The goal of this research is to combine non-invasive brain and sensory nerve stimulation to investigate their influence on hand function. Many adults with hemiplegic CP no longer actively receive therapies but have further hand goals they want to achieve. The information we learn from this study may help us learn how to design future interventions to help…
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…
Standing postural control, or the ability to maintain an upright posture, is needed for most daily activities. People with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) may find it challenging to maintain postural control and therefore, have difficulty moving between positions, such as lying down or sitting up, or reaching for objects that are beyond an arm's distance…
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…
This study is being done to test the orally administered study drug, CA-4948 alone, in combination with ibrutinib, or ibrutinib alone in adult patients ages 18 and over diagnosed with relapsed or refractory (RR) Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL). This study will take place at multiple centers globally. The study drug, CA-4948, is thought to…
The purpose of this study is to find out if performing Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) scans of your brain with adaptive planning during your radiation treatment of your high-grade glioma will help determine how sensitive the images collected of the brain are at detecting the response of the tumor to the cancer treatment. In this study, four or seven MRI…
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety of Lutathera alone in patients with recurrent glioblastoma and the combination of Lutathera with radiotherapy with temozolomide (TMZ) in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GB) and to establish the appropriate dose of this combination. Lutathera is a radioligand therapy, which is a targeted…
Children and young adults with diffuse midline glioma will be treated with Focused Ultrasound (FUS) with DEFINITY microbubbles and neuro-navigator-controlled sonication. The overall goal of this study is to see if the study treatment plan will improve the outcome of participants with diffuse midline glioma, for which no known cure exists, and determine…
The purpose of this study is to test good and bad effects of these two different drugs against meningioma tumors with altered genes. Today, therapy for meningioma is the same for all patients and is not based on tumor genetic testing. This trial is trying to see if tumor genetic testing would be helpful at guiding treatment in patients with meningioma.…
The purpose of this study is to find out if REC-2282, an investigational new drug, is an effective and safe treatment in patients with progressive NF2 mutated meningiomas who have either NF2 disease-related meningioma or recurrent sporadic meningiomas that have NF2 mutation. Investigational new drug means a drug that has not been approved as a marketed…
The purpose of this study is to see how safe and effective Safusidenib erbumine, the study drug, is in treating brain glioma and to find the recommended dose of the study drug for clinical studies. Safusidenib is not Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved.
We are looking for adults with diverse cultural backgrounds who are formal caregivers of older adults with functional or mobility limitations. We are conducting a research study to investigate how participating in an online discussion forum called a Community of Practice (CoP) helps increase caregiver competence for caregivers of diverse cultural…
This program aims to help improve adult caregivers of stroke survivors ability to care for their stroke survivors with their daily needs. Each session will cover different topics which are important for caregivers to understand in order to best engage in their new role. Topics will include, but are not limited to: bathing, toileting, dressing, transfers,…
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how safe the investigational drug, DSP-0390, is at different doses and to identify a recommended dose that is safe for further study. Investigational means that the study drug is currently being tested and has not been approved for use alone or in combination with any drug by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (…
The purpose of this study is to see how safe the study medicine, IGV-001 plus standard of care (SOC), is and to compare IGV-001 with placebo see if it works in slowing glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) tumor regrowth. SOC refers to the usual medicine(s) or procedures used to treat your cancer. A placebo looks like the study medicine but does not contain any…
The purpose of this study is to find the best dose of a drug called MTX110 and a contrast agent called gadolinium that can be given safely in children with newly diagnosed diffuse midline gliomas, which is a kind of brain tumor. All patients enrolled in the study will receive infusion of MTX110 and Gadolinium delivered with a pump directly into the tumor…
The purpose of this research study is to see if the combination of medications approved for the treatment of glioblastoma, together with the study drug, selinexor (also known as XPOVIO), has any effects on your cancer. Selinexor works by trapping tumor suppressor proteins within the cell nucleus. This is expected to cause the cancer cells to die or stop…
The purpose of this study is to: 1. Determine if a tele-rehabilitation home exercise program is helpful in promoting adherence to an exercise program in adults with CP and 2. to determine if a tele-health exercise program improves fitness and functional mobility in adults with CP. This study involves participation in a 10-week remote (Zoom) program to…
This study is being done to evaluate the safety and usefulness of the study drug, AG-881, as compared to placebo (a medically inactive substance) in residual or recurrent non-enhancing Grade 2 glioma (a type of brain cancer) that has a mutation in the IDH1 or IDH2 metabolic enzyme (a substance produced by the body to assist in breaking down chemicals).…
The purpose of this research study is to test how safe and how well an investigational drug known as ONC201 works in treating high grade glioma (a type of brain cancer). The FDA (the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) has not approved ONC201 as a treatment for this condition.
Ambulatory youth with cerebral palsy (CP) aged 8-16 years old are invited to participate in a virtual reality (VR) game play session to learn about youth motivation and satisfaction with VR to promote fitness and mobility. The session will be approximately 2 hours and will be conducted in the Programs in Physical Therapy (PT) PACE Lab @ 617 W. 168th St.,…
We are looking for adults with cerebral palsy who are 18 and over for ultrasound study of nerves at the wrist. We are assessing the symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in adults with cerebral palsy. The study will involve a survey to describe their medical history, procedures (especially of the arms), use of adaptive equipment (such as walkers, wheelchairs…
The purpose of this study is to measure how well and how safe eflornithine is in combination with lomustine, compared to lomustine taken alone, in treating patients whose anaplastic astrocytoma has come back after radiation and chemotherapy. Safety and how well you can tolerate the drug will be determined on the basis of physical exams, laboratory tests,…
The purpose of this study is to find out whether an experimental drug, bevacizumab with temozolomide is safe when given to elderly patients with brain tumors and investigate the side effects of the drug combination and how often they occur. This study will also explore whether bevacizumab and temozolomide can be effective in shrinking tumors when given to…
In this research study, we are looking for Information on how well nivolumab with or without ipilimumab works in combination with TTFields in adult patients with glioblastoma. You will receive the Nivolumab and/or Ipilimumab study treatment until you decide to stop study treatment or your study doctor decides to remove you from the study. This means that…
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety of directly injecting a tumor chemotherapy drug called Topotecan and a contrast agent called Gadolinium into malignant brain tumors.
This is a research study to test the effects of VB-111 combined with Bevacizumab versus Bevacizumab alone on glioblastoma . This study will enroll 252 subjects age 18 years and older who have recurrent glioblastoma. All subjects will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive either VB-111 combined with Bevacizumab or Bevacizumab alone. Survival, tumor…
The purpose of this study is to test how well the study drug works in recurrent or isocitratedehydrogenase (IDH) mutant high grade gliomas. The study drug is called Nivolumab. Nivolumab is an antibody (a type of human protein) that is being tested to see if it will allow your own body's immune system to work against tumor cells. Nivolumab is not…
The purpose of this research study is to learn about the effects of the study drug, PF-06840003,and to find the best dose for treating research subjects/participants with malignant glioblastoma or anaplastic glioma. PF-068400003 is a new investigational drug. A new investigational drug is one that is currently not approved for sale in this country. PF-…
This is a two-part research study of an investigational drug called ABBV-321 in subjects with glioblastoma (brain tumor). This study will be conducted in two-parts: 1) Dose Escalation Phase: The purpose of the first part, called a Dose Escalation Phase, is where we will increase the dose of ABBV-321 until we find the highest dose before unmanageable side…
The purpose of this study is to compare any good and bad effects of avoiding the hippocampus during whole-brain radiation plus memantine to using the usual whole-brain radiation plus memantine. The hippocampus is a brain structure that is important for memory. The addition of the hippocampal avoidance technique to the usual whole-brain radiation plus…
This is a Phase 2b/3 study to compare the effectiveness of the study drug ABT-414 against a placebo. Patients will be randomized to either receive the standard-of-care therapy which consists of radiation therapy/TMZ plus adjuvant TMZ which will be followed by eiter the study drug ABT-414 or a placebo monotherapy.
The main purpose of this study is to improve treatment of ocular side effects that result from depatuxizumab mafodotin (Depatux-M) use in patients with glioblastoma (GBM). Most people treated with Depatux-M will experience eye side effects. When these side effects are not tolerated, Depatux-M is usually interrupted until symptoms improve and then restarted…
The purpose of this study is to see if the newly discovered vaccine drug, DSP-7888, will help your immune system to fight against cancer cells that have a protein called WT1. The study will also compare the effectiveness of treatment with DSP-7888 in combination with Bevacizumab versus Bevacizumab alone in patients with glioblastoma (GBM). Bevacizumab has…
This is a research study to test the effectiveness of ICT-107, an experimental drug, with the standard of care (SOC) for treatment of glioblastoma compared to enriched blood cells (PBMC) with the SOC. The study will enroll 400 subjects age 18 years and older with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Following an initial SOC radiation treatment, patients will be…
The purpose of this clinical study is to evaluate safety of the study treatment, its effects on the immune system and on GBM. The study treatment includes several experimental therapies: INO-5401 + INO-9012 delivered by an electroporation device called CELLECTRA 2000 used for delivery of INO-5401 + INO-9012 into your muscle. You will also receive another…
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). 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 tumor cells. The effectiveness of BMS-936558…
The purpose of this research study is to test whether the advanced perfusion MRI done prior to starting Bevacizumab and a few weeks after starting Bevacizumab can determine your response to the treatment better than the standard MRI performed at typical time points. The researchers want to see if this type of advanced MRI is better or the same as what is…
The purpose of this research study is to see if Selinexor (KPT-330) has any effects against glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer. The study will be conducted at 3-5 sites in the United States and Europe and plan to enroll 30 patients with brain cancer. Patients will be screened prior to study participation. If their brain tumor is evaluated to require…
The purpose of this study is to find out what effects, good or bad, the experimental device, NovoTTF-100A has on patients with meningioma. This study is being done because currently there are no proveneffective medical treatments for a progressive meningioma that has failed surgery and/or radiation. The NovoTTF-100A System is a portable medical device. It…
The purpose of this study is to look at the effects of an investigational anti-cancer drug (BGB-290) in combination with radiation therapy and/or temozolomide in patients with newly diagnosed or recurring glioblastoma. BGB-290 is expected to work by preventing cancer cells from repairing their damaged genes, causing the progression of cancer to slow down.
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). Nivolumab is an antibody (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.
The purpose of this study is to investigate a novel treatment regimen for patients with recurrent Glioblastomas (GBM). In this phase 2 trial, the potentially synergistic action of PARP inhibition and anti-angiogenesis on DNA repair and biomarkers of angiogenesis and DNA repair will be evaluated.
This research study is a Phase II clinical trial. Phase II clinical trials test the safety and effectiveness ofan investigational drug to learn whether the study drug works in treating a specific disease.Investigational means that the drug is being studied. In this research study, we are looking to compare the effects, good and bad, of the standard of care…
The purpose of this study is to find out whether study drug bortezomib with radiation therapy and Temozolomide is safe when given to patients with brain tumors. This study will also evaluate the side effects and see whether the combination of bortezomib with radiation and Temozolomide can be effective in shrinking tumors. Bortezomib is the investigational…
Abnormal muscle tightness -known as spasticity- in the leg can happen when a child has cerebral palsy. If your child has spasticity, they may find it difficult to straighten their leg and experience stiffness. The goal of this study is to collect information from participants about the safety and effectiveness of using BOTOX to treat arm and hand spasticity…
New data from the study of ABT-414 and ABBV-221 in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) have shown several examples where it seems evidence of disease progression (cancer that continues to grow and spread) was seen in MRI images, but examination of surgically removed tissue under the microscope did not agree with the MRI.
This is a research study to test the effectiveness of Toca 511/Toca FC, an experimental drug, for treatment of recurring brain tumors compared to current standard of care. The study will enroll 370 subjects age 18-85 years who choose to undergo removal of the tumor a second time. At the time of surgery patients will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to…
The purpose of the research study is to see if selinexor has any effects against your cancer and toevaluate the side-effects of selinexor or selinexor in combination with temozolomide (TMZ ). One specific way cancer cells continue to grow is by getting rid of certain proteins called tumor suppressor proteins that would normally cause cancer cells to die.…
The reason for this study is to find out if the experimental study drug, tesevatinib, is effective as a possible treatment for recurrent glioblastoma. Certain genetic information about your tumor will also be collected, by drawing blood, to help better understand why tesevatinib did or did not work in treating your recurrent glioblastoma. Although…
The purpose of this study is to find out if SL-701 is safe and tolerable for patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). The study will also look at what effect SL-701 has on patient's brain tumor. SL-701 is a type of anti-cancer vaccine made up of parts 3 different short proteins called "peptides" which are frequently found on…
Abnormal muscle tightness -known as spasticity- in the arm and hand can happen when a child has cerebral palsy. If your child has spasticity, they may find it difficult to straighten their hand and/or arm and experience stiffness. The goal of this study is to collect information from participants about the safety and effectiveness of using BOTOX to treat…
Two different studies have been developed to treat people with anaplastic glioma brain tumors. Onetreatment research study requires a tumor that has the 1p/19q co-deletion tumor marker; the other does not. This treatment research study requires that the subject has a certain kind of tumor, one that is missing part of both chromosomes 1 and 19. These missing…
The purpose of this study is to test whether the new drug, ABT-414, given either alone or with a drug called temozolomide, which is commonly used to treat brain tumors like yours, gives a better outcome than the standard therapy and is safe. The standard therapy can be one of two different regimens, either a drug called lomustine or temozolomide.
The purpose of this study is to: See if taking the study agent, armodafinil, at a dose of 150mg or 250mg, will improve problems with fatigue in patients who have been diagnosed with cancer and are experiencing fatigue. See the effects (good and bad) of taking Armodafinil compared to placebo (an inactive agent) on cancer-related fatigue