University of Maryland, Baltimore

PrEvention of posttraumatic contractuRes with Ketotifen 2 (PERK 2) is a Phase III randomized, controlled, double blinded multicenter trial with 3 parallel groups (Ketotifen 2 mg or 5 mg or lactose placebo twice daily orally for 6 weeks) and a primary endpoint of elbow extension-flexion range of motion (ROM) arc at 12 weeks post-randomization.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Apr 2019

open study

(1) to determine whether the ratio of glycated albumin and total albumin in saliva is equivalent to blood and (2) to investigate whether the non-invasive SmartAlbu portable salivary sensor is as accurate as standard tests that measure glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c).

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Aug 2017

open study

This randomized phase II trial studies how well systematic random biopsy or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-ultrasound image (US) fusion biopsy work in diagnosing prostate cancer in patients with elevated prostate specific antigen. Systematic random biopsy and MRI-US fusion biopsy may work better in improving the accuracy of prostate cancer detection.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Sep 2017

open study

Epinephrine is the principal physiologic defense against hypoglycemia in type 1 and longer duration type 2 DM. Despite this, it is unknown how epinephrine regulates in-vivo endothelial function and atherothrombotic balance in humans. The specific aim of our study will be to determine the dose response effects of the key ANS counterregulatory hormone epinephrine on endothelial function, fibrinolytic balance and pro-atherogenic inflammatory mechanisms in healthy humans.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jun 2016

open study

The virological efficacy of ibalizumab has been clearly demonstrated in multiple clinical trials. This study will expand ibalizumab's clinical data set and allow a better understanding of the virologic response durability on ARV regimens with or without ibalizumab in a heterogeneous real-world patient population. Additional data on the efficacy and safety of ibalizumab and its impact on patient reported outcomes will be captured until study end. Primary Objective: To evaluate the long-term efficacy, safety, and durability of ibalizumab in combination with other ARVs by comparing the virologic, immunologic and clinical outcomes of patients receiving ibalizumab treatment versus patients not receiving ibalizumab. Secondary Objective: To assess the efficacy of ibalizumab in combination with other antiretrovirals by comparing the virologic, immunologic, clinical and patient reported outcomes of patients before and after they receive ibalizumab treatment. To assess the long-term safety and tolerability of ibalizumab. Other Objectives: To assess risk factors/predictors of virologic and immunologic response. To assess efficacy and safety in special populations that enroll.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Mar 2022

open study

Methadone is a first-line, evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Unfortunately, retention and adherence in methadone treatment is a major challenge. OUD patients frequently present with co-morbid depression (OUDCD), a risk factor for poor OUD treatment outcomes, overdose, and suicide. The last two decades have seen an exciting and transformational development in the treatment of depression - ketamine. As a safe, rapid-acting anti-depressant deliverable within the context of methadone maintenance treatment, ketamine could feasibly change the landscape of treatment for OUD patients with comorbid depression. This proposal seeks to evaluate implementation outcomes (feasibility and patient acceptance) as well as preliminary efficacy of ketamine on methadone treatment outcomes for OUD patients (n=6) with comorbid depression and depressive symptoms presenting for methadone treatment.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Apr 2022

open study

This is an open-label, multi-center, randomized phase II study comparing the Y90 TARE followed by bevacizumab and atezolizumab treatment to the Y90 TARE treatment alone in unresectable advanced stage HCC.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Nov 2020

open study

The purpose of this study is to see if adding a drug called Regadenoson to the EVLP circulation reservoir during perfusion of marginal donor lungs will help increase the likelihood that the donor lungs will become usable for transplantation.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jun 2020

open study

The HEALEY ALS Platform Trial is a perpetual multi-center, multi-regimen clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of investigational products for the treatment of ALS.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jul 2020

open study

A phase 1/2, open-label clinical trial in individuals, 18 years of age and older, who are in good health, have no known history of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and meet all other eligibility criteria. This clinical trial is designed to assess the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of a delayed (>/=12 weeks) vaccine boost on a range of Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)-dosed COVID-19 vaccines (mRNA-1273, and mRNA-1273.211 manufactured by ModernaTX, Inc.; BNT162b2 manufactured by Pfizer/BioNTech; or Ad26.COV2.S manufactured by Janssen Pharmaceuticals/Johnson & Johnson). This is an adaptive design and may add arms (and increase sample size) as vaccines are awarded EUA and/or variant lineage spike vaccines are manufactured or become available. Enrollment will occur at up to twelve domestic clinical research sites. This study includes two cohorts. Cohort 1 will include approximately 880 individuals (50 subjects/group; Groups 1E-11E) greater than 18 years of age and older, stratified into two age strata (18-55 years and >/=56 years) who previously received COVID-19 vaccine at Emergency Use Authorization dosing (EUA) (two vaccinations of mRNA-1273 at the 100 mcg dose, two vaccinations of BNT162b2 at the 30 mcg dose, or one vaccination of Ad26.COV2.S at the 5x10^10 vp dose). Groups 15E-17E will enroll 60 subjects, split (approximately evenly) between age strata as able. Those subjects will be offered enrollment into this study >/=12 weeks after they received the last dose of their EUA vaccine. Subjects will receive a single open-label intramuscular (IM) injection of the designated delayed booster vaccine and will be followed through 12 months after vaccination: 1) Group 1E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Janssen - Ad26.COV.2.S at 5x10^10 vp followed by a 100-mcg dose of mRNA-1273, Group 4E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Janssen - Ad26.COV.2.S at 5x10^10 vp followed by a 5x10^10 vp dose of Ad26.COV2.S, Group 7E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Janssen - Ad26.COV.2.S 5x10^10 vp followed by a 30-mcg dose of BNT162b2, Group 10E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Janssen - Ad26.COV2-S 5x10^10 vp followed by a 100-mcg dose of mRNA-1273.211; Group 12E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Janssen - Ad26.COV2-S 5x10^10 vp followed by a 50-mcg dose of mRNA-1273; Group 15E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Janssen (two doses for Group 15E) - Ad26.COV2.S at 5x1010 vp followed by a dose of NVX-CoV2373 (5 mcg Prototype SARS-CoV-2 rS vaccine with 50 mcg Matrix-M); 2) Group 2E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Moderna - mRNA-1273 at 100 mcg for two doses followed by a 100-mcg dose of mRNA-1273, Group 5E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Moderna - mRNA-1273 at 100 mcg for two doses followed by a 5x10^10 vp dose of Ad26.COV2.S, Group 8E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Moderna - mRNA-1273 at 100 mcg for two doses followed by a 30-mcg dose of BNT162b2, Group 13E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Moderna - mRNA-1273 at 100 mcg for two doses followed by a 50-mcg dose of mRNA-1273; Group 16E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Moderna - mRNA-1273 at 100 mcg for two doses followed by a dose of NVX-CoV2373 (5 mcg Prototype SARS-CoV2 rS vaccine with 50 mcg Matrix-M); 3) Group 3E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Pfizer/BioNTech - BNT162b2 at 30 mcg for two doses followed by a 100-mcg dose of mRNA-1273. Group 6E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Pfizer/BioNTech - BNT162b2 at 30 mcg for two doses followed by a 5x10^10 vp dose of Ad26.COV2.S, Group 9E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Pfizer/BioNTech - BNT162b2 at 30 mcg for two doses followed by a 30-mcg dose of BNT162b2, Group 11E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Pfizer/BioNTech - BNT162b2 at 30 mcg for two doses followed by a 100-mcg dose of mRNA-1273.211. Group 14E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Pfizer/BioNTech - BNT162b2 at 30 mcg for two doses followed by a 50-mcg dose of mRNA-1273, Group 17E - previously EUA-dosed vaccination with Pfizer/BioNTech - BNT162b2 at 30 mcg for two doses followed by a dose of NVX-CoV2373 (5 mcg Prototype SARS-CoV2 rS vaccine with 50 mcg Matrix-M). A telephone visit will occur one week after each primary EUA vaccination and one week after the booster dose. In person follow-up visits will occur on 14 days following completion of EUA vaccinations and on days 14, and 28 days after the booster dose, as well as 3, 6, and 12 months post the booster vaccination. Additional pools of subjects can be included if needed as additional COVID-19 vaccines are awarded EUA. The primary objectives of this study are 1) to evaluate the safety and reactogenicity of delayed heterologous or homologous vaccine doses after EUA dosed vaccines, and 2) to evaluate the breadth of the humoral immune responses of heterologous and homologous delayed boost regimens following EUA dosing.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: May 2021

open study

Studying the dynamics of red blood cell lysis, pfH, protective proteins and organ injury, limits will be set for safe levels of pfH following the use of CPB. These results will be compared to existing laboratory-based methods for determining red blood cell damage to predict CPB assist device safety. Further, results from the studies described in this proposal will help develop therapeutic strategies to benefit patients by early detection of pfH and clearance protein levels that occur during CPB.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Mar 2022

open study

The investigators will perform follow-up on 500 cases of deep and lobar intracerebral hemorrhage to perform advanced neuroimaging before 45 days post stroke, and evaluations of motor and cognitive function at baseline, 3 months and 6 months to determine predictors of recovery, progressive cognitive or functional impairment.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Aug 2017

open study

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of targeted blood brain barrier disruption with Exablate Model 4000 Type 2.0/2.1 for liquid biopsy in subjects with Glioblastoma brain tumors

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Aug 2022

open study

RADIANT is a network of 14 clinical sites and several laboratories dedicated to the study of atypical diabetes. The objective of this study is to define new forms of diabetes and the unique mechanisms underlying these forms of atypical diabetes. The specific aims are to: 1. Identify and enroll individuals and families with undiagnosed rare and atypical forms of diabetes. 2. Determine the etiologic basis of the metabolic disorder among individuals and families with novel forms of rare and atypical diabetes. 3. Understand the pathophysiology of individuals and families with novel forms of rare and atypical forms of diabetes.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Sep 2020

open study

We propose to pilot test an adapted version of the Teen Marijuana Check Up (TMCU) for persistent cannabis users with first episode psychosis (FEP) in Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC). The adapted version of the TMCU will include tailoring to risks of persistent cannabis use in FEP, providing education on lower risk cannabis use, and adding a session to address collaborative planning to maintain CSC engagement and antipsychotic adherence and to reduce harm associated with cannabis use.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jan 2021

open study

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of Rodatristat Ethyl in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Mar 2021

open study

The purpose of this study is to conduct an early clinical evaluation of the Relay Branch System, which will provide initial insight into the clinical safety and function of the device. This Early Feasibility Study (EFS) will assess the safety and effectiveness of the device at the index procedure and at 30-day follow-up. The study will evaluate the delivery and deployment of the device, patency of branches and branch vessels, and exclusion of the aortic pathology. The data will help determine if modifications need to be made to the device, the procedural steps, operator technique, or the indications for use.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Dec 2017

open study

The goal of this this study is to develop and test the feasibility of a remotely delivered brief behavioral activation intervention to decrease the negative physical and psychological consequences of being homebound among older adults during the time of COVID.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Oct 2021

open study

We aim to determine whether cognitive impairment attributable to cerebral hemodynamic impairment in patients with high-grade asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis is reversible with restoration of flow. To accomplish this aim CREST-H will add on to the NINDS-sponsored CREST-2 trial (parallel, outcome-blinded Phase 3 clinical trials for patients with asymptomatic high-grade carotid artery stenosis which will compare carotid endarterectomy plus intensive medical management (IMM) versus IMM alone (n=1,240), and carotid artery stenting plus IMM versus IMM alone (n=1,240) to prevent stroke and death). CREST-H addresses the intriguing question of whether cognitive impairment can be reversed when it arises from abnormal cerebral hemodynamic perfusion in a hemodynamically impaired subset of the CREST-2 -randomized patients. We will enroll 350 patients from CREST-2, all of whom receive cognitive assessments at baseline and yearly thereafter. We anticipate identifying 100 patients with hemodynamic impairment as measured by an inter-hemispheral MRI perfusion "time to peak" (TTP) delay on the side of stenosis. Among those who are found to be hemodynamically impaired and have baseline cognitive impairment, the cognitive batteries at baseline and at 1 year will determine if those with flow failure who are randomized to a revascularization arm in CREST-2 will have better cognitive outcomes than those in the medical-only arm compared with this treatment difference for those who have no flow failure. We hypothesize that hemodynamically significant "asymptomatic" carotid disease may represent one of the few examples of treatable causes of cognitive impairment. If cognitive decline can be reversed in these patients, then we will have established a new indication for carotid revascularization independent of the risk of recurrent stroke.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Jan 2018

open study

The purpose of this study is to examine the safety and feasibility of performing hyperpolarized metabolic MRI in the diagnosis of brain tumor. This study will also assess the accuracy of hyperpolarized metabolic MRI to diagnose intermediate to patients with infiltrating gliomas and examine the added utility of metabolic MRI over standard MRI imaging The FDA is allowing the use of hyperpolarized [1-13C] pyruvate (HP 13C-pyruvate) in this study. Up to 5 patients may take part in this study at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB).

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Aug 2020

open study

This is an open-label, non-randomized study. The purpose of this study is to better understand how vaccines against typhoid fever and cholera affect the normal immune system and bacteria in the intestine. Patients having standard-of-care endoscopies (colonoscopy and/or esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)) will be divided into 3 groups: Group 1: Vivotif typhoid vaccination and/or Vaxchora cholera vaccination then endoscopy Group 2: Endoscopy, then Vivotif typhoid vaccination and/or Vaxchora cholera vaccination, then follow-up endoscopy Group 3: Endoscopy without vaccination. Both vaccines used in this study are licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for travelers to developing countries. Volunteers will be asked to donate tissue, blood, saliva and stool samples for studying how the body responds to the typhoid and/or cholera vaccine.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Nov 2018

open study

More than three quarter of patients with breast cancer are treated by hormone pills called tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors (AIs). AIs are drugs that stop female hormone production. This hormone production mostly happens in fat, muscle, and breast tissue in postmenopausal women. The female hormone estrogen is an important hormone for the growth of breast cancer cells. Anastrozole (Arimidex®) and Letrozole (Femara®) are AIs that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). They have been used since 2005 to treat women with early stage breast cancer. When given before surgery (neoadjuvant), both anastrozole and letrozole have been shown to successfully shrink breast cancer tumors in most patients. In over 50% of patients, anastrozole and letrozole when given for about 4 months also helped to improve surgery outcomes. On top of that, whether or not a patient responds to anastrozole and letrozole before surgery can help the doctor decide whether that patient needs additional chemotherapy. One of the things may influence the level of hormone is body weight. It has been previously shown that postmenopausal women with higher body fat have higher level of female hormone as well as an increased risk of breast cancer. This is likely due to an increase in aromatase activity in the fatty tissue. However, at the current time AIs are used at the same doses in all women with breast cancer no matter whether they have different body weight. Currently, we do not know for certain whether the same doses of AIs work as well in patients with higher body fat compared to patients with less body fat. The purpose of this study is to see if women with higher body fat respond differently to AI treatment compared to women with lower body fat.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: May 2015

open study

The purpose of this study is to find risk factors for hemorrhagic stroke.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Sep 1997

open study

This is a Phase 3b, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study to assess the treatment effect of voxelotor on neurocognitive function as assessed by the National Institute of Health (NIH) Toolbox Cognition Module of executive abilities in pediatric participants (8 to < 18 years) with SCD.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Feb 2022

open study

The NACTN Spinal Cord Injury Registry is a network of clinical centers collecting de-identified data from patients admitted through the Emergency Department of a NACTN center at the time of injury with an initial (first time) spinal cord injury (SCI). Information will be collected on the natural history of SCI and course of treatment through the first 12 months from the date of injury or long as medically indicated. Data collected includes imaging information from CT or MRI scans, neurological and general medical outcome and rehabilitation evaluation. No intervention is given other than standard of care for spinal cord injury, intensive monitoring and frequent follow up care.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Jul 2005

open study