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Filter by:This phase II trial studies the side effects of epacadostat and pembrolizumab and to see how well they work before surgery in treating participants with stage II-III esophageal or gastroesophageal cancer. Epacadostat may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may interfere with the ability of the tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving epacadostat and pembrolizumab before surgery may work better in treating participants with stage II-III esophageal or gastroesophageal cancer.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in neonates has been defined in 2017.The death rate is over 50%. HFOV and CMV are two main invasive ventilation strategies. However, which one is better needing to be further elucidated.
The ability to change walking patterns is important for daily tasks such as stepping over an obstacle. This change of walking pattern can occur in a strategic manner, i.e., consciously making one step longer or shorter. Healthy individuals can learn a new walking pattern through perturbed visual feedback of their walking information (Kim et al., 2015; Kim et al., 2017). This type of learning is thought to largely involve explicit strategy. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a form of non-invasive brain stimulation that can enhance learning of some motor tasks (Reis et al., 2009), and primarily has been studied in the upper extremity. In locomotor learning, prior recent work by the investigators has suggested that tDCS does not affect non-strategy based locomotor learning, and the investigators speculate that tDCS may benefit learning of strategic tasks instead. The purpose of this study is to determine if tDCS can enhance learning and retention of a new walking pattern in a strategy-based, visually guided locomotor task in healthy individuals. Two groups of young, healthy participants will be recruited to learn a new walking pattern through perturbed visual feedback, with retention of learning tested on the second day. One group will receive tDCS, which is expected to enhance learning. The other group will receive placebo stimulation and serve as a control. Results from this work will provide information on which type of motor learning is sensitive to enhancement with tDCS, and may help pave the path for utilizing tDCS for neurorehabilitation.
A 6-week double-blind study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Quillichew extended release chewable tablets in 4-5 year old children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR).CD19-CD28-zeta-2A-iCasp9-IL15-transduced cord blood NK cells when given together with high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplant and to see how well they work in treating participants with B-cell lymphoma. Cord blood-derived CAR-NK cells may react against the B-cell lymphoma cells in the body, which may help to control the disease. Giving chemotherapy before a stem cell transplant may help kill any cancer cells that are in the body and helps make room in the patient's bone marrow for new blood-forming cells (stem cells) to grow. The stem cells are then returned to the patient to replace the blood-forming cells that were destroyed by the chemotherapy.
This phase III trial studies how well chemotherapy before and after surgery works in treating participants with gallbladder cancer that can be removed by surgery. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, gemcitabine, and capecitabine, 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 chemotherapy before and after surgery may kill more tumor cells.
This phase Ib/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of guadecitabine when given together with nivolumab and to see how well they work in treating participants with colorectal cancer that does not respond to treatment and has spread to other places in the body. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as guadecitabine, 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. Monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving guadecitabine and nivolumab may work better in treating participants with colorectal cancer.
This phase I trial studies the side effects of nivolumab and IRX-2 and how well they work in treating participants with stage III-IVA oral cavity cancer or human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer that can be removed by surgery. Monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. IRX-2 may "turn on" the immune system and stimulate an immune response against tumor cells. Giving nivolumab and IRX-2 followed by surgery may work better at treating oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer.
Middle ear surgery is performed in a deep workspace through a narrow approach to the tympanic cavity, either by the external auditory canal, or by drilling the temporal bone. It uses thin and long instruments as a delicate and precise gesture on the ossicular chain or manipulation of very light prostheses is necessary. The results of middle ear procedures relies upon the surgeon experience and his gesture accuracy. For this reason, a robot-based device designed to assist the surgeon during middle ear procedure has been build. The goal of the present protocol is to evaluate the robot in a simple procedure to ensure its safety before using the device in more complex cases. The precision of the robot during transtympanic tube placement will be evaluated. The following benefits are expected: - Significantly reduced risk of transtympanic tube on the other side of the eardrum. - Positioning of the transtympanic tube in the desired tympanic quadrant - Reduces the size of the entry point to prevent tearing - Reduced risk of injury to the external auditory canal Once the safety of use of the robot is demonstrated in this protocol, the goal will be to evaluate it later in more complex surgical gestures in other protocols. The future application of the robot will be the placement of middle ear implant prosthesis in the context of the surgery for cholesteatoma, otosclerosis or insertion of cochlear implants.
This trial studies nutritional preferences and product accessibility in oral nutritional supplements in participants with breast, colorectal, upper gastrointestinal, or prostate cancer. Learning what participants like and dislike about their current or past used nutritional supplements may help doctor know how to improve them.