Oct 14th, 2022 - The purpose of this protocol is to study the natural history of spondyloarthritis (SpA) in children and adults. Spondyloarthritis encompasses a spectrum of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases that exhibit overlapping features, but differ from other types of inflammatory arthritis in genetic predisposition, pathogenesis, and outcome. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS), the most common form of SpA, fr...

Oct 14th, 2022 - A phase 1/2, open-label clinical trial in individuals, 18 years of age and older, who are in good health, have no known history of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and meet all other eligibility criteria. This clinical trial is designed to assess the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of a delayed (>/=12 weeks)...

Oct 14th, 2022 - This is a single-center, observer-blinded, Phase 1, dosage-escalation trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of ChAd155-RG compared with RABAVERT in rabies virus-naïve healthy male and non-pregnant female adult subjects ages 18-49. Subjects who have never received a licensed or investigational rabies virus vaccine, or an Ad-based investigational vaccine, ...

Oct 14th, 2022 - The purpose is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combination of capmatinib with pembrolizumab compared to pembrolizumab alone as first-line treatment for subjects with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC who have PD-L1 expression ≥ 50% and have no EGFR mutation or ALK rearrangement. Capmatinib has demonstrated immunomodulatory activities when combined with an anti-PD1 antibody in prec...

Oct 14th, 2022 - Background: Study subjects exposed to gene therapy interventions may be at risk for delayed or longterm adverse consequences. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Long Term Follow-up After Administration of Human Gene Therapy Products: Guidance for Industry and Testing of Retroviral Vector-Based Human Gene Therapy Products for Replication Competent Retrovirus During Product Ma...

Oct 14th, 2022 - Over 7,000 people in the UK are living with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS). Approximately 1,600 of these individuals (23%) die each year from their disease. MDS affects the production of blood cells by the bone marrow, causing chronic fatigue, bleeding, and recurrent infections. Many patients die because their disease transforms into acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) an even more aggressive blood ...

Oct 14th, 2022 - This double-blinded, randomized study is being conducted to see if the investigational new drug called FP-1201-lyo - intravenous Interferon beta-1a, hereafter IV IFN beta-1a, can help patients recover more quickly from COVID-19 and prevent worsening of the condition. To understand if IV IFN beta-1a can help treat patients with COVID-19, this study drug will be compared to dexamethasone. Study s...

Oct 14th, 2022 - This is a randomized clinical trial to assess whether a subject centered, self-collection of Dried blood spots (DBS) samples will improve compliance with the clinical recommendation of weekly Cytomegalovirus (CMV) testing of Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) recipients who are at high risk for late CMV disease. In this study, mobile devices will be used to remind HCT survivors to perform...

Oct 14th, 2022 - The study consists of 2 parts, a dose-escalation part (Phase 1) and an expansion part (Phase 2). Both parts will enroll participants with advanced non-resectable NSCLC, advanced non-resectable thyroid cancer and other advanced solid tumors that have progressed following standard systemic therapy, have not adequately responded to standard systemic therapy, or the participants must be intolerant ...

Oct 14th, 2022 - The incidence of community-associated (CA) staphylococcal infections, especially those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), has increased in recent years. Skin and soft tissues are the primary sites for these infections. Although many patients without apparent underlying immune dysfunction suffer from recurrent and persistent skin infections with S.aureus, patients with...

Oct 14th, 2022 - Primary Objectives: To determine the clinical efficacy of pembrolizumab combined with cetuximab for patients with R/M HNSCC. Cohort 1 (PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor-naïve, cetuximab-naïve): clinical efficacy defined as overall response rate. Cohort 2 (PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor-refractory, cetuximab-naïve): clinical efficacy defined as overall response rate. Cohort 3 (PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor-refractory, cetuxima...

Oct 14th, 2022 - Rationale Adalimumab is both an effective induction and maintenance therapy for Crohn's disease (CD). Due to the risk of side effects (infections, injection reaction) and high costs, an extension of the injection interval is an attractive option. However, this strategy has not been evaluated yet in a randomized controlled trial in CD patients. Objective To assess non-inferiority and cost-effect...

Oct 14th, 2022 - Supplying with the combined advantages of NCPAP and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) with high carbon dioxide(CO2) removal, no need for synchronisation, non-invasion, less volume/barotraumas, and increased functional residual capacity, nasal HFOV(NHFOV) was considered as a strengthened version of NCPAP. Furthermore, the superimposed oscillations of NHFOV could avoid gas-trapping, a...

Oct 14th, 2022 - Mutations in GATA2, a critical hematopoietic transcription factor, underlie a complex congenital disorder characterized by immunodeficiency, bone marrow failure, and lymphatic/vascular dysfunction. Patients with GATA2 deficiency may suffer from a striking variety of diseases including severe and recurrent infections, myelodysplasia/leukemia, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, lymphedema, sensorine...

Oct 14th, 2022 - The purpose of this study is to evaluate and optimize testing that uses a next-generation DNA sequencing instrument, Illumina MiSeq, along with the associated computer infrastructure and bioinformatics software required for sequence analysis. This system is ultimately intended for use by the NIH Clinical Center Department of Laboratory Medicine to identify infectious agents in primary patient s...

Oct 14th, 2022 - Better understanding of the immune responses to influenza vaccination is needed in order to understand situations of poor vaccine response. Adults will receive influenza vaccination and then have peripheral blood drawn at pre-defined intervals in order to study the lymphocyte responses.

Oct 14th, 2022 - Dental caries is the most common chronic disease of childhood; an estimated 28% of children nationally aged 5 years and below have untreated dental disease. Pediatric dental caries are associated with pain, more severe infections, malnutrition, speech difficulties, poor school performance, cosmetic problems, and an overall lower quality of life. Similar to other chronic diseases, oral health di...

Oct 14th, 2022 - This study is being conducted by BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. as an open label, dose escalation study in order to determine the safety and efficacy of valoctocogene roxaparvovec (an Adenovirus-Associated Virus based gene therapy vector in participants with severe haemophilia A.

Oct 14th, 2022 - Lyme disease is a multisystem illness caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi and it is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States. This protocol is designed to offer evaluation, therapy and follow up to patients with Lyme disease. This is a natural history study, which has the objective of developing a rigorously defined population of patients with Lyme disease to serve as...

Oct 14th, 2022 - Background: A prospective cohort of Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome (IBMFS) will provide new information regarding cancer rates and types in these disorders. Pathogenic variant(s) in IBMFS genes are relevant to carcinogenesis in sporadic cancers. Patients with IBMFS who develop cancer differ in their genetic and/or environmental features from patients with IBMFS who do not develop cancer...