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Filter by:This randomized phase II trial is studying how well megestrol works in treating patients with endometrial neoplasia or endometrial hyperplasia. Estrogen can cause the growth of endometrial cancer cells. Hormone therapy using megestrol may fight endometrial cancer by blocking the use of estrogen by the abnormal cells.
This is an open-label, single-arm clinical study investigating the long-term safety of ALTU-135 treatment in Chronic Pancreatitis (CP) patients with exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (PI).
This study will evaluate MK0457 in combination with Dasatinib in patients with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Efficacy and Safety will be evaluated.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a long-term lung disease that is caused by cigarette smoking or by breathing in other lung irritants, including pollution, dust, or chemicals. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of zileuton, a medication that is used to control asthma symptoms, at reducing the length of a hospital stay for adults who are hospitalized for a COPD exacerbation, or worsening of COPD symptoms.
This is a parallel, two-arm, open-label, multicenter phase IA/IB study of LBH589 (oral formulation) alone and in combination with docetaxel in patients with progressing hormone refractory prostate cancer. This study is designed to determine the maximum tolerated dose of LBH589 as a single agent and in combination with docetaxel and prednisone 5 mg two times a day , and to characterize the safety, tolerability, biologic activity and pharmacokinetic profile
This study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) to treat patients with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (XSCID). Those who have XSCID lack white blood cells that protect their bodies from invasion by all types of germs. IGF-1 is the main hormone responsible for the body's growth and metabolism. As a medication, IGF-1 is Increlex[(Trademark)] (mecasermin), Patients ages 2 to 20 who have not yet begun puberty, have a diagnosis of XSCID, and are shorter than the 3rd percentile for their age may be eligible for this study. This study will last about 3 years, and patients' visits will be scheduled at 3-month intervals. Patients will have a physical history and exam, X-rays, electrocardiogram, blood tests, and body measurements. Patients will take estradiol orally for 2 days, to help avoid false results of growth hormone (GH) levels in blood samples. Then provocation testing is done, with two tests back to back. It determines blood levels of GH and the body's response to testing with drugs called arginine and clonidine. Patients are admitted to the pediatric inpatient unit and will have an intravenous (IV) line placed in the arm. Arginine is given by IV over 30 minutes, and blood samples are taken. Right after arginine testing, the clonidine tablet is given. The IGF-1 generation test is then done to see if the body makes IGF-1 as a product in response to injections of GH for 5 consecutive days. This test does not require that patients are inpatients, but after Day 8, patients must be admitted to the pediatric unit to have blood sampling, start Increlex injections, and start close monitoring of blood sugar levels. They will learn how to do a self-injection and follow other advice. They will complete records about the injection site, symptoms, and side effects-keeping records for at least the first 2 days after going home, with each dose change, and as needed. Patients stick their fingertip and place a small drop of blood on a blood sugar monitoring strip. The strip is put into a glucometer-a small hand-held device to measure the blood sugar level. Patients will be instructed to always have a source of sugar available in case blood sugar is too low.
Goal of study: To assess the tissular and plasma kinetics of ertapenem; To determine the optimal dosages in the patients according to norepinephrine administration: - to assess muscular diffusion of free form of ertapenem after administration to mechanically ventilated patients requiring such a treatment. The patients are included in the groups "with norepinephrine" or "without norepinephrine" according to their hemodynamic status. - to assess the plasma pharmacokinetics of ertapenem in mechanically ventilated patients treated or not by norepinephrine. Open-label, prospective study performed in a single ICU (16 beds) of a tertiary hospital (700 beds).
The purpose of this study is to test whether treatment with a drug called Simvastatin prevents and improves outcome in patients who have Subarachnoid bleeding. Simvastatin is currently approved for the treatment of high cholesterol levels.
In Canada each year, there are approximately 800 infants born between 28 and 32 weeks gestation. Up to 60% of these infants will require breathing tube placement for Respiratory Distress Syndrome or RDS. RDS is a lung disease of prematurity due to a lack of a compound called surfactant. The breathing tube is placed as a conduit for placing surfactant into the babies' lungs to improve the lung disease. Most babies are then placed on a breathing machine or ventilator. Ventilation is not without harm and can be associated with lung damage, delays in feeding, increased hospital stay and interruption of bonding. An alternative that does not require the presence of a breathing tube is Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP). We will randomize babies to either ventilation or CPAP to try to minimize the length of time the baby is kept on respiratory support.
RATIONALE: Pyridoxine may help prevent hand-foot syndrome caused by capecitabine in patients with cancer. It is not yet known whether pyridoxine is more effective than a placebo in preventing hand-foot syndrome in patients with cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying pyridoxine to see how well it works compared with a placebo in preventing hand-foot syndrome caused by capecitabine in patients with cancer.