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RATIONALE: Infection prophylaxis and management may help prevent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection caused by a stem cell transplant. PURPOSE:This clinical trial studies infection prophylaxis and management in treating cytomegalovirus infection in patients with hematologic malignan…

The objective of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of 10, 10, 20 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) ataluren in participants with nmDBMD who had prior exposure to ataluren in a PTC sponsored clinical trial or treatment plan, and siblings of those participants (prov…

To provide open-label re-treatment with PROCHYMAL to participants enrolled in companion Protocol 603 to evaluate the safety in participants with active Crohn's disease who are resistant to standard Crohn's disease therapies.

This phase II trial studies the side effects and how well radiation therapy works in treating patients with stage 0-II breast cancer. Specialized radiation therapy that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to norm…

Digital ulcers (DUs) are an expression of the microangiopathy in patients with scleroderma (SSc). DUs lead to pain and impaired hand use. DUs remain a severe complication for many patients and effective therapy remains elusive. In the present study, the investigators propose to e…

The goal of this clinical research study is to find out about the safety and effects of a drug called panobinostat when given to adults with sickle cell disease. Panobinostat is a pan histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor. HDAC inhibitors have been shown to significantly increase …

This study investigates the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic profile (PK), and pharmacodynamic response (PD) of three different doses of ACP-001 given once-a-week compared to one dose-level of an approved daily human growth hormone product over a period of 4 weeks (4 weekly …

The purpose of this study is to determine whether marine omega-3 fatty acids and 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor are effective in the progression of prostate cancer for low-risk prostate cancer patients.

Use of a fish oil emulsion to decrease liver disease due to long term intravenous nutrition.

This randomized phase III trial studies carboplatin given together with paclitaxel with or without bevacizumab to see how well it works compared with oxaliplatin given together with capecitabine with or without bevacizumab as first-line therapy in treating patients with newly dia…

Simons Searchlight is an observational, online, international research program for families with rare genetic variants that cause neurodevelopmental disorders and may be associated with autism. Simons Searchlight collects medical, behavioral, learning, and developmental informati…

The purpose of this study is to find out which way of giving high-dose radiation works best for treatment of cancer that has spread to bone, the spine, soft tissue, or lymph nodes. This study will look at the effects, good and/or bad, of giving 27 Gy in three fractions (3 days) o…

The standard of care therapy for DLBCL in the relapsed setting is RICE with the plan for the patient to proceed to transplant. This protocol will add Revlimid to the first 7 days of the RICE therapy and again after transplant as maintenance. To improve over all outcome and surviv…

This randomized phase II trial studies how well paclitaxel with or without cixutumumab works in treating patients with esophageal cancer or gastroesophageal junction cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel, w…

The oculocutaneous albinism is an autosomal recessive condition associated with mutations in 4 genes. In 20% of patients no mutation is identified. The optimization of genetic analysis methods and the search for new genes involved will help improve the diagnosis in these patients…

Brief Admission by self-referral (BA) is a standardized treatment model, providing patient-controlled and person-centered care. It was developed to reduce self-harm and compulsory care by promoting autonomy. Randomized clinical trials have not yielded significant between group di…

Efficacity of Paclitaxel in association or not with Bevacizumab in treatment of angiosarcoma

The purpose of this pilot safety study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of JX-594 (Pexa-Vec) administered intravenously every 2 weeks in colorectal carcinoma patients who are refractory to or intolerant of oxaliplatin, irinotecan, and Erbitux treatments.

Estrogen can cause the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using tamoxifen citrate may fight breast cancer by blocking the use of estrogen by the tumor cells This phase IIb trial studies how well low-dose tamoxifen citrate works in reducing breast cancer risk in radia…

The main purpose of this project is to evaluate the efficiency of the injection of CD4 and CD8+ T cell anti-Cytomegalovirus (CMV) on blood viral replication of CMV, 21 days after the first injection (adenovirus infection is not enough usual, especially in adults, to be used for t…