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EG-70 in NMIBC Patients Who Are BCG-Unresponsive and High-Risk NMIBC Patients Who Have Been Incompletely Treated With BCG or Are BCG-Naïve (LEGEND STUDY)

This open-label, multicenter study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of intravesical administration of EG-70 and its effect on bladder tumors in patients with NMIBC who have failed BCG therapy and are recommended for radical cystectomy or high-risk NMIBC patients who are BCG-naïve or have received incomplete BCG treatment. This study study consists of two phases, a dose-escalation Phase (Phase 1) to establish safety and recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D), followed by a Phase 2 efficacy study at the RP2D to establish efficacy. Eligible BCG-unresponsive NMIBC patients will be enrolled in Phase 1, and Cohort 1 of Phase 2. Eligible high-risk NMIBC patients who have been incompletely treated or are BCG-naïve will be enrolled starting in Phase 2 in a separate single-arm cohort (Cohort 2).
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Yair Lotan
59883
All
18 Years and over
Phase 1/Phase 2
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04752722
STU-2021-0254
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BCG-unresponsive Patients: 1. BCG-unresponsive NMIBC with carcinoma in situ (CIS) with or without resected papillary tumors who are indicated for, ineligible for, or have elected not to undergo cystectomy: 1. persistent high-grade disease (Ta, T1, or Tis) after receiving at least one induction course of intravesical BCG (at least 5 of 6 induction doses) or recurrence after 12 months of receiving at least one induction course of intravesical BCG (at least 5 of 6 induction doses), or 2. T1 high grade disease residual at the first evaluation following induction BCG (at least 5 of 6 doses). BCG-Naïve or BCG-incompletely treated Patients (Phase 2 Only): 2. NMIBC with CIS with or without resected papillary tumors who are indicated for, ineligible for, or have elected not to undergo cystectomy: 1. persistent high-grade disease (Ta, T1, or Tis) or recurrence within 6 months of receiving at least 1 dose, but not the full course, of intravesical BCG, or 2. high-grade disease (Ta, T1, or Tis) who have not yet received any treatment with BCG, or 3. T1 high grade disease residual at the first evaluation following incomplete treatment with BCG 3. Patients who have previously been treated with at least one dose of intravesical chemotherapy at TURBT are eligible for inclusion one month post-treatment. All Patients: 4. Patients who have previously been treated with an investigational or approved checkpoint inhibitor (e.g., pembrolizumab) and failed treatment are eligible for inclusion 30 days post-treatment (Phase 1) or 3 months post-treatment (Phase 2). 5. Male or non-pregnant, non-lactating female, 18 years or older. 6. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at Screening. A female patient is considered to be of child-producing potential unless she: 1. has had a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy or 2. is age ≥ 60 years and is amenorrhoeic or 3. is age < 60 years and has been amenorrhoeic for ≥ 12 months (including no irregular menses or spotting) in the absence of any medication which induces a menopausal state and has documented ovarian failure by serum oestradiol and follicle-stimulating hormone levels within the institutional laboratory postmenopausal range). 7. All patients of childbearing potential must be willing to consent to using effective double-barrier contraception, i.e., intrauterine device, birth control pills, depo-provera, and condoms while on treatment and for 3 months after their participation in the study ends. 8. Performance Status: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0, 1, and 2. 9. Hematologic inclusion within 2 weeks of start of treatment: 1. Absolute neutrophil count >1,500/mm3. 2. Hemoglobin >9.0 g/dl. 3. Platelet count >100,000/mm3. 10. Hepatic inclusion within 2 weeks of Day 1: 1. Total bilirubin must be ≤1.5 x the upper limit of normal (ULN). 2. Adequate renal function with creatinine clearance >30 mL/min (measured using Cockcroft-Gault equation or the estimated glomerular filtration rate from the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study). 3. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤2.5 x ULN for the institution, alkaline phosphatase ≤2.5 x ULN for the institution, unless bone metastasis is present in the absence of liver metastasis. 11. Prothrombin time and partial thromboplastin time within the normal limits at Screening. 12. Must have satisfactory bladder function with ability to retain study drug for a minimum of 60 minutes. 13. Patient or legally authorized representative (LAR) must be willing and able to comply with all protocol requirements. 14. Patient or LAR must be willing and able to give informed consent and any authorizations required by local law for participation in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Any other malignancy diagnosed within 1 year of study entry (except basal or squamous cell skin cancers or noninvasive cancer of the cervix) is excluded. 2. Concurrent treatment with any chemotherapeutic agent. 3. Treatment with pembrolizumab within 30 days (Phase 1) or 3 months (Phase 2) prior to Screening. 4. Treatment with last therapeutic agent within 30 days of Screening (Phase 1 and Phase 2) or treatment with an investigational checkpoint inhibitor within 3 months of Screening (Phase 2 only). 5. History of vesicoureteral reflux or an indwelling urinary stent. 6. Participation in any other research protocol involving administration of an investigational agent within 1 month prior to Day 1. 7. History of external beam radiation to the pelvis at any time or prostate brachytherapy within the last 12 months. 8. History of interstitial lung disease and/or pneumonitis in patients who have previously received a PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor therapy. 9. Evidence of metastatic disease. 10. History of difficult catheterization that in the opinion of the Investigator will prevent administration of EG-70. 11. History of interstitial cystitis. 12. Active, uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infection(s) requiring systemic therapy. 13. Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis B, or Hepatitis C infection. 14. Significant cardiovascular risk (e.g., coronary stenting within 8 weeks, myocardial infarction within 6 months).
Drug: EG-70, Drug: EG-70
Superficial Bladder Cancer, Urinary Bladder
Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), Bacillus calmette- guerin (BCG) failure, BCG unresponsive, NMIBC, Bladder Cancer, LEGEND Study, EG-70, High-risk NMIBC, BCG-naïve, Incomplete BCG treatment
UT Southwestern
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Cancer and Blood Pressure Management, CARISMA Study

This phase II trial studies how well intensive blood pressure management works in decreasing systolic blood pressure in patients with kidney or thyroid cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic) who are starting anti-angiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitor cancer therapy. This study is being done to find out if a systolic blood pressure to a target of less than 120 mmHg (intensive systolic blood pressure management) can be achieved, well tolerated, and beneficial as compared to the usual approach to a target of less than 140 mmHg while taking an anti-angiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitor. This study may help doctors understand the best way to control blood pressure in kidney or thyroid cancer patients taking anti-angiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
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Vlad Zaha
163027
All
18 Years and over
N/A
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04467021
STU-2021-0661
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Inclusion Criteria:

• English speaking
• Patient must have histologically or cytologically-proven advanced metastatic renal cell cancer (mRCC) or medullary thyroid cancer initially treated with anti-angiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitors (AA-TKIs) including: sunitinib, sorafenib, pazopanib, cabozantinib, lenvatinib, vandetanib, or axitinib)
• NOTE: If patient has a severe sulfa allergy (e.g. Stevens Johnson reaction), then alternative non-sulfa medications can be considered in consultation with the C-BAC. Patient with a noted severe allergic reactions to medications listed in the algorithms is not necessarily excluded from this trial, as alternative medications could be considered in consultation with the C-BAC. Moreover, the patient treated with pre-existing medications that may interact with proposed BP medications is not necessarily excluded, as alternative medications exist. The clinical significance of any potential drug interactions can also be addressed with the C-BAC.
• Prior exposure to another AA-TKI is permissible. Concurrent or prior treatment with immunotherapy is also permissible
• Patient must have either clinical cardiovascular (CV) disease or evidence of increased CV risk as defined by one or more of the following:
• Clinical CV disease (history of myocardial infarction [MI] acute coronary syndrome, coronary revascularization, carotid endarterectomy or stenting greater than 3 months prior to registration, peripheral artery disease, cerebrovascular accident greater than 3 months prior to registration, abdominal aortic aneurysm or heart failure [HF])
• An American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) CV risk score of at least 10%
• Chronic kidney disease (defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] between 30 and 60 ml/min per 1.73 m^2). Dialysis patients and patients with an eGFR < 30 ml/min/1.73m^2 will be excluded. eGFR will be calculated according to the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-Epi) equation
• Patient must have systolic blood pressure (SBP) >= 130 mmHg on two or more occasions according to any in-clinic visit in the 12 weeks prior to or during their initial 4 weeks of treatment with an AA-TKI. Patient who have a prior diagnosis of hypertension or on pre-existing anti-hypertensive medications are eligible for enrollment. However, patient must not be on more than 3 baseline blood pressure medications at time of entry
• NOTE: If a patient has a single elevated SBP >= 130mmHg but not on repeat assessment, an additional SBP assessment should be performed to confirm ineligibility
• Patient must agree to comply with performing home blood pressure monitoring using an Omron7250 oscillometric monitor at home, or equivalent models
• Women of childbearing potential and sexually active males must be strongly advised to use accepted and effective methods of contraception or to abstain from sexual intercourse for the duration of their participation in the study
• Patient must have internet access through a computer, tablet, or smart phone to use EASEE-PRO and home BP monitoring. A valid phone number to receive text messages and email address are also necessary
• Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL (obtained within 14 days prior to registration)
• Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL (obtained within 14 days prior to registration)
• Platelets >= 100,000/mcL (obtained within 14 days prior to registration)
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) (obtained within 14 days prior to registration)
• Patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated
• Patient with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load
• Patient with treated brain metastases are eligible if follow-up brain imaging after central nervous system (CNS)-directed therapy shows no evidence of progression
• Patient with new or progressive brain metastases (active brain metastases) or leptomeningeal disease are eligible if the treating physician determines that immediate CNS specific treatment is not required and is unlikely to be required during the first cycle of therapy
• Patient with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial
• Patient must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2
Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient must not have end-stage renal failure on dialysis, history of repeated hyperkalemia with a potassium > 5.5 mEq/l, or have a kidney transplant, or an eGFR < 30 ml/min/1.73 m^2
• Patient must not have coronary artery bypass grafting, MI acute coronary syndrome severe/unstable angina, stroke, transient ischemic attack, clinically significant bleeding requiring hospitalization or pulmonary embolism within 3 months prior to registration
• Patient must not have brain surgery or radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to registration
• Patient must not have uncontrolled blood pressure defined by SBP > 160 mmHg on three or more antihypertensives prior to TKI initiation
• Patient with an arm circumference too large (> 50 cm) or small (< 17 cm) to allow accurate BP measurement with available devices will not be eligible
• Women must not be pregnant or breast-feeding due to the potential harm to an unborn fetus and possible risk for adverse events in nursing infants with some anti-hypertensives, including angiotensin receptor blockers. All females of childbearing potential must have a blood test or urine study within 14 days prior to registration to rule out pregnancy. A female of childbearing potential is defined as any woman, regardless of sexual orientation or whether they have undergone tubal ligation, who meets the following criteria: has achieved menarche at some point, has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy; or has not been naturally postmenopausal (amenorrhea following cancer therapy does not rule out childbearing potential) for at least 24 consecutive months (i.e., has had menses at any time in the preceding 24 consecutive months)
Other: Best Practice, Other: Blood Pressure Measurement, Other: Clinical Management, Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment, Other: Questionnaire Administration
Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma, Chronic Kidney Disease, Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8, Kidney, Cardiovascular Disorder, Metastatic Thyroid Gland Medullary Carcinoma, Stage IV Thyroid Gland Medullary Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVA Thyroid Gland Medullary Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVB Thyroid Gland Medullary Carcinoma AJCC v8, Stage IVC Thyroid Gland Medullary Carcinoma AJCC v8
UT Southwestern
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A Study of ZN-c3 in Participants With Solid Tumors

This is a Phase 1/2 open-label, multicenter study, evaluating the safety, tolerability, efficacy, pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics of ZN-c3 alone and in combination with other drugs.
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David Miller
14954
All
18 Years and over
Phase 1
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04158336
STU-2021-0811
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Inclusion Criteria:
In order to be eligible to participate in any phase of this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Provision of written informed consent. 2. Age ≥ 18 years or the minimum legal adult age (whichever is greater) at the time of informed consent. 3. Adequate hematologic and organ function as defined by the following criteria: 1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 10^9/L; excluding measurements obtained within 7 days after daily administration of filgrastim/sargramostim or within 3 weeks after administration of pegfilgrastim. 2. Platelet count ≥ 100 × 10^9/L; excluding measurements obtained within 3 days after transfusion of platelets. 3. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3 × upper limit of normal (ULN). If liver function abnormalities are due to underlying liver metastases, AST and ALT ≤ 5 x ULN. 4. Total serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN or ≤ 3 × ULN in the case of Gilbert's disease. 5. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥ 60 mL/min. 4. Female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin test. 5. Male subjects and female subjects of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective method of contraception per institutional standard prior to the first dose and for 90 days after the last dose of ZN-c3. Individuals must meet the additional criteria in order to be eligible to participate in Phase 1: 1. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2. 2. Measurable or evaluable disease per RECIST version 1.1. Individuals must meet these additional criteria in order to be eligible to participate in Phase 2 Single Agent part of the study: 1. ECOG performance status ≤ 1. 2. Measurable disease per RECIST version 1.1. Individuals must meet these additional criteria in order to be eligible to participate in Phase 2 combination with a PARP inhibitor: 1. ECOG performance status ≤ 1. 2. Measurable disease per RECIST version 1.1. Individuals must meet these additional criteria in order to be eligible to participate in Phase 2 combination with a PD-1 inhibitor: 1. ECOG performance status ≤ 1. 2. Measurable disease per RECIST version 1.1. Key
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Any of the following treatment interventions within the specified time frame prior to Cycle 1 Day 1: 1. Major surgery within 28 days. 2. Radiation therapy within 21 days. 3. Any prior systemic therapy regardless of the stop date, but the subject must have recovered to eligibility levels from prior toxicity. 4. Autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplant within 3 months. 5. Current use of an investigational agent that is not expected to be cleared by the first dosing of study drug or that has demonstrated to have prolonged side effects. Subjects should have recovered from the side effects to a Grade 0 or 1 (except alopecia). 2. A serious illness or medical condition(s) including, but not limited to, the following: 1. Brain metastases that require immediate treatment or are clinically or radiologically unstable. 2. Leptomeningeal disease that requires or is anticipated to require immediate treatment. 3. Myocardial impairment of any cause resulting in heart failure by New York Heart Association Criteria Class III or IV. 4. Other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or study drug administration, or may interfere with the interpretation of study results, and in the judgment of the Investigator would make the subject inappropriate for entry into this study. 5. Significant gastrointestinal abnormalities 6. Active or uncontrolled infection. 3. Unresolved toxicity of Grade > 1 attributed to any prior therapies (excluding Grade 2 neuropathy, alopecia or skin pigmentation). 4. Prior therapy with ZN-c3 or known hypersensitivity to any drugs similar to ZN-c3 in class. 5. Subjects with active (uncontrolled, metastatic) second malignancies or requiring therapy.
Drug: ZN-c3
Small Cell Lung Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Malignant Melanoma, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, Urothelial Carcinoma, Solid Tumor, Corpus Uteri, Peritoneal Cancer
Solid tumor
UT Southwestern
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Study of NGM707 as Monotherapy and in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumor Malignancies

Study of NGM707 as Monotherapy and in Combination with Pembrolizumab in Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumor Malignancies
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Hans Hammers
169573
All
18 Years and over
Phase 1/Phase 2
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04913337
STU-2022-0183
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Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically or cytologically documented locally advanced or metastatic solid tumor malignancy.
• Progressed or was intolerant to all available therapies known to confer clinical benefit appropriate for their tumor type, and for which the patient was eligible and willing to receive, or refused SOC treatments that are perceived to have marginal clinical benefit.
• Adequate bone marrow, kidney and liver function.
• Performance status of 0 or 1.
• Resolved acute effects of any prior therapy to baseline severity or CTCAE Grade 1 except for AEs not constituting a safety risk by Investigator judgement.
Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior treatment targeting ILT2 and/or ILT4 or targeting HLA-G.
Drug: NGM707, Drug: NGM707 plus pembrolizumab, Drug: NGM707, Drug: NGM707, Drug: NGM707, Drug: NGM707 plus pembrolizumab, Drug: NGM707 plus pembrolizumab
Esophageal Cancer, Breast Cancer, Melanoma, Gastric Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Glioblastoma, Cervical Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma, Cholangiocarcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Brain and Nervous System, Breast - Female, Breast - Male, Kidney, Liver, Lung/Thoracic, Melanoma, skin, Other Digestive Organ, Other Skin, Ovary, Pancreas, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck, Endocervical Cancer
UT Southwestern
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Comparing Alkalinizing Agents Efficacy on Stone Risk in Patients on a Metabolically Controlled Diet

The purpose of this study is to compare over the counter and alternative prescription urinary alkalinizing agents to slow release potassium citrate in their ability to modify urinary parameters associated with stone formation.
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Margaret Pearle
15600
All
18 Years to 90 Years old
Early Phase 1
This study is also accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04651088
STU-2020-0613
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Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults aged 18 and older.
• with or without a history of stone disease.
Exclusion Criteria:

• They are unable to take any of the medications due to health reasons.
• Participants are pregnant or nursing.
• Participants are unable to adhere to the metabolic diet.
• Participants had a prior adverse event from one or more of the medications.
Drug: Potassium citrate, Drug: Sodium bicarbonate, Dietary Supplement: Litholyte, Dietary Supplement: Crystal Lite, Drug: Potassium Bicarbonate
Kidney Stone
UT Southwestern
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Pediatric KIDney Stone (PKIDS) Care Improvement Network (PKIDS)

The goals of this study are to improve the ability of pediatric patients and their caregivers to select surgical treatment options for kidney stones and to enable urologists to use techniques that result in the best outcomes for these surgeries.
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Bruce Schlomer
83598
All
8 Years to 21 Years old
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04285658
STU-2020-0162
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Inclusion Criteria:
1. Males or females, 8-21 years of age, undergoing planned URS, SWL, or PCNL for the removal of at least one kidney and/or ureteral stone. 2. Parental/guardian or participant (if ≥ 18 years old) permission (informed consent), and if appropriate, child assent 2a. Individuals who are not able to provide consent/assent (whether ≥18 or < 18 years) and/or not willing or able to complete questionnaires are eligible for participation for the stone clearance assessment and Electronic Health Record (EHR) surveillance if the legal guardian consents for study participation. 2b. Individuals for whom native-language questionnaires are not available can also participate in stone clearance assessment and EHR surveillance.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Patients for whom conducting informed consent and baseline study procedures would confer additional risk (e.g. obstructing ureteral stone with fever requiring emergency surgery) and delay necessary immediate clinical care. 2. Parent/guardians or patients, who, in the opinion of the Investigator, may be non-compliant with study schedules or procedures
Procedure: Ureteroscopy, Procedure: Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy, Procedure: Shock Wave Lithotripsy
Nephrolithiasis, Kidney Stone
kidney, kidney stone, nephrolithiasis, Comparative Effectiveness, Patient Reported Outcomes
Children’s Health
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Pathophysiology of Uric Acid Nephrolithiasis (IUAN)

This study has two aims: Aim 1: To determine the presence of accumulation of fat within cells and the functional consequences of this in the kidney by correlating kidney fat content with urine test results. Aim 2: The investigators will evaluate the effect of thiazolidinedione (pioglitazone) on excess fatty acid accumulation in kidney tissue and its correlation with uric acid stone formation in subjects with uric acid stones. Pioglitazone is already U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)-approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, but is not approved by the FDA for treating or preventing or diagnosing stone risk.
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Khashayar Sakhaee
16334
All
21 Years to 99 Years old
N/A
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT00904046
Study00000125
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Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with uric acid kidney stone disease
• Age > 21 years
Exclusion Criteria:

• Body weight> 350 lb
• Chronic alcohol use
• Chronic liver disease
• Chronic renal disease
• Anemia
• Contraindication to pioglitazone use:
• history of congestive heart failure NYHA class III or IV
• significant pedal edema
• liver failure
• not willing to practice an effective contraception for the duration of the study
• Thiazolidinedione use in the preceding 18 months
Drug: Pioglitazone, Drug: Placebo
Uric Acid Kidney Stone Disease, Kidney
Uric acid, Nephrolithiasis
Parkland Health & Hospital System
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The PROspera Kidney Transplant ACTIVE Rejection Assessment Registry (ProActive) (ProActive)

The ProActive registry is a longitudinal, multi-center study with a prospective arm observing clinical care for patients receiving physician ordered Prospera, an allograft rejection test, and a historical control arm collecting data on cases at the same sites whose kidney allograft rejection status was managed with Serum Creatinine SCr/estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate eGFR. This registry will compare patient management and outcomes in patients who receive Prospera (Prospera arm) to the outcomes of the historical control group (control arm) to determine Prospera's clinical utility. High-risk subjects defined as having a biopsy-demonstrated rejection event or at least one pre-existing Donor Specific Antibody DSA with total Mean Fluorescent Intensity MFI>3000 or a calculated Panel Reactive Antibodies cPRA>70% will be followed for an additional period up to 24 months in both the Prospera arm and historical control arm.
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David Wojciechowski
188709
All
18 Years and over
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04091984
STU-2020-0413
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Inclusion Criteria Prospera Arm: 1. 18 years of age or older 2. Renal allograft (kidney transplant) up to 2 years prior to signing informed consent. Newly transplanted patients to receive Prospera testing within 60 days of transplant 3. A genetically different donor (not an identical twin) 4. Selected by a healthcare provider to receive Prospera dd-cfDNA test according to the regular interval testing schedule as part of their practical care 5. Able to read, understand and provide written informed consent 6. Willing and able to comply with the study visit schedule and study requirements Exclusion Criteria Prospera Arm: 1. Pregnant 2. Routine ongoing testing with another dd-cfDNA or RNA biomarker test after enrollment into the ProActive study. Receipt of another dd-cfDNA test within 30 days of a patient being enrolled in the study. 3. History of another organ transplant (i.e. aside from renal allograph) 4. A serious medical condition that may adversely affect ability to participate in the study (e.g, dementia, current diagnosis of cancer) 5. Previously enrolled in the ProActive Registry, with the exception of a graft failure and a new renal allograft Inclusion Criteria Control Arm: 1. 18 years of age or older at the time of transplant 2. Had a renal allograft 3. Had a genetically different donor 4. Had a minimum of three evaluations per year during the three years since the renal allograft or until allograft failure Exclusion Criteria Control Arm: 1. Female patients who were pregnant at any time during the 3-year historical control data collection period 2. Had a transplanted organ other than kidney 3. Received results from a dd-cfDNA test designed to assess renal allograft rejection during the historical control data collection period
Diagnostic Test: Prospera
Kidney Transplant Rejection
donor-derived cfDNA
UT Southwestern
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Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE)

Minimal change disease (MCD), focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), and Membranous nephropathy (MN), generate an enormous individual and societal financial burden, accounting for approximately 12% of prevalent end stage renal disease (ESRD) cases (2005) at an annual cost in the US of more than $3 billion. However, the clinical classification of these diseases is widely believed to be inadequate by the scientific community. Given the poor understanding of MCD/FSGS and MN biology, it is not surprising that the available therapies are imperfect. The therapies lack a clear biological basis, and as many families have experienced, they are often not beneficial, and in fact may be significantly toxic. Given these observations, it is essential that research be conducted that address these serious obstacles to effectively caring for patients. In response to a request for applications by the National Institutes of Health, Office of Rare Diseases (NIH, ORD) for the creation of Rare Disease Clinical Research Consortia, a number of affiliated universities joined together with The NephCure Foundation the NIDDK, the ORDR, and the University of Michigan in collaboration towards the establishment of a Nephrotic Syndrome (NS) Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortium. Through this consortium the investigators hope to understand the fundamental biology of these rare diseases and aim to bank long-term observational data and corresponding biological specimens for researchers to access and further enrich.
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Kamalanathan Sambandam
102569
All
up to 80 Years old
N/A
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT01209000
STU 112012-082
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Cohort A (biopsy cohort)
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients presenting with an incipient clinical diagnosis for FSGS/MCD or MN or pediatric participants not previously biopsied, with a clinical diagnosis for FSGS/MCD or MN meeting the following inclusion criteria:
• Documented urinary protein excretion ≥1500 mg/24 hours or spot protein: creatinine ratio equivalent at the time of diagnosis or within 3 months of the screening/eligibility visit.
• Scheduled renal biopsy Cohort B (non-biopsy, cNEPTUNE)
Inclusion Criteria:

• Age <19 years of age
• Initial presentation with <30 days immunosuppression therapy
• Proteinuria/nephrotic
• UA>2+ and edema OR
• UA>2+ and serum albumin <3 OR
• UPC > 2g/g and serum albumin <3 Exclusion Criteria (Cohort A&B):
• Prior solid organ transplant
• A clinical diagnosis of glomerulopathy without diagnostic renal biopsy
• Clinical, serological or histological evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as defined by the ARA criteria. Patients with membranous in combination with SLE will be excluded because this entity is well defined within the International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society categories of lupus nephritis, and frequently overlaps with other classification categories of SLE nephritis (68)
• Clinical or histological evidence of other renal diseases (Alport, Nail Patella, Diabetic Nephropathy, IgA-nephritis, monoclonal gammopathy (multiple myelomas), genito-urinary malformations with vesico-urethral reflux or renal dysplasia)
• Known systemic disease diagnosis at time of enrollment with a life expectancy less than 6 months
• Unwillingness or inability to give a comprehensive informed consent
• Unwillingness to comply with study procedures and visit schedule
• Institutionalized individuals (e.g., prisoners)
Procedure: Kidney Biopsy
Minimal Change Disease (MCD), Membranous Nephropathy, Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental, Kidney
Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Focal & Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, FSGS, Minimal change disease, MCD, Membranous Nephropathy, MN, Nephrotic Syndrome, Neph Syndrome, NEPTUNE, NephCure, Halpin
UT Southwestern; Children’s Health; Parkland Health & Hospital System
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TruGraf® Long-term Clinical Outcomes Study

This is a prospective, multi-center, observational study. Subjects will have OmniGraf™ (TruGraf® and TRAC™) testing at study enrollment and thereafter every 3 months. In addition subjects will have OmniGraf™ (TruGraf® and TRAC™) testing at any time there is a clinical suspicion of acute rejection. Data collection for the primary objective extends over a 2-year period.
Call 214-648-5005
studyfinder@utsouthwestern.edu, Elaine.Bonilla@UTSouthwestern.edu
David Wojciechowski
188709
All
18 Years and over
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04491552
STU-2020-1142
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Inclusion Criteria:

• Written informed consent and HIPAA authorization;
• At least 18 years of age;
• Recipient of a primary or subsequent deceased-donor or living-donor kidney transplant;
• At least 3-months post-transplant;
• Stable serum creatinine (per Principal Investigator);
• Treated with any immunosuppressive regimen, and;
• Selected by provider to undergo OmniGraf™ (TruGraf® and TRAC™) testing as part of post-transplant care; and
Exclusion Criteria:

• Recipient of a combined organ transplant with an extra-renal organ and/or islet cell transplant;
• Recipient of a previous non-renal solid organ and/or islet cell transplant;
• Known to be pregnant;
• Known to be infected with HIV;
• Known to have Active BK nephropathy;
• Known to have nephrotic proteinuria (Per Principal Investigator);
• Participation in other biomarker studies testing clinical utility.
Diagnostic Test: Patients monitored with TruGraf and TRAC testing
Kidney Transplant Rejection
Biomarkers, Subclinical Rejection
UT Southwestern
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