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With the advent of universal eligibility for HIV treatment ("treat all") and same-day and community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, retention in care after a patient has started ART remains the main challenge to achieving optimal outcomes in HIV treatment programs.…

Up to 250 patients from anywhere in the United States can remotely consent and participate to have plasma drawn locally and submitted to Foundation Medicine, Inc. (FMI), for the FoundationOne® Liquid Biopsy Assay. Patients who have had resistance mechanisms determined through oth…

Previous research has shown the efficacy of (combinations of) individual components of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), namely sleep hygiene education, sleep restriction, stimulus control therapy, deactivation/relaxation training, and cognitive therapy. However,…

The study will describe the natural history of cerebral palsy (CP) as children develop over the first 2 years of life.

The purpose of this study is to collect information that may help the researchers understand the relationship between prostate cancer survivors' experiences of cancer-related cognitive dysfunction (CRCD) and their other conditions (co-morbid factors), including anxiety, depressio…

The study observes real world patients with primary hypercholesterolemia who receive a fixed dose combination therapy with atorvastatin and ezetimibe for 24 weeks; collects and analyzes data related to efficacy and safety of the therapy; and evaluates efficacy and safety of the f…

This is a prospective, single-center, non-randomized study of immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) using a pre- or retro-pectoral technique in patients with breast cancer who have undergone total mastectomy. The technique used is chosen according to the characteristics of the b…

This study collects information to implement MammoScreen for Breast Cancer Screening and Referrals. MammoScreen is a risk assessment questionnaire that identifies individuals at average and increased risk for breast cancer and guides their screening decisions.

The main goal of this clinical trial is to improve the care for urinary incontinence (UI) provided to adult women by primary care providers. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can a practice-based intervention involving primary care providers lead to improved quality of…

This is a prospective pilot protocol investigating whether ctDNA detection be improved by sampling the cancer draining vein versus the standard practice of sampling from a peripheral vein in patients who are undergoing biopsies for hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers.

Adjusting hearing aid user's real ear performance by using probe-microphone technology (real ear measurement, REM) has been a well-known procedure that verifies whether the output of the hearing aid at the eardrum matches the desired prescribed target. Still less than half of aud…

The goal of this clinical trial is to implement a structured psychosocial intervention program with digital support (randomized and with a control group) that will be conducted virtually and synchronously to families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and families of…

Background: Lipodystrophy is a health problem in which the body does not have enough fat tissue. People with lipodystrophy may not make enough of the hormone leptin. Leptin regulates hunger. Low leptin levels trigger hunger. People with lipodystrophy can have many health problem…

This study will utilize computerized algorithms in combination with real-time intracranial neurophysiological and neurochemical recordings and microstimulation to measure cognitive and affective behavior in humans. Questionnaires or simple behavioral tasks (game-like tasks on a …

A mental health crisis is when someone is so distressed they need urgent help from services; often because they behave in ways that poses risk to themselves or others. Crisis teams offer care in the community to support people at home rather than in hospital. Current psychologica…

This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS) as a treatment for Veterans with an alcohol use disorder (AUD).

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a blood pressure medication, spironolactone, can be tolerated by older African American adults that have memory and thinking problems, also called mild cognitive impairment (MCI). This study will also investigate the effect of s…

Over the last decade, the use of mini-organ or organoids has been increasingly developed in fundamental research. Indeed, digestive organoids represent an essential advance compared to classical culture systems (epithelial cell lines, immortalized cells) since they preserve in cu…

Metabolic and hormonal deregulations are both a risk factor and a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), occurring early in the course of the disease. In FTD in particular, hyperorality and dietary changes are associated with metabolic and hormona…

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by eczematous skin lesions and pruritus. This partially randomized, three-arm pilot feasibility study was designed to evaluate two adjunctive group psychotherapy interventions in adults with moderate-to-severe…