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Head and neck cancers (HNSCC) are primarily squamous cell cancers represented by tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract. Locally advanced stages (stages III and IV) account for 50 to 70% of all presentations. The three main risk factors are smoking, alcohol and oropharyngeal inf…

This project consists of a prospective and retrospective case series design. Study candidates will include all patients 18 years or older, who were evaluated at UCSD and found to have a distal femur or femoral shaft fracture requiring surgical fixation. Patients who consent to st…

Increasing evidence supports that the respiratory microbiota, including viral and bacterial microorganisms, play important roles in respiratory health and disease. Microbial patterns in airways may induce distinctive endotypes of asthma. Previous studies suggest host-microbiota i…

If an abbreviated hepatobiliary phase (HBP) protocol liver MR with gadobenate dimeglumine is shown clinically comparable to standard of care liver MR with gadoxetate disodium for detecting hepatic metastasis from colorectal cancer, its use will save time, cost, and patients' effo…

The purpose of this study is to determine whether CVL-871 is safe and tolerable in patients with Dementia-Related Apathy and if CVL-871 shows changes in clinical measurements of apathy.

The study is a post-marketing performance and safety study, designed as a comparative, prospective, multicenter, simple-blind, randomized clinical trial. 300 subjects requiring a primary or a secondary root canal treatment will be enrolled in 2 groups (150 in each group). The aim…

Simultaneous integrated boost radiotherapy has been investigated in some malignant tumors and appears to be safe and feasible. However, Hypofractionation with simultaneous integrated boost has been investigating in breast cancer. Investigators initiated this phase II prospective…

This trial studies the frequency of cachexia in ambulatory cancer patients and the psychological burden in patients and their primary caregivers who are referred to an outpatient supportive care clinic. Studying how often loss of appetite and/or unintentional weight loss (cachexi…

The purpose of this study is to assess cognitive outcome and quality of life in stable renal transplant patients treated with twice daily tacrolimus at baseline and after switching to Envarsus XL. The study is designed to see if switching patients from Tacrolimus to Envarsus trea…

Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune gastrointestinal disease that is caused by intolerance to gluten in the diet. The mainstay of treatment is a gluten-free diet (GFD). Children with CD on the GFD often have low micronutrient intakes (e.g. folate, iron) and high intakes of sugar…

This is an observational prospective single-center study of 30 patients operated for early-staged non-small cell lung cancer. The main aim is the analysis of molecular profiling of exosome with a sample in tumor-draining vein in order to identify prognostic molecular characterist…

About one in three people with major depression respond poorly to standard antidepressant treatments. This kind of depression is called treatment-resistant depression, and it can lead to long-term disability, financial challenges, and a higher risk of suicide. Psilocybin-a compo…

The course of AMN-related disabilities over time is poorly or incompletely understood due to a limited number of patients and lack of treatments. This study will help obtain a better understanding of the progression of disease with AMN and facilitate efficient clinical developmen…

The geko™ Cross Therapy Registry - Oedema - EU (gekoTM CTR - Oedema- EU) study will prospectively and systematically collect clinical data on all device variants used in standard care pathways for edema management allowing for the monitoring of patient outcomes during a follow-up…

The aim of the study is to show if there is any speed difference of functional recovery for people with humeral fracture, treated by an anterograde nail, which will be inserted through the rotator cuff (the common way) or through the rotator interval split. The patients included…

The aim of this study is elucidate genetic susceptibility of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and symptoms of Brain Injury Associated Fatigue and Altered Cognition (BIAFAC) using genome-wide association study (GWAS).

The overall objective of this study is to reduce the burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its consequences for an aging U.S. population. To accomplish this, the investigators propose to conduct a multi-center randomized trial of an advance care planning (ACP) video interven…

The goal of this observational study is to learn if there is a relationship between conditioned pain modulation or CPM (a test of your brain's ability to inhibit pain) and longitudinal clinical outcomes following one spinal/joint mobilization (commonly used to treat neck pain) se…

This study seeks to define what constitutes an MCID and a PASS in patients undergoing a variety of elective major orthopedic surgery.

This study aims to evaluate the effects of a home-based exercise program on patients with fibromyalgia. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an exercise group or a control group. The study will last 12 weeks, and the outcomes will measure improvements in pain, physica…