Houston, TX Paid Clinical Trials

This work explores the possibility of using ultrasound imaging and spectroscopy as a way of monitoring cell death, hence, tumour response to treatment. The hypothesis here is that it can be used as a way of monitoring early response to cancer treatment and predicting which patients continue on in their therapy to have a complete pathological response as a primary endpoint and tumour size decrease as a secondary endpoint. If this work is successful it could be used in the future early on in a cancer patient's treatment to predict whether or not a course of chemotherapy or radiotherapy is going to be successful. For example, in patients in which the analysis indicates a poor response the chemotherapy regimen could be changed to a more efficacious one or for those receiving radiotherapy predicted to have a poor response a radiosensitizing agent could be used to improve outcome. Read Less

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: Identify and enroll individuals and families with undiagnosed rare and atypical forms of diabetes. Determine the etiologic basis of the metabolic disorder among individuals and families with novel forms of rare and atypical diabetes. Understand the pathophysiology of individuals and families with novel forms of rare and atypical forms of diabetes. Read Less

Protocol STRI12 - Study to Reinforce Immunity (STRI) - A Phase 2 Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of STRI Formula in Non-Hospitalized Participants with COVID-19 (the Study) Read Less

This study will compare the effects of AXA1125, an orally active mixture of amino acids, compared to placebo, on improving fat and inflammation (steatohepatitis) as well as fibrosis in subjects with non alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). as well as the safety and tolerability of AXA1125. Subjects will take one of two different doses of AXA1125 or a placebo twice daily, and a liver biopsy will be done at the beginning and end of the 48-week study. Read Less

This is an open-label study to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and PK of DNV3837 at a dose of 1.5 mg/kg actual body weight(BW)/day administered via IV infusion in subjects with CDI. The study will be conducted in 2 subsequent parts. In Part 1 of the study, 10 subjects of either sex with severe or non-severe CDI will be enrolled to receive DNV3837. In Part 2 of the study, up to 30 subjects with severe or non-severe CDI will be enrolled to receive DNV3837. In both parts of the study, treatment infusions will be administered at a constant rate resulting in a total IV infusion duration of 6 hours per day, for a total maximum daily dose of 120 mg DNV3837. Infusions will be administered once daily for 10 consecutive days. The objectives of the study are: To evaluate the safety of intravenous (IV) DNV3837; To evaluate the efficacy of IV DNV3837; To assess the pharmacokinetics (PK) of DNV3837 and DNV3681 in plasma and of DNV3681 in urine and feces; To assess C. difficile using microbiological assessments; To assess the proportion of subjects colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) organisms, or carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in feces; and To assess changes in the fecal microbiome using 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (RNA) analysis Read Less

The purpose of this research study is to see if tetrabenazine, which is commonly used to treat Huntington's Disease (HD), reduces the problems of impulsivity that are common in patients with HD. Investigators will also see how the medicine affects aspects of thinking and mood. Read Less

This phase II trial tests whether vudalimab works to shrink tumors in patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer or hurthle cell thyroid cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced) or has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as vudalimab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Read Less

This is a randomized, double-blind placebo controlled study to assess for safety, tolerability and nutritional impact of oral serum bovine immunoglobulin (SBI) on pediatric patients and young adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) as assessed by an increase in serum albumin and other nutritional markers including vitamin D level, pre-albumin, transferrin and iron saturation; and improvement in weight and body mass index. SBI is an animal derived protein isolate from the serum of cows containing >50% IgG. It has been used for patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome, human immunodeficiency virus enteropathy and antibiotic-associated diarrhea for symptomatic relief of diarrhea with good results and minimal side effects. However its role in IBD has not yet been investigated. The investigators hypothesize that the study product will have a positive nutritional impact along with symptom improvement for pediatric and young adult patients with IBD. The volunteers for our study will have established Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis and will be treated with a daily powder (SBI or placebo) added to their breakfast food (egg, yogurt, or peanut butter are best) for total of 60 days followed by 30 day monitoring period after completion of treatment. The volunteers will be followed by clinic visits and labs on day 0, day 15, day 60 and day 90. There is the potential for the treatment to alter disease activity, a secondary outcome, as assessed by measurement of serum markers of inflammation (ESR, CRP), fecal calprotectin (validated marker of intestinal inflammation), and clinical indices like short pediatric Crohn's disease activity index (shPDCAI) or pediatric ulcerative colitis activity index (PUCAI) for children and Harvey Bradshaw Index or SCCAI for adults. Stool samples will be collected on day 0 and day 60 for 16S RNA sequencing to assess for changes in microbiota of the participants while on the study product/placebo. We plan to enroll 43 patients in the study to allow for data analysis of atleast 30 patients. The study will take place over 1 year and will be conducted at University of Texas-Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, where we follow > 125 children with inflammatory bowel disease. Read Less

This is a randomized, double-blind, two-treatment, single-period, parallel design, multiple dose at multiple clinical trial sites designed to demonstrate bioequivalence with clinical endpoint in subjects with chronic open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension in both eyes. Test Product - Bimatoprost ophthalmic solution, 0.01% of Amneal EU, Limited Reference Product - LUMIGAN® (bimatoprost ophthalmic solution) 0.01% of Allergan, Inc. Read Less

The purpose of this study is to assess the acceptability and feasibility of the use of MyHealthyPregnancy (MHP) 3.0 in clinical practice over a 1 year period of time. The investigators will pilot MHP 3.0 (Spanish and English language options) at practice sites at the Obstetrix Medical Group of Houston, Texas and the UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) Healthcare System. Patient and care team feedback will be assessed throughout this study. Patients at Obstetrix Medical Group of Houston will be assessed using 4 short acceptability and feasibility surveys administered by the Naima Health team using a link for an online survey during the study term: at baseline, week 14-18, week 24-28, and week 34-36. A subset of participants at UPMC will also be asked to complete user surveys. Read Less

This is a Phase 3, open-label, randomized, clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of gedatolisib plus fulvestrant with or without palbociclib for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic HR+/HER2- breast cancer following progression on or after CDK4/6 and aromatase inhibitor therapy. Condition or disease: Breast Cancer Intervention/treatment: Drug: Gedatolisib Drug: Palbociclib Drug: Fulvestrant Drug: Alpelisib Phase 3 Read Less

The North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium (NAMDC) maintains a patient contact registry and tissue biorepository for patients with mitochondrial disorders. Read Less