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Learning More About a New Approach to Treating Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
Some ductal carcinoma in situ (breast cancer) is lower risk than others for turning into invasive cancer. The purpose of this study is to try and figure out which ductal carcinoma in situ is low risk. It's possible low-risk breast cancer can be treated with only hormone therapy pills and avoid surgery.
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Improving the Care and Health of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
The purpose of this study is to improve the care and health for children, teens, and young adults with IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). We want to gather information from your regular care visits to help improve the care for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. For example, we could learn which type of medication works best for treating this disease.
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Studying a New Medicine for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome is a rare and serious kind of epilepsy that causes many types of seizures. The purpose of this study is to learn more about a medicine called EPX-100 to see if it helps people with this epilepsy. Our researchers want to find out how well the medicine works, what side effects it might have, and how it could help people in the future.
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Use of a Bone Marrow Transplant for Patients with Severe Aplastic Anemia
The purpose of this study is to help people with severe aplastic anemia, a condition where the body does not make enough blood cells. We want to see if a bone marrow transplant can be a safe and useful first treatment for patients with this condition, even if they have not tried other treatments before. This could improve their chances of recovery and lead to better health outcomes.
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Studying New Ways to Reduce Caregiver Stress
The purpose of this study is to see if listening to nature sounds and using a new technology called CR can help people who take care of loved ones feel less stressed. Taking care of someone can be stressful and affect your health. This study will test if CR can help reduce stress symptoms like anxiety, trouble sleeping, and changes in heart rate in a small group of people.
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Healthy Volunteers Mental Health Neurology Disorders Sleep Brain and Memory
Finding Better Ways to Diagnose and Treat Leukemia in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults
The purpose of this study is to test bone marrow and blood from people with leukemia. We want to see if the leukemia has certain traits that could help the doctors decide what medicine might be best for you. This study will also collect information about your treatment for leukemia. We want to see how well it worked and find out if there were any long-term side effects.
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Learning More About Adding TRC102 to the Usual Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment
The purpose of this study is to learn more about the study drug, TRC102. We want to see how it can affect Stage III lung cancer. TRC102 will be added to the usual treatment. The addition of TRC102 to the usual treatment could stabilize your cancer and lengthen the time you can live. This study will help the us find out if this approach is better than the usual approach.
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Learning More About the Motivation to Continue a Treatment Regimen
The purpose of this study is to learn more about the opinions and preferences of older adults living with chronic conditions such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), diabetes, COPD and other chronic health conditions. We want to learn more about their experience with medication regimens.
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Studying a New Treatment to Help Stop High‑Risk Bladder Tumors
The purpose of this study is to learn more about a new treatment for people with bladder cancer that has not spread into the muscle but could become more serious over time. This is called high-risk, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Our researchers want to see if a treatment called cretostimogene grenadenorepvec can safely kill cancer cells, stop the tumor from coming back, and for how long it can help.
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Studying a New Medicine for Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is a condition where the donor's cells from a stem cell transplant attack the patient's body, thinking it is not their own. The purpose of this study is to learn more about a new medicine called vimseltinib to see if it is safe and helps people with this condition. The medicine may help by calming down the immune system. Researchers want to find the best dose with the fewest side effects.
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Allergies and Immunity Skin, Hair, Nails Bones, Joints, Muscles
Learning More about Eye Movement among ALS Patients
The purpose of this study is to learn how ALS, a disease that affects nerve cells, changes the way people move their eyes. What the researchers learn from this study could help make better tools for people with ALS. We also hope to help doctors track the disease more easily and learn more about how ALS develops. The researchers plan to share what they find so it can help people living with ALS, their caregivers, and other scientists.
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Studying a Breast Cancer Medicine Given Under the Skin
The purpose of this study is to find out if the breast cancer medicine trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) is safe when given as a shot under the skin. The medicine is already used through an IV, but our researchers will study a quicker way to give it. We hope this new way will help people with advanced breast cancer.
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Studying Blood Particles to Help Treat Cancer
The purpose of this study is to learn more about tiny particles in the blood called extracellular vesicles. By studying this, we hope to find out more about different types of cancer and how to treat them better. We will look at the blood samples from patients with similar cancers to see if we can discover new information. This could help doctors choose the best treatments for cancer patients in the future. We are looking for volunteers with urothelial, prostate, or kidney cancer. The study team will provide more information.
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Can Atorvastatin Prevent Dementia, Disability or Heart Disease in Older Adults?
This study is also known as PREVENTABLE, and the goal is to learn if taking a statin could help older adults live well for longer by preventing dementia, disability, or heart disease. This study is one of the largest research studies in adults aged 75 and older. Our researchers make it easy for people to join the study by connecting with them at home and sending the medication directly to their homes. They also check participants' health records and call them once a year to keep track of their progress. For more information, visit the PREVENTABLE website at www.preventabletrial.org or contact the study contact below.
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Studying What Concerns Care Teams about Immune Therapy for Transplants
The purpose of this study is to learn what makes doctors decide if they should use a certain cancer treatment in people who have had organ transplants and serious skin cancer. We will survey patients, doctors, and ethics experts (people who help others figure out what is right or wrong when making tough decisions). If you join the study, you will be asked to take a survey about your thoughts on a certain type of cancer treatment.
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Helping Patients Manage Pain and Medicine After Surgery
The purpose of this research is to learn which of three treatments works best for helping people manage pain and use medicine after surgery. We also want to understand how pain, mood, and medicine use change after surgery. One of the treatments is a type of talk therapy called motivational interviewing, which may help people feel better and use less pain medicine. If you join the study, you will be placed into a group by chance-like flipping a coin. We are looking for volunteers who are scheduled for elective orthopedic surgery at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.
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