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NCT01381874
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of oral abiraterone acetate plus oral prednisone and oral abiraterone acetate plus oral prednisone plus oral exemestane, each compared with oral exemestane alone, in postmenopausal women with estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) metastatic (spreading) breast cancer that has relapsed after treatment with letrozole or anastrozole.
NCT00900250
This laboratory study is collecting and storing samples of tissue and blood from young patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Collecting and storing samples of tumor tissue and blood from patients with cancer to study in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future.
NCT00950482
This pilot project is a randomized research study to examine the effects of acupuncture on menopausal symptoms. The investigators will recruit up to 45 Cedars employees (excluding Dr Bairey Merz's employees) with menopausal symptoms by posting a study flyer on Exchange. If a patient is interested in this study, she may contact the research team for further information. Once a patient is identified as being eligible for the study, she will be contacted to schedule the screening visit. They will receive an explanation of the study. They will be sent the consent form to review prior to the initial visit. At the initial visit, prior to any study-related procedures, the consent will be reviewed with the patient. After all questions have been answered and the patient appears to fully understand the study, the patient will be asked to provide written consent. This pilot project will collect data from three study groups as stated in the NIH application proposal. The first research study group will undergo traditional acupuncture (TA). The second research study group will receive alternative acupuncture (AA). The third group will be a waiting control group (WC) that will receive four weeks of acupuncture following completion of the study duration. Traditional acupuncture means that the needle is inserted in true acupuncture point locations. Alternative acupuncture is a technique that varies slightly from traditional acupuncture and is used to assess which technique, if any, produces the best therapeutic results. Waiting control is a group of subjects who get neither traditional nor alternative acupuncture during the duration of treatment, which in this case, is 3 months. Patients will be randomized into one of the three study groups, and will have one in three chance of being placed in one of the three groups. Neither patients nor the investigators can choose which group patients are assigned to. Patients from TA and AA groups will be asked to come to Cedars-Sinai a total of 39 times (36 sessions and 3 clinic visits) over a three-four month period. It will compare the effects (good or bad) of traditional acupuncture (TA) with alternative acupuncture (AA) on the menopausal symptoms to be studied in this research. Patients from WC group will be asked to come to Cedars-Siani a total of 15 times. Other study procedures include physical exam, blood and urine collection for hormone tests, questionnaire interview, etc. During the pilot phase of this study subjects will record the number of mild, moderate, severe and/or very severe hot flashes that occur each day in a hot flash diary. There is also an option for patients to record other symptoms they may experience during that week other then hot flashes as well as a place for additional comments. Subjects will complete the diary for seven consecutive days. It is a simple form that takes very little time to complete each day (only 5-10 minutes) and will not impact the duration of the study participation. No genetic study will be conducted in this pilot project.
NCT02234141
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of selonsertib (GS-4997) on pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), as measured by right heart catheterization (RHC) in adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The study will consist of a 24-week placebo-controlled treatment period and a long-term selonsertib treatment period. Participants completing the 24-week placebo-controlled period will be eligible to receive active treatment with selonsertib in the long-term treatment period.
NCT01785875
This study is designed to describe the long-term safety and efficacy of etelcalcetide (AMG 416) for the treatment of SHPT in adults with CKD on hemodialysis.
NCT00772317
For the treatment of locally recurrent prostate cancer following failed external beam radiation therapy (EBRT)
NCT02104583
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of eleclazine (GS-6615) compared to placebo on the overall occurrence of appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) interventions (antitachycardia pacing \[ATP\] or shock) in adults with ICD or cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D).
NCT03118843
The primary objectives of this study are to determine the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of treatment with sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir (SOF/VEL/VOX) fixed-dose combination (FDC) for 12 weeks in participants with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with or without cirrhosis, who did not achieve sustained viral response (SVR) after receiving prior treatment in a Gilead-sponsored HCV treatment study of direct-acting antiviral (DAA)-containing regimens.
NCT01846611
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of trabectedin+DOXIL as a third-line chemotherapy regimen (treatment) in patients with platinum-sensitive advanced-relapsed epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer who received 2 previous lines of platinum-based chemotherapy.
NCT03711149
This is a randomized controlled trial that compares a system using activity monitors to provide real-time feedback on daily ambulation to patients undergoing major surgeries, paired with step-count-measured art tours of the surgical units, versus standard of care, on step count. The hypothesis is that the feedback system + art tours will encourage patients to ambulate more.
NCT02537015
This study evaluated the long-term (9-months) safety of the Bimatoprost Ocular Insert in participants with Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension who completed study FSV5-004. All the participants received Bimatoprost Ocular Insert and wore it for approximately 3 months (12 weeks), then had that Insert removed and a new Insert placed for another 26 weeks (approximately 6 months).
NCT01160289
The primary purpose of the study is to compare the efficacy of LY2452473 + tadalafil to tadalafil alone in improving the erectile function (EF) of men with erectile dysfunction (ED) who incompletely respond to tadalafil alone.
NCT02026570
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate attentional (internal vs. external) focus effects on persons with amputation to perform a defined compensatory movement to reduce the likelihood of a fall. An internal focus of attention directs a person's conscious attention to their body's movements, whereas an external focus of attention directs a person's conscious attention to the effects of their movements or specific features in the environment. Numerous experiments have investigated the effects of an internal and external focus of attention on motor performance and the findings are in favor of an external focus of attention. In our work, we propose a motor learning research experiment to evaluate attentional focus strategies on the rehabilitation outcomes of learning and adaptation to the new proprioceptive information for persons with a recent transtibial amputation. Research Design and Methodology: For this pilot study, six participants with recent unilateral transtibial amputation will be recruited. Four participants will receive internal and external focus of attention training methods while the other two (control group) will receive standard prosthetic training instructions. The experiment will be conducted in three phases: Phase 1 -- Baseline Performance Test, Phase 2 -- Training sessions, and Phase 3 - Learning Test. The training will utilize a vibrotactile device designed to generate tactile sensations at the skin-socket interface simulating contact of the prosthesis with the environment. The sensation simulates a perturbation that signals a potential fall event. During the experiment the augmented sensory information will be introduced randomly while participants walk at a preferred pace on a level surface. Movement kinematics and kinetics of the body will be recorded for analyses using a motion capture system with force plates. Finding: It is hypothesized that the external focus of attention condition will outperform the internal focus of attention condition when responding to perturbations. The external focus of attention condition will yield faster response time and show improved compensatory responses compared to the internal focus of attention group by producing a greater lateral displacement of the artificial limb relative to the line of progression. In addition, the external condition will demonstrate a greater step length and step height than the internal focus of attention condition when provided with a perturbation. Clinical Significance: Current practices within the field of Physical Therapy reveal that there is little therapeutic intervention for fall prevention. Instructions are traditionally provided on how to reduce the risk of falling through preparation of a room or obstacle avoidance or on the proper way to fall to decrease injury. However, there are no protocols for providing a prosthetic user with compensatory strategies to avoid a fall after a perturbation occurs. The research findings can result in improved training protocols, which can improve rehabilitative outcome. Impact/Significance: The growing number of prosthetic users presents a need for improved patient care and effective prosthetic training and rehabilitation methods. Complimentary to the mission of the VA, the results of this research could enhance the quality of patient care and further assist these patients toward becoming prosthetically rehabilitated.
NCT02399267
The requirement for invasive mechanical ventilation is a defining feature of critical illness. Liberation or weaning is the process during which the work of breathing is transferred from the ventilator back to the patient. Approximately 40% of the time spent on mechanical ventilation is dedicated to weaning. Limiting the duration of invasive ventilation has been identified as a key research priority in critical care. Studies support the use of screening protocols (once daily vs. usual care) to identify weaning candidates and the conduct of tests of patient's ability to breathe spontaneously (SBTs). While once daily screening is the current standard of care in national intensive care units (ICUs), it is poorly aligned with the 24/7 ICU care environment wherein a critically ill patients' status can change from hour to hour. Only one large trial has compared alternative SBT techniques \[T-piece vs PS (Pressure Support)\]. No trial has compared a strategy of more frequent screening to once daily screening or alternative SBT techniques. The presence of respiratory therapists (RTs) 24/7 in North American ICUs presents a unique opportunity to screen more frequently, conduct more frequent SBTs, and determine the optimal strategy to liberate critically ill adults from invasive ventilation. The investigators propose to conduct a pilot randomized trial in 100 critically ill adults comparing 'once daily' screening to 'at least twice daily' screening and PS vs. T-piece SBTs in 12 Canadian ICUs. In the proposed trial, the investigators will (i) assess their ability to recruit critically ill adults who can breathe spontaneously or initiate breaths on one of several commonly used modes of ventilation into the trial, (ii) evaluate clinician's ability to implement the trial as designed, (iii) assess current practices in sedation, analgesia and delirium management and timing of patient mobilization prior to conducting screening assessments, (iv) identify barriers (clinician, institutional) to enrolling patients, (v) characterize trial participants based on weaning difficulty, and (vi) obtain preliminary estimates of the impact of the alternative screening and SBT strategies on clinically important outcomes.
NCT02762500
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of LYC-30937-EC given orally once daily in subjects with active ulcerative colitis (UC) defined as a total Mayo score (TMS) of 4-11 inclusive, with an endoscopic score of ≥ 2 and a rectal bleeding score of ≥ 1 at screening.
NCT02176486
The purpose of this study is to characterize the safety and tolerability of ixazomib when administered as multiple oral doses at escalating dose levels in participants with lupus nephritis.
NCT01302119
The purpose of this study is to determine whether AN2690 topical solution is a safe and effective treatment for onychomycosis of the toenail.
NCT03208660
This study is conducted to assess the retention rate of Fycompa when given in routine clinical care.
NCT00510198
The purpose of the PRECEDE-HF study is to collect data to compare patients whose heart failure is managed using Cardiac Compass with OptiVol (which is a tool in the device that records information about the heart that doctors can use to help treat their heart disease) combined with standard treatment methods (Access Group) to patients whose heart failure is managed by standard treatment methods only (Control Group). This comparison will show if the additional monitoring provided by Cardiac Compass with OptiVol delays the time patients are first admitted to hospital for heart failure or delays the time to death.
NCT03175172
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether CRS-207 with pembrolizumab is safe and effective in adults with MPM who have failed prior anti-cancer therapy.
