University Of Mississippi Medical Center

Preterm infants are born with low vitamin A stores and rely on breast milk to meet their needs, putting them at risk for deficiency. This trial tests whether giving mothers of very preterm infants (born before 29 weeks) a daily high-dose vitamin A supplement for four months can i…

This study tests whether a low-dose ketamine injection can relieve pain in children with sickle cell disease during a pain crisis better than standard opioid medications. Researchers will compare how quickly pain improves and whether fewer children need to be admitted to the hosp…

This study tests whether daily motivational text messages can help people in rural Mississippi quit smoking or smokeless tobacco. Researchers will recruit 150 tobacco users who want to quit and have tried before. Half will get encouraging texts, the other half non-specific messag…

This study looks at whether an extra cleaning step during a common lung cancer staging procedure (EBUS) can reduce contamination of tissue samples. Researchers will collect samples from 204 adults with suspected lung cancer. The goal is to see if better cleaning leads to more acc…

This study looks at whether it's practical to run a larger trial comparing immediate weight bearing versus waiting 6-12 weeks after surgery for pelvis or acetabulum fractures. Researchers will enroll 200 adults from 7 medical centers and randomly assign them to either start walki…