The purpose of this study is to determine whether treatment with sacituzumab govitecan could provide a better response and improve survival (the amount of time you live without your cancer growing) than other forms of cancer treatment (either Eribulin, Capecitabine, Gemcitabine, Vinorelbine).
The purpose of this study is to better understand the use of Valchlor in clinical practice. Other goals include describing the demographic and clinical characteristics of disease and health outcomes of patients treated with Valchlor. Participating in this study will not influence the usual care you receive from your doctor.
This is a 2-part, multicenter study of a study drug in pediatric and young adult patients with mature B-cell non-Hodgkin Lymphoma which has come back or has not responded to the standard therapy. The study treatment is considered an experimental because the study drug is not approved by the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating…
This study is for patients who are being considered for surgical removal of a specific kind of lung cancer called "non-small lung cancer" (NSCLC), which is a description of the way it looks under a microscope. The purpose of this study is to determine whether adding an investigational treatment called atezolizumab (also called MPDL3280A) to…
The purpose of this study is to test the safety, tolerability and anti-tumor activity of the research study drug, pembrolizumab (MK-3475) with or without pomalidomide and low dose dexamethasone in subjects with refractory or relapsed and refractory Multiple Myeloma (rrMM) measured by the rates of response to treatment, disease progression (disease getting…
The purpose of this study screening step is to perform genetic tests on your tumor sample for certain features that investigational targeted agents used in this study are specifically designed to work against. Then the purpose is to assign you to a treatment sub-study that is chosen based on the results (genes and proteins called biomarkers) of this genetic…
The main goals of this study are to evaluate the safety of the combination of the study drug radium-223 dichloride plus bortezomib and dexamethasone and to determine the optimal dose of radium-223 dichloride to be used in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone. Radium-223 dichloride has been approved in some countries for treatment of patients with…
The purpose of this current study is to investigate the efficacy of a group model of Family NurtureIntervention in ameliorating behavioral problems in preschool-aged children. The behavioral, neurobiological and clinical insights gained from this project may eventually lead to better treatment of emotional, behavioral and developmental disorders. The…
The purpose of this study is to find out if the drugs LEE011 and MEK162, administered in combination, are safe and effective in treating people who have melanoma. Specifically, this study will evaluate the effects of the combination of the two drugs, LEE011 and MEK162, in melanoma, carrying specific mutation in a gene called NRAS. The changes in the NRAS…
The purpose of this study is to identify the best dose of the study drugs that can be safely given to patients with cancer. The study will also evaluate how well the study drugs work in patients with cancer. The study drugs are LAG525 and PDR001. LAG525 will be given alone or in combination with PDR001.
This study is associated with the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) at Columbia University. The study seeks to understand changes in the way the brain's structure and function are related to age, and the risk of developing memory problems, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and dementia. The study will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to…
The purpose of this study is to try to learn how certain risk factors, such as age, gender, pre-existing conditions, the type of treatment you get for your cancer, and the amount of cancer drugs in your body affect whether you develop the nerve disorder and how bad your symptoms will be. There will be about 1,000 people taking part in this study.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the combination of study drug MEDI4736 and tremelimumab in treating advanced non-small cell lung cancer that is resistant to or returned after receiving standard therapies, for which there is no available standard therapies, or for individuals who have declined standard therapies. MEDI4736 and tremelimumab are fully…
The purposes of this clinical study are: To evaluate the safety and tolerability of up to 2 drug release periods of GemRIS for up to 7 days per drug release period To evaluate the pharmacokinetics (the study of the bodily absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of the drug) of gemcitabine and a gemcitabine-related metabolite (product after…
The main purpose of this study is to determine the best dose of MEDI0562 that is safe and tolerable in subjects with advanced solid tumors. This study will also evaluate hows much MEDI0562 is in your blood at various times (which is called pharmacokinetics), whether your immune system becomes activated following administration of MEDI0562, whether your body…
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of different doses of ZN-c5 on levels of hormone (estrogen) receptors in breast cancer and how large that effect is for each dose level. The amount of reduction in hormone receptors may indicate that the drug is doing what it intends to do and how effective it is. The results will help define what an…
Parents! Join our research study! For families with 2-4 years olds, Complete from the comfort of your own home! Involves: Complete questionnaires; Collect a stool sample from your child; Provided with an easy to use kit and video instructions; Earn $25 for participating.
This randomized phase III trial studies how well management of a tobacco treatment intervention works in reducing surgical complications in patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer who smoke cigarettes. Management of a tobacco treatment intervention compares varenicline (a drug that reduces the craving and withdrawal symptoms that occur with abstinence…
The main purpose of this clinical trial is to study women like you who have cancer cells in the lymph nodes at the time that the breast cancer is diagnosed and have chemotherapy before surgery that clears the cancer cells from the lymph nodes. This study asks 1) if, after lumpectomy, radiation to the breast and lymph nodes will be better than radiation only…
The Latino Sleep and Health Study (LASH) is a community study of Latino adults that is focused on understanding the relationship between sleep, stress, self-control, and health. Participation in LASH is fairly simple. If you are found eligible after taking the screener, you will be asked to complete an in-person survey. You can earn $20 for after completing…
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a new combination treatment involving two drugs: selinexor and ixazomib, for the treatment of dedifferentiated liposarcoma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, alveolar soft part sarcoma and Ewing sarcoma. The primary objective of the study is to determine the maximum tolerated…
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness (how well the drug works), safety, and tolerability of an investigational drug called nivolumab on patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer . Nivolumab is an antibody (a type of human protein) that is being tested to see if it will allow the bodys immune system to work against…
A single arm, open-label, Phase IIb study to assess the efficacy and safety of the combination of cediranib and olaparib tablets in women with recurrent platinum resistant epithelial ovarian cancer, including Fallopian tube and/or primary peritoneal cancer who do not carry a deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA mutation. The purpose of the…
The purpose of this research study is to determine if high-dose versus standard-dose regimens of encorafenib and binimetinib are safe and have positive effects in people who have melanoma brain metastasis and also have been found by their doctor to have a mutated gene called BRAFV600. The time frame for the study is approximately 2 years.
The study involves research about MGA271 in combination with Keytruda. MGA271 targets cancer cells that make a lot of a protein called B7-H3. Another way to say it is that the cells "overexpress" the protein. Very few normal cells express B7-H3. MGA271 is though to work by recognizing cancer cells that overexpress B7-H3 and directing the body…
This study is for patients with incurable cancers such as, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, triple negative breast cancer, colorectal cancer, head and neck cancer, castrate resistant prostate cancer and bladder cancer. The purpose of this study is find out whether an investigational (experimental) drug called CPI-444…
GSK3359609 is a drug that is a type of antibody. It is a kind of immunotherapy that targets the ICOS (anti-Inducible T cell Co-Stimulator) protein present on specific immune cells. ICOS is a cell receptor that enhances the immune response to foreign bodies, and which is expected to help your immune system find and fight cancer cells. It will also be called…
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness (how well the drug works), safety, and tolerability of an investigational drug called nivolumab (also known as BMS-936558). This study will see if treatment with nivolumab increases the chance you will have a positive response (complete or partial) in treating your primary central nervous system…
This study will see how the treatment you will receive for your chronic myeloid leukemia affects cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors. The treatments that are being studied are called BCR-ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) (i.e., dasatinib, imatinib, nilotinib). Subjects who are eligible for the study will be starting treatment for chronic myeloid…
This is a phase 2 study to determine the efficacy and safety of Naloxone HCL Lotion 0.5% for the treatment of mycosis fungoides (MF) type of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). Selected subjects will have the study drug applied to determine its effect on reducing itchiness and any potential side effects. Naloxone has previously been approved for direct blood…
The purpose of this study is to determine the amount (dose) of telaglenastat that is safe and tolerable when given together with the recommended treatment regimen of pembrolizumab, carboplatin, and pemetrexed and to determine if the combination of standard drugs with telaglenastat is more active against non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) than the standard…
The phrase sitting is the new smoking has been coined due to an increase of excessive sitting in middle- and older-aged adults. However, there are currently no specific guidelines for the best way to break up long periods of sitting. This study will look at the effect of breaking up sitting periods with movement breaks on blood sugar levels. We are looking…
The purpose of this study is to test whether GVAX pancreas vaccine and CRS-207 together are safe and work better than chemotherapy to treat individuals with advanced pancreatic cancer who have received at least one prior chemotherapy treatment for metastatic cancer. This study will also look at whether CRS-207 alone is safe and works better than…
The purpose of this study is to determine how well a drug called rigosertib works on people with MDS and to study the safety of rigosertib when it is given to people with MDS. Rigosertib is currently being tested in other clinical research studies.
The BoneGN study will help us learn how bones and muscles are responding to Glomerular Diseases. These conditions may gradually weaken bones and increase the risk of having a fracture (broken bone). In the future, the results can contribute in developing strategies to improve the bone health. We are looking for healthy children and adults between 5 and 55…
You are being asked to take part in this study because you have been diagnosed with Myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) Associated Myelofibrosis (your disease) and have received ruxolitinib. The purpose of this study is to confirm how well this study treatment works to reduce your spleen volume, spleen size, what effect the study treatment has on you and…
The FLAURA Study is a new clinical research study underway in NSCLC and we are looking for people who would like to join. This study will examine an investigational drug, called AZD9291, and compare it tostandard, approved drugs that are already used to treat lung cancer. These drugs are called gefitinib and erlotinib. When we talk about investigational, it…
The goal of this study is to determine if ribociclib in combination with letrozole as neoadjuvant endocrine therapy increases the proportion of women with PEPI score of 0 at surgery, compared to patients treated with letrozole alone therefore allowing more patients excellent outcomes without chemotherapy. The PEPI score measures the risk of breast cancer…
This is a COVID transmission study happening across the US to help us learn whether the COVID-19 vaccine stops the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID): both initial infection and transmission to others. The answer to this question can have an important impact on all of our lives. Currently we are enrolling unvaccinated people. You will not be required to…
The purpose of the study is to see if a medicine called ASP2215 is both effective and safe as atreatment for AML patients with mutations in FLT3 gene identified by an investigational FLT3Mutation Assay companion diagnostic (a specific way to test your blood or bone marrow, which is used to see if you have a mutation of the FLT3 gene), compared to salvage…
We are doing this study to test a drug called MGD009. MGD009 is like an antibody, which is a protein in your blood that helps get rid of germs in your body. MGD009 is made to attach to cancer cells and to T-cells, which are a part of your immune system. Certain T cells have the ability to kill other cells, including cancer cells. By attaching to cancer…
Belantamab Mafodotin is a new therapy for patients with Multiple Myeloma. The drug works by combining chemotherapy and immunotherapy approach to treat Multiple Myeloma. The drug is a combination of an antibody against a target on plasma cells called BCMA and a chemotherapeutic agent called MMAF. The drug has shown activity in patients with late relapses of…
How does the light we experience in day-to-day life affect our body clock? Interested in joining a new project to help scientists at Columbia University understand how light pollution and light-at-night affects our body clock? You or your child may be eligible to participate. The study involves wearing a small light sensor on a lanyard and a temperature…
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how accurately cells that are collected from the Fallopian tube can be categorized as benign or malignant. The MAKO 7 will be used to collect cell samples from the Fallopian tube. You are being asked to participate in the study because you are a woman who is undergoing a surgery to remove your Fallopian tubes and/or…
This is a research study for subjects who have been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasmacells (a type of immune cell that produce antibodies) in the bone marrow, that has returned (relapsed) or has not responded (refractory) to your most recent treatment regimen.The subject's disease has also progressed after prior treatment with…
The purpose of this study is to compare two different combinations of treatment plans to a standard transplant procedure in order to see whether one or both of them are better at reducing the occurrence and severity of chronic GVHD. The research portion of this study involves manipulation of your stem cell product by removing T-cells, which cause chronic…
Some medical conditions in children involve difficulty with speech and language. Therefore, accurate measurement of these difficulties is important for both diagnosis and treatment. Unfortunately, the test that is currently used to assess object naming-- one of the most common language problems found in these conditions is the same test that is used for…
Almost 40,000 people get HIV in the U.S. each year and almost all occur via sexual contact, especially male-to-male contact. The number of new infections has decreased slightly each year, however, we need other HIV prevention tools, such as developing a greatly, effective HIV vaccine, to better reduce HIV infections. SCREENING AND EDUCATION: 1. Consent will…
This research study is being done to test the combination of two new drugs, GSK3359609 and Tremelimumab, in certain cancers. These two drugs are experimental which means they have not been fully tested yet and are not yet approved to treat any disease. There are two parts to this study. Part 1 determines the best dose for the study drugs and part 2 compares…
This study is for patients with recurrent or metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (SCCHN). This study will test the safety of an experimental anti-cancer drug (MEDI4736). MEDI4736 is an antibody (a protein produced by the defense system of the body immune system) that has been made in the laboratory. MEDI4736 boosts the ability of your…
Studies have shown that cancer patients may be at high risk for financial problems because of the cost of treatment. These financial problems can be stressful and sometimes might cause patients to avoid or refuse treatment. This study will measure how often financial problems happen in patients with colorectal cancer, using questionnaires that collect…
This study is being done to determine if adding the investigational drugs (TSR-042 and niraparib) to standard of care treatment delays or prevents ovarian cancer recurrence (prevents the ovarian cancer from coming back).
The purpose of this study is to find out how well Daratumumab works when it is given along with two other drugs called Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone compared to the drug combination of Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone to treat multiple myeloma.
This study is for patients with AML or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), SCLC ( other solid tumors, such as endocrine tumors or Myelofibrosis. In this research study we are going to determine how safe and well tolerated the study drug INCB059872 is in subjects/research participants with those types of cancer. Other reasons for this study are to study the…
This research study will test an investigational study drug called DCC-2618. This research study will explore the following: find the highest safe dose of DCC-2618, see how often DCC-2618 should be given, see how well research participants with cancer tolerate DCC-2618, and evaluate if DCC-2618 is effective against cancer. Cancers include: brain tumors,…
This research study is testing two potential new drugs called AB928 and AB122. AB928 is an investigational drug that has been shown in animal studies to improve the functioning of the immune system, without causing any immune effects on its own. This research study will help us understand whether AB928, the study drug, can be safely given in combination…
The purpose of this study is to test the safety of the combination of the experimental drugs called atezolizumab and guadecitabine (not yet approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA or any other regulatory authority outside the United States) to find out what effects, good or bad, the combination of atezolizumab and guadecitabine has on patients…
This study is for women who have been diagnosed with stage 2 or stage 3 breast cancer whose doctor has recommended that you receive radiation therapy after your mastectomy to prevent your breast cancer from coming back. Radiation uses particles of energy to kill any remaining cancer cells where your breast was removed or in the lymph nodes. Radiation after…
Tomography (DOT), can help predict how well patients respond to a pre-surgical therapy. This imaging technique uses light to create 3D maps of the blood, fat, and water content of the breast. Based on these measurements taken over 2 time points during therapy (before and after), we will try to determine if this new imaging technique can use early…
Antibodies are one of the natural ways that our bodies fight or prevent infection. Were testing an antibody to find out if its safe, if it doesn't make people feel uncomfortable and to find out what may be the best dose if its given by IV infusion or sub-cutaneous injection. You cannot get HIV from the Bispecific Antibody. We'll ask you to…
The purpose of the first part (Phase I) of the study is to test the safety of navitoclax in combination with dabrafenib and trametinibat different doses to find out what effects, if any, it has on people. There will be about 18 people treated in this part of the study. The purpose of the second part of this study (Phase II) is to compare the good and bad…
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, and effectiveness of ABT-199 in combination with decitabine and ABT-199 in combination with azacitidine in subjects who have not been treated for their AML. In addition, substances (biomarkers) found in the blood and bone marrow that may indicate the effects or progress of the leukemia and the activity of…
The main purpose of this study is to learn more about the study drug called LY3321367. The study wants to know more about the following: The safety of LY3321367 alone and in combination with another drug called LY3300054 and any side effects you might have Whether LY3321367 is tolerable when taken alone and in combination with LY3300054. How much…
This study is for adult subjects with head and neck cancer (oral cavity, oropharynx middle part of the throat, hypopharynx bottom part of the throat, or larynx part of throat between the base of the tongue and the windpipe) that has either returned after treatment (recurrent) or is newly diagnosed. If newly diagnosed, the cancer must be metastatic,…
The purpose of this study is to find out which participants with melanoma respond best to nivolumab and ipilimumab treatment and to identify tumor and blood based markers that may predict response to the combination. This study is asking that participants submit tumor tissue samples from their initial tumor specimen and blood samples before they receive…
This research study is investigating a new treatment for cancer that uses your immune system (a type of white blood cell called T cells or T lymphocytes) to try to attack your cancerous cells. T cells fight infections, and may attack cancer cells, in some cases. Currently, your T cells may not able to attack your cancerous cells. The use of these modified T…
This study is for patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). The purpose of this study is to determine if decitabine plus JNJ-56022473 can be safely combined and is active for your disease. The study drugs used in this study are JNJ-56022473, an experimental drug and DACOGEN ( also known generic as decitabine), a drug already used to treat your type of…
The purpose of this study is to test the safety of DCLL9718S at different dose levels, alone or in combination with azacitidine. DCLL9718S is an experimental drug manufactured by Genentech that is designed to inhibit tumor growth. The drug is being tested in clinical trials and has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and/or any…
This study is being done to see how well tolerated the investigational drug TGR-1202 is in comparison to other similar therapeutics agents in treating patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
The overall purpose of this part of the study is to determine the best dose of JCAR017 for treating adult participants with relapsed or refractory B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL) and to understand the side effects that participants with your disease may have when they are treated with JCAR017.
This study will investigate the safety and effectiveness of the study drug SGI-110 in combination with two immunotherapy drugs named durvalumab and tremelimumab in patients with small cell lung cancer who have progressed on other treatments. SGI-110 is a form of chemotherapy known as a "hypomethylating agent" and may help the immunotherapy work…
We are currently recruiting women to TMIST, a clinical trial that will help us develop strategies that tailor breast cancer screening to the risks of individual women. This is a screening trial. The purpose of this trial is to determine if tomosynthesis (3-D) mammography detects breast cancer at earlier stage than current method of 2-D digital mammography.
The purpose of this research study is to determine the preliminary safety and effectiveness (how well something works) of alvocidib when used after the standard drug decitabine in patients with MDS. The study will also gain information about the PK (the process by which a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized and eventually eliminated by the body),…
The purpose of this study is evaluate the benefits and safety of using the combination of drugs, AEB071 and BYL719 to treat patients with an advanced form of uveal melanoma. The study will have two parts. The first part twill test different dose levels of each drug.Once the highest safe dose level is found, another group of patients will be treated at that…
The purpose of this study is to find out if the study treatment called RO7198457 (PCV) can be safely given to patients with cancer. PCV is a personalized cancer vaccine. Participants will either received PCV alone or in combination with atezolizumab.
The purpose of this study is to test whether an investigational drug called solanezumab can slow the progression of memory problems associated with brain amyloid. The study will also test 1) whether the anti-amyloid treatment can slow evidence of AD-related brain injury on imaging tests to look at brain structure and function and 2) the effect of…
The purpose of the treatment part of the study is to find out what effects drug crizotinib has, good and/or bad on people with "high risk" uveal melanoma after surgery or radiation for the eye. It is thought that giving crizotinib to patients with "high risk" uveal melanoma can lower the chance the cancer will come back. Uveal melanoma…
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is the virus that causes mononucleosis, also known as mono. Almost all adults have had EBV. For most people, EBV never causes a health problem. However, when their immune system is not working properly (people who have had a transplant and those who have immune disorders), EBV can cause certain diseases where cells grow abnormally…
The purpose of this study is to find the best dose of Palbociclib that can be given safely with chemotherapy in children and young adults with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) or Lymphoblastic Lymphoma (LL) which has come back or has not responded to standard therapy. Palbociclib is considered experimental because it has not been approved by the United…
This study will test the standard R-CHOP21 against R-CHOP21 plus lenalidomide. The purpose is to see whether adding lenalidomide works better and is as safe as R-CHOP by itself. This study is only for patients with ABC type DLBCL who have not yet been treated. Lenalidomide is not approved for use in DLBCL. Its use in this disease is experimental. In this…
This is an open-label, Phase II study in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose cancer has gotten worse on an anti-programmed cell death-1/anti-programmed cell death ligand 1 (anti-PD-1/PD-L1) containing therapy. This study consists of a number of treatment cohorts to test the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of multiple…
The purpose of this study is to find out if the experimental product, axicabtagene ciloleucel, in combination with either rituximab or lenalidomide is safe and effective in treating lymphoma. Kite Pharma, Inc., (Kite) is the sponsor of this study. The sponsor is funding this research study and has also designed the trial. The sponsor is testing an…
Obssesive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and related disorders characterized by repetitive thoughts and behaviors (e.g., Tourette Syndrome and Eating Disorders) are severe conditions that lead to significant health-related disability. Dysfunction in the brain circuits involved in cognitive control and reward processing are thought to contribute to the symptoms…
This is a research study for a vaccine called GEN-009. The main purpose of this study is to obtain information on the safety of GEN-009 and how it may activate the immune system to fight cancer. GEN-009 is a personalized vaccine. Each vaccine is made specifically for each person in the study. The vaccine is made after taking and testing cells from your…
This is a cohort study looking at the effects of anastrozole (an aromatase inhibitor) on patients, and specifically at Aromatose Inhibitor Musculoskeletal Symptoms (AIMSS). The genetic predictors of AIMSS will also be evaluated. Participants will take daily anastrazole and will be followed for 12 months. The study will enroll 35 patients at Columbia…
This clinical trial will investigate an experimental drug called FT-2102. FT-2102 targets tumor cells that have an abnormal gene (code that tells your body what proteins to make), called isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1). Research subjects with either a Hepatobiliary Cancer (HBC), a Chondrosarcoma, an Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC), a Glioma, or…
The purpose of this study is to assess how safe and well tolerated study drugs, INCB24360 and nivolumab, are given in combination in patients who have advanced or metastatic solid tumors. The study will also assess how well INCB24360 in combination with nivolumab works in preventing disease progression in patients with melanoma (MEL), non-small cell lung…
The purpose of this study is to determine if the study drug is safe and evaluate whether adjuvant therapy with the study drug will improve overall survival. The study drug is crizotinib (also known as XALKORI). The study will also collect tumor tissue and blood samples for future research.
This study is an open-label, multicenter phase 1/2 study. The study is designed in two parts, the first is designed to evaluate the safety of the study drug ulocuplumab in combination with nivolumab in subjects with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC). Subjects will receive a low dose of ulocuplumab in combination with…
The purpose of this study is to look at a new treatment for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. This new form of paclitaxel, a drug currently used by injection into a vein to treat various types of cancer, is designed to be instilled (injected) into the urinary bladder with a catheter (tube) placed into your bladder through your urethra (the opening where…
The purpose of this study is to identify the most appropriate dose that can be safely administered and that can have an effect on haematological cancer cells. BAY 1251152 works by obstructing a protein in your bodys cells called positive transcription elongation factor b (PTEFb) / cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) pathway, which plays a role in the growth of…
To assess whether prophylactic beta blocker therapy with carvedilol compared with no intervention reduces the risk of subsequent cardiac dysfunction in patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving trastuzumab-based HER-2 targeted therapy.
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of tivozanib in renal cell cancer compared to an approved drug sorafenib which works in a similar way to tivozanib. Tivozanib and sorafenib are both called study medication. This study will also see whether tivozanib is safe and tolerable for patients with advanced renal cell cancer. This study will…
This study is being done to determine if REGN2810 (anti-PD-1) in combination with ipilimumab (anti-CTLA-4) plus initial platinum-based doublet chemotherapy, or REGN2810 in combination with ipilimumab will prolong how long you live without your disease progressing compared to the standard of care pembrolizumab (anti-PD-1) monotherapy treatment. Neither…
This is a phase 3 clinical trial to determine the efficacy of topical SGX301 (synthetic hypericin) in combination with visible light therapy on cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). Selected subjects can participate in 3 cycles each consisting of a 6 week treatment period where a chosen lesion will be treated with the study ointment (twice a week) followed by…
The purpose of this study is to see if study drug AZD9291 is effective in treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and if so, how it compares with chemotherapy. Only patients with NSCLC that has been confirmed as having the EGFR mutation are eligible to participate. Before patients can participate in the main study a tumor sample will be taken to check…
The goal of this study is to better understand why some people have managed to lose weight and keep it off while others have not. We are recruiting people who have lost weight and kept it off as well as healthy non-dieters with overweight or obesity who are not trying to lose weight. Study participation involves computer tasks, brain imaging, and eating a…
Train the Brain Study: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of a web-based (remote, at home) computerized cognitive training protocol on cognitive performance in healthy older adults. Thetraining will involve a daily life situation in a multi-task context. If you are eligible, you will be asked tocomplete 13 web-based sessions, twice a…
This research study is being conducted to see if a new treatment using a study drug called Olaparib given after platinum based chemotherapy treatments can reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer from growing back. Participants will receive either Olaparib or placebo (no contains active medication) and will stay on the research study for as long as they are not…
This randomized clinical trial studies prophylactic colony stimulating factor management in patients with breast, colorectal or non-small cell lung cancer receiving chemotherapy and with risk of developing febrile neutropenia. Patients receiving chemotherapy may develop febrile neutropenia. Febrile neutropenia is a condition that involves fever and a low…
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of BAY 1251152 in patients with any type of solid tumors or non-indolent non-hodgkins lymphoma. The study will also investigate the pharmacokinetics (study of what the body does to the drug), as well as pharmacodynamics (study of what the drug does to the body), which may provide…
A Phase 2 Study of Atezolizumab (MPDL3280A) in Combination with Bevacizumab in Patients with Recurrent, Persistent or Metastatic Cervical Cancer. The purpose of this study is to test any good and bad effects of a combination of study drugs called atezolizumab and bevacizumab. The combination of atezolizumab and bevacizumab could shrink your cancer but it…
This a Phase III study designed to compare the efficacy and the safety of the triplet combination of GDC-0077 plus palbociclib and fulvestrant versus placebo plus palbociclib and fulvestrant in patients with PIK3CA-mutant, HR-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer whose disease progressed during treatment or within 12 months of…
SY-1365 is an investigational drug that stops the function of a protein known as CDK7. Previous workhas shown that CDK7 is necessary for some cancers to grow. Therefore, SY-1365 could be used to slow down the growth of cancer. This research study is being done to understand the highest tolerated dose of SY-1365, and to assess the safety of SY-1365 in…
The purpose of this study is to gather information about the effectiveness and safety of as drug called brentuximab vedotin when given in combination with another drug called bendamustine for Hodgkin Lymphoma. The study will assess the safety profile of the combination treatment and determine what proportion of patients achieve a complete remission.…
This purpose of this study is to determine whether the tumor cells of lung cancer patients contain changes to the DNA sequence of two proteins found on the cells surface- ALK and EGFR. If the tumor contains changes to the DNA of one of these proteins, the patient may be invited to participate on a trial that will look at drugs which may target tumors that…
The purpose of this project is to develop a set of word finding or naming tests for adults, ages 66 and above. The main task involves naming pictures of common objects (e.g. broom), or naming items when given a description (e.g. "what children ride to school in"). There are some other tasks as well such as single word reading, number repetition,…
Antibodies are one of the natural ways that our bodies fight or prevent infection. We're testing an antibody to find out if it's safe, if they don't make people feel uncomfortable, how these study antibodies move throughout the body, and to measure antiviral activity. You cannot get HIV from the study antibody. First, request to be contacted…
The purpose of this study is to see if 18FDCFPyL (PyL) PET/CT scans are able to find prostate cancer tumors. PyL is a radioactive drug (tracer) that targets prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA). Because PSMA is a protein found mostly on the surface of prostate cancer cells, we are testing to see if PyL will be able to correctly identify prostate cancer…
The purpose of this study is to learn whether IDH305 is safe and can have possible benefits for people diagnosed with glioma, cholangiocarcinoma, acute myeloid leukemia (AML), chondrosarcoma or other types of solid tumors and have IDH1R132-mutant tumors cancers that have the IDH1R132 mutation and are not getting better after treatment with currently…
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability (the effect of the drug on your body), pharmacokinetics (the effect of your body on the drug) and maximum tolerated dose of sertraline in combination with cytosine arabinoside (ara-C, cytarabine) when given to patients with treatment-resistant myeloid leukemia. In addition, the effect of the…
This study is for patients with metastatic or locally advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS) who are not amenable to treatment with surgery or radiotherapy with curative intent. Patients will be treated with doxorubicin plus olaratumab versus doxorubicin plus placebo intravenously for 8 cycles. Patients without disease progression will be allowed to continue…
The purpose of this study is to compare the safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of ruxolitinib, an investigational drug, compared to anagrelide, an FDA approved drug. Investigational means that the study drug has not been approved by the FDA for treatment of ET. Patients will be assigned to one of two groups. Group A will receive ruxolitinib and placebo…
This study will look to obtain information on the best dose of the research drug, TAK 079, when administered in combination with other approved multiple myeloma treatments for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. If you participate you will receive either Arm A (TAK-079 in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone) or Arm B (TAK-079 in…
The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy and safety of an experimental drug, demcizumab, when given in combination with pembrolizumab (Arm A of the study). Demcizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody and was developed to target cancer stem cells. Demcizumab may block the growth of cancer stem cells, in addition to the remaining cancer cells, and…
The purpose of the Main study is to test the overall effects of E7777 on you and your illness. It is not known what effect E7777 will have on your illness or what the side effects will be. This study will look at the effect E7777 has on your body and your disease. It will also look at how your body absorbs, distributes, breaks down, and gets rid of the…
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of imetelstat for the treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). All patients participating in Part 1 of this study will get 7.5 mg/kg of imetelstat as a 2-hour intravenous infusion once every 4 weeks. The dose of imetelstat may be increased, held or decreased depending on how…
This study is for patients with advanced cancers such as gastroenteropancreatic or lung or thymus or other neuroendocrine tumors or small cell lung cancer or large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung. This research study tests whether an experimental drug called PEN-221 may help people with before mentioned cancers. It is thought that PEN-221 might…
The purpose of this study is to learn more about the study drug, MIW815 (ADU-S100). The study will identify the dose that can safely be given to people with solid tumors or lymphomas. The study will also see how well MIW815 (ADU-S100) works in people treated.
This study examines diffuse optical tomography (DOT) as a way to monitor the progress of the breast cancer therapy. Specifically, it looks at DOTs ability to detect non-responders early in treatment and then adjust the therapy to improve response and overall survival. DOT is favorable to more conventional forms of cancer monitoring, such as physical exams,…
We are recruiting boys between 3-9 years old and girls between 3-8 years old to participate in a research study. Children who would like to participate must be healthy and not showing signs of puberty. The goal of the study is to understand the relationship between early body development, metabolism (sugars and fats processing), and the saliva microbiome (…
This study will explore an investigational drug called LY3405105. "Investigational" means that the drughas not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The purpose of thisstudy is to learn about: Whether LY3405105 besylate can help study participants with advanced solid tumors; The safety of LY3405105 besylate and…
The purpose of this study is to capture and evaluate clinical data about the long-term safety and effectiveness of Novilasee - a FDA-cleared minimally invasive treatment for benign breast tumors in hopes that tracking and analyzing the safety and effectiveness of Novilase in a real world application will benefit future patients and the breast cancer…
This study is being done to test the safety and efficacy of immunotherapy based treatment combinations in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. Participants will be assigned to one of two groups, Cohort 1 or Cohort 2. Each cohort will be split into Stage 1 and Stage 2 phases.
The primary purpose of this research study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability and maximum tolerated dose of BAY 1143572. Moreover, concentrations of BAY 1143572 as well as of biomarker proteins may provide information about the effects of BAY 1143572, will be determined in blood and tumor tissue.
The LIGHT study is a clinical research study for women who have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an investigational drug in women with this type of cancer, using genetic information to evaluate tumors.
Patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and other single right ventricle lesions who have undergone the Fontan procedure have a high risk of neurodevelopmental disorders that affect quality of life and adulthood employment. This study will leverage the ongoing National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)-funded Single Ventricle Reconstruction…
The purpose of this study is to find out how safe study drug olaratumab given with gemcitabine and docetaxel is for patients and whether olaratumab given with gemcitabine and docetaxel can help patients with advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma (STS).
This research study will look at whether computer tools (also called decision aids) help prostate cancer patients better understand their treatment options and help patients talk about their treatment preferences with their doctors
The purpose of this study is to find out more about the Amgen agent called talimogene laherparepvec in people with advanced melanoma when given in combination with another drug developed by Merck called pembrolizumab. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. Advanced melanoma means the tumor is not removable by surgery or has spread to other parts of the body.
You are being asked to participate in a research study because you have Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma/Mycosis Fungoides, and one of your symptoms is itching. This study is being done to assess the efficacy and safety of Naloxone HCL Lotion 0.5% compared to Vehicle Lotion for the treatment of itching in patients with mycosis fungoides (MF) which is a type of…
The purpose of this study is to find the best dose of pevonedistat that can be given safely with chemotherapy in young adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) or Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) that has either come back or has not responded to the standard therapy. Pevonedistat works by blocking some of the enzymes that are needed for cell growth.
The purpose of this study is to find out if the study drug, HE4 has the potential to improve performance of biomarker CA 125 to determine recurrence of epithelial ovarian cancer before detecting the cancer clinically, surgically or through radiological scans. HE4 (Human Epididymis Protein 4) is a biomarker expressed in the normal lining of the female…
The purpose of this study is to look at whether the combination of MEDI9447 and osimertinib or MEDI9447 and AZD4635 will improve the outcome in subjects with advanced epidermal growth factor receptor mutant (EGFRm) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
You are invited to participate in a study that seeks to understand how respiratory virus infections affect human hosts at various stages of symptomology and predict future wellness states using biophysical measurements from a smartwatch. The goals are to identify biomarkers predictive of symptom outcome and develop early wellness prediction models. The…
The purpose of this study is to test two imaging techniques, one called whole body diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (WB-DWI MRI), and another called F-18 3-deoxy-3-fluorothymidine PET (F-18-FLT PET). The goal is to see whether these imaging techniques would allow the study doctors to see changes in the size of a tumor earlier for patients with…
The purpose of this study is to find out which doses of talimogene laherparepvec (T-Vec) can be given safely to patients with pancreatic cancer that is either too big to be taken out by surgery or has spread to other parts of the body. The study will also see if T-Vec can cause tumor shrinkage or prevent its growth. To find out which doses are safe, all…
The main purpose of this study is to determine the safety and tolerability of Faslodex given directly into thebreast ducts of women with invasive breast cancer or Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS). This study is for women who have been diagnosed with invasive breast cancer or DCIS. DCIS is the presence of abnormal cells inside a milk duct in the breast, and…
While optical colonoscopy (OC) is considered the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening, there are alternative approaches to visualization of the colon. Participants will receive screening by either colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) and computed tomographic colonography (CTC). They will be instructed to follow a detailed colon preparation regimen prior…
The purpose of this study is to test the safety, tolerability, and effectiveness (how well these drugs work together) of NKTR-214 given in combination with KEYTRUDA or TECENTRIQ. We want to find out what effects, good or bad, the study drug has on the body and cancer when combined with KEYTRUDA or TECENTRIQ. The study will recruit participants at least 18…
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of combining metformin and atorvastatin treatment in patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer during the interval between breast biopsy and surgery. Metformin is a common treatment for patients with diabetes, and atorvastatin is a common therapy for elevated cholesterol. We will examine the effects of…
Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are typically treated with two types of medications: stimulants and non-stimulants. These medications work in different ways to treat ADHD symptoms, but we do not fully understand the brain mechanisms underlying the medications' effects. This study will use MRI scanning to look at changes in…
The purpose of this study is to compare the effects, both good and bad, of the study drugs temozolomide and capecitabine to the usual chemotherapy treatment for this disease of cisplatin or carboplatin (referred to as platinum therapy) and etoposide. Usually the first treatment given for this cancer is platinum therapy and etoposide. The chemotherapy drugs…
The purpose of this research study is to test the effectiveness (how well the drug works), safety, and tolerability varlilumab and nivolumab (investigational drugs) together in patients with advanced solid tumors. Varlilumab and nivolumab are antibodies (types of human protein) that are manufactured in a laboratory and are being tested to see if they will…
This is a phase 1/1b research study for adults with a diagnosis of an advanced solid tumor for which there are no standard therapies beyond those that may have already been received. This study involves an investigational (experimental) drug called MGCD516. Investigational means that MGCD516 is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).…
The purpose of this study is to test whether local radiotherapy combined with Ipilimumab is safe. The study will try to find out if it can help patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer better than treatment with Ipilimumab and Nivolumab alone.
The purpose of this study is to assess the performance and ease of use of the AeroDorm Tissue Expander System in women who are undergoing breast reconstruction surgery. This device is for use in women who are having or have had a mastectomy procedure to remove their breast(s) because of breast cancer (or to decrease their risk of breast cancer). The study…
This study is being conducted to evaluate the performance of the ConfirmMDx and SelectMDx tests for Prostate Cancer to identify patients with increased risk for clinically significant disease, to ultimately lower the rate of repeat biopsies. Approximately 1000 people are expected to take part in this study.
The purpose of this study is to measure how often financial problems happen in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or multiple myeloma, using questionnaires that collect information about finances and quality of life. In order to get a full picture of the financial impact of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma, we also want to collect…
The purpose of this study is to test the safety and effectiveness of an experimental medication, FT-2102, in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome. Patients will receive either FT-2102 alone or in combination with cytarabine or azacitidine, an approved drug commonly used in the treatment of AML and MDS. Subjects will remain on…