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This observational study aims to identify the factors that influence whether cancer patients accept or decline supportive care services after screening positive for health-related social needs (HRSNs) at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study focuses on adult oncology patients who previously reported at least one HRSN-such as transportation, food, housing, or utility needs-but declined assistance when it was offered. The main questions it aims to answer are: - What factors shape cancer patients' intentions to use supportive care services for HRSNs? - Why do patients who screen positive for HRSNs choose not to accept help offered by the healthcare system? Participants will: - Complete a one-time electronic survey delivered via MyChart or email. - Optionally participate in a semi-structured Zoom interview (for a subset of 20-30 survey respondents) to explore decision-making in greater depth.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Dec 2025

open study

This is a randomized, multicenter, double-blind, single administration study to investigate the efficacy and safety of 2 dosing regimens of Purified Cortrophin® Gel in the treatment of an acute gouty arthritis flare. The study consists of three periods: an optional pre-screening period, a double-blind treatment period, and a 7-day follow-up period. The treatment period is double-blind, and the patients will be randomized to treatment with 40 U Purified Cortrophin® Gel or 80 U Purified Cortrophin® Gel in a 1:1 ratio. Purified Cortrophin® Gel will be administered once (either subcutaneously or intramuscularly) on the first visit (Day 0; Visit 1) and surveyed after 24 hours (Day 1), 48 hours (Day 2), and 72 hours (Day 3; Visit 2) as well as on Day 7.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Dec 2025

open study

The main goal of this study is to evaluate whether a manually determined sleep extension intervention is effective at improving sleep and related outcomes among adults who find it difficult to get enough sleep.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jan 2026

open study

The purpose of this study is to measure the pharmacokinetics (PK), safety, and tolerability of capivasertib in participants with moderate hepatic impairment and participants with normal hepatic function (as control).

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jan 2026

open study

This clinical trial will assess the safety and tolerability of topical application of RLS-1496 cream to lesions and adjacent skin on the left forearm of adults with actinic keratoses (AK) on the arms. The right forearm will remain untreated as a control. The therapeutic objective of topical treatment with RLS-1496 cream is to clear or decrease the number of AK in the treated area, per lesion counts performed by the Investigator. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Is it safe to apply topical RLS-1496 cream to treat AK once daily for 28 days? - Does topical RLS-1496 lower the number of AKs or eliminate AKs in a treated area when applied once daily for 28 days? Researchers will compare results on the left (treated with RLS-1496) and right (no treatment) forearm. Participants will apply RLS-1496 to an identified area on the left forearm once each day for 28 days and have intermittent clinic visits to examine the arms and have the AK lesions counted until 28 days after the last application of RLS-1496. Participants will also have small skin biopsies on the arms.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jan 2026

open study

This clinical trial studies whether advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, including diffusion-relaxation correlation spectrum imaging (DR-CSI) and sodium imaging, can be used to identify the difference between brain tumors that come back after a period of improvement (recurrent) and treatment-related tissue damage (radiation necrosis [RN]). Radiation therapy is often used in the treatment of brain tumors. Radiation treatment response can be difficult to assess and is usually done using conventional MRI, which uses radio waves and a powerful magnet linked to a computer to create detailed pictures of areas inside the body. Current imaging techniques have a limited ability to identify the difference between recurrent brain tumor and RN due to their similar appearance on conventional MRI and overlapping clinical presentation. This makes it hard for doctors to plan the best way to treat these tumors. DR-CSI is a new MRI technique with the potential to detect microscopic tissue components with different characteristics. Sodium imaging is an MRI technique that estimates the total sodium concentration in the obtained images. It may be able to identify the small structures within the tissue of brain tumors. Advanced MRI techniques like DR-CSI and sodium imaging may be effective in identifying the difference between recurrent brain tumors and RN.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Aug 2025

open study

This is a prospective randomized control trial comparing two collared and collarless femoral implants used in primary total hip arthroplasty. The specific aims of this trial are to: SA1: Prospectively assess clinical outcomes in patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty with a collared versus collarless femoral stem of the same design. SA2: Evaluate serial radiographs to quantify differences in subsidence between collared and collarless implant groups. SA3: Report and compare incidence rates of intraoperative and postoperative periprosthetic fractures and aseptic loosening following primary total hip arthroplasty with use of either a collared or collarless stem. Hypothesis: The addition of a collar to the same designed triple-taper primary hip stem will lead to a reduction in subsidence and incidence of perioperative and periprosthetic femur fractures.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Dec 2025

open study

This pilot and feasibility study aims to combine recent advances in ultrasound imaging, specifically an endonasal transducer array and contrast enhanced ultrasound, to offer an intraoperative image-guided solution for lesion-specific surgical resection to impact clinical outcome. Should this imaging approach help isolate specific lesions and prevent surgical resection of normal pituitary tissue in this first-in-humans study, then the results will provide clinical data for a much larger multi-center clinical trial.

Type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Start Date: Jun 2024

open study

The purpose of this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial is to. evaluate daily Reducose® (mulberry leaf extract) supplementation taken with the two largest meals for 12 weeks on improving glycemic response and perimenopausal symptoms in women aged 40-60 years. Glycemic response is measured using Dexcom Stelo continuous glucose monitors during standardized test meals, and menopausal symptoms and sleep/quality-of-life outcomes are assessed using validated surveys administered through the Chloe app in a decentralized U.S. study.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Dec 2025

open study

This is a Phase 2, open-label, multi-center clinical study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of inhaled mosliciguat in participants with pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) on a background inhaled treprostinil.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Dec 2025

open study

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if combining brain stimulation with cognitive training can improve thinking skills in older adults who have had a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The main questions are: - Does transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) make cognitive training more effective for improving attention, memory, and decision-making? - Is this type of home-based program feasible and acceptable for older adults with TBI? Researchers will compare two groups: one group will receive active tDCS during cognitive training, and the other group will receive sham (placebo) tDCS during cognitive training. Participants will: - Complete computer-based cognitive training exercises (BrainHQ) to practice attention, memory, and decision-making. - Receive either active or sham tDCS during training sessions. - Complete assessments before and after the program to measure changes in thinking and daily functioning.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jan 2026

open study

Sleep is an important factor for overall health. This study will see how different light exposure patterns and food intake impact a person's metabolism (how the body breaks down food) when sleeping is reduced. Participants will attend 6 to 8 in-person visits to the study clinic, including three overnight stays. People will complete surveys and medical tests. The study will last about 4 to 6 months.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Dec 2025

open study

The goal of this open pilot trial (OPT) is to develop a Lakota-adapted Family Acceptance Project (LFAP) for Indigenous 2SLGBTQ+ youth and their caregivers. The OPT is specifically focused on acceptability, feasibility, and safety of programming and research protocols. The investigators will also examine pre- to post- changes on outcomes for the sole purposes of making sure scores on measures are changing in the hypothesized direction (e.g., depression scores are going from moderate to minimal as opposed to no change or depression scores increasing). Once enrolled in the study, participants complete a baseline survey. Then participants will engage in LFAP which is an 8-session group intervention; sessions will be scheduled once a week for eight weeks (at 2 hours per session). Participants will complete survey instruments before and immediately after the program sessions, in addition to post-program surveys and an exit interview.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jan 2026

open study

Evaluation of Efficacy of Placental Membrane Dressings in Accelerating Diabetic Foot Healing

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Dec 2025

open study

To study the safety and possible side effects of using the imaging agent 4-[18F]Fluoro-1-Naphthol (also called [18F]4FN) in PET/CT scans for participants with chronic GVHD.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Nov 2025

open study

The Helioscope (Cassini Technologies B.V.) is a novel device under development that aims at combining LED-based corneal topography and SS-OCT to provide accurate and fast measurements of both the corneal shape and the ocular biometry. To that end, the hardware and software of the Cassini color-LED topographer (Cassini Technologies B.V.) is combined with a novel SS-OCT device. While the new Helioscope can largely be evaluated using data acquired with healthy eyes, one of its main use-cases is providing input for IOL power formulae for cataract surgery. Thus, it is essential that the device can perform measurements in eyes with (dense) cataract. As cataract changes the optical properties of the crystalline lens and the OCT measurement is optical, this is not a given. This study therefore seeks a dataset of Helioscope measurements performed in eyes with cataract that can be used to develop the software algorithms of the Helioscope.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Nov 2025

open study

This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase II study is designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of ASC30 oral tablets formulation in participants with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jan 2026

open study

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of antiseptic-coated sutures is better than the use of the standard sutures in preventing postoperative fistulas within 90 days after pancreatoduodenectomy.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jan 2026

open study

The researchers will test whether cognitively enhanced transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex can reduce craving in inpatients with cocaine use disorder. Neuroimaging before and after stimulation will establish the neural correlates of recovery and allow predictions of outcomes, which will be assessed throughout the study and one month after its completion. Results could pave the way towards development of a new self-administered intervention to reduce craving when it is needed the most, enhancing recovery real-time and in the natural environment in people with cocaine addiction as generalizable to other drugs of abuse and other disorders of self-control.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jan 2026

open study

This is a multicenter, single-arm, prospective, observational study designed to evaluate bronchoscopist radiation exposure during standard-of-care image-guided robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (RAB) for sampling of a single pulmonary parenchymal lesion.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Dec 2025

open study

Discarded perfusate samples will be collected from donors after circulatory death (DCD) or donors after brain death (DBD) organs during the machine perfusion period prior to transplantation by the study team. FMN will be measured as is standard of care for all machine perfusion liver transplant cases at Cleveland Clinic. Participating centers will be provided with sample collection and shipping instructions to ensure sample preservation in accordance with IATA guidelines. Samples from outside sites will not be stored for future research and will be discarded once analysis is completed. After the collection of the samples from machine perfusion, the transplant procedure will continue according to standard process.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Dec 2025

open study

This is a first-in human clinical study of DPTX3186 in subjects with Wnt-pathway activated solid tumors where no other treatments exist. The study will evaluate safety, pharmacokinetics, and initial activity of DPTX3186, as well as explore pharmacodynamic parameters to identify potential biomarkers of efficacy

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Jan 2026

open study

This study investigates the efficacy and safety of once weekly injectable MET097 in adult participants with obesity or overweight with weight-related comorbidities excluding T2D. This trial will last for a duration of 84 weeks. The primary endpoint will be assessed after 64 weeks of treatment with the secondary at 84 weeks.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Dec 2025

open study

This is a prospective study that will determine the optimal timing for 24-hour urinary copper excretion (UCE) measurement after temporary discontinuation of standard therapies in Wilson Disease (WD) patients. The primary objective is to assess whether off-treatment UCE (OT-UCE) correlates with non-ceruloplasmin-bound copper (NCC) levels, aiming to validate OT-UCE as a surrogate marker for systemic copper bioavailability and disease stability. Stable WD patients will be enrolled, temporarily taken off treatment under close monitoring, and undergo UCE and NCC testing. If OT-UCE is validated, it could serve as a practical biomarker for monitoring WD treatment and stability in clinical practice and future trials.

Type: Observational

Start Date: Feb 2026

open study

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the chronic effects of replacing traditional non-diet soda with a prebiotic soda on biomarkers associated with glycemic control in adults with glucose dysregulation who are habitual consumers of traditional soda.

Type: Interventional

Start Date: Dec 2025

open study