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NCT00280137
To examine the psychometric properties of a brief quality of life (QOL) instrument for use in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The purpose of this prospective study is primarily to determine the validity and reliability of a new health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure in children with systemic lupus erythematous (SLE). We wish to secondarily examine concordance between child- and parent-reports of the HRQOL measure and identify factors associated with poorer HRQOL in them. Earlier studies have shown that SLE significantly impacts QOL in adults. At present, there is no disease-specific instrument for measuring HRQOL in children with SLE. In response to these concerns, we developed the "Simple Measure of Impact of Lupus Erythematosus in Youngsters© (SMILEY©). Establishing the validity and reliability of SMILEY©, examining child-parent agreement and identifying factors associated with poorer HRQOL will enable us to measure the impact of SLE in children, and formulate appropriate interventions for this sensitive population. We plan the following specific aims: 1. to determine construct validity and reliability of SMILEY© child and parent versions in children with SLE using gold standards (Pediatric Quality of Life inventory - PedsQL generic and rheumatology modules, Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire -CHAQ) 2. to determine responsiveness of SMILEY© 3. to examine level of agreement between child- and parent-reports of SMILEY© in children with SLE 4. to identify medical (steroid use, use of disease modifying agents such as cytoxan, cellcept, thalidomide, or cyclosporine, disease duration, disease activity and disease damage etc.) and psychosocial (self-concept, socioeconomic status) factors that affect HRQOL (as measured by child- and parent-reports of SMILEY© and PedsQL generic and rheumatology modules) and physical function 5) to translate, adapt and validate SMILEY in different languages
NCT00936676
Eligible participants, who participated in the ADAGIO trial and who sign an approved informed consent form, will be enrolled into the study at their original study locations. participants who have stopped rasagiline therapy and in the opinion of the investigator will gain clinical benefit from restarting treatment can also be considered for enrollment in the Core follow-up study period. Use of any other anti-PD treatment is permitted as deemed necessary by the treating physician (according to the participants clinical status).
NCT01565850
This study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy darunavir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (D/C/F/TAF) fixed dose combination (FDC) tablet versus darunavir (DRV)+cobicistat (COBI)+emtricitabine (FTC)/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in HIV-1 infected, antiretroviral treatment-naive adults as determined by the achievement of HIV-1 RNA \< 50 copies/mL at Week 24.
NCT01082991
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of medical personnel in their ability to predict the likelihood of non-intensive care (ICU), ward patients to clinically deteriorate (defined as a cardiac arrest, unplanned ICU transfer, or unexpected death)via the use of a clinical judgement-based tool designed for this study, Patient Acuity Rating (PAR), to predict short-term clinical deterioration. We will compare the ability of this tool to predict clinical deterioration compared to accepted physiology-based tools and tools combining judgment and physiology as well as other markers of deterioration such as physician order changes. We will compare the sensitivity, specificity and area under the curve of these combined models to the predictive models including only physiology or clinical judgment. We will assess the correlation between specific physician orders and patient deterioration to determine whether specific clinical activities, such as emergently obtained radiology exams, predict impending deterioration. We hypothesize that PAR will be a useful tool for predicting clinical deterioration across the institution and that it will have a higher average accuracy for predicting clinical deterioration in non-ICU inpatients within 24 hours than the physiology-based tools alone. We further hypothesize that a combined metric which includes both the PAR and the individual physiologic components that comprise physiologic tools will not significantly improve prediction over the PAR alone. We further propose to use PAR to prospectively risk stratify patients for preemptive evaluation by the Rapid Response Team. We hypothesize that intervening on high risk patients by preemptively activating the hospital's Rapid Response Team (to assess and treat patients as needed) will decrease cardiac arrest rates and mortality.
NCT01827228
Half or more of HIV transmission events may occur within the period of high infectivity (and often high risk behavior) that can last 11 months or more after a person is initially infected. Unfortunately, neither test-and-treat intervention methods nor Acute HIV Infection projects have found effective ways to intervene against transmission during this risky "recent infection" period. The investigators seek to develop effective intervention techniques against HIV transmission during the recent infection period using a combination of injection-, sexual- and social-network-based contact tracing methods; community alerts in the networks and venues of recent infectees; and the logic of going "up" and "down" infection chains. The investigators first Aim is to develop and evaluate ways to locate "seeds," defined as drug users and other people who have recently been infected. The investigators second Aim targets members of seeds' networks and people who attend their venues. The investigators will test them for acute and for recent infection, and alert them to the probability that their networks contain highly-infectious members so they should reduce their risk and transmission behaviors for the next several months to minimize their chances of getting infected. This may also reduce transmission by untested people with recent infection. Community, network and venue education about the need and value of supporting those with recent infection should reduce stigma. The investigators third Aim is to reduce HIV transmission and to develop new ways to evaluate "prevention for positives" generally as well as The investigators own success in reducing transmission. The investigators will do this using a combination of follow-up interviews and testing, including of viral loads; phylogenetic techniques; and discrete event simulation modeling to assess The investigators effectiveness.
NCT01597830
This study evaluates the effects of specialized footwear on pain and knee loading in knee osteoarthritis. The hypothesis is that this footwear will lead to decreased knee loading and knee pain.
NCT01456195
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy and safety of TAK-875 (fasiglifam), once daily (QD), in participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
NCT01778049
The objective of the study is to investigate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of linagliptin 5 mg qd compared to placebo given for 24 weeks in inadequately controlled T2DM patients on empagliflozin 10 mg or 25 mg and maximum tolerated dose of metformin. The primary objective of efficacy evaluation is planned after 24 weeks of treatment. The study is designed to show superiority of the combination of empagliflozin and linagliptin over empagliflozin alone.
NCT00572572
Aprepitant is currently approved for prophylaxis of acute and delayed CINV for highly emetogenic chemotherapy regimens, including cisplatin; however, it has not yet been studied in multiple-day chemotherapy treatment programs. This study will compare the addition of aprepitant compared to placebo administered on days 3,4,5 of chemotherapy administration for acute CINV prophylaxis with standard antiemetic prophylaxis and days 6 and 7 for delayed CINV prophylaxis in a double-blind, randomized, crossover study design.
NCT01705145
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics (PK), and pharmacodynamics (PD), of ivacaftor in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) who are 2 through 5 years of age and have a CF Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) gating mutation in at least 1 allele. Part A is designed to evaluate the safety and PK of multiple-dose administration of ivacaftor in participants 2 through 5 years of age and to confirm the doses for Part B. Part B is designed to evaluate the safety, PK, PD, and efficacy of ivacaftor in participants 2 through 5 years of age.
NCT00120289
The purpose of this study is to determine whether raising "good cholesterol" with a drug based on the vitamin niacin, while lowering "bad cholesterol" with a statin drug, can prevent more heart disease than the statin alone.
NCT02366169
This registry is intended as an observational, post-marketing surveillance tool. The registry allows collection of baseline demographics and user experience of the commercially available MUSE system. Data collection aims to aggregate a minimum of 3 years follow-up on a large number of subjects during use outside the constraints of a prescribed clinical study.
NCT00609804
This is a randomized, open-label, multi-center, Phase II study of treatment of patients with advanced NSCLC who have progressed on erlotinib with the combination of sorafenib and erlotinib or sorafenib alone.
NCT00396097
To demonstrate that an individualized, formula-based Genotropin regimen for children with Idiopathic Short Stature will lead to a targeted height gain (to reach the target of 10th percentile (%), or -1.3 SDS) during 24 months of treatment. The endpoint at 4 years is to explore treatment efficiency over four years of two formula-based dose regimens (sub-arms) compared to standard treatment
NCT01423253
Lurasidone HCl is a compound that is a candidate for the treatment of major depressive with mixed features.This clinical study is designed to test how well Lurasidone works to treat major depressive disorder with mixed features over time.
NCT02293265
This will be a non-drug interventional cross-sectional study, where the screening visit and study visit can occur on the same day. Investigational product will not be administered. Approximately 790 subjects with severe asthma will be screened to achieve a total of at least 750 evaluable study subjects. The study will not include a run-in or follow-up period. This study will provide a more reliable description of the severe asthma patient landscape with respect to the potential eligibility for treatment with mepolizumab, omalizumab, and reslizumab. This study aims to estimate the potential overlap of patients eligible for treatment with mepolizumab and those eligible for treatment with omalizumab and/or reslizumab. Additionally, the current study will also ascertain and describe reslizumab eligibility with respect to both mepolizumab and omalizumab, in the severe asthma patient population.
NCT01620060
This is a Phase 1, open-label, multicenter, single and multiple ascending lurasidone dose study in subjects from 6 to 17 years old with schizophrenia spectrum, bipolar spectrum, autistic spectrum disorder, or other psychiatric disorders.
NCT01937130
The study will evaluate the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, safety and preliminary efficacy of IDN-6556 in subjects with cirrhosis of the liver who are hospitalized for more than 24 hours due to acute deterioration of liver function.
NCT01628913
This was a multicenter, open label, randomized phase II study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of BEZ235 as compared to everolimus in patients with advanced, low to intermediate grade pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET).
NCT02114151
The purpose of the study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of 12 weeks of simeprevir (150 mg qd) in combination with sofosbuvir (400 mg qd) in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infected men and women with cirrhosis who are HCV treatment-naïve or treatment-experienced.
