A listing of Barrett's Esophagus medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
Patients greater than 18 years of age undergoing a neurosurgical procedure at Penn Medicine will be approached for enrollment. Currently, this study is open only at the HUP and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center locations.Current research suggests that severe bodily stress caused by surgery may impair the immune system's ability to …
The purpose of this protocol is to monitor the rate of recurrence in patients who undergo cancer surgery. Patient diagnosed with solid tumor cancers have a high rate of recurrence when surgery is a treatment. The high rates of recurrence suggest that surgeons are unable to completely detect and remove …
Liver metastases are a leading cause of death among patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Duration of disease control is short following 2nd-line or later systemic therapy. Liver-directed therapy such as TACE has a higher response rate and improves PFS, but the benefit is still limited. Cancer cells escape ischemic cell …
The purpose of this research study is to learn more about a study drug that may affect patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3). This type of drug is called an antisense oligonucleotide. Eligible participants in this study will have the study drug injected into the fluid surrounding their spinal …
The overall prevalence of Ovarian Cancer in the United States according to the US SEER Registry is 182,710 women. Ovarian cancer also has the highest mortality rate of the gynecological cancers. The overall five-year survival rate is 45% and for Stages III and IV it is only 20-25%. The majority …
The purpose of this study is to determine if a particular Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) called Diffusion Weighted (dwMRI)) will detect changes in your tumor before and during treatment with chemotherapy and radiation for esophageal cancer. We used the dwMRI because it has been used in other types of cancers …
The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between chronic sleep disturbance and proteins in spinal fluid that are related to dementia and a molecule called orexin that helps regulate wakefulness and appetite in the brain. Individuals with sleep problems and good sleepers will be asked to participate.
PET/CT imaging will be used to evaluate neuroinflammation in subjects with Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Controls, using the investigational radiotracers [11C]PBR28 and[18F]NOS. Each subject will have one PET/CT session that includes both [11C]PBR28 and [18F]NOS injections and scan of the brain performed sequentially. Subjects may also undergo a brain MRI …
This will be an observational study to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of a home-based, tech enabled, remotely supervised, cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program in qualifying American adults who cannot participate in traditional center based rehab.This study aims to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of Carda Healths remotely administered cardiac rehab …
The PLEA trial is designed to test the hypothesis whether posterior wall isolation (PWI) with pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), PWI plus left atrial appendage electrical isolation (LAAEI) with PVI and PWI plus LAAEI plus coronary sinus isolation (CSI) with PVI is superior to the standard approach alone (i.e. PVI alone) …