General Internal Medicine

Below are current clinical trials.

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1. A Study to Evaluate the Impact of Nutrition Education and Access to Nutritious Foods on Diabetes Control

   Mankato, Minn.

   The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether or not a 6 month supply (1 meal//day) of healthy food choices readily available in the patient's home and self management training including understanding of how foods impact diabetes, improved food choices and how to prepare those foods, improve glucose control.  In addition, it will evaluate whether or not there will be lasting behavior change modification after the program.

2. A Biobank for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (FGID)

   Rochester, Minn.

   The purpose of this study is to develop a resource (bank) of biospecimens and data collected from individuals with functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) to facilitate discovery and development of novel microbial biomarkers of disease and response to treatment, and novel targeted therapeutic strategies for FGID.  

3. Identification of Novel Genetic Variants and Biomarkers of Disease Progression in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy

   Rochester, Minn.

   The purpose of this study is to identify hereditary causes of cardiomyopathy.

4. A Study to Measure Blood Vessel Health in Non-Pregnant Women

   Rochester, Minn.

   This study will allow us to determine normal values for the health of this gel-like layer in non-pregnant women. We will also determine whether values vary from day to day, in the same person. Normal responses from this study will be compared with data obtained in other studies (for example, studies of women who had the pregnancy complication preeclampsia, or women who have other risk factors for heart disease). This will help us to determine whether the glycocalyx contributes to the risk of preeclampsia and heart disease in women with different risk factors.

5. A Study Testing the Philips Scanner Technology for Reliable Respiratory Assessment

   Rochester, Minn.

   The purpose of this study is to test the Philips Camera bar code scanner with actual patients, to assess its effectiveness in measuring breaths inspite of common obstructions.

6. Mayo Clinic Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device MRI Registry

   Rochester, Minn.

   Registry intends to prospectively collect data regarding the safety of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies in patients with cardiac pacemakers on implantable cardioverter defibrillators.

7. A Study of Mechanisms of Altered Ventilatory Control in Heart Failure

   Rochester, Minn.

   This study is being done because the investigators are trying to understand how feedback from the muscles can influence your blood pressure and breathing during exercise, and if the investigators can reduce this response in heart failure patients. The investigators are also trying to determine ways to improve tolerance to exercise in heart failure patients.

8. Comparison of Operation to Monitoring With/Without Endocrine Therapy For Low Risk DCIS

   Jacksonville, Fla., Rochester, Minn., Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

   This study looks at the risks and benefits of active surveillance (AS) compared to guideline concordant care (GCC) in the setting of a pragmatic prospective randomized trial for low risk DCIS. Our overarching hypothesis is that management of low-risk Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) using an AS approach does not yield inferior cancer or quality of life outcomes compared to GCC.

9. A Prevalence and Incidence Study Burden of Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Sleep Apnea and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

   Rochester, Minn.

   The purpose of this study is to determine prevalence of sleep apnea in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and the risk of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias.

10. Nasal Sinus Specimen Collection (NSSC) Project

    Rochester, Minn.

    This study is being done in order to gain a greater understanding of rhinitis and sinusitis conditions and to improve diagnostic and treatment options for these conditions.