorders. The goal of the study is to advance our understanding of the cause of these disorders, the best tools to diagnosis them, and the best way to manage and treat them. Participation may involve collection of biological samples (e.g., blood, saliva, etc.), collection of medical information (e.g., medical records, genetic test results, radiology images, etc.), participation in functional assessments performed by physical and/or occupational therapists, and/or participation in interviews or electronic surveys. Participation may also include research-based genetic testing, or other laboratory tests that look at the presence of molecules, enzymes, etc. thought to be associated with a specific diagnosis.
The goal of this study is to identify and measure anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents with food allergy. We are looking for families of children with IgE-mediated food allergies between 8 and 18 years of age to participate. The study procedures involve both the caregiver and child filling out online questionnaires on two separate occasions. If you are interested in participating, you can sign up immediately by clicking the link below: https://is.gd/FoodAllergyAnxiety If you have any questions, please contact the research coordinator, Leah Wilkey, by phone at 215-590-6198 or email at wilkeyl@email.chop.edu.
The mission of SPARK is to ignite research at an unprecedented scale to improve lives by advancing our understanding of autism. To join this national autism research cohort, individuals with a professional diagnosis of autism and their biological family members will be asked to share information about their medical and family history, as well as provide a DNA sample. Please contact the Center for Autism Research for more information at 1-866-570-6524 or autism@email.chop.edu.
The purpose of this research study is to learn more about improving the treatment and outcomes for patients who have a diagnosis of a single ventricle, such as Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) or similar heart defects. You will be asked to fill out a questionnaire called the Ages and Stages Questionnaire about your child. It is used widely in pediatrics to check on babies’ development. We will ask you to fill this out about every three months during your child’s 15 months of life. Also, information will be collected about your child’s surgeries, clinic visits and hospital stays from diagnosis through the first year of life. The information may be used to help us understand an infant's response to surgery and medical treatment and may be used to improve care for children with single ventricles.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) can sometimes add stress to your life and that may affect your physical symptoms of pain and stool habits. In this study, we want to know if practicing mindfulness via an online Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course taught by a trained teacher can help with your IBD. If you are a patient with IBD, who is between 12-19 years of age, you might be eligible to participate in an 8 week long MBSR group course online. You will answer a series of questionnaires and submit stool samples 3 times over the course of the study, and you will also participate in 1 focus group to discuss your experience in the study. You will be compensated for your participation.
The Craniofacial Pathologies biobank is a research study collecting and storing reamining surgical specimens from the cranium and face from diagnosed patients at CHOP with a congenital craniofacial anomaly. The main purpose of this longitudinal study is to help researchers discover the causes of craniofacial pathologies that may lead to new treatments.
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