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.
Infections are common and associated with poor outcomes as well as high financial costs after kidney transplantation. Identifying and implementing strategies to reduce infections after kidney transplantation is important for improving patient outcomes. This study seeks to determine the feasibility of body surface area-based dosing of mycophenolate compared to standard dosing of mycophenolate in a pilot randomized controlled trial.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the hold properties of an investigational denture adhesive using an established methodology called the maximum incisal bite force (BF), and Kapur-Olshan (KO) index for denture retention and stability. The effects of hot drinks and two questionnaires relating to participants' perception will also be assessed for the investigational denture adhesive.
The purpose of this epidemiologic study is to estimate the prevalence and incidence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in at-risk, exposed, affected populations. The study will also estimate the risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure in target population.
The researchers are trying to determine whether the Alivecor device can simulate other electrocardiogram (ECG) leads to record electrical activity.
This is a two arm, randomized, phase II study of patients with advanced KRAS mutation positive and PD-L1 high NSCLC who have not received therapy for advanced stage disease. Patients will be randomized between Arm A and Arm B treatment. Arm A treatment will consist of durvalumab every 4 weeks for 13 cycles. Arm B treatment will consist of durvalumab with chemotherapy every 3 weeks for 4 cycles followed by durvalumab with pemetrexed every 3 weeks for 13 cycles.
Patients with cancer and their caregivers may have difficulty understanding the site and extent of their disease. Poor comprehension may negatively impact patients and caregivers, leading to increased anxiety, reduced compliance, decreased trust of the physician, and limited shared medical decision making ability. Most patients want to be thoroughly informed, with over a third of cancer patients wishing they had been better informed about side effects that they experienced due to their treatment. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of diagnostic imaging review using 3D virtual reality compared to standard 2D imaging review for patients and their caregiver(s) using a mixed methods approach of survey and qualitative interview based approaches.
Expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) is an emerging palliative intervention for prolonging pulmonary and swallow function in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (PALS), but it is unknown whether EMST may result in detrimental immediate to short-term fatigue because there is no way to measure fatigue non-invasively. This study will determine the immediate to short-term impact of EMST on objective respiratory and swallow function, whether subjective ratings of dyspnea and fatigue map to objective decompensation of respiratory and swallow function, and the ability to monitor fatigue of the respiratory and swallowing musculature non-invasively. Findings from this research study will provide preliminary evidence regarding optimal timing for PALS to complete EMST and will provide PALS and clinicians increased capabilities to monitor fatigue non-invasively.
Conscious sedation (CS) if often used in the field of gastroenterology to alleviate pain and discomfort with interventional procedures. Although CS is relatively safe, there is concern for the development of cardiopulmonary complications. Music has been shown in multiple studies to decrease anxiety and improve patient satisfaction following cardiac, pulmonary, and surgical procedures. This is a prospective single-blinded randomized control trial that will examine the effects of active music participation and music listening on patients undergoing colonoscopy through propofol use (monitored anesthesia) at The Brooklyn Hospital Center. The study will enroll patients who will undergo colonoscopy from November 2018 to April 2019 and randomize them to receive music or no music starting at the initial nursing evaluation in the pre-procedure area. We hypothesize that incorporating music during colonoscopy procedures will alleviate patient discomfort, reduce narcotic/sedative usage and post-operative complications.
The Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit is a free online curriculum developed for use by educators and health professionals in providing tobacco-specific prevention education to middle and high school students. The aims of this study are to determine: (1) whether the Curriculum is effective in changing middle and high school students' resistance to using tobacco as well as knowledge of, attitudes towards, and intentions to use different tobacco products; and (2) whether the Curriculum is effective in changing middle and high school students' actual use of tobacco in the short-term.
Single-center, open-label, pre-post treatment pilot study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of sphenopalatine ganglia blocks for the treatment of chronic migraine in the pediatric population. 50 children with a diagnosis of chronic migraines will undergo a series of three transnasal sphenopalatine ganglia blocks to measure their effect on headache frequency, headache intensity, headache duration, and use of headache medication.