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Filter by:This is a pilot study to investigate the effect of danirixin hydrobromide 35 milligram (mg) tablets on lung function and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in subjects with mild to moderate airflow obstruction and a demonstrated history of decline in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1). Specifically, this study aims to assess whether or not danirixin has the potential to impact disease progression in subjects with a COPD progression score indicating they are likely to decline based on 5 year data from a COPDGene study and support the conduct of a larger Phase III study for disease progression. Subjects will receive either placebo or danirixin 35 mg tablets (as hydrobromide hemihydrate salt) twice daily for 52 weeks (12months). Study subjects will continue with their standard of care inhaled medications (i.e. long acting bronchodilators with or without inhaled corticosteroids) while receiving study treatment. This study will be an ancillary study within the COPDGene study investigating the enrichment strategy for assessing disease progression. Potential subjects most likely to decline from the well established COPDGene cohort, will be based on data collected over the initial 5 year period. With the use of an enriched population, it is anticipated that one year of treatment will be sufficient to detect a trend in altering disease progression. Approximately 130 subjects will be screened to enroll 100 subjects in this study. The data from this study will provide useful information in determining whether to progress to a Phase III study to explore an indication for slowing disease progression.
The benefit of aspirin in cancer of the colon and rectum is already known. Recently, it was described its potential activity during chemoradiotherapy, with higher rate of tumor downstaging. Furthermore, induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiation represents an attractive approach, with more favorable compliance and toxicity profiles. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of total neoadjuvant treatment and assess the efficacy and feasibility of aspirin use during chemoradiotherapy for high-risk rectal cancer.
Brain Entrainment Technology (BET), also known as Binaural Beat Technology (BBT); is an auditory-neurophysiologic technique which uses auditory tones (often embedded in music, nature sounds or white noise) dichotically via stereo headphones to manipulate brainwave activity in turn affecting the listener's mental, physical and/or emotional state. Although this technology is widely marketed to the general public and can be found free in on the internet, only a hand full of scientific studies have shown its efficacy. This study is a follow-on study to the "Sound Mind Warrior (SMW) Study" (ClinicalTrials.gov [NCT02328690]) conducted 2012-2015 which assessed the efficacy of the technology (in the "theta" brainwave frequency) on the cardiovascular stress response in a group of service members with complaint of chronic stress. This study will now assess BET (in the "delta" brainwave frequency) on sleep quality in a population of military healthcare beneficiaries with complaint of poor sleep quality.
NSCLC patients with metastatic disease who have failed at least one prior treatment and have a minimum of two metastatic lesions (at least one measurable), are eligible if they have an ECOG Performance Status of 0-1. Patients will receive on Day 1, ipilimumab (every 6 weeks) concurrently with radiation (6Gy x 5 fractions). Nivolumab (every 2 weeks) will be given in addition to ipilimumab on day 22.
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of identifying novel etiologic agents associated with SARI in patients who have required intubation and in whom, after analysis, a causative agent was not identified by standard microbiologic (culture) and multiplex real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) platforms. Taking into account that isolation of any pathogens is generally time sensitive, the study will evaluate subjects that are culture negative at the time of consent. Not all subjects will actually prove to be culture negative. Additionally, the study will compare etiologic agents identified on broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) to etiologic agents identified by routine upper airway testing on all subjects with SARI.
A parallel group, open label, multi-centre, phase I/II marker-lesion study of intravesical or intravenous pembrolizumab in recurrent intermediate risk NMIBC. Thirty patients (fifteen in each of two arms) will be randomised 1:1 to treatment with either intravesical pembrolizumab (Arm A) or intravenous pembrolizumab (Arm B). The main study will be preceded by a single institution safety run-in phase involving intra-patient dose escalation in six patients to confirm the safety and tolerability of intravesical pembrolizumab and the dose to be used in the randomised phase.
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.
In pediatric cardiac patients with shunt dependent pulmonary circulation, Qp/Qs ratio is a important parameter indicating the balance of pulmonaty and systemic circulation. This study will calculate Qp/Qs using variables measured using non-invasive monitors (cerebral oximeter and pulse oximeter). This value will be compared with Qp/Qs calculated using variables obtained from blood sample.
Nonfluent/agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia (nf/avPPA) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that begins with isolated language deficits. There is currently no cure or treatment for this disease. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), a noninvasive neuromodulatory technique, is effective in major depression, and studied in many other conditions including nf/avPPA. Here the investigators propose to study the feasibility and change in language and brain function of a newer rTMS protocol (intermittent theta-burst stimulation, iTBS) using a randomized, blinded crossover design: participants will receive active or sham iTBS for two weeks and then switch groups without them or clinicians knowing their group. The investigators hypothesize that brain function and performance with language tasks will change after active iTBS.
This was a dose-finding study to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of 3 different doses of LIK066 compared to placebo or empagliflozin in T2DM patients with heart failure