The purpose of this registry is to keep track of people who are undergoing therapy for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and who are having molecular testing known as DCISionRT. A Registry is a databank of people who have something in common. Molecular testing looks at how certain genes are used by your tumor cells. The goal of this Registry is to help…
The Department of Occupational Therapy at Columbia University will be conducting research to understand the impact of aromatase inhibitors (AIs) on performing everyday activities, like bathing and making meals, for women diagnosed with breast cancer. The purpose of this study is to understand how functional performance is impacted by the use of AIs, and its…
This study is being done to answer the following question: Is treatment with HER2-targeted therapy without radiation therapy as good as the usual treatment of radiation and HER2-targeted therapy in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer who have had surgery, chemotherapy, and HER2-targeted therapy? This study is being done to find out if this approach is…
We are conducting a series of focus group sessions to investigate the attitudes and opinions of young Black women regarding breast cancer, breast cancer risk, and biomarker-based screening to inform current breast cancer screening guidelines.
This study is being done to answer the following question: Can we lower the chance of your cancer returning by adding the drug olaparib to the usual radiation therapy for your cancer? We are doing this study because we want to find out if this approach is better or worse than the usual approach for your inflammatory breast cancer. The usual approach is…
This is a Tissue Repository to collect and store tissue samples from normal donors and patients with hematological disorders for future study research studies. The purpose of the storage bank is to obtain a large number of the bone marrow aspirates, bone marrow biopsies, and/or blood as well as buccal smears (to be used as a non-hematologic control for each…
The purpose of this study is to find out if the study medicine called EDIT-301 will help in the treatment of Severe Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and how safe it is to be used in people. EDIT-301 (study medicine) is a new investigational therapy which uses the patient's own stem cells, modifies them by CRISPR technology, and infuses them back to the…
The purpose of this research study is to see whether the presence or absence of certain genes is associated with the development of AL amyloidosis in subjects 60 years of age or older with the blood disorders smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). Each person's disease has different genetic…
The purpose of this study is to learn about whether the study drug (PF-07209326) is safe and effective in people with sickle cell disease and learn about what the right dose is. We will look at drug levels in the blood, see how fast drug levels rise and fall, and what effects the drug has, all of which are known as the pharmacokinetics (PK) and…
The purpose of the study is to determine whether ablation, which is the removal or destruction of a tumor (through SBRT and/or surgical resection of all known metastases) in oligometastatic breast cancer patients improves progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS).
This is a research study to understand what causes bipolar disorder and how medications treat bipolar depression. Particularly, we are looking at the importance of inflammation in the process. If you participate, you will receive an experimental medication for your depression named ethyl eicosapentaenoic acid (ethyl EPA), an omega 3 fatty acid. You will…
The goal of this study is to examine how effective and well-tolerated a possible new treatment for individuals who injure themselves frequently will be. All research procedures can be done from home no in-person visits are required. We are studying a minimal-risk form of electrical brain stimulation called transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS.…
HELIOS-A is a global Phase 3 randomized, open-label study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ALN-TTRSC02 in adult patients with hATTR amyloidosis experiencing neurologic symptoms brought on by the disease. The study will also evaluate any changes in quality of life experienced by study participants. ALN-TTRSC02 utilizes the mechanism of RNA…
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…
The main purpose of the study is to find out whether Triferic, when taken by mouth (orally) with Shohls solution, is safe and effective for the treatment of Iron Refractory Iron-Deficiency Anemia (IRIDA). The study drug, ferric pyrophosphate citrate (FPC), is also called Triferic. It is an iron salt that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration…
The purpose of this study is to collect information on whether idasanutlin is effective in treating polycythemia vera (a slow-growing blood cancer in which your bone marrow makes too many red blood cells) and what effects, good or bad, idasanutlin has on you. Idasanutlin is an experimental drug, which means Health Authorities (such as the US FDA) have not…
We are trying to understand what causes bipolar disorder and how medications treat bipolar depression. If you participate, you will have two different brain scans (MRI and PET scan). You will also have antidepressant treatment for free. We will then be able to see whether information on the brain scans connects with how people do on the medications. The…
The purpose of this research study is to determine the effects of INCB050465 in combination with ruxolitinib treatment on spleen size and/or symptoms and to learn about any of the side effects that might occur during or following dosing with this combination of molecules in patients diagnosed with myelofibrosis.
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 main purpose of this research study is to determine the effect of the study drug compared to placebo in increasing red blood cell counts and reducing the severity of symptoms of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). A placebo is a dummy drug: it looks like the study drug but contains no medicine. Subjects being asked to take part in this research study have SCD.…
Some people who are treated for breast cancer develop swelling in their arms as a result of their treatment. This swelling is called lymphedema and it can be chronic. The purpose of this study is to see if early detection of arm swelling using a small painless device (called bioelectrical impedance), immediately followed by compression treatment, prevents…
We are trying to understand what causes bipolar disorder and how medications treat bipolar depression. Particularly, we are looking at the importance of dopamine signaling in the process. If you participate, you will have two different brain scans (MRI and PET scan). You will also have treatment for your depression with an FDA approved medication,…
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ION-682884 given for 24 months in patients with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy (hATTR-PN) also known as Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy (FAP), and determine if it can help people with mild or moderate polyneuropathy. To be in this study you must have FAP and be…
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…
This study is a double-blind and placebo-controlled study to assess its efficacy of the new drug Lumateperone for patients with Major Depressive Episodes associated with Bipolar I and Bipolar II disorder. Lumateperone is thought to exert its antidepressant effect through interaction with sereotogenic, dopaminergic, and glutamergic neurotransmitter targets.…
This research study is being done to determine if an investigational drug, SY-1425 (tamibarotene) works in treating AML (acute myeloid leukemia) and MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome) in patients with a certain biomarker in their blood (a blood test that may indicate the drug target is present in your type of AML or MDS).
This study is being done to see if giving your child a lower dose of chemotherapy (drug therapy), than has been used historically in bone marrow transplant, to kill his/her own diseased cells before he/she receives a bone marrow transplant, will possibly result in the permanent control of your child's sickle cell disease. Patients will receive busulfan…
This study is being done to learn more about the safety and effects of CTX001 in patients with severe SCD. CTX001 is created by changing (editing) the DNA in your own blood stem cells near a gene called BCL11A which is stored in a solution called dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) to try to prevent cells from dying while they are frozen. BCL11A is the area in the…
The purpose of this registry study is to assess information obtained from the Agendia Breast Cancer Suite of diagnostic tests and other clinical information to study ways to assist in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment decisions in Chinese patients. The Agendia Breast Cancer Suite includes MammaPrint, TargetPrint, BluePrint, and TheraPrint which are…
We will evaluate the D-cycloserine (DCS) and lurasidone with MRI measurement of brain responses to DCS. DCS is a drug that works on the same brain receptor as ketamine. DCS is not approved by the FDA for bipolar depression. Study participants will receive a dose of lurasidone or placebo in one MRI and a dose of DCS in another, followed by an optional follow…
This study is for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). SCD is an inherited genetic disorder in which red blood cells become abnormally shaped (sickle cells). These sickle cells may block blood vessels and result in a vaso occlusive crisis (VOC). This leads to inflammation and tissue damage and causes pain in various parts of the body. The purpose of…
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics (how much the study drugs are absorbed in your body at different times), and efficacy (how well the study drugs work) of venetoclax in combination with azacitidine compared to azacitidine alone in subjects with previously untreated higher-risk MDS.
The purpose of this study is to determine the incidence and severity of acute GVHD following CD34+ selection in children, adolescents and young adults receiving an allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplant from a family member or unrelated adult donor for a non-malignant condition.
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…
The purpose of this research is to learn how to help parent youth pairs work together to help youth with sickle cell disease take hydroxyurea every day as a daily habit. This study is for children and teens ages 10-18 with Sickle Cell Anemia taking hydroxyurea, and their parents (or guardians). Many children and teens do not use hydroxyurea every day. Daily…
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics (how much of the study drugs is present in your body at different times), and efficacy (how well the study treatment works) of venetoclax alone and of venetoclax in combination with azacitidine in subjects with higher-risk MDS after HMA-failure.
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…