All Clinical Trials

The purpose of this study to find out if tocilizumab can be safely infused into chest or abdominal cavities of patients with malignancy ascites (MA) or malignant pleural effusions (MPE). Patients will have a total of 4 doses, one dose administered each week. Each dose will be greater than the previous one. Read Less

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the usefulness of a virtual reality-delivered intervention for individuals with opioid use disorder who are taking medication. The main question it aims to answer is will people with opioid use disorder who receive the study intervention, Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement in Virtual Reality (MORE-VR), have fewer days in which they use opioids than will people who just receive their usual treatment. Participants will be randomly assigned to either receive 8 weekly sessions of MORE-VR in addition to their usual treatment, or treatment as usual only. Researchers will compare these groups at the end of treatment and three months after treatment is over on number of days of opioid use and time until first opioid use lapse, as well as drug craving and mood. Read Less

This investigation will be a randomized, prospective, longitudinal clinical trial to study the clinical performance of a new monolithic, zirconia material with shade, translucency and material graduation for chairside CAD/CAM crowns. The restorations will be luted either with a self-adhesive luting material or a conventional cement. The crowns will be evaluated for a period of two years. Read Less

This is a prospective interventional trial with healthy volunteers at Methodist Dallas Medical Center. We anticipate data collection to be completed by December 2023. All study participants will be consented regardless of their role as healthy C-spine volunteer or provider volunteer (Appendix C). No compensation will be provided. Provider volunteers will be classified as: * Attending * Resident * Physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or nurse * EMS/Paramedic * Other, as determined by job functions in pre-assessment Read Less

The investigator's propose a multicenter prospective observational study to investigate the use of embolization in patients with negative angiogram and to ascertain the optimal level of treatment when the angiogram is positive; non-selective vs. selective embolization. Read Less

This is a retrospective registry dataset of all adults who presented with cervical and/or skull base fractures or a subdural hematoma at Methodist Dallas Medical Center (MDMC) and had consults to the neurological surgery department beginning in January of 2016, and continuing until a statistically significant number of cases are obtained. Read Less

The project will be implemented on one unit at a time until the co-rounding process has been implemented on each Medical-Surgical unit. This study will involve the geo-localized hospitalist on the designated unit and the nursing staff involved in clinical patient care Read Less

Retrospective chart review will be conducted on patients at Methodist Dallas Medical Center, meeting the inclusion criteria from January 1, 2019 to December 15, 2020 to determine the transplant free survival and overall survival and other secondary outcome measures. Read Less

This is a retrospective analysis to assess if high-volume hospital facilities experience greater or lesser rates of incidence in patients with esophageal cancer than low-volume facilities. Read Less

Single blinded PRP vs. Corticosteroid vs. Placebo (normal saline) intra-articular injection for basal joint arthritis. Read Less

This study collects blood samples as well as clinical and self-report data from stage I-III breast cancer survivors to create a biorepository for future use. The creation of this biorepository will allow for future research into links between individual, molecular, and genomic signatures and cancer outcomes. Read Less

This trial seeks to use the long acting local anesthetic Exparel, in conjunction with opioid education, to attempt to avoid any post-operative opioid use following carpal tunnel surgery. This group will be compared with a "standard" group that receives non-liposomal bupivacaine, opioid education, and opioids. Read Less