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The purpose of this pilot research is to test the feasibility of two interventions focused on either reducing total calorie intake or reducing the total time that calories are ingested each day in older adults. Participation in this research will involve visits to our clinic for …

Recovery-oriented care is an imperative for the VA, particularly in mental health programming for Veterans with serious mental illness (SMI). Collaborative decision-making (CDM) is a recovery-oriented approach to treatment decision-making that assigns equal participation and obli…

The purpose of this clinical trial (called the FLOTILLA study) is to give continued access to the study medicines, as well as safety follow-up, for participants in prior clinical trials of encorafenib and/or binimetinib. All participants who took part in earlier encorafenib and/…

Background: Lower back injuries are a common occurrence in athletes, sports programs, and in the military (Bengtsson, 2018; Lovalekar, 2021). The Army's new fitness test includes a three-repetition maximum deadlift, and this inclusion has raised concern amongst servicemembers an…

The purpose of this study is to implement and evaluate a music therapy intervention in care homes. The primary aim is to assess whether implementing the intervention will have an impact on unmet in care homes for people living with dementia. Researchers will also examine the feas…

24 patients with missing premolar teeth and healed sockets will be recruited. They will be randomized into two groups to supplied with tissue-level (n=12) or bone-level (n=12) 10-mm long 4-mm wide zirconia implants. Primary and secondary stabilities will be measured with Internat…

This study aims to assess the effect of micro-needling together with coronally advanced flap procedure on the gain of gingival thickness (GT) and keratinized tissue width (KTW) and compare it to Alloderm with coronally advanced flap procedure in the management of thin periodontal…

This randomized controlled trial examines the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of an adapted positive psychology-motivational interviewing (PP-MI) intervention for physical activity among patients who have recently undergone bariatric surgery compared to an enha…

When time allows, administration of mifepristone prior to second trimester induction of labor decreases total labor time. However, in the setting of many pregnancy complications, decreasing time from diagnosis of nonviable pregnancy to delivery is of utmost importance to decrease…

Conscious attempts to regulate alcohol use are often undermined by automatic attention and arousal processes activated by alcohol cues, as well as by diminished ability to inhibit in-the-moment behaviors. The current study will examine whether a brief behavioral intervention of s…

Selection of the appropriate administered activity for each patient's body habitus is very important to obtain diagnostic image quality. Current SPECT imaging guidelines suggest "…an effort to tailor the administered activity to the patient's habitus and imaging equipment should …

This prospective controlled clinical pilot study will compare the effectiveness of two different grafting strategies for horizontal bone regeneration in healed post-extraction sites with buccal bone deficiency, using a collagenated porcine cortical bone lamina as a barrier membra…

The goal of this randomized controlled trial was to learn whether a combined aerobic and resistance exercise program could improve physical function and muscle health in people receiving peritoneal dialysis. Researchers compared an exercise group with a control group to evaluate …

The goal of this study is to evaluate quality of life (QoL) and frailty trajectories from advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) to after dialysis initiation, specifically comparing patients choosing home dialysis and in-center hemodialysis. The main questions it aims to answer a…

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about bowel preparation methods compared between standard techniques and enhanced education with application for elective colonoscopy. The main questions it aims to answer are: Which bowel preparation method results in an adequate bowe…

HYPOTHESIS: MW151 intervention during whole-brain radiotherapy for intracranial metastases is safe and will mitigate neurocognitive decline. RATIONALE: There is non-clinical evidence that MW151 reduces brain inflammation and improves neurocognitive outcomes in animal models of r…

To observe the effect of intraoperative dexmedetomidine on the incidence of postoperative delirium, postoperative analgesic drug requirements and pain scores in elderly patients undergoing major abdominal surgery.

The aim of the study is to assess the incidence of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) administration, polypharmacy, and potential drug-drug-interactions (PDDIs) in cardiovascular patients enrolled in the reimbursement program in the time of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) …

The goal of this observational study is to investigate perinatal, cognitive and social-emotional correlates of neurodevelopmental disorders and educational difficulties in children and adolescents. The study group consist of minimal 500 childrens over 5 years of age who will be …

This study will determine (1) whether baseline inhibitory activity in the primary motor cortex can predict motor learning ability in individuals with cerebellar degeneration, and (2) whether modulating primary motor cortex activity with non-invasive brain stimulation alters motor…