A Multicenter, Adaptive, Randomized, Controlled Trial Platform To Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Strategies and Treatments for Hospitalized Patients with Respiratory Infections

Date Added
April 12th, 2023
PRO Number
Pro00126098
Researcher
Andrew Goodwin

List of Studies


Keywords
Coronavirus, Critical Care
Summary

The protocol aims to improve standard of care, by ensuring an agile research infrastructure, with an ability to rapidly assess interventions during epidemic transmission of one or more respiratory pathogens adversely affecting public health.

Trials within this protocol can be adaptive, will be randomized, and will have superiority as the primary objective. Comparisons in the trials may be between an unlicensed agent to a blinded placebo plus standard of care (SOC), between an approved off-label agent to a blinded placebo plus SOC, among several active interventions (blinded or non-blinded; i.e., a comparative effectiveness study), or among different treatment strategies.

Institution
MUSC
Recruitment Contact
Zerlinna Teague
8437920965
recruitment@musc.edu

Re-Evaluation of the Corvia Atrial Shunt Device in a Precision Medicine Trial to Determine Efficacy in Mildly Reduced or Preserved EF Heart Failure

Date Added
April 11th, 2023
PRO Number
Pro00126551
Researcher
Sheldon Litwin

List of Studies


Keywords
Heart, Hypertension/ High Blood Pressure, Shortness of Breath
Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential effectiveness, outcomes, and safety (before, during, and after study procedures) of the Inter Atrial Shunt Device (IASD) in the treatment of subjects with heart failure symptoms and relatively normal pumping of the heart. This study involves the use of an investigational medical device called the Corvia Atrial Shunt (CAS) System. The CAS is permanently implanted in the heart to reduce the increased pressure in the left side of the heart by creating a small opening between the two upper chambers of the heart. Participants will have a 50% chance of being in either group A having the CAS placed or group B and not receiving the device. Subjects will have 7 research clinic visits, and multiple telephone calls for a total of 5 years of follow-up. The research clinic visits will include medical exams, health questionnaires, ECG and echocardiogram of the heart and 6 minute hall walk tests.

Institution
MUSC
Recruitment Contact
Elhaam Borhanian
843-792-5873
borhania@musc.edu

Re-Evaluation of the Corvia Atrial Shunt Device in a Precision Medicine Trial to Determine Efficacy in Mildly Reduced or Preserved EF Heart Failure

Date Added
April 11th, 2023
PRO Number
Pro00126551
Researcher
Sheldon Litwin

List of Studies


Keywords
Heart, Hypertension/ High Blood Pressure, Shortness of Breath
Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential effectiveness, outcomes, and safety (before, during, and after study procedures) of the Inter Atrial Shunt Device (IASD) in the treatment of subjects with heart failure symptoms and relatively normal pumping of the heart. This study involves the use of an investigational medical device called the Corvia Atrial Shunt (CAS) System. The CAS is permanently implanted in the heart to reduce the increased pressure in the left side of the heart by creating a small opening between the two upper chambers of the heart. Participants will have a 50% chance of being in either group A having the CAS placed or group B and not receiving the device. Subjects will have 7 research clinic visits, and multiple telephone calls for a total of 5 years of follow-up. The research clinic visits will include medical exams, health questionnaires, ECG and echocardiogram of the heart and 6 minute hall walk tests.

Institution
MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center
Recruitment Contact
Elhaam Borhanian
843-792-5873
borhania@musc.edu

Pediatrics Biorepository to Support Cardiology Clinical Research

Date Added
April 9th, 2023
PRO Number
Pro00124741
Researcher
Eric Graham

List of Studies


Keywords
Cardiovascular, Heart
Summary

This proposal is to contribute to data registry and sample bank called Pediatrics Biorepository for Cardiology Clinical Research. Samples collected in this study may be used for future research which plan to advance the state of science in the hopes to develop new ways to diagnose and treat children affected with heart conditions.

Institution
MUSC
Recruitment Contact
Eric Graham
843-792-9570
grahamem@musc.edu

RANDOMIZED PHASE III TRIAL OF MFOLFIRINOX +/- NIVOLUMAB VS. FOLFOX +/- NIVOLUMAB FOR FIRST-LINE TREATMENT OF METASTATIC HER2-NEGATIVE GASTROESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA

Date Added
April 6th, 2023
PRO Number
Pro00128202
Researcher
Albert Lockhart

List of Studies

Keywords
Cancer/Gastrointestinal
Summary

This study is for patients with cancer in the stomach, esophagus, or gastroesophogeal junction. The study is being done to see if by adding a third chemotherapy drug to the usual combination of two chemotherapy drugs is better or worse than the usual approach for treatment.

Institution
MUSC
Recruitment Contact
HCC Clinical Trials Office
843-792-9321
hcc-clinical-trials@musc.edu

Attention and Development in Infancy

Date Added
April 6th, 2023
PRO Number
Pro00127823
Researcher
Jessica Bradshaw

List of Studies

Keywords
Autism, Infant
Summary

Early intervention for infants and toddlers with or at an elevated likelihood for autism spectrum disorder can promote developmental skills and improve lifelong outcomes. Yet, many children with ASD are not diagnosed until after age 3. In order to improve early detection of ASD, we are investigating very early predictors of social communication challenges in infants as young as 1 week to 4 months of age.

This research study examines how the development of attention and motor skills in the first year of life is associated with the emergence of social and communication skills in three groups of infants: infants who are first born or who have a sibling with no developmental delays, infants who have an older sibling diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, and infants who were born preterm.

Institution
USC
Recruitment Contact
Elizabeth Dixon
8039938356
esdlab@sc.edu

A Phase 2a, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter, Dose-escalation, Proof-of-Concept Study Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics of INT-787 in Subjects with Severe Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis

Date Added
April 6th, 2023
PRO Number
Pro00124137
Researcher
Don Rockey

List of Studies


Keywords
Alcohol, Liver
Summary

To evaluate the efficacy of an investigational medication (INT-787) as assessed by disease progression in severe alcohol-associated hepatitis (sAH).

Institution
MUSC
Recruitment Contact
Bridgette Blankenship
843-876-8439
blanke@musc.edu

A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial Comparing a Navigation-Based Multilevel Intervention With Treatment as Usual to Improve Initiation of Timely Postoperative Radiation Therapy in Adults with Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (The ENDURE Trial)

Date Added
April 6th, 2023
PRO Number
Pro00123953
Researcher
Evan Graboyes

List of Studies


Keywords
Cancer/Head & Neck
Summary

For patients with head and neck cancer, delays starting adjuvant radiation therapy are common, disproportionately burden racial minorities, and contribute to poor survival and racial disparities in mortality. However, effective therapies to improve the delivery of timely, equitable, guideline-adherent adjuvant radiation therapy are lacking. We have developed a navigation-based multilevel intervention to enhance care coordination, communication, and key cancer care delivery processes that could provide the first effective treatment in this population, thereby improving survival, decreasing racial disparities in outcomes, and developing new standards of clinical care.

Institution
MUSC
Recruitment Contact
Jessica McCay
843-791-0719
mccayj@musc.edu

Advancing Couple and Family Alcohol Treatment through Patient-Oriented Research and Mentorship

Date Added
April 4th, 2023
PRO Number
Pro00127577
Researcher
Julianne Flanagan

List of Studies


Keywords
Alcohol
Summary

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health problem that results in significant health and economic burdens including mortality, morbidity, and poor treatment outcomes. A well-developed field of research suggests that alcohol misuse and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can lead to IPV. Individuals with PTSD and/or problematic drinking behaviors are at risk for IPV because of several factors that are common symptoms of PTSD. Because individuals with PTSD often drink alcohol to "self-medicate" or cope with distressing PTSD symptoms, PTSD co-occurs with alcohol misuse and alcohol use disorder at extraordinarily high rates. However, few studies have examined the combined effects of alcohol misuse and PTSD on any form of violence.

This study will examine the effects of alcohol misuse and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on alcohol-related intimate partner violence (IPV). We will examine these associations among couples (N=70) in a controlled laboratory setting using validated, standardized methods in a 'real-world' settings using 28 days of ecological momentary assessment (EMA). EMA includes very short surveys (5 minutes or less) that participants respond to on a smartphone application. Participants will be asked to respond to these surveys in the morning and three additional times throughout the day.

Institution
MUSC
Recruitment Contact
Stacey Sellers
843-792-5807
sellersst@musc.edu

Self-Management for Youth Living with Sickle Cell Disease: SMYLS Multi-site Trial

Date Added
April 4th, 2023
PRO Number
Pro00127137
Researcher
Shannon Phillips

List of Studies


Keywords
Adolescents, Blood Disorders, Minorities, Pain, Pediatrics, Rare Diseases
Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out whether a web-based intervention using a mobile app is helpful for teens and young adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) in learning how to care for and manage their symptoms. 272 teens and adults with SCD will be enrolled in this study which is being conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston SC., East Carolina University in Greenville NC., University of Miami in Miami FL., and the University of Alabama in Birmingham AL.

Institution
MUSC
Recruitment Contact
Shannon Phillips
843-792-9379
phillipss@musc.edu



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