Clinical trials: immunohistochemistry staining method
Tuberculosis, Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
Histopathological Techniques and PCR on Tissues Included in Paraffin for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health problem nowadays. About 30% of the world population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures, Sensitivity and Specificity, Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Trial name
- NCT02978131
- Testing
- Histopathological study, Molecular study (Polymerase chain reaction)
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Lille Catholic University
Resistance Exercise, Muscle Hypertrophy
Muscle Adaptations in Children and Adults Following Twelve Weeks of Flywheel or Weight Stack Resistance Exercise
The goal of this trial is to compare resistance exercise using traditional techniques and flywheel training to controls in healthy children ages nine to 13 and adults ages 18 to 50.
- Conditions
- Resistance Exercise, Muscle Hypertrophy, Skeletal Muscle, EMG
- Trial name
- KidREx (NCT06698055)
- Testing
- Flywheel Resistance Exercise, Weight Stack Resistance Exercise
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Björn Alkner
Ependymoma
Immunotherapy for Recurrent Ependymomas in Children Using Tumor Antigen Peptides With Imiquimod
The purpose of this study is to see if vaccination with HLA-A2 restricted peptides, combined with the immunoadjuvant imiquimod is safe and can induce immune responses in children with recurrent ependymomas.
- Trial name
- NCT01795313
- Testing
- HLA-A2 restricted synthetic tumor antigen, Imiquimod, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- James Felker
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Cisplatin and Temozolomide in Treating Young Patients With Malignant Glioma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin and temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Trial name
- NCT00360945
- Testing
- cisplatin, temozolomide, fluorescence in situ hybridization
- Where
- 23 sites in France, Ireland and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 87 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Gastric Cancer
A Retrospective Validations Microsatellite Instability (MSI) Testing v Mismatch Repair (MMR) in Gastric Adenocarcinoma
To compare the Idylla microsatellite instability test versus mismatch repair immunohistochemistry (IHC) in gastric adenocarcinoma.
- Trial name
- NCT04232020
- Testing
- Mismatch repair
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
Mitochondrial Diseases, Developmental Delay Disorder
Reference Values of Intraepidermal Nerve Fiber Density in Children and Small Fiber Neuropathy in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Background: Small-Fiber-Neuropathy describes the degeneration of mildly or unmyelinated nerve fibers and causes neuropathic pain and autonomic dysfunction.
- Conditions
- Mitochondrial Diseases, Developmental Delay Disorder, Small Fiber Neuropathy, Cerebral Palsy
- Trial name
- SFN_children (NCT05645874)
- Testing
- Skin biopsy
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 203 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor
Dasatinib, Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, and Etoposide in Treating Young Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Malignant Solid Tumors
RATIONALE: Dasatinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs in chemotherapy, such as ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide, work in different ways to stop the growth of…
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor, Kidney Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00788125
- Testing
- carboplatin, dasatinib, etoposide phosphate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Neoplastic Syndrome, Neuroblastoma
Studying Gene Expression in Samples From Younger Patients With Neuroblastoma
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood and tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT01553448
- Testing
- gene expression analysis, protein expression analysis, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Fallopian Tube Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
Laboratory Study in Predicting Tumor Response to Chemotherapy in Patients With Ovarian Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer
RATIONALE: Collecting samples of tissue from patients with cancer to study in the laboratory may help doctors predict how well patients will respond to treatment with certain chemotherapy drugs and plan the best treatment.
- Conditions
- Fallopian Tube Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Primary Peritoneal Cavity Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00897039
- Testing
- flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry staining method
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Southeastern Gynecologic Oncology
Colorectal Cancer, Neoplasm of Uncertain Malignant Potential
Fludeoxyglucose F 18 PET Imaging in Determining Protein and Gene Expression Signatures in Patients With Premalignant Polyps or Colon Cancer
RATIONALE: Diagnostic imaging procedures, such as fludeoxyglucose F 18 PET, may be effective in detecting cancer or recurrence of cancer, or premalignant polyps.
- Trial name
- NCT00550628
- Testing
- DNA methylation analysis, fluorescence in situ hybridization, gene expression analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Localized Osteosarcoma, Metastatic Osteosarcoma
Biomarker Expression in Tissue Samples From Patients With Bone Sarcomas
This trial studies biomarker expression in tissue samples from patients with bone sarcomas. Studying biomarker in tissue samples from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors identify and learn more about…
- Conditions
- Localized Osteosarcoma, Metastatic Osteosarcoma, Recurrent Osteosarcoma
- Trial name
- NCT01807052
- Testing
- laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Breast Cancer
Study of Biomarkers in Tissue Samples From Patients With Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT01004796
- Testing
- cytogenetic analysis, microarray analysis, mutation analysis
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Liver Cancer
Biomarkers in Stored Tumor Samples From Younger Patients With Liver Cancer
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00899002
- Testing
- comparative genomic hybridization, molecular genetic technique, mutation analysis
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Community-acquired Pneumonia
Diagnosis of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection With Detection of Specific Antibody-secreting Cells in Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Patients of the Randomised Placebo-controlled Multi-centre Effectiveness Trial of Adjunct Betamethasone Therapy
To compare presence and kinetics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp)-specific immunoglobulin (Ig) M antibody-secreting cells (ASCs) with Mp DNA and Mp-specific IgM antibodies in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) of the…
- Trial name
- myKIDS-STEP (NCT04043325)
- Testing
- Specific antibody-secreting cell (ASC) enzyme-linked immunspot (ELISpot) assay
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University Children's Hospital, Zurich
B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Extranodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma of Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue
Genetically Engineered Lymphocytes, Cyclophosphamide, and Aldesleukin in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma or Indolent B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
This phase I trial is studying the side effects of giving genetically engineered lymphocytes together with cyclophosphamide and aldesleukin in treating patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma or indolent B-cell…
- Conditions
- B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Extranodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma of Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue, Nodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma, Recurrent Grade 1 Follicular Lymphoma
- Trial name
- NCT00621452
- Testing
- therapeutic autologous lymphocytes, cyclophosphamide, aldesleukin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Kidney Cancer
Biomarkers in Urine Samples From Patients With Wilms Tumor
RATIONALE: Studying samples of urine from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial studies biomarkers in urine from patients with Wilms tumor.
- Trial name
- NCT01550393
- Testing
- proteomic profiling, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Breast Cancer
Studying Cells Collected Through Ductal Lavage in Women Undergoing Surgery for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ or Other Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00896857
- Testing
- RNA analysis, polymerase chain reaction, protein expression analysis
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Lymphoma, Nonneoplastic Condition
Biomarkers in Blood and Tissue Samples From Patients With Epstein-Barr Virus-Positive Hodgkin Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood and tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT01490801
- Testing
- DNA analysis, RNA analysis, cytogenetic analysis
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
HIV Infections, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Acetyl-L-Carnitine for the Treatment of NRTI-Associated Peripheral Neuropathy
The purpose of this study is to determine if acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC) reduces pain, numbness, and tingling in the feet and legs of patients with nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI)-associated peripheral neuropathy.
- Trial name
- NCT00050271
- Testing
- Acetyl-L-carnitine
- Where
- 11 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Adult Rhabdomyosarcoma, Childhood Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma
Biomarkers in Patients With Advanced Rhabdomyosarcoma
This research trial studies tumor tissue to identify important proteins and biomarkers from patients with rhabdomyosarcoma that has spread to other places in the body and usually cannot be cured or controlled with treatment.
- Conditions
- Adult Rhabdomyosarcoma, Childhood Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma, Childhood Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma, Previously Treated Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Trial name
- NCT01668095
- Testing
- Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group