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Filter by:A multicentre, open, randomized phase II study comparing a multimodal intervention (oral nutritional supplements, celecoxib and physical exercise) for cachexia versus standard cancer care.
Female and male smokers will complete questionnaires and smoking behavior will be examined. After abstaining from smoking for approximately 18 hours, they will be randomized to a moderate intensity exercise groups or passive sitting group. Smoking satisfaction and smoking behavior will be assessed following treatment. The hypotheses detailed below are specific to the randomization of participants into the following 2 groups: 1. Moderate exercise (Experimental condition; MEG) 2. Passive sitting (Attention control condition; PSG) Hypothesis 1: A bout of moderate intensity exercise will be associated with decreased smoking satisfaction after a temporary period of abstinence compared to a control condition. Hypothesis 2: Smoking topographic measures will mediate the relationship between a bout of moderate intensity exercise and smoking satisfaction.
Background: - Erdheim Chester Disease (ECD) is a very rare disease in which abnormal white blood cells start growing and affect the bones, kidneys, skin, and brain. ECD can cause severe lung disease, kidney failure, heart disease, and other complications that lead to death. Because ECD is a rare disease, found mostly in men over 40 years of age, there is no standard treatment for it. More information is needed to find out what genes can cause ECD and how best to treat it. Objectives: - To collect study samples and medical information on people with Erdheim Chester Disease. Eligibility: - Individuals 2 to 80 year of age who have been diagnosed with Erdheim Chester Disease. Design: - Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. - Participants will have a study visit to provide samples for study, including blood, urine, and skin tissue samples. Participants will also have lung, heart, and muscle function tests; imaging studies of the brain, chest, and whole body; a treadmill running stress test; an eye exam; and other tests as needed by the study doctors. - Participants will be asked to return for a similar set of tests every 2 years, and to remain in contact for possible treatment options.
A Phase I, single-center, open-label, single-persiod, combined single dose oral and IV microtracer study in subjects with solid tumors.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the tolerability and safety profile of BMS-833923 (XL139) when orally administered on a once daily schedule.
This study will investigate the usefulness of an optical probe in the differentiation of thyroid cancer from normal thyroid tissue in a thyroidectomy specimen. This is the next step in the research that this team has conducted through our prior Institutional Review Board (IRB)H-28135, in which the investigators successfully demonstrated that use of the optical probe readings on thyroid specimens ex vivo could successfully discriminate benign from malignant disease. The Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy (ESS) probe has also been IRB approved and a clinical trial conducted in vivo at Boston University/Boston Medical Center by Dr. Satish Singh and Dr. Irving Bigio. The investigators intend to now bring this project to the clinical setting of thyroid disease. The optical real-time readings will be compared to the histological analysis from the same area. Subjects already undergoing thyroid biopsy for thyroid disease including thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer and thyroid goiter with nodules will be eligible to participate. During the already scheduled thyroid procedure using a fine needle aspiration biopsy needle, optical readings will be taken from the thyroid gland and these same areas will then be analyzed in the usual standard fashion. The reading will then be correlated with the histological results. In addition, if lymph nodes are biopsied as part of the evaluation they will also be tested prior to histological standard processing. All specimens and data will be de-identified once data collection and analysis is complete. Our goal is to use optical real-time readings to improve the differential diagnosis of benign from malignant thyroid nodules and avoid surgery for the purpose of diagnosis alone.
Aim of this non-interventional study is to investigate the tolerability of Effentora® in cancer pain patients with breakthrough pain under real-life conditions in clinical practice.
Polymorphisms in the vitamin D system appear to affect the serum 25(OH)D levels. If so one would expect these polymorphisms to be associated with vitamin D related conditions and diseases, which will be tested in the present study including DNA analyses in 9700 subjects
GSK1120212 is a reversible and highly selective allosteric inhibitor of MEK1 and MEK2 activation and kinase activity currently being developed for the treatment of malignant melanoma. This is a Phase I, open-label, non-randomized, single-dose study designed to characterize the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination (ADME) of a single oral dose of MEK inhibitor [14C]GSK1120212 as a solution in male subjects with solid tumor malignancies. A sufficient number of subjects will be enrolled to complete approximately four evaluable subjects. Following completion of the study, subjects may elect to continue dosing with GSK1120212 in the rollover study, MEK114375.
This study of AMG 900 will be conducted in two parts: dose escalation and dose expansion. The dose escalation part of the study is aimed at evaluating the safety, tolerability and PK (pharmacokinetics) of oral AMG 900 in subjects with acute myeloid leukemia. Up to 93 subjects may be enrolled in dose escalation. The dose expansion part of the study will consist of 20 subjects with acute myeloid leukemia. The dose of AMG 900 will be dependent upon data from the dose escalation part of the study.