Clinical Trials
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Principal Investigator:
Usha S Krishnan, MDThis study is being done to determine whether early combination therapy with two study drugs called sildenafil (REVATIO) and bosentan (TRACLEER) can improve pulmonary hypertension when compared to using sildenafil alone. Pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe medical problem that often worsens with time. It is caused by problems with the growth and/or function of the arteries that supply blood to the lungs. This is a growing problem in the world today. Despite the serious nature of this disorder, the medical field does not yet know the best first treatment for infants,... -
Principal Investigator:
Steven J. Lobritto, MDIn this study, we will collect information from the medical record of pediatric liver transplant recipients who received live vaccines as part of their routine post-transplant care. This data will be combined with data from other centers across the United States and Canada to help give us a better understanding of the safety and efficacy of live vaccines in the patient population. Vaccine-preventable illness continues to have resurgence in the United States and globally. Specifically, mumps and measles outbreaks have occurred with increasing frequency and distribution in the past several... -
Principal Investigator:
Steven J. Lobritto, MDIn this study, we will collect information from the medical record of pediatric liver transplant recipients who received live vaccines as part of their routine post-transplant care. This data will be combined with data from other centers across the United States and Canada to help give us a better understanding of the safety and efficacy of live vaccines in the patient population. Vaccine-preventable illness continues to have resurgence in the United States and globally. Specifically, mumps and measles outbreaks have occurred with increasing frequency and distribution in the past several... -
Principal Investigator:
Mercedes Martinez, MDThe purpose of this study is to determine whether the investigational drug (maralixibat) is safe and effective in children and participants who have cholestatic liver disease with pruritus (itch) that has been responding to other therapies, and who have no other treatment options.If you have any questions regarding this study, please contact the Transplant Clinical Research Center (TCRC). -
Principal Investigator:
Nobuko Hijiya, MDThis study is called a screening study and the purpose of this study to find better ways to diagnose and treat leukemia that has come back after treatment or difficult to treat. Bone marrow, blood, and medical information about cancer and treatment will be collected. The results from this screening study may give other information about leukemia that is important when deciding how to best treat leukemia. -
Principal Investigator:
Nobuko Hijiya, MDThis study is called a screening study and the purpose of this study to find better ways to diagnose and treat leukemia that has come back after treatment or difficult to treat. Bone marrow, blood, and medical information about cancer and treatment will be collected. The results from this screening study may give other information about leukemia that is important when deciding how to best treat leukemia. -
Principal Investigator:
Rudolph L. Leibel, MDThe Physiology of the Weight Reduced State (POWERS) is a national research study designed to discover and learn what happens to the human body after weight loss and to learn why some people regain their lost weight. Understanding why this happens could help health professionals improve strategies for successful weight loss maintenance after weight loss. POWERS is a research study with a goal to understand the changes in the body that occur after weight loss and learn how these changes affect the ability to keep the weight off. It involves universities, medical centers, researchers, and most... -
Principal Investigator:
Ilene Fennoy, MDWe are doing this research study to find out what happens to children who are overweight and how the things we recommend as a part of routine clinical care affect your child. The purpose of this study is to understand what happens to children as a result of being overweight, to link these outcomes to specific clinical measures, and to determine how treatment affects the physical and clinical features of overweight or obesity. To achieve this aim we want to formalize our ongoing clinical chart review into a database for our patients. -
Principal Investigator:
Steven J. Lobritto, MDThe purpose of this study is to find out if a new laboratory blood test for patients with Wilson's disease can accurately and reliably measure so-called free copper, also known as non-ceruloplasmin copper (NCC). Participation will last about 12 months. If you have any questions regarding this study, please contact the Transplant Clinical Research Center (TCRC). -
Principal Investigator:
Steven J. Lobritto, MDIn this research, we want to learn more about how to improve care for children who are listed for or who have received a liver transplant. The goal of this research is to look at how different hospitals treat these children and to look at their outcomes to help improve care, decrease complications, shorten length of hospital stay, reduce hospital re-admissions and to possibly lower mortality rates and decrease adverse events, such as organ rejection, infection, and bleeding. If you have any questions regarding this study, please contact the Transplant Clinical Research Center (TCRC).