All Clinical Trials

The purpose of this research study is to compare two methods of recovering blood from surgical sponges used during heart and lung surgeries. The two methods are: 1) manually wringing sponges by hand, and 2) automated wringing sponges by an FDA approved suction device. Both methods are already in use in heart and lung surgeries at University Hospitals at the discretion of the surgeon. Read Less

ASCEND is a randomized controlled open-label pilot study evaluating the safety and effectiveness of pulsed field ablation (PFA) with the novel FARAPOINT catheter compared to the standard radiofrequency (RFA) ablation with ThermoCool ST/FlexAbility SE/ThermoCool ST SF/TactiFlex SE of ventricular tachycardia (VT) in the patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). The study hypothesis is that the PFA ablation is more efficient compared to the RFA technique but retains a comparable safety profile. Read Less

We will enroll up to 65 patients undergoing primary arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (RCR) using ActivBraid™Collagen Co-Braid suture (Zimmer Biomet) and evaluate RCR healing as well as shoulder range of motion, strength, and patient-reported outcomes at 6m, 1y and 2y. Read Less

This study will enroll participants who are undergoing an MRI before a prostate biopsy due to suspected prostate cancer. The purpose of this study is to see if the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps detect lesions on an MRI better than a radiologist not using AI. The AI Rad Companion (AIRC) Prostate MRI application is a software that uses measurements of the prostate and will be utilized in this study to help detect potential cancerous lesions. The AI software will assign the lesions a PI-RADS score, which is a way to measure the chance of the lesion being cancer. There are two parts to this study. The first part involves comparing the interpretation of prostate MRI images by a radiologist alone, a radiologist aided by AI, and AI alone. A systematic biopsy will be completed per standard of care. The radiologist may opt to include up to 2 additional AI-identified targets to biopsy in addition to those biopsied for standard of care. The second part of the study involves utilizing the MRI images from the first part of the study in addition to retrospective prostate MRI images. These de-identified images, along with Prostate Image Quality (PI-QUAL) scores, clinical data, and biopsy results will be sent to Siemens in order to aid in the development of methods to identify good or bad image quality in prostate MRI images. Read Less

The purpose of this research is to gather information on the safety and effectiveness of an implanted wireless sensory enabled highly intuitive controlled prosthetic device. Read Less

This is the first-in-human, multicenter, open-label Phase I/II study to investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics, and preliminary efficacy of FB849 alone and in combination with pembrolizumab in subjects with advanced solid tumors for whom no standard therapy is available. Read Less

Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) is a clinical syndrome in which patients report symptoms of bladder and/or pelvic pain with pressure and/ or discomfort associated with urinary frequency and urgency. The primary objective of this study is to determine the efficacy of amniotic membrane therapy in patients with interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) as defined by clinically-significant improvement in validated symptom questionnaires. Read Less

This study is designed to investigate a novel approach to offer more ESRD participants the benefits associated with renal transplantation by increasing the supply of available allografts Read Less

The purpose of the research study is to test new methods that could improve diagnosis and assessment of brain tumors. One of these methods is a new MR (magnetic resonance) imaging technique called magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF), which allows for rapidly scanning the patient and provides quantitative information on tumor tissue. The investigators will compare the data gathered from MR Fingerprinting with other imaging tests, clinical information, treatment details and biopsy results to evaluate the accuracy of this new technique. Read Less

Bowel issues occur in nearly all people after spinal cord injury (SCI) and one major complication is fecal incontinence (accidents). This complication has been repeatedly highlighted by people living with SCI as particularly life-limiting and in need of more options for interventions. This study will test the effect of genital nerve stimulation (GNS), with non-invasive electrodes, on the activity of the anus and rectum of persons after SCI. Recording anorectal manometry (ARM) endpoints tells us the function of those tissues and our study design (ARM without stim, ARM with stim, ARM without stim) will allow us to conclude the GNS effect and whether it is likely to reduce fecal incontinence. The study will also collect medical, demographic, and bowel related functional information. The combination of all of these data should help predict who will respond to stimulation, what will happen when stimulation is applied, and if that stimulation is likely to provide an improvement in fecal continence for people living with SCI. Read Less

The proposed multi-site, Genetics and Aerobic Exercise to Slow PD (GEARS) Trial will, for the first time, determine the interplay between genetics and exercise in altering PD progression. In sum, 200 PD patients will be recruited from the Cleveland and Salt Lake City metro areas to participate in the Pedaling for Parkinson's (PFP) community-based exercise program. Participants will exercise at community-based sites 3x/week for 12 months. All participants will undergo genotyping using an array that includes the genome backbone and common risk variants associated to increase risk for multiple neurological disorders including PD. Read Less

The objective of the proposed study is to conduct the first ever prospective, dose-exploration trial to test the feasibility of early administration of gabapentin as an intervention for neurorecovery. This research project falls under the Intervention Development stage of research as the primary goal is to assess the feasibility of conducting a well-designed intervention efficacy study in the future. Read Less