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High dose chemotherapy and radiation used as preparative regimens in patients undergoing an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) disrupts intestinal homeostasis by damaging the intestinal epithelium and altering the intestinal microbiome. The investigators hypothe…

DECAMP 1 PLUS aims to improve the efficiency of the diagnostic evaluation of patients with indeterminate pulmonary nodules (8-25 mm). Molecular biomarkers for lung cancer diagnosis measured in minimally invasive and non-invasive biospecimens may be able to distinguish between mal…

Phase 1 of the STIMPACT trial is an open label,dose-escalation,safety study of intravenous (IV) methylphenidate (MPH) therapy in patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) caused by severe brain injuries.

This randomized double-blinded Phase II clinical trial will evaluate the bioavailability, safety, effectiveness and validate the mechanism by which a standardized formulation of whole Green Tea Catechin, (Sunphenon® 90D) containing 405 mgs vs. Placebo, administered for 24 months …

To date, there have been no Canadian led neoadjuvant or peri-operative trials, this multicentre design gives the opportunity to build more experience with this strategy across Canada in more institutions. The design of this prospective trial will also test our important hypothese…

This phase II trial studies how well polatuzumab vedotin and combination chemotherapy work in treating patients with previously untreated double, triple hit lymphoma, Double Expressor Lymphoma or High-Grade B Cell Lymphoma. Polatuzumab vedotin is a monoclonal antibody that works …

This overall objective of the RCT is to test an intervention to overcome the PA barriers for head and neck cancer (HNC) patients during the first 6 months after their treatment. PAfitME stands for a personalized Physical Activity intervention with fitness graded Motion Exergames.…

The main objective of this study is to investigate whether controlled dose reduction of IL17 or IL23 inhibiting biologics is not inferior compared to usual care in psoriasis patients. Therefore, a pragmatic, multicentre, randomized, controlled, non-inferiority study will be carri…

This study will focus on developing and testing a family-based mental health navigator intervention, the Foster Care Family Navigator (FCFN), to evaluate whether the intervention combined with mHealth would be efficacious in improving mental health service initiation and engageme…

This is a prospective, open label, interventional trial beginning with a phase 1b safety run-in followed by an expansion cohort.

The aim of the study is to characterize the diet and iron status of young female elite football players and examine the relationship between iron intake, iron status, hemoglobin levels, intestinal health and sports performance. In addition, the effects of low-dose iron supplement…

This is a prospective pilot study investigating the safety and efficacy of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) as a treatment for breast cancer in patients who do not get surgery. The study will accrue 15 patients who will be treated to a dose of 40 Gy over the course of 5…

The main aim of this study is to learn how safe elritercept is and how well adults with anemia associated with lower-risk MDS tolerate treatment with different doses of elritercept. Other aims are to learn how safe elritercept is by looking at how many participants have MDS that …

A recently completed study suggested that processing speed and attention (PS/A) oriented cognitive training (VSOP) produced robust effect on PS/A and working memory, but not in cognitive control or episodic memory, and long-term effects were overall modest. The proposed R01 renew…

One in three American adults have prediabetes, and up to 70% of adults with prediabetes eventually develop type 2 diabetes. With the high cost of treating diabetes, cost-effective approaches are needed to reduce the incidence of diabetes. One new strategy may be to change when pe…

The purpose of this study is to compare the diagnostic value of a reconstructed abbreviated Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) from a full clinical exam, compared to ultrasound (US) for screening of liver cancer. Blood markers will be evaluated to determine their correlation to ima…

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is an inherited cystic disorder characterised by the progressive degeneration of the renal parenchyma into cystic formations, with involvement of other organs to varying degrees and incidence (liver, pancreas and brain). This …

This is a double-blind, sham-controlled, crossover study in which subjects with the non-fluent/agrammatic and logopenic variants of primary progressive aphasia (naPPA and lvPPA, respectively) will undergo language testing and structural and functional brain imaging before and aft…

TAK-981 is being tested in combination with pembrolizumab to treat participants who have select advanced or metastatic solid tumors. The study aims are to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of TAK-981 in combination with pembrolizumab. Participants will…

This study evaluates the benefits and harms of goal directed fluid removal with furosemide versus placebo in critical ill adult patients with fluid overload in the intensive care unit. Half of the patients will receive furosemide and the other half placebo. The treatment will con…