A listing of Healthy Volunteer medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
This research study is being conducted to learn more about how brain stimulation [transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)] affects the communication between brain regions. TMS is a new treatment that is starting to be used to treat depression and other psychiatric disorders. However, we do not have a good idea for …
Adult healthy volunteers in the age group of 18-40 years, both male and female, and willing to participate in MRI at the University of Pennsylvania, department of radiology facilitiesMild exercise with calf muscle briefly is required, and MRI will be performed before and after exercise.
The purpose of the study is to determine whether owning a pet changes the disruption and recovery of a person's microbiome (collection of bacteria in the intestines) following a course of antibiotics after they have received dental implant treatment.
The purpose of this study is to determine if you may be eligible to participate in one of ourcurrent research studies being conducted at the University of Pennsylvania. The purposes ofthese studies are to test different methods that might protect people against viruses thatcause transmittable infections or to develop better …
The purpose of this study is to see how your body forms a protective response after vaccination and how it deals with viral variants. We are studying the immune response to the COVID-19 vaccines.
The research study is being done to understand both why and how scleroderma and related female-biased diseases affect women and men differently. Though we do not know what causes these diseases, we do know that women are much more likely to develop them than men. We are studying how the …
The main purpose of this study is to learn if a vaccine that is given as two shots (injections) to prevent spinal meningitis (an infection of the lining of the brain and spinal cord caused by Neisseria meningitidis type B) might also work in preventing gonorrhea (caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae). …
The purpose of this research study is twofold: to study the role HIV has on the brain’s function and more particularly, the relationship between HIV and stroke; and to study how the presence of HIV effects robot-assisted rehabilitation after stroke, and its association with clinical improvement.
The overall objectives of this study are to evaluate feasibility and safety of thoracic duct sampling, including "in-and-out" cannulation and "indwelling" catheterization in early MS and to compare cellular and signaling markers in thoracic duct lymph compared to measures in the blood, within and across populations of MS patients before …
The research study is being conducted to better understand the effects of ketosis on brain functioning after three separate 3-day dietary interventions and the acute effects of alcohol during three separate MRI and lab visits after consuming about 4-5 alcohol beverages.