Total Cancer Care Protocol: A Lifetime Partnership with Patients Who Have or May be at Risk of Having Cancer (ORIEN)
Cherry Creek Medical Center, Highlands Ranch Hospital, Memorial Hospital Central, Memorial Hospital North, Poudre Valley Hospital, University of Colorado Hospital This study plans to learn more about how to improve standard cancer care. Cancer is a tough disease to treat because few cancers behave in the same way. Recent research suggests that information stored in your blood, tissues and body fluids can be studied to change the way we treat cancer ... |
How When you Eat and Exercise Affect Metabolism in Adults
CTRC Inpatient As a participant in this study, you will be assigned to 4 different diet and exercise groups where the time of your meals and when you exercise will be different. This will last for 4 consecutive days, and you will be provided meals on 2-3 of the days. On the 5th day of each exercise and d... |
The Physical, Mental, and Emotional Effects of Youth Girls Flag Football: A Prospective Investigation
Childrens Hospital Colorado Participants will complete three in person visits (1) mid-August 2023 (2) mid/late October 2023 (3) April 2024. They will complete 20 minutes of questionnaires and 20 minutes of functional tests at each visit and receive $50 for each visit completed. Participants will also complete weekly ... |
EA1151: Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (TMIST)
Highlands Ranch Hospital, Outpatient CTRC, University of Colorado Hospital Participants in this trial will be randomized to receive either 2D or 3D mammograms for the first 5 years of the research study, either ever year or every other year depending on personal risk factors. Information will be collected on breast cancer status for 8 years in total. ... |
Multiomics Investigation of Marijuana Use
Outpatient CTRC, Outpatient CTRC, University of Colorado Hospital This research study seeks to learn more about biomarkers and biological pathways associated with marijuana use. We are enrolling adults who are marijuana users or non-users. The study involves filling out online surveys and one on-campus visit to give a blood, urine, and hair sample. If yo... |
Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC) - Adult
Outpatient CTRC, Outpatient CTRC, University of Colorado Hospital The purpose of MoTrPAC is to learn about how exercise benefits health. We know that being physically active is good for our health, but we don’t completely understand how it changes the cells in our bodies. Understanding the cellular benefits of exercise could help scientists develop new... |
Effects of puberty and pubertal suppression on insulin sensitivity, metabolic rate and vascular health
Childrens Hospital Colorado, Outpatient CTRC, Outpatient CTRC, University of Colorado Hospital This study will involve 4-5 in person visits. There will be screening visit for some patients and then a baseline visit over two days. The first day will involve an IV and drinking a sugary drink with blood draws as well as measuring the resting metabolic rate and answering questionnaires.... |
Microfluidic models of bleeding and thrombosis
Department Specific Free Standing Clinic, Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center (HTC), Outpatient CTRC, Outpatient CTRC, University of Colorado Hospital This study plans to learn more about how blood composition affects the formation of blood clots and to identify how individuals respond to commons drugs like anticoagulants and hormone treatments. ... |
Volunteers needed for research study on changing eating behaviors
Outpatient CTRC, Outpatient CTRC, University of Colorado Hospital Study volunteers will be asked to complete an MRI scan, during which they will watch pictures of foods. Participants will also complete a 12-week intervention that involves viewing food or food images, with once-weekly study visits. After the intervention, we will ask volunteers to complet... |
Relationship between Cardiac Health and Exercise Capacity in Men and Women with and without Type 2 Diabetes
CTRC Inpatient, Outpatient CTRC, University of Colorado Hospital Participants will undergo baseline testing of their heart, blood vessel, and skeletal muscle function, and perform tests to determine exercise ability. Participants will then do exercise training for 15 weeks, and all testing will be repeated.... |
Skeletal Response to Simulated Night Shift (SPOTLIGHT Study)
CTRC Inpatient, Outpatient CTRC, Outpatient CTRC, University of Colorado Hospital What is involved: • Measurements of bone mineral density • Completion of sleep questionnaires/assessments • Randomization to sleep with a simulated night shift schedule or normal sleep schedule • A general physical exam • Activity monitoring with a wrist monitor • Blood/urine collec... |
Does when you exercise matter? Healthy adults needed for study looking at differences between morning exercise and nighttime exercise.
Outpatient CTRC, Outpatient CTRC, University of Colorado Hospital You will be asked to attend several screening visits to make sure you are eligible to be in the research study and that it is safe for you to participate. Research study participants will be randomized to exercise either in the morning or the evening. Randomization is like flipping a coin,... |
Contraceptive Hormone and Reward Measurement (CHARM Study)
Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Outpatient CTRC, Outpatient CTRC The study is looking at the effects of birth control pills on brain processes and emotional wellbeing. During the study you will be asked to take a birth control pill or a placebo pill (a sugar pill) for 21 days. You won't know which pill you are taking. Birth control is a medication t... |
PANDEMIC RESPONSE REPOSITORY - MICROBIAL AND IMMUNE SURVEILLANCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY (PREMISE): ENTEROVIRUS D68 (EV-D68) PILOT STUDY
Childrens Hospital Colorado What do I have to do if I join the study? Part 1: Provide a blood, saliva and nose samples and information about yourself Part 2: Fill out surveys about yourself and provide respiratory swabs when sick Part 3: Provide another blood, saliva, and nose sample one year later and information... |
Teen Brain Imaging Study on Irritability and Social Information Processing
Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Brain Imaging Center (BIC) - Scan Read Interested in how irritability affects how teens interpret social situations? Our goal is to learn more about how teens think and feel about unclear social situations and how irritable mood may relate to negative thoughts and feelings about these social situations.... |
Understanding How Sleep Health Affects Recovery from Adolescent Concussion
Boulder Health Center, Childrens Hospital Colorado We will conduct a prospective cohort study, with two groups (concussed and control). They will undergo an initial assessment (within 14 days of concussion) and a follow up ~28 days post-concussion. Controls will follow a similar timeline. During the ~two-week period between Visits 1 & 2, p... |
The short-chain fatty acid acetate for improving age-associated arterial dysfunction
Anschutz Health and Wellness, Department Specific Free Standing Clinic If you join this study, you will participate in Screening, Baseline, Study Period, and End of Study visits over a ~4-month period. These visits will take about 14 hours of your time total. The study visits will take place at the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension Clinical Resear... |
Autonomic and Renal Contributions to Hypertension with Androgen Deprivation Therapy
Outpatient CTRC We are recruiting individuals with or without prostate cancer to participate in a research study to help us understand how androgen deprivation therapy affects cardiovascular health. Men with prostate cancer will be studied at the start and after 2 months of androgen deprivation therapy. H... |
Short-Term Effects of Equol (Soy metabolite) Supplementation on Blood Vessel Function in Postmenopausal Women with and without Chronic Kidney Disease
Renal Research Center, University of Colorado Hospital -One screening visit (1.5 hours) and two testing visits (each 5 hours) -Testing visits will include a blood draw and non-invasive testing of blood vessel function -All visits will take place at CU Anschutz As a volunteer, you will receive the following information about your health: ... |
Genetic Engagement, Education, and Screening (CU-GENES) Study
Department Specific Free Standing Clinic, University of Colorado Hospital This study plans to implement a community-based genetic testing program for hereditary cancer risk in a higher risk population. The study team will partner with the Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance (COCA) and the Jewish Community Center (JCC) to provide educational events to the Jewish com... |
A Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized, 2 Period, Crossover Phase 1/2a Study to Test the Safety and Efficacy of Advair HFA (Salmeterol and Fluticasone) in Resting and Exercising Healthy and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) Predisposed Subjects
CTRC Inpatient, Outpatient CTRC The study involves two separate study periods of 12 days each, where you will: • Take the study drug or placebo through a puffer for 7 days. You will not know which drug you are taking during which period • Wear a continuous heart monitor for 12 days • Have blood tests drawn during 5 vi... |
Cardiometabolic consequences of the loss of ovarian function (LILAC Study)
Outpatient CTRC, University of Colorado Hospital We are inviting premenopausal women (women with regular menstrual periods) to participate in a study looking at the effects of estrogen and menopause on body composition and vascular function. ... |
Lotus Study: Research about bone health with progestin-only birth control pill, Slynd
Comprehensive Women's Health Center, Outpatient CTRC, University of Colorado Hospital Slynd is an FDA-approved birth control that is 98% effective at preventing pregnancy when taken correctly. Some birth control can affect bone mineral density (the amount of calcium and other minerals in your bones). Because of this, the company that makes Slynd, Exeltis, is researching t... |