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Volume 3, Issue 21 | November 15, 2023
We are excited to announce that we have made a few updates to the study submission platform for this newsletter.
Simply click this link to submit your study information. Feel free to bookmark the link and share with colleagues that are looking to promote their research study through this communication channel.
If you have questions about this process or research studies in general, please contact us at researchstudies@cuanschutz.edu.
We appreciate your patience as we transition to this new promotion process.
Featured Recruitment Studies
Is this Study for You?
BURST2D Study: Breaking up Sedentary Time to Improve Glucose Control in a Population at Risk for Developing Type 2 Diabetes
The purpose of the study is to compare two different physical activity interventions (BREAK or ONE) to learn about their effects on blood sugar and metabolism.
Participants will be randomized to one of two interventions: ONE (45-minutes of brisk walking at least 5 days per week) and BREAK (5-minute bouts of walking 9 times a day on at least 5 days per week). Participants will be male and female adult volunteers with prediabetes.
Participants will be randomized to one of two interventions: ONE (45-minutes of brisk walking at least 5 days per week) and BREAK (5-minute bouts of walking 9 times a day on at least 5 days per week). Participants will be male and female adult volunteers with prediabetes.
Are these Studies for You?
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Restoring Efficient Sleep After TBI (CU REST)
The proposed study, University of Colorado - Restoring Efficient Sleep after TBI (CU-REST), will be implemented using a randomized controlled trial design to assess the efficacy of a guided computerized CBT-I intervention for those with current insomnia symptoms and a history of moderate to severe TBI. Those allocated to the treatment arm will participate in 10 sessions of a computerized CBT-I program over the course of 6-9 weeks. Those in the control arm will receive enhanced treatment as usual (ETU).
Does When You Exercise Matter? A Randomized Trial Comparing the Effect of Morning versus Evening Aerobic Exercise on Weight Loss and Compensatory Behaviors
Research study participants will be randomized to exercise either in the morning or in the evening. Volunteers will receive a free 13-month exercise program and access to the Anschutz Health and Wellness Fitness Center.
The Mini MED Study: Foods from the Mediterranean Diet and Health
This study plans to learn more about how consuming a diet with foods typical to a Mediterranean Diet such as whole grains, fruits and vegetables in a Western-style diet compares to eating a typical Western-style diet. This study will look at how diet affects overall health including risk factors for heart disease, gut health and inflammation as well as underlying mechanisms linking whole food to health. Findings from this study will potentially inform effective dietary recommendations and interventions, thereby reducing chronic disease in humans.
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Stressful Perceived Experiences on RNA in Men (SPERM) Study
We are recruiting men between the ages of 18-35 to participate in a study that plans to learn more about how stress affects the physical and genetic characteristics of human sperm. Participation involves one in-person visit per month for nine months. Compensation will be provided.
LIMA: Lipid Anti-Flammatory Mediators in Asthma to Reduce Hyperresonsiveness In Obese Asthmatics
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adequate completion of informed consent process with written documentation. Male and female patients, 18 to 65 years old. Female subjects should be either post-menopausal or surgically sterile, or, if child-bearing potential (WOCP) should agree to use an acceptable method of contraception, for the duration of the study, with a negative pregnancy test prior to entering the study.
- BMI >/= 30
- Diagnosis of asthma: based on previous physician diagnosis for > 6 months, and baseline pre-bronchodilator (BD) FEV1 between 50 and 95% predicted with either a 12% or greater bronchodilator response to 4 puffs of albuterol or PC20 methacholine (16 mg) if <12% change post BD
- Regular treatment with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) (up to 1000 mcg/day fluticasone/equivalent), long acting beta agonists (LABA), and/or long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMA), which can be combination medication for at least 3 months; on a stable dose for the 4 weeks prior to Visit 0
Inhaled Cannabis, Oxidative Stress and the Pulmonary Innate Immune Response
This study evaluates the effect of long term cannabis/marijuana smoking on lung health.
Volunteers should be:
- Between ages 21-55
- No history of alcohol abuse, tobacco, or other recreational drug abuse
- No chronic medical conditions
Healthy Cannabis users between ages 21 and 55 years:
- Daily or near daily cannabis use
- Never or limited smoking or use of inhaled tobacco products
- No history of chronic respiratory, cardiac, liver or renal disease
Healthy Control subjects between ages 21 and 55 years:
- No cannabis use ever
- Never used tobacco products
- No history of chronic respiratory, cardiac, liver or renal disease
ROSIE
Shift work is an underappreciated risk factor of heart disease. About half of all shift workers are women but very few studies investigating how shift work impacts the heart have included women. We are inviting women ages 18-40 years who currently engage in shift work or day work to participate. Inclusion criteria: non-smoking, not taking medications to treat high blood pressure or cholesterol, no current use of hormonal contraceptives.
How do I feature a study?
If you would like to have your study featured please submit your information and we will work on including your study information in our next issue.
Research Admin Communications