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Studying a New Device for Women with Overactive Bladder Symptoms
Overactive bladder is a health problem that makes it hard for a person to hold their urine and causes them to feel a strong need to go to the bathroom often. This study will see if a new device can help women with this problem. The device uses gentle heat to try to fix the nerves that cause these issues. Researchers will check if the device works better than no treatment.
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Improving Sleep and Cognitive Health for People with Depression
The goal of this study is to see if improving sleep at night can help people with depression. Volunteers in this study will wear a headband while they sleep that is designed to improve deep sleep, the part of sleep that is important for healthy brain function. We hope that improved sleep can help with mood, memory, and attention. This study will involve three in-lab visits and will last about three weeks. Volunteers must be diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and have some concerns about their memory or attention.
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Studying Oxytocin for Pain Relief from Heat
The purpose of this study is to find out if oxytocin, a natural hormone, can help reduce pain from heat when given through the nose or a vein. People will get oxytocin in two different ways and have their pain measured. The goal is to find out which way works better for pain relief.
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Studying How Stress Affects Health in People Living with HIV
Many people living with HIV disease have stress in their lives that can negatively affect their health. The goal of this study is to understand how long-term stress changes how our brain and immune systems work. We also want to see how these changes affect our feelings, thoughts, and actions. By learning this, we hope to create better treatments for problems like depression and drug use. The study is open to individuals living with HIV.
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Studying the Medicine Axatilimab for Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Chronic graft-versus-host disease is when the new cells from a transplant attack the patient's body and cause serious health problems. The purpose of this study is to find out if a new medicine called axatilimab, given with steroids, helps people with this disease.
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Improving Physical Function in Older Adults with Kidney Disease
The purpose of this study is to find out if two different programs can help older people with chronic kidney disease. One program involves exercise with quick movements 3 times per week for 12 weeks, and the other program involves taking classes on how to live a healthy lifestyle once per week for 12 weeks. Our researchers want to see if older people enjoy these programs and if they can be done safely. We are looking for volunteers who live within 20 miles of the Reynolda Campus.
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Studying Hair Loss in Women of African Descent during Chemotherapy
The purpose of this study is to understand hair loss in African American women who are getting chemotherapy for breast cancer. We want to find out how common different types of hair loss are with chemotherapy. We also want to learn about the participants' health history, medical information, and hair styling habits.
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Minority Health Skin, Hair, Nails Women's Health Cancer Cancer: Breast
Learning More About Treating Myelofibrosis and Anemia with the Study Drug DISC-0974
Myelofibrosis is a rare blood disorder that can cause scar tissue to build up in the bone marrow. This can lead to anemia. Anemia can result in tiredness and general discomfort. The purpose of this study is to see who well the study drug DISC-0974 works for the treating myelofibrosis and anemia. We also want to learn more about the side effects the study drug may cause.
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Studying the Long-Term Usefulness of a Parkinson's Disease Treatment
The purpose of this study is to see how well the drug ABBV-951 works for people with advanced Parkinson's Disease over a long time. We will look at how the drug affects movement, daily activities, and changes in the disease over three years. We need volunteers who have never taken the drug before or who have used it before. The study team will give more details.
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Studying Two Treatments for Early Stage Breast Cancer
The purpose of this study is to learn more about adding chemotherapy to hormone treatment for breast cancer. We will compare two common treatments to see which works better. The goal is to find out if adding chemotherapy can prevent the cancer from returning and learn more about the possible side effects. We are looking for volunteers who have early-stage breast cancer, are HER2-negative, and have not gone through menopause yet.
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Studying a New Vaccine for Brain Cancer
The purpose of this study is to learn more about a new vaccine created from tumor tissue. We want to see if it can help treat patients with brain cancer after surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. The vaccine may help your body fight cancer better. The study will also help doctors learn how to improve treatment for future patients.
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Testing a New App for Radiation Skin Rash in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
We want to learn about a new mobile app called MyCap for people with head and neck cancer who are getting radiation therapy. The study will check if the app can collect information about skin rashes caused by radiation. Volunteers will need to use their own mobile device to access the app. You are invited to join this study because you have head and neck cancer and will get radiation therapy.
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Comparing Metformin and Insulin for Gestational Diabetes
The purpose of this study is to see if the medicine Metformin works as well and is as safe as insulin for treating diabetes during pregnancy. We also want to know which treatment pregnant people with diabetes like better and how it affects their pregnancy.
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Studying a New Bladder Pain Treatment
Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) is a condition that causes pain in the bladder and makes you feel like you need to pee often, even if your bladder is not full. The purpose of this study is to learn more about a new medicine called VNX001 for this condition. Our researchers want to learn if it is safe and works well for patients.
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A Study of the Drug Seladelpar for Liver Disease and Scarring of the Liver
The purpose of this study is to learn more about the study drug Seladelpar. We want to see if the study drug can help treat patients with chronic liver disease and scarring of the liver. We will look at changes in overall health, severity of symptoms, and progression of disease.
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Studying the Drug Bomedemstat for Patients with Essential Thrombocythemia
The goal of this study is to learn more about a drug called Bomedemstat. We want to find out if this drug is safe and helpful for people with a rare blood disease called essential thrombocythemia. We also want to see how this drug compares to the best treatments available for this disease.
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Comparing Two Treatments for Breast Cancer after Surgery
The goal of this study is to test a new treatment for a type of breast cancer called high-risk early triple-negative breast cancer. We want to see if using the drugs sacituzumab govitecan and pembrolizumab together can treat cancer that is still there after surgery and keep it from coming back. The researchers will compare this to using pembrolizumab alone or with another drug called capecitabine.
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Women's Health and Future Pregnancies
The goal of this study is to learn how a woman's health, including what she eats and the activities she does, affects her and her baby if she gets pregnant. We are inviting women under 40 who are overweight or obese and might become pregnant to volunteer for this study. The study team will provide more details.
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Healthy Volunteers Weight, Metabolism, Nutrition Wellness and Lifestyle Women's Health
Studying Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes in Youth
Type 2 diabetes is a health problem where the body has too much sugar in the blood. This study wants to find out what makes young people more likely to get this condition early. The information we learn will help us create future studies on how to stop and treat type 2 diabetes in young people.
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Testing the Study Drug Pelacarsen to Slow Calcium Build-Up in the Heart Valve
The purpose of this study to learn more about the study drug pelacarsen for patients with calcific aortic valve stenosis. We want to see if the study drug can help safely slow the progression of calcium build-up on the heart valve. Calcium build-up causes narrowing and restricting of blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body.
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