Inflammatory Biomarkers of Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension

Study Purpose

To investigate if the inflammatory protein, high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), along with other inflammatory mediators, is elevated in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) and pulmonary hypertension as compared to those with CHD alone, or with healthy controls.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	Yes
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Observational
Eligible Ages	1 Day - 18 Years
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

-patients of any age with congenital cardiac disease coming for catheterization of the right heart, or both the right and left heart.

Exclusion Criteria:

- active systemic infection.

- current active cancer.

- active cancer treatment.

- prior bone marrow transplant.

- prior solid organ transplant

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT03581695
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	The Hospital for Sick Children
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	Katherine Taylor
Principal Investigator Affiliation	The Hospital for Sick Children
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Other
Overall Status	Recruiting
Countries	Canada
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Hypertension, Pulmonary

Arms & Interventions

Arms

: Pulmonary Hypertension and Congenital Heart Disease

Pulmonary Hypertension and Congenital Heart Disease

: Congenital Heart Disease

Congenital Heart Disease

: Healthy Controls

Healthy Controls

Interventions

Other: - Blood test

Blood test

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