A listing of Barrett's Esophagus medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
The research study is being conducted in order to determine whether Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) paired with cognitive training can improve thinking abilities in persons with stroke. There will be a total of five stimulation sessions. During the tDCS stimulation, you will be asked to participate in cognitive training.
This study aims to compare the outcomes of patients undergoing early surgical intervention for ascending aortic aneurysms to those undergoing aneurysm surveillance. Patients with aneurysm diameters between 5.0 and 5.4 cm will be randomized to receive either medical therapy or elective surgery and will be followed annually for 5 years. …
The purpose of this study is to learn how to dialysis doctors can treat dialysis patients infected with Hepatitis C themselves. Hepatitis C infection is common in hemodialysis patients. There are new medications, such as Zepatier, which can cure hepatitis C in > 95% of patients. Zepatier is particularly good …
The purpose of the study is to define the safety and tolerability of ascending doses of VB119 in subjects with primary membranous nephropathy. Study drug will be administered intravenously. The Data Review Committee will review safety data and determine dosage based on available safety, PD and other clinical data. Participants …
Investigational Atrioventricular Interval Modulation (AVIM) software will be loaded onto commercially available Pacemakers (PPM), such as the Medtronic Azure/Astra devices. Therefore, the Azure/Astra devices will be considered investigational while the AVIM is present. AVIM therapy is indicated for the reduction of blood pressure in patients with dual PPM and uncontrolled …
Patients with plasmablastic lymphoma are potential participants of this research trial. Patients with a type of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) will be invited from Penn Medicine practices. This research study is designed to test the safety of daratumumab, a drug added to the standard lymphoma treatment when given to individuals …
Notch signaling plays a key role in regulating stem cell differentiation in the GI tract, with increased Notch activity promoting absorptive lineage differentiation, and Notch inhibition resulting in secretory lineage differentiation including goblet cells, the hallmark of esophageal intestinal metaplasia. Notch may be particularly relevant to BE and progression to …
The primary objective of this Phase I study is to establish the safety of adjuvant concurrent radiation therapy and immunotherapy. Safety will be based on acute grade 3 or higher pelvic radiation related toxicity. Secondary objectives are to estimate late toxicities, quality of life, locoregional and distant failure and overall …
This is a randomized, masked, multicenter clinical trial with allocation to two treatment arms with early intratracheal administration of a combination of budesonide with surfactant (Intervention), as compared to surfactant alone (Control) to reduce the incidence of physiologic bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in extremely preterm infants. To be included, the infant …
The THINKER-NEXT research study is being done to determine whether it is safe to give a kidney transplant from a donor with hepatitis C to a patient without hepatitis C. The recipient will then be given a drug called Epclusa for 12 weeks to treat hepatitis C. Patients who are …