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Interventions for Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Dysphagia

The overall purpose of this project is to develop effective dysphagia rehabilitative interventions for patients with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias at risk for pneumonia development.
Nicole Rogus-Pulia, PhD
All
50 Years to 99 Years old
N/A
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT03682081
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Inclusion criteria (patients):
• Age 50-99
• English speaking
• Diagnosis of dementia or cognitive impairment or memory loss
• Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) scale score between 0.5 and 2.0
• Actively involved caregiver
• Resides at home, assisted living facility, or long-term care facility Inclusion criteria (caregivers)
• English speaking
• Age 18 and older
• Contact with patient at least 1 time a week
• Has access to a working telephone Exclusion criteria (patients):
• Dementia due to cerebrovascular disease as primary cause
• History of head and neck cancer or other structural deformity that can affect swallowing
• Allergy to barium
• Currently breastfeed or pregnant or planning to become pregnant Exclusion criteria (caregivers):
• Lacks ability to give consent
Dementia, Dysphagia, Alzheimer Disease, Alzheimer's disease, Aphagia and dysphagia, Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Unspecified dementia, Other, Aging & Geriatrics, Food & Nutrition
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Electrophysiology of Fetal Arrhythmia (fMCG)

Fetal research and clinical practice has been hampered by a lack of suitable investigational techniques. Currently, ultrasound is the only widely used method of studying fetal anatomy and physiology, but it has significant limitations for assessment of cardiac rhythm. The proposed study will allow the investigators to evaluate fetal magnetocardiography (fMCG) as a new tool for the study of normal and abnormal fetal heart rate and rhythm.
Ronald Wakai, PhD
Female
18 Years and over
NA
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NCT03047161
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Inclusion Criteria:

• uncomplicated pregnancy at gestational age >12 weeks
• pregnancy complicated by abnormal fetal heart rate or rhythm or risk of abnormal fetal heart rate or rhythm at gestational age >15 weeks
Exclusion Criteria:

• uncomplicated pregnancy <12 weeks gestation
• pregnancy complicated by abnormal fetal heart rate or rhythm or risk of abnormal fetal heart rate or rhythm at gestational age <15 weeks
Fetal Arrhythmia, Healthy Volunteers, Supervision of high risk pregnancy, Other
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FFNP-PET/MR Imaging of Progesterone Receptor Expression in Invasive Breast Cancer

The goal of this research is to test the accuracy of PET/MRI imaging with 18F-fluorofuranylnorprogesterone (FFNP) for measuring progesterone receptor (PR) expression in patients with invasive breast cancer. The hypothesis is that FFNP SUVmax from PET/MRI will correlate well against the semi-quantitative PR immunohistochemistry score.
Amy Fowler, MD, PhD
Female
18 Years and over
Phase 2
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT03212170
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• Women 18 years of age or older
• Diagnosis of biopsy-proven invasive breast cancer measuring at least 1.0 cm in diameter by any imaging modality
• Biopsy-proven PR-positive or PR-negative invasive breast cancer
• Undergoing diagnostic breast MRI ordered by the referring clinician for staging and extent of disease
Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent to the study
• Participants currently undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy/endocrine therapy or those who have received chemotherapy/endocrine therapy within 6 months prior to the MRI
• Participants who have had neoadjuvant chemotherapy/endocrine therapy, surgical intervention, or radiation for the current biopsy-proven malignancy
• Participants with breast expanders
• Participants who are or might be pregnant or lactating
• Participants with a contraindication to gadolinium based contrast agents, including allergy or impaired renal function (per University of Wisconsin Health Guidelines)
• Participants with a history of allergic reaction attributable to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to FFNP
• Participants in liver failure as judged by the patient's physician
• Participants with standard contraindications to MRI, including claustrophobia and metallic implants incompatible with MRI
• Participants requiring intravenous (IV) conscious sedation for imaging are not eligible; participants requiring mild, oral anxiolytics for the clinical MRI will be allowed to participate as long as the following criteria are met:
• The subject has their own prescription for the medication
• The informed consent process is conducted prior to the self-administration of this medication
• They come to the research visit with a driver
• Participants unable to lie prone for 30 minutes for imaging
Invasive Breast Cancer, Breast
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FES Imaging to Optimize Tamoxifen for Metastatic Breast Cancer

Despite broad advancements in endocrine therapy for ERα+ breast cancer, resistance ultimately develops. A common driver of resistance are known ESR1 mutations that lead to constitutively active receptor signaling and transcriptional regulation that is always "turned on" despite the absence of estrogen. Patients with ESR1 mutations are expected to have decreased binding affinity for tamoxifen and thus may be underdosed on standard therapy. [18F]-fluoroestradiol Positron Emission Tomography/Computed tomography (FES-PET/CT) imaging is a novel functional imaging technique that can non-invasively measure ERα expression and inhibition in metastatic ERα+ breast cancer. The proposed a pilot study uses FES-PET/CT imaging to measure ERα blockade to determine the optimal dose of tamoxifen in patients with ESR1 mutations.
Kari Wisinski, MD
All
19 Years and over
Early Phase 1
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04174352
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• Participants must have histologically confirmed breast cancer that is metastatic or unresectable with the following:
• Estrogen receptor expression by immunohistochemistry greater than or equal to 10%
• ESR1 mutation identified using a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified assay via tumor biopsy tissue or circulating free DNA (cfDNA)
• human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative
• Participants must have measurable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1 or evaluable bone disease with at least one lesion measuring 10 mm or greater in size. (Participants with bone and non-bone disease are eligible. One disease site must meet either the measurable or evaluable criteria outlined.) Participants with liver-only disease are not eligible due to the inherent hepatic uptake related to the radiopharmaceutical's hepatobiliary route of elimination.
• Participants must have received at least 1 prior line of endocrine therapy in the metastatic setting or have had progression within 12 months of adjuvant endocrine therapy. Prior Tamoxifen is allowed in any setting. Prior CDK4/6 in the metastatic setting per NCCN guidelines is allowed.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1 (See Appendix A)
• Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks.
• Ability to take oral medications.
• Informed consent: participant must be informed of the investigational nature of the study and must be able to sign a written informed consent.
• Participants with central nervous system (CNS) metastases must be stable after therapy for CNS metastases (such as surgery, radiation, or stereotactic radiosurgery) for at least 1 month.
• Participants must have adequate normal organ and bone marrow function as defined below:
• Absolute neutrophil count >/= 1,000/mcL
• Hemoglobin >/= 9.0 g/dL
• Platelets >/= 100,000/mcL
• Total bilirubin • AST (SGOT)/ ALT (SGPT) • Creatinine /= 50 mL/min
Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted, immunotherapy or investigational therapy within 2 weeks or major surgery within 4 weeks of study enrollment or those who have not recovered (to grade ≤ 1 or baseline) from clinically significant adverse events due to agents administered more than 2 weeks earlier (alopecia and fatigue excluded).
• Participants must not be receiving an ER blocking endocrine therapy (includes fulvestrant, tamoxifen, toremifene, raloxifene) and must be off the agents for a minimum of 60 days prior to planned FES PET/CT to allow for adequate uptake of FES.
• History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of chemical or biologic composition similar to those of tamoxifen or [18F]-fluoroestradiol.
• Peripheral neuropathy of severity greater than grade 1.
• Current optic nerve disorders, retinopathy, lattice degeneration, macular degeneration, retinal vascular disorder, or retinal tears of severity greater than grade 1.
• History of cerebellar disorders, ataxia, and uncontrolled seizures unless related to transient medical condition and in investigator's opinion is not an active medical issue.
• History of venous thrombosis/thromboembolic event, including pulmonary embolism and stroke.
• Have a heart-rate corrected QT interval (using Fridericia's formula) (QTcF) ≥ 470msec or other factors that increase the risk of QT prolongation or arrhythmic events (e.g., heart failure, chronic hypokalemia, family history of long QT interval syndrome).
• Are taking medications that are known to prolong the QT interval, unless they can be transferred to other medications ≥ 5 half-lives prior to dosing or unless the medications can be properly monitored during the study. If equivalent medication is not available, QTcF should be closely monitored.
• Tamoxifen has demonstrated vaginal bleeding, birth defects and fetal loss in pregnant women. Tamoxifen use during pregnancy may have a potential long-term risk to the fetus of a Diethylstilbestrol syndrome (DES)-like syndrome. Women of childbearing potential (WOCP) must not be pregnant (confirmed by a negative urine/serum pregnancy test within 14 days of tamoxifen treatment). In addition, a medically acceptable method of birth control must be used such as an intrauterine device (IUD), use of a double barrier method (condoms, sponge, diaphragm, or vaginal ring with spermicidal jellies or cream), or total abstinence during the study participation and for 3 months after last dose of study drug. Women who are postmenopausal for at least 1 year or surgically sterile (bilateral tubal ligation, bilateral oophorectomy, or hysterectomy) are not considered to be WOCP.
• Ongoing treatment with other investigational agents. Participants cannot be receiving concomitant chemotherapy, radiotherapy, experimental therapy or any other therapy not otherwise outlined by the trial for the purposes of anti-cancer treatment.
• History of uterine malignancy unless participant has had hysterectomy with no evidence recurrent disease for ≥ 3 years from definitive therapy.
• Concurrent malignancy except for the following:
• Basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer
• In situ cervical cancer
• The following medications are contraindicated or must be used with caution.
• Contraindicated:
• CYP2D6, CYP3A4, and CYP2C9 strong inhibitors
• CYP2D6, CYP3A4, and CYP2C9 strong inducers
• Use with caution:
• CYP2C9 sensitive substrates
• CYP2D6 moderate inhibitors or inducers
• CYP3A4 moderate inhibitors or inducers Note: Transdermal products designed for systemic delivery must be assessed for interaction potential. Topical products not designed to provide systemic delivery (including inhaled products, ophthalmologic products and transvaginal preparations) do not need to be considered. Contraindicated medications are not allowed. Participants taking these concurrent medications are ineligible unless they can discontinue or switch to alternative medications prior to initiation of study drug (at least 5 half-lives). Use with caution agents are permitted if a) discontinuation is not feasible or b) no acceptable alternatives are available as determined by the treating physician; however, caution should be used. Consider monitoring by symptoms, labs or drug levels and dose adjustments of the medication.
• Uncontrolled intercurrent clinically significant illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
Breast, ERα+ Breast Cancer, ESR1 Gene Mutation
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Adjunctive Effects of Psilocybin and a Formulation of Buprenorphine

Primary Aim: In participants with OUD, to characterize adverse events associated with adding two psilocybin doses to a stable buprenorphine-naloxone formulation. Secondary Aim: To evaluate the effect of psilocybin treatment on the effectiveness of a buprenorphine-naloxone maintenance therapy. Secondary Aim: To evaluate the effect of concurrent buprenorphine-naloxone use on the effects of psilocybin therapy. Descriptive Aim: To describe any changes in self-efficacy, quality of life, pain.
Randall Brown, MD
All
21 Years to 65 Years old
Phase 1
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04161066
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• Aged 21 to 65 years
• Able to read, speak, and understand spoken and written English
• Diagnosis of moderate or severe opioid use disorder (OUD)
• Current opioid misuse, with misuse occurring on at least 10 of the last 30 days. Misuse will be defined as either: 1. Use of illicit opioids, such as heroin or non-prescribed fentanyl; or use of an outpatient prescription opioid (such as oxycodone, morphine, or hydrocodone) through a route other than FDA approved (e.g. nasal, injected), and/or 2. Use of a prescription opioid via a route (e.g. nasal, injected, chewed) or for a purpose (e.g. intoxication, anxiety relief) other than that for which it was prescribed.
• Able to achieve stable daily dose of a buprenorphine-naloxone formulation that controls opioid withdrawal symptoms
• Persons of childbearing potential must agree to practice an effective means of contraception throughout their participation in the study, beginning at screening and throughout follow-up
• Ability and willingness to adhere to study requirements, including attending all study visits, preparatory and follow-up sessions, and evaluations
• Healthy kidney function
• Able to provide contact information for a local support person. This person must be available during both 24-hour treatment and observation periods, and willing to provide the participant social/emotional support the day after each treatment and as needed during the dosing day and/or overnight observation period.
Exclusion Criteria:

• Currently prescribed and has taken buprenorphine or buprenorphine formulation (e.g., Suboxone®) for over four weeks immediately prior to initial study contact
• Currently receiving pharmacotherapy of any duration with methadone
• Current participation in a drug treatment court program or other legal supervision. Individuals who are under legal supervision will be advised that participating in this study could potentially violate terms of probation, parole, or extended supervision. Contact information for the individual's community supervision officer must be collected to confirm whether study participation may impact the potential participant's status on probation or parole
• Inadequately treated hypertension
• Current acute coronary syndrome or angina
• Evidence of ischemic disease, cardiac conduction defects, and/or ventricular arrhythmias on screening ECG
• History of heart transplant
• Current insulin dependence, due to Type I or Type II diabetes
• Urine drug test containing non-prescribed drugs of abuse
• Any finding(s), based on the screening process, that the PI feels makes the study unsuitable for the participant
Opioid Use Disorder, Opioid abuse, Other, Addiction & Substance Abuse
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Stroke Rehabilitation Using Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Technology

The purpose of this research is to determine if functional muscle stimulation, directed by electroencephalogram (EEG) output, can increase the extent of stroke recovery on behavioral measures and induce brain plasticity as measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Participants will include stroke patients with upper-limb hemiparesis and can expect to be on study for approximately 4 months.
Vivek Prabhakaran
All
50 Years to 85 Years old
N/A
This study is also accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04141774
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Inclusion Criteria:

• New-onset ischemic stroke 12 months prior
•chronic time frame;
• Right hand dominant
•affected arm;
• Mild to moderate unilateral upper extremity impairment or severe unilateral upper extremity impairment;
• No upper extremity injury or conditions that limited use prior to the stroke;
• Must be able to provide informed consent on their own behalf.
Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to competently participate in study procedures
• Concurrent upper extremity therapy, other neurological or psychiatric disorders
Stroke, Transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes, Other
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Use of High-resolution Manometry to Detect Upper Airway Obstruction During Sleep

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a major public health issue in both children and adults, present in 1-5% of children and 10-30% of adults. It is characterized by repeated episodes of airway obstruction during sleep, leading to brain arousal, sympathetic activation, oxygen desaturation, sleep fragmentation, and non-restorative sleep. Patients report daytime tiredness, insomnia, and morning headaches. Children with OSA experience daytime somnolence, difficulties at school, behavioral problems, enuresis, and reduced quality of life. If left untreated, OSA can lead to numerous complications including hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and insulin resistance. Sleep partners are also affected, with patients viewing their disorder as a burden and sleeping in separate rooms. Further, disease prevalence is increasing as obesity increases. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the current gold standard treatment for OSA. If used effectively and consistently, it can improve patient symptoms. However, adherence is generally poor, with patients experiencing physical discomfort, chest discomfort, and dry mouth. For those patients that cannot tolerate CPAP, surgical intervention is an option. In children, this typically starts with adenotonsillectomy. However, 20-75% of children will have persistent symptoms after adenotonsillectomy. In adults, anatomic factors including tonsil hypertrophy and redundant pharyngeal tissue can contribute to upper airway obstruction and may also necessitate higher pressures for effective CPAP treatment. Even if surgical intervention does not cure the OSA, it may make CPAP more tolerable and improve CPAP adherence. Sleep-related airway obstruction is a complex phenomenon potentially involving multiple anatomic levels. For patients with persistent symptoms despite initial therapy or intolerance to CPAP, further evaluation of the upper airway is clinically valuable. Polysomnography (PSG) is the gold standard for diagnosing OSA, but it does not provide information on the location(s) of upper airway obstruction. Knowledge of the precise sites of obstruction is critical to planning effective sleep surgery. Currently, this is accomplished with drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE). DISE was originally proposed in 1991 and involves administering anesthetic to a patient to simulate a sleep state, and then visualizing the upper airway using transnasal flexible endoscopy. Sites of obstruction at key locations including the adenoids, soft palate, lateral oropharynx, tongue base, and epiglottis can be identified. Though DISE offers valuable clinical information, it has notable limitations. First, it cannot evaluate the entire upper airway simultaneously, as any obstruction occurring superiorly precludes visualization of any obstruction occurring more inferiorly. Second, interpretation of DISE is subjective and there is no universally accepted system for analysis. Rating systems are qualitative, using grades such as complete, partial, or no obstruction as opposed to quantitative measurements. The optimal sleep assessment would be quantitative, reliable, and provide information on the entire upper airway simultaneously. A potential alternative to DISE which could meet these criteria is sleep manometry. Measurement of upper airway pressures captures the effects of obstruction along the entire upper airway, from the nasopharynx to larynx. Prior studies have attempted to employ manometry, but have been limited primarily by inadequate equipment and suboptimal methods of data analysis. Woodson et al. used a solid-state manometer with diameter of 2.3 mm and 5 sensors to detect palatal obstruction and tongue base obstruction in patients with OSA. They also used the same approach to detect persistent tongue base obstruction following uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. While these studies help demonstrate that manometry can be a useful adjunct to OSA assessment, they are severely limited both by the type of manometer used as well as the lack of a clear, detailed description of the method of data analysis. High-resolution manometry (HRM) uses pressure censors spaced 1 cm apart to allow for pressure measurement along the entire upper airway. The investigators have previously applied HRM to assessment of swallow physiology. Sophisticated methods of automated data analysis have been developed that have been shown to be reliable for both expert and novice users . Further, pattern recognition techniques have been applied to identify dysphagia and specific swallowing abnormalities. Application of this technology and modification of existing data analysis platforms will allow for a quantitative, reliable, and comprehensive assessment of upper airway obstruction during sleep in both children and adults, with potential for development of algorithms to predict effects of targeted surgical therapy at all levels of the upper airway.
Timothy Mcculloch, MD
All
5 Years to 90 Years old
NA
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NCT04139499
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ADULTS
• Age 18-90
• Any participant undergoing sleep endoscopy as part of standard clinical care would be eligible. This entails physician concern for sleep-disordered breathing and corresponding questionnaire and/or polysomnogram results supporting a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea.
• Participants without apnea are eligible, provided they are undergoing tonsillectomy or bronchoscopy for either chronic tonsillitis or airway assessment without concern for history of sleep apnea.
• Women with childbearing potential will not be excluded, as the proposed experiment would have no potential ramifications on childbearing potential. CHILDREN
• Age 5-17
• Any patients undergoing sleep endoscopy as part of standard clinical care would be eligible.
• Participants undergoing either tonsillectomy for chronic tonsillitis or bronchoscopy for airway assessment.
• Women with childbearing potential will not be excluded, as the proposed experiment would have no potential ramifications on childbearing potential.
Exclusion Criteria:

• Participant desire to avoid added anesthesia time.
• Inability to safely tolerate the added anesthesia time (about 5-10 minutes) for the experiment (as judged by either otolaryngologist or anesthesiologist).
• Pregnant women
• Vulnerable groups (i.e., prisoners, individuals lacking consent capacity, individuals unable to read the consent form).
Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis, Other, Obstructive Sleep Apnea
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Rehabilitation Manometry Study

Oropharyngeal dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, is a devastating condition that affects physiological and psychosocial functioning in 1 in 25 adults. Many dysphagia treatments exist, but our ability to adequately measure treatment outcomes is limited. Pharyngeal high-resolution manometry (pHRM) directly measures swallowing pressures, providing an objective measurement of physiology that characterizes the basic mechanisms of swallowing. pHRM is well-poised to measure outcomes of dysphagia treatments due to its direct, objective, and reproducible measures of swallowing function. This proposed project will address a central hypotheses that objective swallowing measures (including (pHRM) will reveal treatment-mediated swallowing changes, will align with patient-reported outcome measures, and will be able to predict who will benefit from treatment. The investigators will follow a cohort of participants with oropharyngeal dysphagia as they undergo either pharyngeal strengthening therapy or relief of upper esophageal sphincter outlet obstruction at three time points: baseline, mid-treatment (4-6 weeks) and post-treatment (10-12 weeks). The investigators will compare participants to healthy controls using pHRM, videofluoroscopy, diet assessment, functional reserve tests, and patient-reported outcome measures.
Timothy Mcculloch, MD
All
18 Years to 99 Years old
NA
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NCT04130867
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• Pathological Group
• Must have dysphagia as diagnosed by a licensed and certified otolaryngologist, gastroenterologist, or speech-language pathologist AND must have a dysphagia treatment plan that includes one of the following primary goals:
• Therapy to strengthen oropharyngeal musculature
• Medical or surgical management to relieve an obstruction at the upper esophageal sphincter
• Must agree to comply with swallowing assessment, including interview and manometry
• Must sign the Informed Consent form approved by the Health Sciences Institutional Review Board of the University of Wisconsin
• Normal Group
• Having no swallowing disorders
• Must agree to comply with swallowing assessment, including interview and manometry
• Must sign the Informed Consent form approved by the Health Sciences Institutional Review Board of the University of Wisconsin.\
Exclusion Criteria:

• Pathological Group
• Therapeutic management plan already initiated prior to recruitment
• Therapy goals including only improvement of swallowing coordination
• Developmental disability, dementia, cognitive dysfunction, or difficulty comprehending instructions
• Positive history of allergic response to topical anesthetic
• Allergy to food relevant to study participation (e.g. lactose intolerance)
• Normal Group
• Known swallowing disorder
• Developmental disability, dementia, cognitive dysfunction, or difficulty comprehending instructions
• Positive history of allergic response to topical anesthetic
• Allergy to food relevant to study participation (e.g. lactose intolerance)
Dysphagia, pharyngoesophageal phase, Other, Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
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CIRTEN-Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipients

This is a Phase II/III, Single-center, Prospective, Open-label, Single Arm Study of 30 Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas recipients who received a transplant at least 3 months, but no more than 5 years prior, with a history of tremors following transplantation.
Jon Odorico, MD
All
18 Years to 70 Years old
Phase 2/Phase 3
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT03769298
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• Adult, 18-70 years of age
• Participant must be able to understand and provide consent
• History of Diabetes Type 1 or Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Type 2 with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
• Recipient of a Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney (SPK) transplant, 3- 60 months prior to screening, per Principal Investigator's discretion.
• Have a history of tremors following transplantation
• Stable pancreas allograft function as evidenced by no requirement of exogenous insulin or oral anti-diabetic agents and stable pancreatic enzymes
• Stable kidney allograft function
• Currently taking Immediate-Release (IR) tacrolimus
• Women of child-bearing potential (WOCP) must have a negative pregnancy test at the time of study entry
Exclusion Criteria:

• Currently maintained on an extended-release tacrolimus immunosuppressive regimen
• Previous history of tremors prior to transplantation
• Solitary pancreas transplant recipients
• History of solid organ transplant other than a kidney or pancreas
• Uncontrolled concomitant infection at the discretion of the investigator
• Presence of Donor Specific Antibodies
Kidney Pancreas Transplantation, Complications of kidney transplant, Other, Transplant, Diabetes, Metabolism & Hormones
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A Closed Loop Neural Activity Triggered Stroke Rehabilitation Device

The purpose of this research is to determine if two non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, muscle stimulation of the arm and neuro-stimulation through the tongue, can increase the extent of stroke recovery.
Vivek Prabhakaran
All
18 Years and over
N/A
This study is also accepting healthy volunteers
NCT02098265
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Inclusion Criteria (Experimental Group):
• Stroke patients with persistent upper extremity (UE) deficits Inclusion Criteria (Control Group 1)
• Stroke patients without UE impairments
• Participants with risk factors for stroke
• healthy controls
• No known neurologic, psychiatric or developmental disability Inclusion Criteria (Control Group 2)
• Stroke patients with persistent upper extremity (UE) deficits
• Moderate upper extremity (dominant right hand affected) impairment (score of 1 or 2 on the motor sub-component of the NIH stroke scale (NIHSS) and ARAT score 20-45)
• No upper extremity injury or conditions that limited use prior to the stroke
• Pre-stroke independence with a Modified Rankin Score of 0 or 1, for the standard FES only intervention. Exclusion Criteria (for all participants):
• Allergic to electrode gel, surgical tape and metals
• Participants under treatment for infectious diseases or having apparent oral lesions or inflammation will be excluded from the study
• Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant during the course of the study will be excluded
• Participants with contraindications for MRI will be offered the opportunity to participate in the interventions study only (e.g. EEG-BCI-FES and behavioral testing) Exclusion Criteria (for healthy controls)
• Contraindications for MRI
• Allergic to electrode gel, surgical tape, and metals.
Cerebral infarction, Other, Stroke
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Oxaliplatin and Liposomal Irinotecan (Plus Trastuzumab for HER2-positive Disease) in Advanced Esophageal and Gastric Adenocarcinoma

This is an open label, phase II, multi-site trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of the combination of 5-FU, oxaliplatin, nal-IRI, and immunotherapy (plus trastuzumab for HER2-positive tumors) as first-line therapy for participants with advanced Esophageal and Gastric Adenocarcinoma (EGA). The investigators hypothesize that this drug combination will be better tolerated than current first-line chemotherapy combinations for this disease.
Nataliya Uboha, MD
All
18 Years and over
Phase 2
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04150640
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• Written informed consent and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information. NOTE: HIPAA authorization may be included in the informed consent or obtained separately.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0-2.
• Histological or cytological confirmed locally advanced or metastatic EGA. Known HER2 status prior to treatment initiation required. Known PDL1 CPS status prior to treatment initiation.
• Measurable disease according to RECIST v1.1.
• No prior lines of systemic therapy for advanced disease.
• Participants who had received neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy or definitive chemoradiation will be allowed to participate if recurrence occurred 6 months or longer from the completion of all prior treatments.
• Demonstrate adequate organ function as defined below; all screening labs to be obtained within 14 days prior to registration
• Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥1,500 /μl without the use of hematopoietic growth factors
• Hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥8 g/dL (blood transfusions are permitted for participants with hemoglobin levels below 8 g/dL)
• Platelets ≥100,000 /μl
• Serum creatinine ≤1.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN) OR Measured or calculated creatinine clearance (GFR can also be used in place of creatinine or CrCl). CrCl calculation using the Cockcroft-Gault formula. ≥50 mL/min for participants with creatinine levels > 1.5 X institutional ULN
• Bilirubin within normal range for the institution (biliary drainage is allowed for biliary obstruction)
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 X ULN OR ≤ 5 X ULN for subjects with liver metastases
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 X ULN OR ≤ 5 X ULN for subjects with liver metastases
• Albumin >3.0 g/dL
• International Normalized Ratio (INR) or Prothrombin Time (PT) ≤1.5 X ULN unless subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants
• Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) ≤1.5 X ULN unless subject is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants
• Women of childbearing potential should have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 14 days of study registration. NOTE: Women are considered of child bearing potential unless they are surgically sterile (have undergone a hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy) or they are naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months
• Women of childbearing potential and males must be willing to abstain from heterosexual activity or to use a form of effective method of contraception from the time of informed consent until 30 days after treatment discontinuation.
• As determined by the enrolling physician or protocol designee, ability of the subject to understand and comply with study procedures for the entire length of the study.
Exclusion Criteria:

• Known hypersensitivity to 5-FU, oxaliplatin or other platinum agents, or any of the components of nal-IRI and other liposomal products.
• Known dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency (testing not required prior to enrollment).
• Other active malignancy requiring treatment within the last 2 years. Exceptions include subjects with non-melanoma skin cancer, non-invasive/in situ cancer or low-risk prostate cancer requiring hormonal therapy only.
• Current therapy with other investigational agents or participation in another clinical study (supportive care and nontherapeutic trial participation allowed if not receiving an investigational drug). Participants may participate in prescreening for other therapeutic trials (prescreening of biologic sample for specific mutations, receptors, etc.)
• Major surgery within 28 days or minor surgery within 14 days of the start of the study treatment, except for tumor biopsy or placement of central infusion device (port placement).
• Radiotherapy less than 7 days prior to the start of the study treatment
• Participants who receive nivolumab or pembrolizumab in addition to chemotherapy should not have any contraindications to immune checkpoint inhibitors and should not have received immunotherapy agents for the treatment of EGA prior to study enrollment.
• Participants must not have active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years. Participants are permitted to receive immunotherapy l if they have vitiligo, type I diabetes mellitus, residual hypothyroidism due to autoimmune condition only requiring hormone replacement, psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger (precipitating event).
• Participants must not have a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (>10 mg/day prednisone equivalents) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of study immunotherapy administration. Inhaled or topical steroids and adrenal replacement doses (≤10 mg/day prednisone equivalent) are permitted. Participants with prior immune mediated adverse events related to immunotherapy that resulted in permanent treatment discontinuation with these agents.
• Psychological, familial, or sociological condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule.
• Active infection requiring systemic therapy.
• Pregnant or breastfeeding.
• Known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Participants with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are stable (without evidence of progression by imaging for at least four weeks prior to the first dose of trial treatment and any neurologic symptoms have returned to baseline), have no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases, and are not using steroids for at least 7 days prior to trial treatment. This exception does not include carcinomatous meningitis, which is excluded regardless of clinical stability.
• Severe arterial thromboembolic events (myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, stroke) less than 6 months before inclusion.
• NYHA Class III or IV congestive heart failure, ventricular arrhythmias or uncontrolled blood pressure.
• Known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Esophagus, Stomach
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Split-Dose R-CHOP for Older Adults With DLBCL

This study is investigating a new administration schedule of Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Prednisone (R-CHOP) chemotherapy for participants with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL), focusing on an underserved elderly population (aged 75 and up; certain participants 70-74 may be eligible) that is often excluded from clinical trials. Participants can expect to be on study for 2.5 years (treatment for 6 months and 2 years of post treatment follow-up).
Christopher Fletcher, MD
All
70 Years and over
Phase 2
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT03943901
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• Signed and dated informed consent document indicating that the participant (or legally acceptable representative) has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the trial
• All patients age ≥75 years and participants aged 70-74 years who are determined to be unfit or frail by Cumulative Illness Rating Score-Geriatrics (CIRS-G) scale
• For participants aged 70-74 years: CIRS-G score with 5-8 comorbid conditions scored 2 or ≥1 comorbidity scored 3-4. CIRS-G score is to be reviewed by the study PI prior to enrollment.
• Newly diagnosed, untreated, biopsy proven CD20 positive DLBCL (including high grade B-cell lymphoma & T-cell/histiocytic rich large B-cell lymphoma). Participants with discordant bone marrow (i.e. involved by low-grade/indolent NHL) are eligible. Participants with transformed DLBCL from underlying low-grade disease are eligible. Participants with composite DLBCL and concurrent low-grade lymphoma are eligible.
• Copy of pathology report must be sent to coordinating site to confirm diagnosis for eligibility
• Participants with prior treatment for low grade NHL with non-anthracycline based regimens are eligible
• Measurable disease by PET/CT or Bone Marrow (BM) biopsy prior to enrollment
• Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50% by resting echocardiography or resting Multi-gated acquisition (MUGA) scan
• Karnofsky Performance Score ≥50
• Ann Arbor Stage II bulky, III, or IV disease
• Minimum life expectancy greater than 3 months
• Negative HIV test
• For participants with hepatitis B virus antigen (HbsAg) or core antibody (HbcAb) seropositivity, participants must have a negative Hep B viral load and an appropriate prophylaxis plan must be in place during chemotherapy therapy treatment. For all participants that have Hep B core antibody positive, they should take entecavir prophylaxis (0.5 mg PO daily) until 1 year from completion of chemotherapy. Hep B viral load should be checked on these participants prior to starting chemotherapy and every 3 months thereafter if initial Hep B viral load is negative (+/- 1 week if chemotherapy cycle is delayed). If Hep B viral load is positive, Hepatology or Identification (ID) referral is recommended, and hepatitis B virus (HBV) viral load should be checked monthly
• For participants with hepatitis C Ab (HbcAb) positivity, a viral load must be checked and be negative for enrollment
• Intrathecal chemotherapy for central nervous system prophylaxis only can be given at the discretion of the primary oncologist
Exclusion Criteria:

• History of previous anthracycline exposure
• Central Nervous System (CNS) or meningeal involvement at diagnosis
• Creatinine Clearance <25 mL/min by body surface area (BSA)-adjusted Cockroft-Gault
• Poor hepatic function, defined as total bilirubin concentration greater than 3.0 mg/dL or transaminases over 4 times the maximum normal concentration, unless these abnormalities are felt to be related to the lymphoma.
• Pulmonary dysfunction defined as >2 L of oxygen required by nasal cannula to maintain peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (SpO2) ≥90% unless felt to be related to underlying lymphoma.
• Myocardial Infarction within 6 months of enrollment
• Active, uncontrolled infectious disease
• Known concurrent bone marrow malignancies (e.g. myelodysplastic syndrome) or poor bone-marrow reserve, defined as neutrophil count less than 1.5×10⁹/L or platelet count less than 100×10⁹/L, unless caused by bone-marrow infiltration with lymphoma
• History of a second concurrent active malignancy or prior malignancy which required chemotherapy treatment within the preceding 2 years
• Treatment with any investigational drug within 30 days before the planned first cycle of chemotherapy
• Unable or unwilling to sign consent
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Lymphoma, Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma, DLBCL, Cancer
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Immunonutrition and Carbohydrate Loading Strategies in Breast Reconstruction

This study is designed to test the following hypothesis: patients undergoing immediate alloplastic and autologous breast reconstruction following mastectomy that receive preoperative immunonutrition will experience a reduction in wound complications in the 30-day postoperative period compared to a standard of care control group (retrospective chart review) of 264 (132 alloplastic + 132 autologous) consecutive breast reconstruction patients prior to 5/25/2018.
Katherine Gast
Female
18 Years and over
Phase 3
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT03764943
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• Medically cleared to undergo oncologic resection and breast reconstructive surgery (including associated anesthesia) at the University of Wisconsin Hospital
• Undergoing unilateral or bilateral immediate alloplastic or autologous breast reconstruction by Drs. Afifi, Garland, Gast, Michelotti, Poore, Rao, or Siebert
Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or breast-feeding women
• Incarcerated women
• Males
• Individuals unable to give consent due to another condition such as impaired decision-making capacity
• Women with intolerance or allergy to any ingredients contained within the Impact Advanced Recovery formula that prevents safe consumption of this product.
• Impact Advanced Recovery is suitable for lactose intolerance, gluten-free, kosher, and halal diets.
• We will exclude individuals with galactosemia
• Women who are unable to take oral nutritional supplements
Breast, Wound Complication, Wound Heal, Complications Wound, Surgical Wound Infection, Surgical Site Infection, Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, Lymphedema
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Treatment of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infections With Viral-Specific T Cells

The present trial will consist of the treatment of 20 pediatric and adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) recipients or immunocompromised participants diagnosed with opportunistic Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections with virus-specific, antigen-selected T-cells. CMV-specific T-cells will be isolated from donor leukapheresis products using the CliniMACS® Prodigy. Prior studies on transfer of CMV specific T-cells have been shown to be safe and efficacious in the treatment of CMV infections. The main trial objective is to evaluate the feasibility and safety of CMV-specific T-cell transfer in adult and pediatric participants suffering from CMV infections or reactivation following HSCT or due to other immunocompromised states (e.g.; primary immunodeficiency, cytotoxic therapy). Participants will be followed for one year.
Kenneth Desantes, M.D.
All
1 Month and over
Phase 1
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT03798301
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1. Adult or pediatric patient suffering from CMV reactivation/infections following HSCT or due to other immunocompromised states (e.g.; primary immunodeficiency, cytotoxic therapy).
• CMV reactivation/viremia defined as positive (>500 copies/ml) CMV qPCR and/or
• Presence of symptoms secondary to CMV infection or evidence of invasive CMV infection (e.g. pneumonitis, colitis) AND
• Patients must have ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
• Absence of an improvement of viral load after ≥ 14 days of antiviral therapy with ganciclovir, valganciclovir or foscarnet (decrease by at least 1 log, i.e. 10-fold), or
• New, persistent and/or worsening CMV-related symptoms, signs and/or markers of end organ compromise while on antiviral therapy with ganciclovir, valganciclovir or foscarnet, or
• Have contraindications or experience adverse effects of antiviral therapy with ganciclovir, valganciclovir or foscarnet, or
• Known resistance to ganciclovir and/or foscarnet based on molecular testing. 2. Recipients of an allogeneic HSCT must be 28 days after stem cell infusion at the time of T-cell transfer. 3. Written informed consent given by patient or legal representative. 4. Minimum patient age 1 month. 5. Minimum weight 7 lbs. 6. Female patients of childbearing age with negative pregnancy tests. 7. Patient Karnofsky/Lansky Performance Status >30%. 8. Donor eligible based on FACT infectious screening requirements.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Patient with acute GVHD > grade 2 or active moderate or severe chronic GVHD at time of T-cell transfer 2. Patient receiving steroids (>1.0 mg/kg body weight (BW) prednisone equivalent) at the time of T-cell transfer 3. Patient received allogeneic HSCT less than 28 days prior to T-cell transfer 4. Patient treated with donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) within 28 days prior to T-cell transfer 5. Patient treated with Thymoglobulin (ATG), Alemtuzumab or T-cell immunosuppressive monoclonal antibodies within 28 days. 6. Patient with organ dysfunction or failure as determined by Karnofsky (patients >16 years) or Lansky (patients ≤16 years) score ≤30% (Appendix 5) 7. Patients with CMV retinitis 8. Concomitant enrollment in another clinical trial with endpoints interfering with this study 9. Any medical condition which could compromise participation in the study according to the investigator's assessment 10. Known HIV infection 11. Female patient who is pregnant or breast-feeding, or adult of reproductive potential not willing to use an effective method of birth control during study treatment. Note: Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test at study entry. 12. Patients unwilling or unable to comply with the protocol or unable to give informed consent. Donor Eligibility: The original donor will be the first choice as source of T cells. If the original donor is not available for donation (such as NMDP donor, cord blood unit, or related donor not available) of peripheral mononuclear cells or does not meet all donor eligibility criteria (including donor selection criteria based on University of Wisconsin
•Madison Standard Operating Procedures for the selection of allogeneic donors), alternative related donors will be selected, with preference for those who have full HLA matching in 6/6 loci over those with partial HLA matching (≥ 3/6 HLA loci). 1. All donors must be ≥ 18 years old, available, CMV IgG positive, eligible and capable of undergoing a single standard 2 blood volume leukapheresis. If original HSCT donor is not available, CMV IgG negative or ineligible, a CMV IgG positive fully matched or haploidentical family donor will be used. 2. Related donors must be at least partially HLA compatible, matching with recipient in at least 3/6 HLA loci (HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-DRB1 will be considered for this). 3. Donors must be CMV IgG seropositive. 4. Donors must show CMV T-cell activation after incubation with MACS GMP PepTivator Peptide Pools of CMV pp65 before undergoing leukapheresis. 5. Donor must meet the criteria for donor selection defined in the Standard Operating Procedures of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Stem Cell Transplant Program and in FACT standards.
Unknown Sites, CMV Infection, Cytomegalovirus Infections, CMV Viremia, Opportunistic Infections
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Pharmacodynamic Biomarkers of Standard Anti-microtubule Drugs as Assessed by Early Tumor Biopsy

Eligible subjects will be assigned to study treatment arms by their treating oncologist, rather than by the study. The drug, dose, and schedule of administration will be determined by the treating physician per NCCN guidelines for standard of care chemotherapy regimens for recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. Study treatment arms include: Taxane (nab-paclitaxel or paclitaxel), Eribulin, Vinorelbine, Ixabepilone, or the control arm (non-microtubule targeted chemotherapies such as doxorubicin, carboplatin, or gemcitabine).
Mark Burkard, MD, PhD
All
18 Years and over
N/A
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT03393741
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• Men and women with histologically or cytologically demonstrated breast cancer that is deemed metastatic or incurable by the treating physician.
• It is medically appropriate to treat the patient with an antimitotic agent or an intravenous control chemotherapeutic agent by IV infusion at standard doses as per the treating physician. Please see NCCN guidelines for standard of care, p58 for standard chemotherapy regimens for recurrent or metastatic breast cancer7.
• The patient has measureable disease as determined by RECIST 1.1.
• Archived tissue is available from either primary, metastatic site or both.
• It is safe and feasible to obtain a research tumor biopsy on cycle 1 day 2 with a biopsy of an accessible lesion such as liver, lung, lymph node, skin, breast, or bone.
• All pre-chemotherapy test results (tests per treating oncologist discretion) have been reviewed and deemed appropriate for planned chemotherapy by the patient's treating oncologist.
Exclusion Criteria:

• HER2+ breast cancer by standard criteria.
• Pregnant women are excluded from this study because systemic chemotherapy may cause deleterious effects to the fetus. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with systemic chemotherapy, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is enrolled in the trial.
• Planned treatment with hormonal therapy, or targeted oral therapy during trial enrollment.
Breast, Breast Cancer, Breast Neoplasms
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PSMA-based 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT and PET/MRI Pilot Studies in Prostate Cancer

The overall goal of this research is to validate and develop a non-invasive imaging biomarker of prostate cancer detection, progression, and recurrence. Development of such a biomarker may be useful to differentiate indolent from aggressive prostate cancer phenotypes allowing for selection of an appropriate risk adaptive therapy.
Steve Cho
Male
18 Years and over
Early Phase 1
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT03232164
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• Prostate cancer pathologically proven by prostate biopsy (newly diagnosed for Sub-Study 1 and 4)
• Prostate biopsy histology grade ≥ Gleason 1, 6, 3+4, or 4+3; positive biopsy >2 cores
• Any PSA permitted
• Two consecutive rising PSA values (Sub-Study 3 only)
• Castrate-levels of testosterone
•total testosterone < 50 ng/dL (Sub-Study 3 only)
• Patients considered as candidates for and medically fit to undergo prostatectomy
• At least 7 days after most recent prostate biopsy
• Imaging evidence of suspected metastatic disease, including CT, bone scan, MRI, ultrasound or other PET modalities (Sub-Study 3 only)
• New diagnosis of prostate cancer undergoing additional biopsy evaluation (Sub--Study 4 only)
• Karnofsky performance status of at least 70 (Sub-Study 4 only)
• General health and anatomy suitable to undergo transrectal ultrasound-MRI fusion biopsy of the identified lesions and standard 12 core sextent biopsy (Sub-Study 4 only)
Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior pelvic external beam radiation therapy or brachytherapy
• Chemotherapy for prostate cancer
• Androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer
• Investigational therapy for prostate cancer (Sub-Study 3 Only)
• Unable to lie flat during or tolerate PET/CT
• Prior history of any other malignancy within the last 2 years, other than skin basal cell or cutaneous superficial squamous cell carcinoma that has not metastasized and superficial bladder cancer.
• No prostatectomy scheduled more than 12 hours post imaging (Sub-Study 1 only)
• Serum creatinine > 2 time the upper limit of normal
• Total bilirubin > 3 times the upper limit of normal
• Liver Transaminases > 5 times the upper limit of normal
Prostate Cancer, Prostate Neoplasm, Prostate
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Alpha/Beta CD19+ Depleted Haploidentical Transplantation + Zometa for Pediatric Hematologic Malignancies and Solid Tumors

This phase I trial studies the safety of transplantation with a haploidentical donor peripheral blood stem cell graft depleted of TCRαβ+ cells and CD19+ cells in conjunction with the immunomodulating drug, Zoledronate, given in the post-transplant period to treat pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory hematologic malignancies or high risk solid tumors.
Christian Capitini, MD
All
7 Months to 21 Years old
Phase 1
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT02508038
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• Availability of an eligible haploidentical donor
• Hematologic malignancy or solid tumor
• Patients with more than one malignancy (hematologic or solid tumor) are eligible
• Patients with hematologic malignancy must have no HLA identical sibling or suitable unrelated donor OR time needed to find an acceptable unrelated donor match would likely result in disease progression such that the patient may become ineligible for any type of potentially curative transplant
• Relapsed or primary therapy-refractory AML with bone marrow blast < 20%
• High-risk refractory or relapsed ALL in patients for whom transplantation is deemed indicated (relapse occurring < 30 months from diagnosis, patients relapsing after previous allogeneic transplant, relapse after 2nd remission, primary induction failure or hypodiploidy)
• Relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma unable to achieve 2nd remission or Very Good Partial Response (VGPR) and therefore ineligible to receive autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (auto-HSCT)
• Hodgkin lymphoma relapsing after auto-HSCT
• Primary refractory or relapsed non-Hodgkin lymphoma unable to achieve 2nd remission or VGPR and therefore ineligible to receive auto-HSCT
• Non-Hodgkin lymphoma relapsing after auto-HSCT
• Myelodysplastic Syndrome/Myeloproliferative Syndrome Solid Tumor
• Patients with solid tumor must have failed or have been ineligible to receive auto-HSCT or if auto-HSCT would not offer > 20% chance of cure
• Neuroblastoma
• high risk with relapsed or refractory disease
• Soft tissue sarcomas (Rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor or other high-risk extracranial solid tumors)
• Relapsed or primary refractory metastatic
• 1st complete remission, but very high-risk features (i.e., < 20% survival with conventional therapy)
• Osteosarcoma
• Failure to achieve Complete Response (CR) following initial therapy
• Relapsed with pulmonary or bone metastases and did not achieve a CR with surgery and/or chemotherapy
• Karnofsky (patients > 16 years) or Lansky (patients 16 years or older) performance score of ≥ 60
• Life expectancy of ≥ 3 months
• Patient must have fully recovered from acute toxic effects of all prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or radiotherapy prior to entering this study
• Study enrollment no earlier than 3 months after preceding HSCT
• Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) ≥ 60 ml/min/1.73m2
• Total bilirubin < 3 mg/dL
• ALT (alanine aminotransferase, SCPT) ≤ 5 x Upper LImit of Normal (ULN) for age
• Ejection fraction of > 40% by Multigated Acquisition Scan (MUGA) or echocardiogram
• No evidence of dyspnea at rest
• No supplemental oxygen requirement
• If measured, carbon monoxide diffusion capacity (DLCO) >50%
• No severe peripheral neuropathy, signs of leukoencephalopathy or active Central Nervous System (CNS) infection
• Patients with seizure disorders may be enrolled if seizures are well controlled on anticonvulsant therapy
• If of reproductive potential, negative pregnancy test and willing to use effective birth control method
• Informed consent from patient or legal guardian (if patient is minor) Inclusion Criteria for Donors:
• Donor must be 18 years of age minimum, 65 years of age maximum
• Donor must be in good general health as determined by evaluating medical provider
• Must meet donor criteria for human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products per Code of Federal Regulations 21 CFR 1271, subpart C. Specifically:
• Donor screening in accordance with 1271.75 indicates that the donor:
• Is free from risk factors for, and clinical evidence of, infection due to relevant communicable disease agents and diseases; and
• Is free from communicable disease risks associated with xenotransplantation; and
• The results of donor testing for relevant communicable disease agents in accordance with 1271.80 and 1271.85 are negative or nonreactive, except as provided in 1271.80(d)(1).
• Haploidentical by HLA-typing
• Preference will be given to donors who demonstrate KIR incompatibility with recipient HLA class I ligands defined as the donor expressing a KIR gene for which the corresponding HLA class I ligand is not expressed by the recipient.
• Negative testing for relevant communicable diseases:
• Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
• Hepatitis B core antibody (Anti-HBc)
• Hepatitis C antibody (Anti-HCV)
• HIV 1 & 2 antibody (Anti-HIV-1, 2 plus O)
• HTLV I/II antibody (Anti-HTLV I/II)
• RPR (Syphilis TP)
• CMV (Capture CMV)
• MPX for: HepB (HBV-PCR), HepC (HCV-PCR), HIV (HIV-PCR)
• NAT for West Nile Virus (WNV-PCR)
• T. Cruzi
•EIA (Chagas)
Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or breast-feeding
• HIV infection
• Heart failure or uncontrolled cardiac rhythm disturbance
• Uncontrolled, Serious Active Infection
• Prior organ allograft
• Significant serious intercurrent illness unrelated to cancer or its treatment not covered by other exclusion criteria expected to significantly increase the risk of HSCT
• Any mental or physical condition, in the opinion of the PI (or PI designee), which could interfere with the ability of the subject (or the only parent or legal guardian available to care for the subject) to understand or adhere to the requirements of the study
• Enrollment in any other clinical study from screening up to Day 100 (unless PI judges such enrollment would not interfere with endpoints of this study) Exclusion Criteria for Donors:
• Lactating females
• Pregnant females
Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Hodgkin Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Myeloproliferative Syndrome, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor, Osteosarcoma, Neuroblastoma, Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine, Colon, Rectum, Liver, Pancreas, Lung, Other Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs, Bones and Joints, Soft Tissue, Other Skin, Ovary, Other Female Genital, Prostate, Other Male Genital, Urinary Bladder, Kidney, Other Urinary, Eye and Orbit, Brain and Nervous System, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Lymphoid Leukemia, Myeloid and Monocytic Leukemia, Leukemia, other, Other Hematopoietic, Ill-Defined Sites, Brain/Central Nervous System, Hematologic cancers, other, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Sarcoma
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Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Study

First, to establish a comparison of the pathophysiology of carotid atherosclerosis and the genetic and environmental variables that cause those plaques to become symptomatic. Second, to differentiate between vulnerable plaque and other types of plaque using ultrasound elastography, MRI data, trans-cranial doppler along with RF (radio frequency) analysis of back-scattered ultrasonic echoes.
Robert Dempsey, MD
All
18 Years to 80 Years old
NA
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT00214006
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• Male and Female patients aged 18-80 presenting for carotid endarterectomy
Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients not felt suitable for carotid endarterectomy and those with impaired decision-making capacity
Carotid artery syndrome (hemispheric), Other, Atherosclerosis, Brain & Neurological
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A Phase II Study of Pulse Reduced Dose Rate Radiation Therapy With Bevacizumab

To determine the efficacy of Pulse Reduced Dose Rate (PRDR) radiation when given in 27 fraction over 5.5 weeks with concurrent bevacizumab followed by adjuvant bevacizumab until time of progression in patients with recurrent high grade gliomas (grade III and grade IV). Patients will be placed in 1 of 4 groups based on their histologic diagnosis and prior exposure to bevacizumab.
Steven Howard, MD
All
18 Years and over
Phase 2
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT01743950
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• Histologically or molecularly confirmed Grade 3 or 4 glioma, IDH mutant or wildtype, as defined by the 2021 WHO guidelines
• Recurrent disease based on combination of clinical, imaging or histologic confirmation
• Must have previously received radiation and temozolomide to treat their glioma
• Bevacizumab naive patients must be > 5 months post completion of initial radiation therapy
• Bevacizumab exposed patients must be > 3 months post completion of initial radiation therapy
• Age must be >18years, KPS must be greater than 60
• Hematology, chemistry and a urinalysis must meet protocol specified criteria
Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or breastfeeding
• Uncontrolled hypertension (>160/90mmHg)
• Prior malignancy unless treated >1 year prior to study and have been without treatment and disease free for 1 yr
• active second malignancy unless non-melanoma skin cancer or cervical cancer in situ
Glioma, Brain and Nervous System, Brain/Central Nervous System
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The LUCINDA Trial: LeUprolide Plus Cholinesterase Inhibition to Reduce Neurological Decline in Alzheimer's (LUCINDA)

The LUCINDA Trial is a three-site, phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of leuprolide acetate (Eligard) in women with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Alzheimer's Disease taking a stable dose of a cholinesterase inhibitor medication like donepezil. Its objective is to assess the efficacy of a 48-week regimen of leuprolide (22.5 mg per 12 weeks) compared to placebo on cognitive function, global function and plasma and neuroimaging biomarkers.
Craig Atwood
Female
65 Years to 120 Years old
Phase 2
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT03649724
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• Female, post-menopausal
• Probable AD or MCI due to AD according to NIA-AA criteria
• Taking a stable dose of a cholinesterase inhibitor such as donepezil/Aricept and dosage likely to remain stable throughout the trial
• MOCA > 11 or blind MOCA > 8 (inclusive) at screening visit
• Hachinski score <5 supporting clinical judgment that dementia is not of vascular origin
• Fluent in English
• has a study partner / caregiver who interacts with the subject for at least 5 hours per week on average and can participate in evaluations
Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence based on exam, history or MRI of significant brain disease other than AD such as schizophrenia, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease or large territory stroke
• Current substance abuse in accord with DSM V criteria
• Significantly depressed (Geriatric Depression Scale > 10)
• Physical or psychological MRI contraindications, or likely unable to tolerate neuroimaging
• Taking other medications known to affect serum sex hormone or gonadotropin concentrations such as estrogen and/or progesterone for hormone replacement therapy, goserelin or danazol
• Presence of significant systemic illness likely to interfere with participation in or completion of the study or to affect study results such as cancer within 5 years (other than non-melanoma skin cancer), autoimmune disease, recent myocardial infarction, signs/symptoms of organ failure based on history, ECG, screening laboratory and/or physical exams
• Receiving other investigational drugs within 30 days or 5 half-lives prior to randomization, whichever is longer
• Ever treated with active or passive immunization for AD (e.g. Lecanemab) due to unknown alterations in systemic and brain inflammation, which may confound results
Alzheimer's disease, Other, Aging & Geriatrics, Brain & Neurological, Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
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pTVG-HP DNA Vaccine With or Without pTVG-AR DNA Vaccine and Pembrolizumab in Patients With Castration-Resistant, Metastatic Prostate Cancer

This trial will evaluate the use of one versus two DNA vaccines, delivered concurrently with PD-1 blockade using pembrolizumab followed by treatment with pembrolizumab alone, and delivered over a prolonged period of time (for a maximum of 2 years (32 cycles) or until radiographic progression) on the treatment of castrate-resistant, metastatic prostate cancer. The hypothesis to be tested is that delivering two vaccines with PD-1 blockade will elicit a greater frequency and magnitude of tumor-directed CD8+ T cells, and thereby increase the percentage of patients experiencing objective anti-tumor effect as measured by PSA declines and/or objective radiographic responses. Participants must be 18 years of age or older and can expect to be on treatment for 2 years (32 cycles) and on study for up to 4 years (including 2 years of follow up via phone).
Christos Kyriakopoulos, MD
Male
18 Years and over
Phase 2
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04090528
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• Histologically confirmed diagnosis of prostate cancer (adenocarcinoma of the prostate)
• Metastatic disease as evidenced by the presence of soft tissue and/or bone metastases on imaging studies (CT of abdomen/pelvis, bone scintigraphy)
• Castrate-resistant disease, defined as follows:
• All participants must have received (and be receiving) standard of care androgen deprivation treatment (surgical castration versus GnRH analogue or antagonist treatment); subjects receiving Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue or antagonist must continue this treatment throughout the time on this study.
• Participants may or may not have been treated previously with a nonsteroidal antiandrogen. For participants previously treated with an antiandrogen, they must be off use of anti-androgen for at least 4 weeks (for flutamide, apalutamide, enzalutamide, or other 2nd generation AR antagonists) or 6 weeks (for bicalutamide or nilutamide) prior to registration. Moreover, participants who demonstrate an anti-androgen withdrawal response, defined as a > 25% decline in PSA within 4-6 week of stopping a nonsteroidal antiandrogen, are not eligible until the PSA rises above the nadir observed after antiandrogen withdrawal.
• Participants must have a castrate serum level of testosterone (< 50 ng/dL) within 6 weeks of day 1
• Progressive disease while receiving androgen deprivation therapy defined by any one of the following as per the Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Working Group 3 (PCWG3) bone scan criteria or RECIST 1.1 during or after completing last therapy:
• PSA: At least two consecutive rises in serum PSA, obtained at a minimum of 1-week intervals, with the final value > 2.0 ng/mL.
• Measurable disease: > 50% increase in the sum of the cross products of all measurable lesions or the development of new measurable lesions. The short axis of a target lymph node must be at least 15 mm by spiral CT to be considered a target lesion
• Non-measurable (bone) disease: The appearance of two or more new areas of uptake on bone scan (or Sodium Fluoride (NaF) positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT)) consistent with metastatic disease compared to previous imaging during castration therapy. The increased uptake of pre-existing lesions on bone scan will not be taken to constitute progression, and ambiguous results must be confirmed by other imaging modalities (e.g. X-ray, CT or MRI).
• Prior treatment with abiraterone or enzalutamide is permitted, but participants must have weaned to a daily corticosteroid dose equivalent of no more than 5 mg prednisone daily for at least 28 days prior to day 1.
• Life expectancy of at least 6 months
• Participants must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2.
• Adequate hematologic, renal, liver, and coagulation function as evidenced by the following within 6 weeks of day 1:
• White Blood Cells (WBC) >/= 2000 / mm3
• Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) >/= 1500 / mm3
• Hemoglobin (HgB) >/= 9.0 gm/dL (Participants must not have received a blood transfusion within 14 days)
• Platelets >/= 100,000 / mm3
• Creatinine • Total bilirubin 1.5 x ULN
• Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST), Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) • Prothrombin Time (PT) or International Normalized Ratio (INR) • Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT) • No known history of human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV 1 and 2), Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), or active Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C
• Participants must be at least 4 weeks from any prior treatments and have recovered (to < Grade 2) from acute toxicity attributed to this prior treatment, unless considered chronic
• A subset of participants (6 participants per treatment arm) treated at the lead University of Wisconsin (UW) site must be willing and able (in the opinion of the treating physician) to undergo two research biopsies for the investigational component of this trial.
• A subset of participants (6 participants per treatment arm) treated at the lead UW site must be willing to undergo NaF PET/CT scans for the investigational component of this trial.
• For those participants who are sexually active, they must be willing to use barrier contraceptive methods, and refrain from donating sperm, during the period of treatment on this trial and for four weeks after the last DNA immunization treatment
• Participants must be informed of the experimental nature of the study and its potential risks, and must sign an Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved written informed consent form indicating such an understanding
Exclusion Criteria:

• Small cell or other variant (non-adenocarcinoma) prostate cancer histology, unless there is evidence that the tumor expresses PAP
• Participants may not be receiving other investigational agents or be receiving concurrent anticancer therapy other than standard androgen deprivation therapy
• Concurrent bisphosphonate therapy is not excluded, however participants should not start bisphosphonate therapy while on this study; those participants already receiving bisphosphonate therapy should continue at the same dosing and schedule as prior to study entry
• Rapidly progressive symptomatic metastatic disease, as defined by the need for increased opioid analgesics within one month of registration for the treatment of pain attributed to a prostate cancer metastatic lesion; participants receiving opioids must receive approval from the PI for eligibility
• Treatment with any of the following medications within 28 days of day 1, or while on study, is prohibited:
• Systemic corticosteroids (at doses over the equivalent of 5 mg prednisone daily); inhaled, intranasal or topical corticosteroids are acceptable
• Prostate Cancer and spes (PC-SPES)
• Megestrol
• Ketoconazole
• 5-α-reductase inhibitors
•participants already taking 5-α-reductase inhibitors prior to 28 days prior to registration may stay on these agents throughout the course of therapy, but these should not be started while participants are on study
• Diethyl stilbesterol
• Abiraterone
• Enzalutamide
• Apalutamide
• Radium 223 (Xofigo®)
• Any other hormonal agent or supplement being used with the intent of cancer treatment must be reviewed by the PI for eligibility
• External beam radiation therapy within 4 weeks of registration is prohibited, or anticipated need for radiation therapy (e.g. imminent pathological fracture or spinal cord compression) within 3 months of registration. Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities and not have had radiation pneumonitis.
• Major surgery within 4 weeks of registration is prohibited
• Prior cytotoxic chemotherapy (for example, but not limited to, docetaxel, mitoxantrone, cabazitaxel) within 28 days of registration is prohibited
• Prior treatment with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent, or with any agent directed to another T-cell stimulatory or inhibitory receptor (e.g. CTLA-4, OX-40, CD137).
• Participants with a history of life-threatening autoimmune disease
• Participants with a history of non-infectious pneumonitis that required corticosteroid treatment, or has current pneumonitis
• Participants with a history of allergic reactions to the tetanus vaccine
• Participants who have undergone splenectomy or who have a diagnosis of immunodeficiency
• Participants must not have other active malignancies other than non-melanoma skin cancers or superficial (non-muscle-invasive) carcinoma of the bladder. Participants with a history of other cancers who have been adequately treated and have been recurrence-free for > 3 years are eligible.
• Participants with known brain metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
• Participants who have received a live vaccine within 30 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, the following: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette
•Guérin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (eg, FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.
• Any antibiotic therapy within 1 month of day 1, or anticipated need for antibiotic therapy within 1 month of beginning treatment
• Participants with active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment.
• Any other medical intervention or condition, which, in the opinion of the PI or treating physician, could compromise participant safety or adherence with the study requirements (including biopsies), or confound results of the study, over the treatment period.
• Any known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirement of the trial.
• Participants cannot have concurrent enrollment on other phase I, II, or III investigational treatment studies.
Prostate, Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer, Metastatic Cancer, Prostate Cancer
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NAN-101 in Patients With Class III Heart Failure (NAN-CS101)

This is a Phase 1, prospective, multi-center, open-label, sequential dose escalation study to explore the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of a single intracoronary infusion of BNP116.sc-CMV.I1c in patients with NYHA Class III heart failure. Patients with symptomatic congestive heart failure will be enrolled until up to 12 subjects have received infusions of investigational product. All patients will be followed until 12 months post treatment intervention, and then undergo long-term follow-up via semi-structured telephone questionnaires every 6 months for an additional 24 months (+/- 30 days).
David Murray, MD
All
18 Years and over
Phase 1
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04179643
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• Age >18 years of age
• Chronic non-ischemic cardiomyopathy
• LVEF ≤ 30% by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) within 6 months prior to enrollment
• NYHA Class III HF for a minimum of 6 months HF despite appropriate medical therapy (defined below):
• Treatment with appropriate HF therapy as tolerated, including, but not limited to:
• Beta blocker therapy and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) or sacubitril/valsartan combination therapy (Entresto) for ≥ 90 days prior to enrollment. May also receive aldosterone antagonist therapy. Doses of the above medications must be stable for ≥ 30 days prior to enrollment; and
• Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), if clinically indicated, must have been implanted ≥ 90 days prior to enrollment. Internal cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) must be implanted, if clinically indicated ≥ 30 days prior to enrollment
• Females of childbearing potential must use at least one of the following acceptable birth control methods throughout the study and for 6 months after IP administration:
• Surgically sterile (bilateral tubal ligation, hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy) 6 months minimum prior to IP administration
• Intrauterine device in place for at least 90 days prior to receiving IP
• Barrier methods (diaphragm plus spermicide or condom) starting at least 30 days prior to receiving IP
• Abstinence (the subject must be willing to remain abstinent from screening to 6 months after receiving IP). Females are allowed to claim abstinence as their method of contraception only when it is the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject
• Surgical sterilization of the partner(s) (vasectomy) for >180 days prior to IP administration
• Hormonal contraceptives starting > 90 days prior to IP. If hormonal contraceptives are started less than 90 days prior to receiving IP, subjects must agree to use a barrier method (diaphragm plus spermicide or condom) from screening through 90 days after initiation of hormonal contraceptives
• Males subjects capable of fathering a child:
• Must agree to use a condom from IP administration through 6 months after the time of IP administration
• Must agree not to donate sperm for 6 months after time of receiving IP
• Documented evidence of vasectomy in males for 180 days minimum prior to receiving IP is an acceptable form of contraception
• Males who claim abstinence as their method of contraception are allowed provided they agree to use barrier methods should they become sexually active from screening through 6 months after receiving IP. Males are allowed to claim abstinence as their method of contraception only when it is the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject
• Ability to sign Informed Consent Form (ICF) and Release of Medical Information Form
• Appropriate candidate for protocol-specified intracoronary infusion in the judgment of the infusing interventional cardiologist
Exclusion Criteria:

• Chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy
• Intravenous (IV) inotropic therapy, intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) or percutaneous cardiac assist device therapy within 30 days prior to enrollment
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy, obstructive cardiomyopathy, pericardial disease, amyloidosis, infiltrative cardiomyopathy, uncorrected thyroid disease, or dyskinetic LV aneurysm
• Cardiac surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) within 30 days prior to enrollment
• Third degree heart block
• Clinically significant myocardial infarction (MI) in the judgment of the subject's physician (e.g., ST elevation MI [STEMI] or large non-STEMI) within 6 months prior to enrollment
• Prior heart transplantation, left ventricular reduction surgery (LVRS), cardiomyoplasty, passive restraint device (e.g., CorCap™ Cardiac Support Device), surgically implanted LVAD or cardiac shunt
• Likely to receive cardiac resynchronization therapy, cardiomyoplasty, LV reduction surgery, heart transplant, conventional revascularization procedure, or valvular repair within 3 months of IP dosing
• Known hypersensitivity to contrast dyes used for angiography; history of, or likely need for, high-dose steroid pretreatment prior to contrast angiography
• Expected survival < 1 year in the judgment of the investigator
• Active or suspected infection within 48 hours prior to enrollment as evidenced by fever or positive culture
• Known intrinsic liver disease (e.g., cirrhosis, hepatitis A, chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus infection). If serology is positive and PCR is negative, subject may be eligible (confirm with medical monitor).
• Liver function tests (alanine aminotransferase [ALT], aspartate aminotransferase [AST], alkaline phosphatase) > 2x upper limit of normal (ULN) within 30 days prior to enrollment.
• Renal Failure, dialysis dependent or serum creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl within 30 days prior to enrollment
• Bleeding diathesis or thrombocytopenia defined as platelets <50,000 platelets/μL within 30 days prior to enrollment
• Anemia defined as hemoglobin <10 g/dL or transfusion dependent within 30 days prior to enrollment
• Neutropenia defined as absolute neutrophils <1500 mm3 within 30 days prior to enrollment
• Known AIDS or HIV-positive status, or a previous diagnosis of immunodeficiency with an absolute neutrophil count <1000 cells/mm3
• Previous participation in a study of gene transfer
• Receiving investigational intervention or participating in another clinical study within 30 days or within 5 half-lives of another investigational drug administration prior to administration of NAN-101 that may impact the therapeutic potential of NAN-101.
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding at the time of screening
Cardiomyopathy, Other, Heart & Vascular, Congestive Heart Failure, Heart Failure, Heart Disease, Ischemic, Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Failure, Systolic, Heart Failure,Congestive, Heart Arrhythmia, Heart Failure, Diastolic, Heart, Complications
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Childhood Allergy and the Neonatal Environment (CANOE)

The purpose of this research study is to study the relationship between childhood asthma, allergies, and early-life environmental factors that may cause childhood asthma and allergies. Previous birth cohort studies have found early-life environmental factors such as allergies, pollutants, viruses and bacteria have all contributed to the development of asthma and allergies. Investigators are doing this research because there continues to be a strong need to understand the root causes of asthma and allergies. The CANOE study is an observational cohort study, which means investigators are not asking participants or participant's child to change their medications and investigators will not be giving participants or participant's child a study drug.
Anne Singh
All
Not specified
NA
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04215783
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Inclusion Criteria:
1. History of or concurrent asthma or allergic rhinitis (hay fever) in either biologic parent or sibling (at least one shared biological parent) by parental report. The presence of paternal or sibling allergy or asthma will be ascertained by maternal report. 2. Maternal age greater than or equal to 18 years at the time of study enrollment.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Maternal HIV infection at time of delivery. 2. Plans for the family to move out of the geographic area during the period of the study. 3. Does not speak English. 4. Current maternal use of progesterone during pregnancy to prevent preterm birth.
• Progesterone use is only an exclusion if currently being taken at time of enrollment for preterm birth. Previous use to prevent preterm birth or use at any time for other indications is allowed. 5. Pregnancy is a result of an embryo donor (egg and sperm donor pregnancies are permitted). 6. Past or current medical problems or findings from physical examination or laboratory testing which, in the opinion of the investigator or designee, may pose additional risks from participation in the study, may interfere with the participant's ability to comply with study requirements or that may impact the quality or interpretation of the data obtained from the study.
Asthma in Children, Allergy, Allergic rhinitis due to animal (cat) (dog) hair and dander, Allergic rhinitis due to food, Allergic rhinitis due to pollen, Asthma, Other, Infections, Immune System & Allergies
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Nivolumab With Ruxolitinib in Relapsed or Refractory Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

This is a Phase I/II, multicenter, open-label, dose escalation/dose-expansion study to evaluate the tolerability, safety, and the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of ruxolitinib when given with fixed dose nivolumab in patients with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL).
Vaishalee Kenkre, MD
All
18 Years and over
Phase 1/Phase 2
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT03681561
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Inclusion Criteria:

• Written informed consent and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information. NOTE: HIPAA authorization may be included in the informed consent or obtained separately.
• Age ≥ 18 years at the time of consent.
• ECOG Performance Status of 0, 1 or 2.
• Histologically confirmed diagnosis of classical Hodgkin lymphoma that is relapsed or refractory
•historical biopsy at last relapse is acceptable. NOTE: a repeat biopsy is not required for Phase I if the historical biopsy was performed at the most recent relapse, without remission in between. A fresh biopsy is not required for Phase II.
• Presence of radiographically measurable disease (defined as the presence one or more ≥ 1.5 cm lesions, as measured in the longest dimension by PET/CT) within 4 weeks of study registration.
• Prior therapy with check-point inhibitors (nivolumab, pembrolizumab, others) and subsequent progressive disease, stable disease or mixed response
• Failed at least 2 prior therapies including cytotoxic chemotherapy including ABVD or similar, autologous transplantation, brentuximab vedotin, allogenic transplantation without active graft versus host disease Note: Patients who are eligible and willing to undergo autologous transplant should not be enrolled on this trial
• Prior cancer treatment must be completed at least 14 days prior to registration and the patient must have recovered from all reversible acute toxic effects of the regimen (other than alopecia) to ≤Grade 1 or baseline. Radiation therapy must be completed at least 7 days prior to registration.
• Absolute Neutrophil Count ≥ 1000/μL
• Platelets ≥ 75,000/μL (or ≥50,000/mm3 if known BM involvement)
• Calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 40 cc/min using the Cockcroft-Gault formula
• Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 × ULN
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 × ULN
• Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to registration. NOTE: Females are considered of child bearing potential unless they are surgically sterile (have undergone a hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy) or they are naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months
• Males who are sexually active with partners of child-bearing potential must be willing to abstain from heterosexual activity or adhere to contraception from the time of written consent until 7 months after treatment discontinuation.
• Patient must provide voluntary written informed consent prior to the performance of any research related tests or procedures.
Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or breastfeeding (NOTE: breast milk cannot be stored for future use while the mother is being treated on study).
• Inability or unwillingness to swallow oral medication or any condition that precludes the administration and/or absorption of oral medications
• A life-threatening illness, medical condition or organ system dysfunction, which in the investigator's opinion, could compromise the patient's safety, interfere with the metabolism of study drugs, or put the study outcomes at undue risk
• Active central nervous system (CNS) involvement by lymphoma
• Uncontrolled cardiovascular disease such as uncontrolled or symptomatic arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, or myocardial infarction or any class 3 or 4 cardiac disease as defined by the New York Heart Association Functional Classification
• Concomitant therapy with immunosuppressive agents, including systemic corticosteroids (doses ≤ 10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent are permitted).
• Has a history of autoimmune disease now or in past 3 years such as hepatitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism, interstitial lung disease or colitis except vitiligo or alopecia, hypothyroidism (eg, following Hashimoto syndrome) stable on hormone replacement or psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment
• HIV-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months of registration are eligible for this trial.
• Active Hepatitis B or C infection (defined as a positive Hepatitis B surface antigen (Ag) or detectable viral load by PCR). NOTES: Hepatitis B and C testing is required. Patients with positive Hepatitis B Ag may enroll if PCR is negative. Suppressive antiviral therapy should be considered for these patients as clinically indicated.
• Currently active, clinically significant hepatic impairment Child-Pugh class B or C
• Currently receiving a strong CYP3A4 Inhibitor (such as but not limited to boceprevir clarithromycin, conivaptan, grapefruit juice, indinavir, itraconazole, ketoconazole, lopinavir/ritonavir, mibefradil, nefazodone, nelfinavir, posaconazole, ritonavir, saquinavir, telaprevir, telithromycin, voriconazole) or Fluconazole >200 mg/day. Washout period of 1 week is required.
• History of stroke or intracranial hemorrhage within 6 months of study registration
Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Lymphoma, Hodgkin Lymphoma
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Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) and Pembrolizumab for Advanced Stage Androgen Receptor-positive Salivary Gland Carcinoma

A Phase II, multi-center, single-arm, non-blinded study combining androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and pembrolizumab for patients with metastatic or locally recurrent androgen receptor-positive salivary gland carcinoma, not amenable to surgery or radiation.
Justine Bruce, MD
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18 Years and over
Phase 2
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT03942653
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Inclusion Criteria:

• Written informed consent and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information. NOTE: HIPAA authorization may be included in the informed consent or obtained separately.
• Age ≥ 18 years at the time of consent.
• Locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic salivary gland carcinoma that is not amenable to curative surgery or radiation
• ECOG Performance Status of 0 or 1 within 28 days prior to registration.
• Local, pathologic testing of androgen receptor-positive salivary gland carcinoma will be performed as standard of care. Archival tissue must be available for central confirmation of androgen receptor-positive disease and for correlative studies. AR positivity will be defined according to IHC staining of tumor tissue with at least 20% of tumor staining positive with moderate intensity (1+ or greater).
• Measurable disease according to RECIST v1.1 for solid tumors within 28 days prior to registration.
• For patients who have been treated with prior therapy, patients must have documented progression of disease on their prior therapy for entry into the study.
• Patients with prior chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery as part of curative intent therapy are allowed. Any number of prior lines of systemic therapy is permitted for entry into this study so long as prior therapy did not include anti-androgen therapy or immune checkpoint blockade.
• If prior cancer treatment, the subject must have recovered from toxic effects of prior cancer treatment (other than alopecia) to ≤ Grade 1.
• Adequate organ function as defined below; all screening labs to be obtained within 28 days prior to registration.
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/µL
• Platelets ≥100,000/µL
• Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL or ≥5.6 mmol/L
• Creatinine (Cr) OR Measured or calculated creatinine clearance (GFR can also be used in place of Cr or creatinine clearance) ≤1.5 × ULN OR ≥30 mL/min for participant with creatinine levels >1.5 × institutional ULN
• Total bilirubin ≤1.5 ×ULN OR direct bilirubin ≤ULN for participants with total bilirubin levels >1.5 × ULN
• AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤2.5 × ULN (≤5 × ULN for participants with liver metastases) o International normalized ratio (INR) OR prothrombin time (PT) & aPTT ≤1.5 × ULN unless participant is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or aPTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants
• A male participant must agree to use contraception during the treatment period and for at least 8 months after the last dose of study treatment and refrain from donating sperm during this period.
• Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to registration. NOTE: Females are considered of child bearing potential unless they are surgically sterile (have undergone a hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy) or they are naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months
• Females of childbearing potential and males with partners of childbearing potential must be willing to abstain from heterosexual activity or to use a highly effect form of contraception from the time of informed consent until 8 months after treatment discontinuation.
• As determined by the enrolling physician or protocol designee, ability of the subject to understand and comply with study procedures for the entire length of the study
Exclusion Criteria:

• Women of childbearing age with a positive serum pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to study registration.
• Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, CTLA-4, OX40, CD137).
• Has received prior androgen deprivation therapy including orchiectomy, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists/antagonists, androgen receptor blocker, abiraterone, or enzalutamide.
• Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents within 14 days prior to registration.
• Has had an allogenic tissue or solid organ transplant.
• Has received prior palliative radiotherapy within 7 days of start of study treatment. Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities and require less than 10mg of prednisone (or equivalent corticosteroid) daily.
• Has received a live vaccine or live-attenuated vaccine within 28 days prior to the first dose of study drug. Administration of killed vaccines is allowed.
• Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug.
• Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 2 years. Note: Participants with basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ (e.g. breast ductal carcinoma in situ, cervical cancer in situ) that have undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded.
• Has known active CNS metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Participants with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are radiologically stable, i.e. without evidence of progression for at least 14 days by repeat imaging (note that the repeat imaging should be performed during study screening), clinically stable, and without requirement of steroid treatment for at least 14 days prior to first dose of study treatment.
• Has ≥Grade 3 hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab and/or any of its excipients.
• Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg, levothyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment.
• Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.
• Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy.
• Has a known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
• Has a known history of active TB (Bacillus Tuberculosis).
• Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator.
• Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial.
• Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment.
Lip, Oral Cavity and Pharynx, Head and Neck, Salivary Gland Carcinoma
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Ribociclib and Bicalutamide in AR+ TNBC

This is an open label, multi-institutional, single arm phase II trial of ribociclib in combination with bicalutamide in advanced AR+ triple-negative breast cancer. No randomization or blinding is involved.
Kari Wisinski, MD
All
18 Years and over
Phase 1/Phase 2
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT03090165
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Individuals from populations who are underrepresented in clinical research (e.g., racial and ethnic minorities, women, individuals from rural/frontier communities, older individuals) will be enrolled with a goal of ensuring that all eligible patients are given the opportunity to participate in novel clinical trials and that research findings can be generalizable to the entire population. Androgen Receptor (AR) positivity definitions -Phase I: Metastatic or unresectable AR+ triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC); AR positivity defined as IHC staining of >0% of tumor nuclei. OR -Phase II: Metastatic or unresectable AR+ triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC); AR positivity defined as IHC staining of ≥10% of tumor nuclei. Inclusion Criteria for Phase I and II study. In addition to being AR positive as defined in protocol, subjects must also meet all of the following applicable inclusion criteria.
• Histological or cytological confirmed, metastatic or unresectable triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). TNBC will be defined as expression of ER<10%, PR< 10% and HER2 negative either by IHC (0, 1+ are negative, 2+ equivocal) or in situ hybridization method (ratio <2.0 is negative).
• Written informed consent and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information. NOTE: HIPAA authorization may be included in the informed consent or obtained separately.
• Up to 3 prior line of systemic therapy for metastatic disease is allowed. Combination therapy will be considered 1 line.
• Age ≥ 18 years at the time of consent.
• ECOG Performance Status of 0, 1 or 2 within 28 days prior to registration.
• Life expectancy of > 12 weeks as determined by the treating physician.
• Measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1 within 28 days prior to registration.
• No active central nervous system (CNS) metastatic disease. NOTE: Subjects with CNS involvement must meet ALL of the following to be eligible:
• At least 28 days from prior definitive treatment of their CNS disease by surgical resection, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) or whole brain radiation treatment (WBRT) at the time of registration
• AND asymptomatic and off systemic corticosteroids and/or enzyme-inducing anti-epileptic medications for brain metastases for >14 days prior to registration.
• Prior cancer treatment must be completed at least 14 days prior to registration and the subject must have recovered from all reversible acute toxic effects of the regimen (other than alopecia) to ≤grade 1 or to baseline prior to initiation of that therapy.
• Screening rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) must be <450msec and a resting heart rate of at least 50-90 bpm via a standard 12-lead ECG within 28 days prior to registration.
• Demonstrate adequate bone marrow and organ function as defined in the protocol; all screening labs to be obtained within 28 days prior to registration.
• Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to registration. NOTE: Females are considered of child bearing potential unless they are surgically sterile (have undergone a hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy), or they are naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months, or her male partner has had a vasectomy at least 6 months prior to screening (The sterilized male partner must be her only sexual partner.).
• Females of childbearing potential and males must be willing to abstain from heterosexual activity or must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method) for the duration of study participation and for 3 weeks after discontinuation of study treatment.
• As determined by the enrolling physician or protocol designee, ability of the subject to understand and comply with study procedures for the entire length of the study.
• Able to swallow bicalutamide and ribociclib tablets.
Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior therapy with AR antagonists including but not limited to bicalutamide, enzalutamide, abiraterone and orteronel.
• Prior therapy with any CDK 4/6 inhibitors with the exception of participation in a window or preoperative study for Stage I-III operable breast cancer..
• Active infection requiring systemic therapy.
• Pregnant or breastfeeding (NOTE: breast milk cannot be stored for future use while the mother is being treated on study).
• Known additional malignancy that is active and/or progressive requiring treatment; exceptions include basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical or bladder cancer, or other cancer for which the subject has been disease-free for at least three years.
• Treatment with any investigational drug within 14 days prior to registration or within 5 half-lives of the investigational product, whichever is longer. Immunotherapies such as PD-L1 or PD-1 inhibitors only require a 14 day window, regardless of half-life. Investigational imaging agents are not included in this definition and are allowed.
• Subject who has received radiotherapy <14 days prior to registration, and who has not recovered to grade 1 or better from related side effects of such therapy (exceptions include alopecia and any adverse events deemed by the investigator to be unlikely to interfere with the study drug safety).
• Subject has had major surgery within 14 days prior to registration or has not recovered from major side effects of the surgery (tumor biopsy is not considered as major surgery).
• Known hypersensitivity to any of the excipients of ribociclib or bicalutamide.
• Any impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of the study drugs (e.g., ulcerative diseases, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, or small bowel resection).
• Known history of HIV infection (testing not mandatory).
• Any concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical condition that would, in the investigator's judgment, cause unacceptable safety risks, contraindicate subject participation in the clinical study or compromise compliance with the protocol (e.g. chronic pancreatitis, chronic active hepatitis, active untreated or uncontrolled fungal, bacterial or viral infections, etc.).
• Subjects with any of the following conditions are excluded:
• Serious or non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture.
• History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra- abdominal abscess within 28 days prior to registration.
• Any history of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or transient ischemic attack within 12 months prior to registration.
• Any history of arterial or venous thrombosis/thromboembolic event, including pulmonary embolism within the past 12 months prior to registration.
• History of acute coronary syndromes (including myocardial infarction, unstable angina, coronary artery bypass grafting, coronary angioplasty, or stenting) or symptomatic pericarditis within 6 months prior to registration.
• Symptomatic congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association III-IV) or documented current cardiomyopathy with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <50%
• Clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias (e.g. ventricular tachycardia) or clinically significant, complete left bundle branch block, high-grade AV block (e.g. bifascicular block, Mobitz type II and third-degree AV block).
• Any episode of atrial fibrillation in the prior 12 months.
• Long QT syndrome or family history of idiopathic sudden death or congenital long QT syndrome.
• Concomitant use of medication(s) with a known risk to prolong the QT interval and/or known to cause Torsades de Pointe that cannot be discontinued (within 5 half-lives or 7 days prior to starting study drug) or replaced by safe alternative medication. See ManualDocuments/Info tab of the EDC for list of medications.
• Systolic blood pressure (SBP) >160 mmHg or <90 mmHg at screening.
• Currently receiving any known strong inducers or inhibitors of CYP3A4/5 which cannot be discontinued 7 days prior to starting study drug (see Appendix 1 for details).
• Subject is currently receiving or has received systemic corticosteroids <14 days prior to starting study drugs. The following uses of corticosteroids are permitted: a short duration (<5 days) of systemic corticosteroidssingle doses, any duration of topical applications (e.g., for rash), inhaled sprays (e.g., for obstructive airways diseases), eye drops or local injections (e.g., intra-articular).
• Subject is currently receiving warfarin or other coumarin-derived anticoagulant for treatment, prophylaxis or otherwise. Therapy with heparin, low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) or fondaparinux is allowed.
• In subjects with a diagnosis of cirrhosis, sSubjects with a Child-Pugh score B or C are excluded. Please see chart in the ManualDocuments/Info tab of the electronic data capture system (EDC) for Child-Pugh score calculation. If subject does not have diagnosed or suspected cirrhosis, the Child-Pugh score does not need to be calculated.
• Subjects taking herbal supplements (St. John's Wort, gingko balboa, etc.) must discontinue these supplements 14 days prior to study registration.
• Consumption of grapefruit, grapefruit hybrids, pummelos, star-fruit, Seville oranges or products containing the juice of each within 7 days prior to study registration.
Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Breast
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Long-term Follow-up Study of Patients Receiving Onasemnogene Abeparvovec-xioi

This is a long-term follow-up safety and efficacy study of participants in clinical trials for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) who were treated with onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi. Participants will roll over from their respective previous (parent) study into this long-term study for continuous monitoring of safety as well as monitoring of continued efficacy and durability of response to onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi treatment.
Jennifer Kwon, MD
All
Not specified
Phase 3
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04042025
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Inclusion Criteria:

• Any participant with SMA who received onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi gene replacement therapy in a Novartis Gene Therapies-sponsored clinical study
• Participant/parent/legal guardian willing and able to complete the informed consent process and comply with study procedures and visit schedule
Exclusion Criteria:

• Parent/legal guardian unable or unwilling to participate in the long-term follow-up safety study
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type I, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type II, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type III, SMA, Spinal muscular atrophy, Other, Congenital & Chromosomal Abnormalities
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APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO) (APOLLO)

The APOLLO study is being done in an attempt to improve outcomes after kidney transplantation and to improve the safety of living kidney donation based upon variation in the apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1). Genes control what is inherited from a family, such as eye color or blood type. Variation in APOL1 can cause kidney disease. African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, Hispanic Blacks, and Africans are more likely to have the APOL1 gene variants that cause kidney disease. APOLLO will test DNA from kidney donors and recipients of kidney transplants for APOL1 to determine effects on kidney transplant-related outcomes.
Brad Astor, PhD, MPH
All
Not specified
NA
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT03615235
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Inclusion Criteria for Living Donors:
• Living kidney donors with self-reported recent African ancestry (defined as African American, Afro-Caribbean, Hispanic black or African) will be eligible for inclusion. Exclusion Criteria for Living Donors:
• Participants who are unable or unwilling to provide informed consent. Enrollment and bio sample collection from deceased donors at OPOs ended on May 31, 2023 and recruiting kidney transplant recipients ended on June 15, 2023. Phase II started on 9/1/2023 and only Living Donors will be recruited for an additional 2 years.
Kidney Diseases, Kidney Failure, Kidney Disease, Chronic, Other
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Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP)

The mission of the SARP is to improve the understanding of severe asthma through integrated study of its clinical and biological features and to evaluate their changes over time. The ultimate goal of these efforts is to promote better treatments for severe asthma.
Loren Denlinger, MD, PhD
All
6 Years and over
N/A
This study is also accepting healthy volunteers
NCT01606826
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Asthmatic Patients:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Physician diagnosis of asthma, 2. Age 6 years and older 3. Evidence of historical reversibility, including either:
• FEV1 bronchodilator reversibility ≥ 12%, or
• Airway hyperresponsiveness reflected by a methacholine PC20 ≤16 mg/mL.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Pregnancy during the characterization phase, 2. Current smoking, 3. Smoking history > 10 pack years if ≥30 years of age, or smoking history > 5 pack years if <30 years of age (Note: if a subject has a smoking history, no smoking within the past year), 4. Other chronic pulmonary disorders associated with asthma-like symptoms, including (but not limited to) cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, vocal cord dysfunction (that is the sole cause of respiratory symptoms and at the PI's discretion), severe scoliosis or chest wall deformities that affect lung function, or congenital disorders of the lungs or airways, 5. History of premature birth before 35 weeks gestation, 6. Unwillingness to receive an intramuscular triamcinolone acetonide injection, 7. Evidence that the participant or family may be unreliable or poorly adherent to their asthma treatment or study procedures, 8. Planning to relocate from the clinical center area before study completion, 9. Any other criteria that place the subject at unnecessary risk according to the judgment of the Principal Investigator and/or attending physician(s) of record, or 10. Currently participating in an investigational drug trial for asthma therapies. Healthy Controls: Inclusion criteria: Healthy subjects between the age of 18 and 65 years. Exclusion criteria 1. History of chronic diseases that affect the lungs, 2. A history suggestive of allergic rhinitis, eczema or chronic sinusitis, 3. An improvement in FEV1 of more than 12% following 4 puffs of albuterol, 4. Smoking history > 10 pack years if ≥30 years of age, or smoking history > 5 pack years if <30 years of age, or any smoking within the past year, 5. Respiratory tract infection within the past 4 weeks, 6. Pregnancy, 7. History of premature birth (<35 weeks).
Asthma, Other
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Immunotherapy With Nivolumab and Ipilimumab Followed by Nivolumab or Nivolumab With Cabozantinib for Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer, The PDIGREE Study

This phase III trial compares the usual treatment (treatment with ipilimumab and nivolumab followed by nivolumab alone) to treatment with ipilimumab and nivolumab, followed by nivolumab with cabozantinib in patients with untreated renal cell carcinoma that has spread to other parts of the body. The addition of cabozantinib to the usual treatment may make it work better. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab and ipilimumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Cabozantinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It is not yet known how well the combination of cabozantinib and nivolumab after initial treatment with ipilimumab and nivolumab works in treating patients with renal cell cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
Hamid Emamekhoo, M.D.
All
18 Years and over
Phase 3
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT03793166
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• STEP I REGISTRATION CRITERIA
• Histologically documented renal cell carcinoma with clear cell component, including patients who have sarcomatoid or rhabdoid features
• Any metastatic disease, including visceral, lymph node, other soft tissue and bone, measurable per RECIST 1.1.
• Measurable disease as defined in the protocol.
• Must be intermediate or poor risk patient per International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database (IMDC) criteria (1 or more of the following): Karnofsky performance status [KPS] < 80, < 1 year from diagnosis [including initial nephrectomy] to systemic treatment for metastatic disease, hemoglobin less than lower limit of normal [LLN], corrected calcium concentration greater than upper limit of normal [ULN], absolute neutrophil count greater than ULN, platelet count > ULN).
• Central nervous system (CNS) disease permitted, if stable and not otherwise causing symptoms or needing active treatment.
• Karnofsky performance status >= 70%.
• No prior treatment with PD-1, PD-L1, or CTLA-4 targeting agents (including but not limited to nivolumab, pembrolizumab, pidilizumab, durvalumab, atezolizumab, tremelimumab, and ipilimumab), or any other drug or antibody specifically targeting T-cell co-stimulation or checkpoint pathways. The only exception is for prior treatment with nivolumab or other PD-1/PD-L1/CTLA-4 targeting therapy on pre- or post-operative trials, as long as > 1 year since completion of systemic therapy.
• No prior previous systemic therapy for renal cell carcinoma (prior HD IL-2 [> 28 days] and prior adjuvant sunitinib > 180 days since completion and prior immunotherapy as above are allowed).
• No systemic cancer therapy less than 28 days prior to registration; no radiation therapy less than 14 days prior to registration. There must be a complete recovery and no ongoing complications from radiotherapy.
• Not pregnant and not nursing, because this study involves an agent that has known genotoxic, mutagenic and teratogenic effects. Therefore, for women of childbearing potential only, a negative serum or urine pregnancy test done =< 14 days prior to registration is required.
• Age >= 18 years
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,500/mm^3.
• Platelet count >= 100,000/mm^3.
• Hemoglobin >= 8 g/dL.
• Calculated (Calc.) creatinine clearance >= 30 mL/min.
• Urine protein =< 1+ or urine protein to creatinine (UPC) ratio < 1.
• Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (except for patients with known or likely Gilbert's syndrome, for whom total bilirubin up to 3 mg/dL is allowed with direct bilirubin =< 20% total bilirubin)
• Aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase (AST/ALT) =< 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or < 5 x ULN if hepatic metastases present.
• STEP 2 REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
• Successful completion of at least 1 cycle of ipilimumab/nivolumab.
• Resolution of any treatment-related adverse events to grade 1 or less per dose modification section (this criteria does not include any adverse events [AEs] not attributable to treatment which are present due to disease), with prednisone-equivalent dosing at 10 mg daily or less. Exceptions for this criteria include patients receiving replacement hormone treatments (such as levothyroxine for treatment-related hypothyroidism or glucocorticoid replacement for adrenal insufficiency). Please contact study chair if further discussion is needed.
• No more than 80 days from last dose of ipilimumab/nivolumab.
Exclusion Criteria:

• Active autoimmune disease requiring ongoing therapy.
• Ongoing acute toxicity > grade 2 from previous treatment.
• History of severe allergic, anaphylactic or other hypersensitivity reactions to chimeric or humanized antibodies.
• Active hepatitis B/C, or active tuberculosis (PPD response without active TB is allowed)
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -infected patients with detectable viral load within 6 months prior to registration. Patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months prior to registration are eligible.
• Concurrent use of immunosuppressive medication including prednisone above 10 mg daily.
• Uncontrolled adrenal insufficiency.
• Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure [BP] >150 mmHg or diastolic BP > 90 mmHg).
• Major surgery less than 28 days prior to registration.
• Any serious non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture within 28 days prior to registration.
• Any arterial thrombotic events within 180 days prior to registration.
• Clinically significant hematuria, hematemesis, or hemoptysis within 12 weeks prior to registration.
• Cavitating pulmonary lesions or known endotracheal or endobronchial disease manifestations.
• Lesions encasing or invading any major blood vessels (this does not include tumor thrombus extending into/through renal vein/inferior vena cava [IVC]). Patients with tumor thrombus extending into/through renal vein are considered eligible.
• Moderate of severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh B or C).
• Any history of untreated pulmonary embolism or deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in the 180 days prior to registration. (Any asymptomatic, treated pulmonary embolism or asymptomatic, treated deep venous thrombosis > 30 days prior to registration allowed).
• Corrected QT interval calculated by the Fridericia formula (QTcF) > 500 ms.
• Unstable cardiac arrhythmia within 6 months prior to registration.
• Any gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding =< 180 days, hemoptysis, or other signs of pulmonary hemorrhage =< 90 days prior to registration.
• History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, intra-abdominal abscess, bowel obstruction, or gastric outlet obstruction within 180 days prior to registration.
• Active peptic ulcer disease, inflammatory bowel disease, or malabsorption syndrome within 28 days prior to registration.
• Untreated hypothyroidism (treated hypothyroidism on thyroid replacement therapy is allowed. Abnormal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is acceptable with normal T3/free T4 if treated on thyroid replacement therapy)
• Evidence of pancreatitis, history of organ transplant, or history of congenital QT syndrome.
• Active treatment with coumarin agents (e.g., warfarin), direct thrombin inhibitors (e.g., dabigatran), direct Xa inhibitor betrixaban or platelet inhibitors (e.g., clopidogrel) within 5 days of registration. Allowed anticoagulants include: prophylactic use of low-dose aspirin for cardio-protection (per local applicable guidelines) and low-dose low molecular weight heparins (LMWH), therapeutic doses of LMWH or anticoagulation with direct factor Xa inhibitors rivaroxaban, edoxaban, apixaban. Allowed also in patients with known brain metastases who are on a stable dose of the anticoagulant for at least 1 week prior to registration without clinically significant hemorrhagic complications from the anticoagulation regimen or the tumor.
• Significant cardiac ischemia events (ST elevation myocardial infarction [STEMI] or non-ST elevation myocardial infarction [NSTEMI]) within 6 months or active NY Heart Association class 3-4 heart failure symptoms
Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Bone, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Lymph Nodes, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Soft Tissues, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Viscera, Sarcomatoid Renal Cell Carcinoma, Stage III Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8, Kidney
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