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NCT ID: NCT03266393 Active, not recruiting - Clinical trials for Kidney Transplantation

Envarsus XR® in Adolescent Renal Transplant Recipients

EnvarsusXR
Start date: January 15, 2019
Phase: Phase 4
Study type: Interventional

Adolescents commonly experience barriers to adherence that entail forgetfulness, distraction, poor planning, and scheduling problems. A once daily oral regimen may be superior to the current regimens that require twice daily dosing. It is currently unclear if Envarsus XR® would improve outcomes in adolescent organ transplant recipients. Each patient will receive tacrolimus (twice daily immediate release oral formulation) which they are using as part of their standard of care immunosuppressive regimen for a portion of the study and Envarsus XR® (a once daily extended-release oral tacrolimus formulation) for a portion of the study in a cross-over design. Besides the advantage to adherence behaviors, a sustained-release tacrolimus preparation may decrease burdensome side effects and increase quality of life. Following enrollment, each patient will be maintained in the study for 9 months.

NCT ID: NCT03266016 Active, not recruiting - Clinical trials for Ventilation Therapy; Complications

Real-time Effort Driven VENTilator Management

REDvent
Start date: October 21, 2017
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

This study is a Phase II controlled clinical trial that will obtain comprehensive, serial assessments of respiratory muscle strength and architecture to understand the evolution of ventilator-induced respiratory muscle weakness in critically ill children, and test whether a novel computer-based approach (Real-time Effort Driven ventilator management (REDvent)) can preserve respiratory muscle strength and reduce time on MV. REDvent offers systematic recommendations to reduce controlled ventilation during the acute phase of MV, and uses real-time measures from esophageal manometry to adjust supported ventilator pressures such that patient effort of breathing remains in a normal range during the ventilator weaning phase. This phase II clinical trial is expected to enroll 276 children with pulmonary parenchymal disease, anticipated to be ventilated > 48 hrs. Patients will be randomized to REDvent-acute vs. usual care for the acute phase of MV (interval from intubation to first spontaneous breathing trial (SBT)). Patients in either group who fail their first Spontaneous Breathing Trial (SBT), will also be randomized to REDvent-weaning vs. usual care for the weaning phase of MV (interval from first SBT to passing SBT). The primary clinical outcome is length of weaning (time from first SBT until successful passage of an SBT or extubation (whichever comes first)). Mechanistic outcomes surround multi-modal serial measures of respiratory muscle capacity (PiMax), load (resistance, compliance), effort (esophageal manometry), and architecture (ultrasound) throughout the course of MV. Upon completion, this study will provide important information on the pathogenesis and timing of respiratory muscle weakness during MV in children and whether this weakness can be mitigated by promoting more normal patient effort during MV via the use of REDvent. This will form the basis for a larger, Phase III multi-center study, powered for key clinical outcomes such as 28-day Ventilator Free Days.

NCT ID: NCT03265964 Active, not recruiting - Suicidal Ideation Clinical Trials

Clinical and Imaging Trial of Uridine for Veterans With Suicidal Ideation

Start date: April 2, 2018
Phase: Phase 4
Study type: Interventional

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the investigational drug uridine as a treatment for suicidal ideation in veterans. The investigators hypothesize that the administration of a naturally occurring dietary supplement, uridine, will rapidly reduce suicidal ideation in veterans. The purpose of this study is to determine whether 4 weeks of uridine supplementation is an effective treatment for suicidal ideation in veterans, when compared to a group taking a placebo.

NCT ID: NCT03265431 Active, not recruiting - Clinical trials for Arrhythmias, Cardiac

Evaluation of PET/MR in Patients Selected for Ablation Therapy

Start date: July 14, 2017
Phase: Phase 2
Study type: Interventional

This study is performed to assess if PET-MR imaging can improve treatment of patients with irregular heart rate and heart failure. Heart failure occurs when the heart muscle is too weak to do his work correctly. Irregular heart rate can be related to numerous diseases. One category of irregular heart rate is called ventricular arrhythmia. It is often seen in patients who have had a heart attack. This type of arrhythmia can be dangerous and can cause sudden death. To prevent these arrhythmias, doctors can perform procedures that burn the source of arrhythmia in the heart muscle. This is called ablation. Unfortunately, ablation does not fix the problem in 100% of patients and some will still have the arrhythmia requiring repeated procedure. The purpose of this study is to find new ways of guiding the doctors performing ablation, hoping to improve the success rate of the procedure.

NCT ID: NCT03264664 Active, not recruiting - Advanced Neoplasms Clinical Trials

Study of E7386 in Participants With Selected Advanced Neoplasms

Start date: July 27, 2017
Phase: Phase 1
Study type: Interventional

This study will be conducted to assess the safety/tolerability profile of E7386 as a single agent administered orally in participants with selected advanced or recurrent neoplasms and to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and/or recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of E7386.

NCT ID: NCT03264404 Active, not recruiting - Pancreas Cancer Clinical Trials

Azacitidine and Pembrolizumab in Pancreatic Cancer

Start date: October 1, 2017
Phase: Phase 2
Study type: Interventional

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of combining immune therapy, pembrolizumab, with a hypomethylating agent, azacitidine, for pancreatic cancer. People who have advanced pancreatic cancer with disease progression on first-line therapy are usually treated with a second chemotherapy regimen. However, there is no single accepted chemotherapy regimen and national guidelines recommend chemotherapy or clinical trial participation. In this study, all study subjects will receive a combination of immune therapy (every 3 weeks) and a hypomethylating agent (every 4 weeks). To date, studies have shown that combining a hypomethylating agent with chemotherapy or immune therapy may benefit patients across different solid tumor types including pancreatic cancer. Preclinical data in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer demonstrates improvement in survival with the combination of a hypomethylating agent and immune therapy. However, the use of single agent hypomethylating agent or immune therapy has not been shown to be effective in patients with pancreatic cancer. The one exception, to date, is the use of immune therapy in those individuals with a particular genetic feature known as mismatch repair deficiency and microsatellite instability. The combination of immune therapy and a hypomethylating agent has not been studied in human subjects and is not approved by the FDA for use in pancreatic cancer. This is a non-randomized, single-center, open-label trial of pembrolizumab and azacitidine in subjects with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Approximately 31 individuals will be asked to participate in this study.

NCT ID: NCT03264131 Active, not recruiting - Lymphoma Clinical Trials

BV-CHEP Chemotherapy for Adult T-cell Leukemia or Lymphoma

Start date: October 15, 2018
Phase: Phase 2
Study type: Interventional

Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a rare form of cancer found mostly among people from the Caribbean islands, Western Africa, Brazil, Iran, and Japan. Most cases of this disease in the United States occur along the East Coast due to emigration from the Caribbean islands. There is currently no standard treatment for ATLL. Research shows that patients who go into first time remission (respond completely or partially to treatment) and have a bone marrow transplant have the best outcomes. Traditional chemotherapy treatments have generally not worked well in patients with ATLL. Additionally, not all patients will be eligible for a bone marrow transplant. The purpose of this study is to see how well individuals with ATLL respond to an investigational cancer treatment. This investigational treatment combines a drug called brentuximab vedotin with a standard chemotherapy treatment made up of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, etoposide, and prednisone. This treatment is considered investigational because it is not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of ATLL. Brentuximab vedotin, also known as Adcetris, is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of certain types of lymphomas, including peripheral T-cell lymphomas when combined with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone in patients whose cancer cells express a type of marker called CD30. Brentuximab vedotin is an antibody that also has a chemotherapy drug attached to it. Antibodies are proteins that are part of the immune system. They can stick to and attack specific targets on cancer cells. The antibody part of brentuximab vedotin sticks to a target called cluster of differentiation 30 (CD30) that is located on the outside of the cancer cells. Normal cells have little or no CD30 on their surface. ATLL cancer cells often have a larger amount of CD30 on their surface than normal cells. However, CD30 is found in different amounts on ATLL cancer cells. This study will also test the amount of CD30 found on each participant's cancer cells. Researchers will be looking to see if the response to the study treatment varies based on the amount of CD30 found on the outside participants' cancer cells. In another study, brentuximab vedotin was combined in another study with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone. The study included patients with various types of T-cell lymphomas. Two of the patients enrolled in that study had ATLL. Both had a complete response (no evidence of disease). The researchers in this study (LCCC 1637) have added etoposide to the combination of brentuximab vedotin with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone. They predict that the addition of etoposide will improve patient outcomes. Research shows that etoposide helps improve outcomes in patients with certain types of T-cell lymphomas who undergo chemotherapy treatment. This investigational combination of brentuximab vedotin with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, etoposide, and prednisone is called BV-CHEP.

NCT ID: NCT03263650 Active, not recruiting - Prostate Carcinoma Clinical Trials

Study of Olaparib Maintenance Following Cabazitaxel-Carbo in Men With AVPC

Start date: October 3, 2017
Phase: Phase 2
Study type: Interventional

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if olaparib, when given after treatment with cabazitaxel, carboplatin, and prednisone, can help to control aggressive variant prostate cancer (AVPC). The safety of these drugs will also be studied. This is an investigational study. Cabazitaxel and carboplatin are FDA approved and commercially available for the treatment of certain types of prostate cancer. Prednisone is FDA-approved and commercially available as a corticosteroid. Olaparib is FDA approved and commercially available for the treatment of certain types of ovarian cancer. The combination of cabazitaxel and carboplatin followed by olaparib in this study is investigational. The study doctor can describe how the study drugs are designed to work. Up to 96 participants will be enrolled on this study. All will take part at MD Anderson.

NCT ID: NCT03263559 Active, not recruiting - Sickle Cell Disease Clinical Trials

Haploidentical Bone Marrow Transplantation in Sickle Cell Patients (BMTCTN1507)

Start date: October 3, 2017
Phase: Phase 2
Study type: Interventional

This is a Phase II, single arm, multi-center trial, designed to estimate the efficacy and toxicity of haploidentical bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Based on their age and entry criteria patients are stratified into two groups: (1) children with severe SCD; and (2) adults with severe SCD.

NCT ID: NCT03263429 Active, not recruiting - Colorectal Cancer Clinical Trials

Novel PET/CT Imaging Biomarkers of CB-839 in Combination With Panitumumab and Irinotecan in Patients With Metastatic and Refractory RAS Wildtype Colorectal Cancer

Start date: August 23, 2017
Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
Study type: Interventional

This phase I/II trial studies the best dose and side effects of glutaminase inhibitor CB-839 and how well it works with panitumumab and irinotecan hydrochloride (phase I only) in treating patients with RAS wildtype colorectal cancer that has spread to other places in the body and does not respond to treatment. Glutaminase inhibitor CB-839 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Monoclonal antibodies, such as panitumumab, may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as irinotecan hydrochloride, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving glutaminase inhibitor CB-839 with panitumumab and irinotecan hydrochloride may work better in treating patients with colorectal cancer.