Patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) need hemodialysis at least three times a week, with each session lasting up to four hours. This frequent access can cause complications like infiltration, vessel wall weakening, and vein failure. The VenaSure aims to improve this by implanting a device that reduces the need for many punctures and protects the vessel walls, extending the life of the access vein. This helps patients continue their daily lives with fewer disruptions while receiving dialysis. About 100 participants will be enrolled study-wide, with 20 at MUSC Orangeburg. Participants will be followed for 36 months.
This study is for subjects that are post-menopausal women that have been diagnosed with early-stage, low molecular risk breast cancer. Subjects are expected to remain in the study for 60months. There will be a total of 25 subjects enrolled locally.
This is a Phase III study is for patients that have been diagnosed with with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. The primary purpose of this study is to see if there is a difference in overall survival rate in patients changes based on when they start their drug treatment, either before or after surgical intervention. Participants in this study can expect to be followed for up to 10 years. This study has two groups and a computer will be used to assign study groups. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgery and adjuvant therapy, or surgery followed by adjuvant therapy. This is called randomization. Patients will have an equal chance of being in either group, similar to flipping a coin.
This study will enroll patients and collect blood samples from those who are either in lung cancer screening, have a lung nodule that is suspicious for malignancy, a newly diagnosed cancer, or healthy control subjects. These samples that are being collected and banked will be used for future development of blood tests to detect lung cancer in future patients at the earliest stages.
This study will enroll patients and collect blood samples from those who are either in lung cancer screening, have a lung nodule that is suspicious for malignancy, a newly diagnosed cancer, or healthy control subjects. These samples that are being collected and banked will be used for future development of blood tests to detect lung cancer in future patients at the earliest stages.
This study will enroll patients and collect blood samples from those who are either in lung cancer screening, have a lung nodule that is suspicious for malignancy, a newly diagnosed cancer, or healthy control subjects. These samples that are being collected and banked will be used for future development of blood tests to detect lung cancer in future patients at the earliest stages.
This study will enroll patients and collect blood samples from those who are either in lung cancer screening, have a lung nodule that is suspicious for malignancy, a newly diagnosed cancer, or healthy control subjects. These samples that are being collected and banked will be used for future development of blood tests to detect lung cancer in future patients at the earliest stages.
This study is enrolling subjects with tricuspid regurgitation, which is what occurs when the tricuspid heart valve on the right side of the heart does not close properly and blood leaks backwards. Over time this can lead to symptoms like shortness of breath and fluid build up in the legs, abdomen, and lungs. This study involves a new investigational device called the TricValve® Transcatheter Bicaval Valve system to treat the leaky valve. Investigational means it is not approved for commercial use by the Food and Drug Administration. (FDA) This study will last about 5 years and include about 11 visits. Study related procedures include physical exams, right heart catheterization (an invasive procedure to check pressures inside the heart), echocardiograms (ultrasound test of the heart), CT scan, blood work, questionnaires, hall walk test and procedure to place the device. Risks include those related to the device and procedure such as infection, failure of the device, worsening of your symptoms or other cardiac complications. There are also risks associated with study testing such as radiation risks, blood draw risks, loss of confidentiality and unknown risks. There is potential benefit to you and to others in the future from what is learned from this study.
Examine current real-world utilization of mcfDNA using a multi-center retrospective registry. To achieve this aim, we will utilize a multi-center REDCap database to examine and summarize patient demographics and types of transplants where mcfDNA was used. We will classify cases based on common syndromes/indications for which mcfDNA is sent, timing of the test, and clinically relevant microbiologic yield of mcfDNA results.
Identify clinical predictors where mcfDNA outperforms CMT. We will analyze specific clinical syndromes where mcfDNA has higher yield compared to CMT including pneumonia, visceral abscesses, CNS infections, etc. We will also
identify specific pathogens that are more likely to be detected by mcfDNA earlier in the clinical course such as bartonella, syphilis, parasitic infections, and other atypical bacteria, mycobacteria, and fungi.
Analyze clinical impact of mcfDNA to assess whether the use of the test had a positive vs. negative vs. neutral impact on patient care using pre-specified definitions. Additionally, we will perform clinical adjudication of positive and
negative mcfDNA cases using standardized criteria and analyze effect of timing of test ordering on clinical impact.
This study aims to develop a new blood test to detect and identify many different types of cancer, using a special technique that looks at tiny changes in your DNA. Some participants will be followed over time to see if this method can also find leftover cancer cells (after treatment), and if it could warn if the cancer comes back. However, this test still under development, so there are no results reported back to participants. The goal is to create a reliable tool that one day could help doctors diagnose and monitor cancer(s) more effectively.