There are about 173942 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in United States. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
The overall purpose of this study is to assess the necessity of lumbar drain placement after endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) surgery in reducing cerebrospinal fluid leak postoperatively.
This is a Phase Ib study to look at the combination of an antibody immunization vaccine strategy using oregovomab and an investigational stage immune booster (poly ICLC / Hiltonol), both of which have previously been used in combination with other cancer treatments and demonstrated to be active in advanced cancer, but which have not previously been used together. This study will assess the approach as to whether these two drugs can safely add to the response seen with either drug alone, both of which have doses that are based on prior studies. Subjects with stable disease for whom a 12 week break from therapy for their persistent and progressive advanced ovarian cancer is appropriate, who have signed informed consent and for whom baseline clinical information is completed, will receive 4 cycles of oregovomab/Hiltonol immunization every three weeks (weeks 0, 3, 6, and 9). Blood will be obtained for to look for a CA125 specific T cell response at 12 weeks before initiating any additional therapy according to the best clinical judgment of the investigator. At week 16 the subjects will receive a final dose of the combination of oregovomab/Hiltonol and at week 17 will have an additional blood draw for analysis of T-cell response.
Impaired awareness of hypoglycemia is common in type 1 diabetes (T1DM) patients. Impaired hypoglycemia awareness increases severe hypoglycemia risk by six-fold. Severe hypoglycemia compromises quality of life and can potentially cause death. The long-term goal of this pilot study is to lead to the development of novel therapeutic approaches to improve hypoglycemia awareness and thus prevent severe hypoglycemia development in T1DM population with impaired awareness of hypoglycemia. It is hypothesized that propranolol will improve hypoglycemia recognition in T1DM. The specific aims of the study are to determine whether propranolol treatment improves subjects' recognition of hypoglycemic episodes, and improves hypoglycemic awareness scores; whether propranolol favorably increases hypoglycemia blood glucose nadir, decreases onset-to-treatment/recovery time (i.e. hypoglycemia duration), and reduces hypoglycemia/severe hypoglycemia frequency; and, whether propranolol reduces fear of hypoglycemia and improves overall blood glucose control.
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common inner ear cause of dizziness. It has been reported that up to 900 of every 10,000 people in the United States experience this problem with an estimated annual healthcare cost approaching $2 Billion. This problem occurs when calcium carbonate "crystals" which are present and needed in one part of the balance area of the inner ear become displaced to a different part of the balance area. This is very disruptive to the function of the inner ear and results primarily in intense vertigo. Nausea,imbalance, and falls can also occur. The accepted course of management for BPPV is the use of "repositioning maneuvers" which are completed by moving patients through specific head/body positions that literally reposition the displaced crystals out of the wrong area. These treatment methods are reported to be effective for about 80% of patients after one-to-three treatments. For the remaining 20% of patients, more treatments may be necessary and for a small percentage of patients surgical options may be the only cure. Additionally, some patients with BPPV are not able to physically move into the needed positions because of hip and neck problems, spinal problems, obesity, other mobility limitations, etc. Within the past decade, a motorized chair was developed to help reposition any patient with BPPV. There have been no reported adverse incidents with the motorized chair but the device was quite expensive so it was only available at a handful of clinical sites. At this time the motorized chair is no longer being manufactured. More recently, a mechanical chair was developed and has been in use in Europe and China. The mechanical chair has all the advantages of the motorized chair but with a lesser cost. The inventor of the mechanical chair has also developed some slight variations on treatment technique that may have the potential to improve treatment efficacy. We are privileged to have the only mechanical chair of this type in the United States. The primary purpose of the current project is to systematically investigate the treatment efficacy of this mechanical chair for patients with BPPV. We will compare treatment outcomes for patients diagnosed with BPPV using standard methods, the mechanical chair, and a sham condition also using the mechanical chair. A secondary purpose is to determine treatment efficacy for patients with covert BPPV. We will simply measure if treatment with the mechanical chair has any effect on patient symptoms. If we determine treatment is improved with the mechanical chair then it may be possible to help a greater number of patients with BPPV with fewer treatments.
The goal of this research study is to determine the feasibility and accuracy of Mespere Life Science non-invasive central venous pressure monitoring system (Mespere VENUS 2000CVP system) in children with congenital heart disease (CHD).
PXVX0047 (Adenovirus Type 4 and Type 7 Vaccine [A549 Cells], Live, Oral) is an investigational vaccine in development for the indication of active immunization against adenovirus infection. The primary goals of this Phase 1 study are to evaluate safety, pharmacodynamics (viral shedding), and immunogenicity of PXVX0047.
This is a prospective randomized controlled trial of the Suction-Integrated Surgical Tissue Elevator & Retractor [SISTER] device to assess: - Effects on operative time and efficiency of exposure in open lumbar spine cases. - Effect on total blood loss during the exposure part of the operation. - Rate of clogging of suction device.
Evaluate the activity and safety of oral tofacitinib in adult patients with discoid lupus erythematosus with or without concurrent SLE.
This trial will be a phase 2, open-label, study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of VIR007 when administered topically for up to 60 days to adults between the ages of 18 to 65 years with a clinical diagnosis of external condylomata acuminata.
This is a prospective, case-control clinical trial using inhaled Aztreonam (AZLI) in pediatric patients with a tracheostomy tube colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The aim of the study is to see if AZLI being taken in a one month on / one month off cycle over the course of a year can decrease the need for systemic antibiotics and/or hospitalizations.