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RATIONALE: Comparing results of MRI scans done after bevacizumab may help doctors predict a patient's response to treatment and help plan the best treatment. It is not yet known whether giving bevacizumab alone is more effective than giving bevacizumab together with interferon alpha-2a in detecting kidney cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying MRI scans of blood vessel changes caused by bevacizumab to see how well it works compared with bevacizumab given together with interferon alpha-2a in treating patients with stage III or stage IV kidney cancer.
RATIONALE: Studying samples of DNA in the laboratory from women who are BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers may help doctors learn more about cancer and identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This research study is looking at breast cancer risk in women who are BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers.
RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of sputum and tissue to study in the laboratory may help doctors identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This research study is looking samples of sputum and tissue from lung cancer patients, participants at high risk for developing lung cancer, and from healthy volunteers (both smokers and non-smokers).
This study is a comparison of two most commonly used modes of weaning and the outcomes in the two groups.
The main aim of this work will be to identify a profile of gene expression by microarray in the liver which might allow to differentiate obese subjects having a normal liver from those with steatohepatitis or steatosis.
RATIONALE: Studying samples of cerebrospinal fluid from patients with cancer or meningeal syndrome may help doctors identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying cerebrospinal fluid samples in diagnosing carcinomatous meningitis in patients with cancer or meningeal syndrome.
Thrombolysis using Alteplase (tPA) is still the only approved specific therapy for acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Current guidelines in western countries recommend an tPA dose of 0.9mg/kg up to a maximum dose of 90mg for patients weighing more than 100kg. However, larger dose-finding rtPA trials for intravenous thrombolysis in AIS are missing. Based on results from research on myocardial infarction only a few open label studies with low case rates were initiated to evaluate the optimal dose for tPA in cerebral ischemia. These studies suggested a narrow therapeutic range with decreased efficacy in lower dosages and an increased risk for thrombolysis related intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) at doses above 0.95mg/kg. The ECASS-1 trial which used a dosage of 1.1mg/kg rt-PA showed significantly higher rate of large parenchymal hemorrhages compared to trials using 0.9mg/kg. Therefore accurate dosing is crucial. In the acute phase two aspects complicate rtPA dosing in AIS: First, unlike in other diseases many stroke patients are unable to communicate information on their body weight (BW) because of their stroke symptoms (e.g. aphasia, decreased consciousness). In addition motor symptoms prohibit easy weighing procedures in many patients. Second, the ultra-early and narrow time window for treatment does not allow time loss to weigh each patient in the emergency situation. Therefore routinely the attending physician has to make a visual estimation of the patient's BW. This may be inaccurate and may cause dosing errors which has been shown for other weight based emergency medication. There is little data on tPA-dosing errors in stroke patients and prospective data are lacking. The aim of our study is to evaluate availability of BW-information, accuracy of estimations and final dosing of tPA in a routine clinical setting. Therefore the investigators evaluate different sources of body weight estimations and also compare visual estimation with recently proposed anthropometric measurements for body weight approximation. Finally, impact of dosing errors on safety and efficacy are analyzed. The initial phase will consist of 100 enrolled patients as a pilot phase for further power calculations. Based on the results of the pilot phase enrollment will continue. The envisioned inclusion target is up to 800 patients.
Besides Parkinson's disease (PD), it exists rare parkinsonian syndromes clinically close to PD and that correspond to Mendelian entities. Autosomal dominant forms are mainly associated with mutations of alpha synuclein and LRRK2/dardarin genes, whereas autosomal recessive forms are due to mutations in Parkin, Pink1 and DJ-1 genes. This entities are still unknown on the clinical, genetic and metabolic " au plan ". Throughout a national network of 15 specialized centres in movement disorders, coordinated by the team of the neurogenetics reference centre at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (Alexis Brice), we propose to precise the relative frequency, the molecular bases and abnormalities in functional neuroimaging associated with the LRRK2 gene mutations, the most frequently implicated in the autosomal dominant forms. Due to the relative rarity of this parkinsonian syndrome, we will perform at the same time a retrospective study in cases and families already collected by the national network (300 isolated cases and 300 families) and a prospective study. The network will recruit 100 isolated cases and 40 familial cases yearly, with precise diagnosis tools. The genetic analysis will evaluate the relative frequency of the LRRK2 mutations and their spectrum in the French population. Phenotype-genotype correlations will be performed to better orientate the molecular diagnosis, in order to improve the genetic counselling and reduce costs of these analyses. In the case of LRRK2 mutations, a genetic investigation will be proposed to the families, with a specific care to at-risk cases. A detailed phenotypic evaluation of patients and at-risk cases will be proposed (neurological, neuropsychiatric and behavioural) at the CIC Pitié-Salpêtrière and also in imaging, for 15 patients and 40 of their relatives (20 carriers and 20 non-carriers of the LRRK2 mutation). The TEP study will evaluate the dopaminergic function (fluorodopa capture) and will measure the dopamine transporter (DAT). The structural MRI evaluation will search for possible associated structural morphologic abnormalities. The functional MRI evaluation will search for dysfunction of motor circuit during the movement realisation. These examinations will be performed at two years of interval for appreciate the evolution of the disease. This study will allow to better characterize the parkinsonian syndromes due to LRRK2 mutations and also to better characterize the presymptomatic phase, which is subject to controversies in idiopathic PD. The feasibility of this project is assured by the expertise of the collaborative centres and by the inclusion of a retrospective cohort, combined to a prospective cohort, which will allow to recruit sufficient patients and at-risk relatives for a rare genetic entity.
Cisplatin and carboplatin induce ototoxicity manifested as sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, and/or vestibular disturbances. Ototoxicity is induced via damage to inner ear structures by reactive oxygen species. Previous animal studies demonstrated that transtympanic injection of Ringer's Lactate (RL) provided near complete otoprotective effect against cisplatin. The purpose of this study is to determine if transtympanic administration of Ringer's Lactate via a pressure equalising (PE) tube in patients undergoing platinum based chemotherapy treatment will prevent tinnitus, vestibular dysfunction and hearing loss especially at high frequencies. Pre- and post- chemotherapy treatment audiometry will be measured and statistically analysed for significance.
To assess the utility of technician-based analysis of echocardiograms with longitudinal strain for ruling-in ischemic chest pain in the emergency room, compared to emergency room (ER) physician opinion and expert echocardiographer analysis of wall motion, both the latter blinded to any relevant clinical data .