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This research study is designed to evaluate a new treatment approach for patients with chronic heart failure. This study will assess the effectiveness and safety of a new medical device, the AquaPass system, in managing the accumulation of fluids in the body that persists despite standard medical treatment. The purpose of this study is to understand if the use of the AquaPass System with medication treatment results in increased fluid removal compared to only regular medication treatment.

The purpose of this study is to learn more about an investigational drug called ifinatamab deruxtecan (I-DXd; DS-7300. It is being studied to see if it is safe, and if cancer improves while taking it. I-DXd is a type of drug called an antibody drug conjugate (ADC). ADCs are made to attach to tumor cells to deliver chemotherapy directly to tumor cells while sparing healthy cells.

There is evidence that a short daily resisted breathing exercise, called inspiratory muscle strength training, can lower blood pressure and improve cardiovascular health. However, the most effective inspiratory muscle strength training protocol has not been established. This study seeks to test different training protocols. Participants will perform inspiratory muscle strength training daily, for 6 weeks. Each day's training will take less than 15 minutes to complete. Cardiovascular function will be measured before and after the 6-week training period.

The purpose of this study is to look at the safety and efficacy of neoadjuvant ( before surgery) carboplatin and mirvetuximab soravtansine for women who have folate receptor alpha (FRα) -expressing advanced-stage serous epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer (EOC). Mirvetuximab Soravtansine (MIRV) is an investigational drug designed to selectively kill cancer cells. All participants will receive an intravenous infusion of MIRV in combination with carboplatin for up to 6 - 9 Cycles

We will enroll healthy pregnant women (following enrollment, all subsequent study procedures will be completed postpartum) or postpartum women on hormonal birth control or no hormonal birth control with either a recent history of smoking and a desire to remain abstinent after childbirth, or who are currently smoking and motivated to quit smoking. Participants will be recruited throughout the continental United States (US). Participants living in Minnesota (our clinical site) will receive a 12-week course of exogenous progesterone. Participants will be followed for six months with remote visits, self-administered surveys, and self-collection of dried blood spots to measure hormones and smoking-related biomarkers.

This phase III trial studies brentuximab vedotin and combination chemotherapy to see how well they work compared to combination chemotherapy alone in treating children and young adults with stage IIB with bulk, stage IIIB, IVA, or IVB Hodgkin lymphoma. Combinations of biological substances in brentuximab vedotin may be able to carry cancer-killing substances directly to Hodgkin lymphoma cells. Chemotherapy drugs, such as doxorubicin hydrochloride, bleomycin sulfate, vincristine sulfate, etoposide, prednisone, and cyclophosphamide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. It is not yet known if combination chemotherapy is more effective with or without brentuximab vedotin in treating children with high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma.

This research study is for people who have Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) and it is moderate or severe in intensity and have been treated with at least one conventional therapy for HS. This study involves the investigational drug SBT777101, which is created by genetically modifying a patient’s own immune cells. The word “investigational” means that this drug has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing. SBT777101 is being developed to treat people with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).

Respiratory illnesses, including ear and sinus infections, colds, and pneumonias, are among the most common infectious diseases affecting Minnesotans across their lifespan. These diseases can be caused by many different types of microbes—bacteria, viruses and fungi—and different types of microbes may require different kinds of treatment. This research is being done to learn more about the specific types of microbes that cause respiratory infections in children and adults across the state of Minnesota over time. Antimicrobial resistance happens when microbes develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them. Through this study, we will learn which types of genes are carried by microbes living in the respiratory tract by collecting and analyzing nasal and oral specimen.

Levosimendan has not been approved by the FDA to treat people who have PH-HFpEF or approved to be taken by mouth (orally). In this study, we will measure the amount of levosimendan in blood at various times and evaluate the change in participants 6-Minute Walk Distance.

This study is about quality of life and physical sensation in the nipple-areola area of people who have undergone deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction with or without nerve grafting. At the post-operative clinic visits at 3, 6, 12, and 18-months post-op, participants will have sensory assessments and be asked to complete a series of questionnaires.

This study is about finding out if the study drug, TARPEYO®, can be taken for a longer time (2 years) than the current recommended 9 months, to better help people with primary IgA nephropathy (IgAN).

The goal of this study is to find a special protein in the blood of individuals with serious prostate cancer. Special tests look for this protein in their blood while they are getting their regular cancer treatments.

The purpose of this study is to learn about the efficacy and safety of RO7790121, which is a new medication being developed to treat people who have moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD). Participants will receive either the new medication or a placebo (doesn't contain any medicine) and the results will be compared. The total time of study treatment for an individual will be approximately 30 weeks.

The purpose of this study is to develop a cohort of patients with early scleroderma, and to collect data on clinical outcomes, radiological tests, laboratory tests and to obtain biological specimens for testing.We hope to explore medical care and the impact of SSc on patients' daily lives through various questionnaires that will be collected during study participation. By looking at all of the areas mentioned, we hope to find out information about SSc that will help treat future patients, develop new treatments, and work towards a cure.

This study’s strategy is to take a personalized approach, using a type of donor source combined with a drug regimen specific to that source. The common risks of a transplant approach include graft failure – when the transplant does not take; graft versus host disease (GVHD) – when the transplanted donor cells attack the recipient; and a late effect of infertility. We are studying whether this new approach with conditioning regimen matched with donor source is safer and more effective than our previous approach. Additionally, we are testing whether the dose of radiation will reduce the risk of graft failure.

The main goal of this study is to see if it's safe for people to take xaluritamig together with either darolutamide or abiraterone.

The overall goal of this study is to compare the effects, good and/or bad, of CPX-351 with daunorubicin and cytarabine on people with newly diagnosed AML to find out which is better, and to find out what effects, good and/or bad, the drug gilteritinib has when given with chemotherapy to children and young adults with newly diagnosed AML and the FLT3/ITD mutation or non-ITD FLT3 activating mutations.

This study is about improving our ability to characterize the prevalence of “funky” urine (i.e., urine with an abnormal odor, color, or appearance) in adults with either (1) a history of lower urinary tract reconstruction utilizing bowel and/or (2) catheter-based bladder management. We also aim to determine the frequency with which such patients receive antibiotic treatment for presumed urinary tract infections (UTIs). This may help us better understand how to help patients avoid unnecessary treatment with antibiotics.

Participants who take part in this study will receive a study drug called ruxolitinib with a standard drug called nivolumab. The study is being done to measure the percentage of tumor (lymphoma) that shrinks after receiving ruxolitinib in combination with nivolumab. This study will also measure the length of time the lymphoma is inactive and how safe the combination is to administer to participants. Ruxolitinib is a pill that is taken twice every day. Nivolumab is given as an infusion in the clinic once every 4 weeks.

The purpose of this study is to see how accurately orthopaedic surgeons predict outcomes for people who have an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Patients will be asked to complete post-surgery surveys about occurrence of side effects, return to activity, reoperation, and satisfaction with the surgery at 4 months, 2 years, and 5 years.

This study is comparing the treatment of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) with either lifestyle changes or obesity surgery with lifestyle changes.  Participants must be 30-70 years old, have a BMI of 35.0-60.0 kg/m2, have health insurance that will pay for obesity surgery, and be willing to accept either treatment.

The primary purpose of this study is to define the recommended Phase 2 dose of AZD1390 when given in combination with radiation for pediatric supratentorial and infratentorial high-grade gliomas. The toxicities, safety profile and pharmacokinetic profile of AZD1390 in this setting will also be assessed.

This research is being done to gain a better understanding of Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) and treatment with oral capsule microbiota transplant therapy (MTT) and the effects. Participants will be randomized (by chance) into 1 of 2 groups, treatment or placebo (no active ingredients) group. This study will last for up to 6 months

This study aims to identify independent blood-based risk factors for postoperative complications and near-term events among patients undergoing CABG surgery. In particular, this study will be using proteomics, the study of all proteins produced by the cells found in blood, as well as genetic analysis to identify potential predictive markers of postoperative complications. We will collect blood samples from before and after surgery. This study does not involve any medical treatment other than the one prescribed by your doctor, nor does it involve any additional medical procedures.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System in patients with symptomatic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

This partially randomized phase III trial studies how well active surveillance, bleomycin, carboplatin, etoposide, or cisplatin work in treating pediatric and adult patients with germ cell tumors. Active surveillance may help doctors to monitor subjects with low risk germ cell tumors after their tumor is removed. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as bleomycin, carboplatin, etoposide, and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading.

This phase I/II trial evaluates the highest safe dose, side effects, and possible benefits of tegavivint in treating children, adolescents, and young adults with recurrent or refractory solid tumors, including lymphomas and desmoid tumors.

This study is intended to find the highest amount of the study drug, VT3989, which can be safely taken by patients without causing too many side effects and to determine the recommended dose and dosing schedule for further research, how much of the study drug gets into the blood stream and how long it takes to be cleared, and if the study drug will shrink tumors.

This study looks at perceptual abilities in healthy children and children with significant movement difficulties, a condition called developmental coordination disorder (DCD). The study involves a single session of using virtual reality (VR) to look at catching skills. This will help us to better understand movement difficulties in children so we can design programs to support them.

Individuals who are carriers of ALS causative gene variants have an increased lifetime risk of developing ALS or a related disorder, Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). We are doing this research to collect a wide range of biofluid samples, clinical information, and other health and wellbeing information to look for measurable differences that will help us understand how and when the body changes in response to ALS causative gene variants.