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…
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…
The purpose of this study is to determine how effective and safe the immune drug Nivolumab is for patients who have newly diagnosed cutaneous melanoma. Nivolumab is an anti-body, a type of human protein, that is being tested to see if it will allow the body's immune system to work against tumor cells. If you are eligible for the study, you will…
The purpose of this study is to compare V940 plus pembro given after surgery to a placebo plus pembro given after surgery and to study how effective the study drug is. A placebo looks like a study drug, but it has no active ingredients. V940 has not yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Pembrolizumab is FDA approved but it has not…
The Sponsor is conducting this study to find out how safe and effective the investigational drug (alsocalled a study drug) obeticholic acid (also known as OCA) may be in improving compensated cirrhosis caused by NASH. Currently, there are no therapies approved for the treatment of NASH. OCA (the brand name is Ocaliva) has been approved in several…
This is a 5-year, longitudinal, observational study of patients with NAFL or NASH designed to specifically address important clinical questions that remain incompletely answered from registration trials. The main purpose of this research study is to collect and study information on patients with NAFLD/NASH.The goal of this study is to observe any treatment…
Patients who have been diagnosed with decompensated nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) cirrhosis may be eligible to participate in this clinical trial. NASH is liver inflammation and damage caused by a buildup of fat in the liver. The main purpose of the study is to test the safety and efficacy of a drug called Emricasan (IDN-6556) in reducing the risk…