The Columbia University Department of Otolaryngology is interested in understanding altered flavor perception through the Cognitive Flavor Assessment Protocol (CFAP), a novel multisensory diagnostic and training framework that links smell and taste function to cognitive and emotional health. You can participate in this study if you are an adult between 18…
We are looking for participants for a study on the role of immune response in Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). We are inviting people WITH PD, WITH AD, WITH amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment or WITHOUT PD or AD to come and participate. We will be doing several questionnaires, a motor exam, and a short cognitive assessment,…
Our research team at Columbia University is trying to understand the impact of COVID-19 on smell and taste (chemosensory) dysfunction among adult patients from the Greater New York City area. Current areas of study include: 1) Investigation of smell and taste recovery patterns among patients with COVID-19; 2) Studies on how recovery of smell and taste after…
Most neurologists and other clinicians treating people with Parkinson's disease (PD) are still unclear about how best to prescribe exercise despite the fact that it is now axiomatic that exercise is therapeutically beneficial for PD. In contrast, drugs for PD are prescribed with care and specificity due to large scientific investigations showing…
The purpose of this study is to see how teclistamab by itself compares to study treatment combinations that are commonly used to treat multiple myeloma. These study treatment combinations are either pomalidomide, bortezomib and dexamethasone (called PVd) or carfilzomib and dexamethasone (called Kd). The patients will be randomly assigned to one of the study…
FoxBioNet ECV-004 is an observational study sponsored by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. The purpose of this study is to investigate a gene called LRRK2. Mutations in the LRRK2 gene are associated with Parkinson's disease (PD), and mutation carriers have greater LRRK2 protein activity. The goal of this study is to identify…
We are doing this study to learn if the MMprofiler test can help your doctor in making decisions about your treatment. The MMprofiler genomic test will look at a large number of normal genes. The test will predict risk of your multiple myeloma (MM) by assessing whether these genes are turned on or off in your cancer cells. The purpose of this research is to…