Clinical trials: Nervous System Neoplasms
Neurofibromatosis 2
An Implant for Hearing Loss Due to Removal of Neurofibromatosis 2 Tumors
This is a study to gather some information on the safety and efficacy of the penetrating auditory brainstem implant (PABI) in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2.
- Trial name
- NCT00030043
- Testing
- Penetrating auditory brainstem implant
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- FDA Office of Orphan Products Development
Hyponatremia, Hyponatremic
Hyponatremia Study (Delayed Hyponatremia After Pituitary Surgery)
Hyponatremia is defined as sodium below the normal range of 135-145. Symptomatically, it can cause patients to experience a wide range of symptoms including lethargy, headache, nausea, vomiting and in severe cases coma and even…
- Conditions
- Hyponatremia, Hyponatremic, Pituitary Tumor, Pituitary
- Trial name
- DHAPS (NCT03636568)
- Testing
- Fluid Restricted Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Cancer, Cancer Pain
Virtual Reality for Cancer Pain Management
The purpose of this research project is to evaluate the impact of virtual reality therapy on mitigating cancer pain in hospitalized patients with cancer and compare this impact to that of 2-dimensional guided imagery distraction…
- Trial name
- NCT04572074
- Testing
- Guided imagery, Virtual reality
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- Medstar Health Research Institute
Constipation, Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Comparison of Gastrointestinal Motility in Healthy Children and Children With Constipation
To gain a better understanding of the underlying dysmotility in constipation in children, we will use a novel minimal invasive method called 3D Transit.
- Conditions
- Constipation, Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Neurofibromatosis 1, Chronic Constipation With Overflow
- Trial name
- NCT03981510
- Testing
- 3D-Transit
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Pediatric Cancer
The Effect of Biofeedback-Based Virtual Reality Game on Children
The needles of port catheters, which are often used in childhood cancer treatment, must be changed every 5-7 days, which causes pain, anxiety, and fear in children every 5-7 days In recent years, the usage of virtual reality has…
- Trial name
- NCT05585840
- Testing
- Biofeedback-based virtual reality game
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Koç University
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor
Temozolomide and O6-benzylguanine in Treating Children With Solid Tumors
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Childhood Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor, Kidney Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00020150
- Testing
- O6-benzylguanine, temozolomide
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Brain Tumor Adult
Intraoperative Ultrasound for Brain Tumor Surgery Enhanced by AI
Intraoperative ultrasound is a versatile, low-cost imaging tool that has been shown to improve safety and efficacy in brain tumor surgery.
- Trial name
- BrainUS-AI (NCT07376304)
- Testing
- BrainUS-AI real-time intraoperative ultrasound segmentation system
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital del Rio Hortega
Brain Metastases, Adult
A Neurocognitive Study in Patients With Brain Oligometastases Receiving Hypofractionated SRT
Background: For newly-diagnosed patients with brain metastasis, conventional whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) might still remain a common palliative management even for those with brain oligometastases.
- Trial name
- HF-SRT (NCT04805255)
- Testing
- Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 135 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Cancer, Insomnia
Survivorship Sleep Program
This is a randomized pilot trial to test the feasibility and acceptability (primary outcomes) of a virtual cognitive behavioral program for insomnia for survivors of various cancer types.
- Trial name
- NCT04566068
- Testing
- Intervention- Adapted Virtual Insomnia Program, Control- Enhanced usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic, Bone Tumor
The Assessment of Fatigue and Quality of Life in Patients With Bone Tumor,
The aim of the present observational study is to evaluate and describe the evolution over time of the fatigue and the quality of life of patients with bone tumor, in Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Chemotherapy ward, during the…
- Conditions
- Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic, Bone Tumor, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- Fatigue-ONCO (NCT04104750)
- Testing
- assessment scales (BFI, QLQ, TESS)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 155 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Treating Children With Progressive Low-Grade Astrocytoma
RATIONALE: New imaging procedures such as magnetic resonance imaging may improve the ability to determine the growth rate of progressive astrocytoma.
- Trial name
- NCT00005084
- Testing
- conventional surgery, magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, radiation therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Metastatic Cancer, Pain
Percutaneous Cryoablation in Treating Patients With Painful Bone Metastases
RATIONALE: Percutaneous cryoablation may help relieve pain caused by bone metastases. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the side effects and how well percutaneous cryoablation works in treating patients with painful bone…
- Conditions
- Metastatic Cancer, Pain, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
- Trial name
- NCT00608855
- Testing
- questionnaire administration, cryosurgery, pain therapy
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Sarcopenia, Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Comparison of Serum Myokine Dosages and Imaging Methods in the Evaluation of Sarcopenia in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma
It is known that some substances present in the blood, called 'myokines,' influence muscle loss. Some may accelerate this loss, while others may prevent it. Inflammatory substances in the blood can also contribute to muscle loss.
- Trial name
- Myomachia (NCT06475118)
- Testing
- Dynamometry measurement, myokine dosing, sarcopenia calculation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 139 people
- Sponsor
- CHU de Reims
Sarcopenia, Cancer
Effect of Oral Protein Supplementation on Postoperative Complications in Elderly Sarcopenic Cancerous Patients
Sarcopenia is a condition of reduced skeletal muscle associated with aging. It leads to poor outcome and increased risk of postoperative complications.
- Trial name
- NCT04306562
- Testing
- enteral nutrition supplement
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Siriraj Hospital
Brain Tumors
Presurgical Planning With Functional MRI (fMRI) Mapping of Motor Cortex in Patients With Cerebral Tumors
The purpose of this study is to determine if functional MRI is precise enough to provide information about the location of brain functions in patients who have brain tumors.
- Trial name
- NCT00724737
- Testing
- Presurgical MRI, functional MRI (fMRI) of the brain
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Arsenical Melanosis, Arsenical Keratosis
Selenium in the Treatment of Arsenic Toxicity and Cancers
Context: Approximately 100 million people throughout the world consume water contaminated with arsenic at levels above carcinogenic thresholds, including 40 million in Bangladesh alone, with up to one-fourth of deaths attributed…
- Conditions
- Arsenical Melanosis, Arsenical Keratosis, Arsenical Cancers, Arsenicosis
- Trial name
- SETAC (NCT01442727)
- Testing
- sodium selenite
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 819 people
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University
Benign Brain Tumors, Proton Therapy
Changes in the MRI Signal in Patients With Benign Tumors of the Brain and Meninges Treated With Proton Therapy: Impact of TEL and the Biological Dose Received
The main objective is to detect with TESLA multiparametric 3 MRI, the MRI secondary changes to protontherapy irradiation and to correlate them with TEL mapping, physical dose and biological dose.
- Trial name
- BRAIN TEL (NCT04584086)
- Testing
- MRI 3 tesla
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Francois Baclesse
Frozen Sections, Indocyanine Green (ICG)
A PROSPECTIVE, SINGLE-CENTERED, ASSESSOR-BLINDED STUDY TO EVALUATE THE CLINICAL EFFICACY OF THE PROPOSED CELL/TISSUE HISTOPATHOLOGY PROCESSOR CCELL (CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE ENDOMICROSCOPY) FOR INTRAOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS IN BRAIN TUMORS
The primary objective of this single-center study is to demonstrate the performance of cCeLL, used in real time, compared to frozen section analysis.
- Conditions
- Frozen Sections, Indocyanine Green (ICG), Brain Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT07254845
- Testing
- cCeLL In vivo, Indocyanine Green
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- VPIX Medical
Multiple Sclerosis, Clinically Isolated Syndrome
Pregnancy Registry, Infants, Serum/Milk Analysis (PRISMA)
PRISMA, is a pregnancy registry study, focused on comprehensively collecting information about pregnancy in women with chronic neurological conditions from across the United States and internationally.
- Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis, Clinically Isolated Syndrome, NMOSD, Myasthenia Gravis
- Trial name
- NCT06940323
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Paclitaxel Adverse Reaction, Neuropathy;Peripheral
ABCB1 SNPs as Predictors of PIPN
The study aim is to determine the allele frequencies of 1236 G>A and 3435 G>A in ABCB1 and study their association with the incidence and severity of paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy while adjusting for other baseline…
- Conditions
- Paclitaxel Adverse Reaction, Neuropathy;Peripheral, Breast Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT05093023
- Testing
- Real-Time PCR
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 92 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University