Clinical Trials

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is an abnormal formation that occurs during the development of a baby’s heart, heart valves and/or large vessels such as the aorta artery. CHD is the most common cause of major congenital defects accounting for almost 30% of all defects (Van der Linde D, JACC 2011). While the statistics vary among studies, the best birth prevalence estimate is 8 per 1000 live births (Bernier PL 2010). In the USA, CHD affects 1% of all births per year (Krasuki & Bashore 2016), with an estimated 40,000 babies born with any type of heart defect every ...

The purpoose of this study is to improve our ability to non-invasively assess the function of the right side of your heart when it is supplying blood to your body.

The primary objective of the study is to utilize comprehensive, family-centered genomic screening strategies - chromosomal microarray (CMA) and whole genome sequencing (WGS) - to discover the genetic bases for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), a severe type of congenital heart disease characterized by underdevelopment of left heart structures.

The purpose of this study is to produce and characterize patient-specific cardiac tissue for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) using reprogrammed cell technology.

This is a Phase I study to determine the safety and feasibility of injections of autologous umbilical cord blood (UCB) cells into the right ventricle of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) children undergoing a scheduled Glenn surgical procedure. The investigators are doing this research study to find out if autologous stem cells from the individual's own umbilical cord blood can be used to strengthen the muscle of the right side of their heart. This will help determine the safety and feasibility of using cell-based regenerative therapy as an additional treatment for the management of HLHS.

The purpose of this initiative is to improve care and outcomes for infants with HLHS by expanding the NPC-QIC national registry to gather clinical care process, outcome, and developmental data on infants with HLHS between diagnosis and 12 months of age, by improving the use of standards into everyday practice across pediatric cardiology centers, and by engaging parents as partners in the process.

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and feasibility of injections of autologous umbilical cord blood (UCB) cells into the right ventricle of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) children undergoing a scheduled Glenn surgical procedure. The investigators are doing this research study to find out if autologous stem cells from the individual's own umbilical cord blood can be used to strengthen the muscle of the right side of their heart. This will help determine the safety and feasibility of using cell-based regenerative therapy as an additional treatment for the management of HLHS.

The purpose of this study is to determine the change in health outcomes and cardiac structure and function of subjects with HLHS following successful separation from cardiopulmonary bypass and reversal of anticoagulation at the time of elective Stage II Glenn surgical palliation.

The purpose of this study is to assess neurodevelopmental and psychosocial outcomes (i.e., executive function, social cognition, psychosocial adjustment, adaptive skills) in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) who underwent right-ventricle-directed delivery of autologous umbilical cord derived mononuclear cells during staged cardiac surgical palliation, and to compare their outcomes to a matched sample of children with HLHS who did not receive autologous umbilical cord derived mononuclear cells during surgery.

The purpose of this study is to validate novel echocardiographic parameters and algorithms to quantitatively evaluate right ventricular function in patients with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) by applying these methods to previously acquired echocardiographic examinations. 

The overall objective of this study is to determine whether non-medically trained caregivers can be educated to utilize home monitoring devices paired with our mobile application to collect and store patient-specific information regarding weight, pulse, and oxygen saturation levels for congenital heart disease patients.