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The purpose of the study is to assess if the study treatment, pelacarsen, taken by people with mild or moderate CAVS and elevated lipoprotein(a) can safely help slow the progression of calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS). Pelacarsen is a treatment being tested that acts on a particle called Lp(a), which if elevated, may play a role in CAVS.

This phase III trial compares the effect of open thoracic surgery (thoracotomy) to thoracoscopic surgery (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery or VATS) in treating patients with osteosarcoma that has spread to the lung (pulmonary metastases). Open thoracic surgery is a type of surgery done through a single larger incision (like a large cut) that goes between the ribs, opens up the chest, and removes the cancer. Thoracoscopy is a type of chest surgery where the doctor makes several small incisions and uses a small camera to help with removing the cancer. This trial is being done evaluate the two different surgery methods for patients with osteosarcoma that has spread to the lung to find out which is better.

Primary Immune Regulatory Disorders (PIRD disorders) are a group of diseases that cause the immune system to function abnormally and cause infections, autoimmunity or inflammation that can begin early in life. PIRD is usually caused by changes in genes in DNA. Researchers are trying to learn what types of medical problems patients with PIRD have and how these respond to treatment. Researchers also want to learn which genes cause PIRD and how it can cause the medical problems of PIRD.

The Kidney Precision Medicine Project (KPMP) is a research study. Our goal is learn more about kidney injury and kidney disease. By studying your kidneys, we may learn more about why chronic kidney disease happens and how to treat it more effectively or even how to prevent it. Or participants have had diabetes for many years and have not clinical signs of chronic kidney disease. By studying your kidneys, we may learn more about the factors that help protect you from kidney disease. KPMP will last for at least 10 years.

We want to learn more about your brain processes, and how a type of brain stimulation device called TMS can be used to enhance treatment for stimulant use disorder.

The goal of this study is to design wearable, comfortable sensors to measure muscle movement during tics. Small, flexible EMG sensors (the size of the head of a pin) will be embedded in a “band-aid like” plastic sticker which is placed on the side of the face. Participants will be video recorded as they complete movement tasks. The entire visit will take approximately 2 hours.

We are studying the safety and feasibility of microbiota transplant therapy (MTT) for patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC). The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether MTT from a healthy donor is safe and can be used to restore the healthy composition of microbiota to help decrease disease severity and improve symptoms. All patients in this study will receive capsules of the drug, MTT.

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of iptacopan at a dose of 200 mg twice a day for 52 weeks in patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS).

CGD disorders are a group of diseases that cause the immune system to function abnormally, leading to infections, autoimmunity and/or inflammation that can begin early in life. CGD is usually caused by changes in certain genes in DNA. Researchers are trying to learn what types of medical problems patients with CGD have and how these respond to treatment, including bone marrow transplantation and gene therapy. Researchers also want to learn which genes cause CGD and how specific gene abnormalities lead to medical problems.

This study is being done to find out if vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) affects how different parts of the brain interact with each other and process information. Participants must be in the REVEAL study and have a new VNS device implanted for treatment of depression. The study will last for about 19 weeks after the VNS is implanted.

The study drug FP-001 (Leuprolide mesylate) is being developed for children that are suffering from central (gonadotropin-dependent) precocious puberty (CPP). Leuprolide has been approved in the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) as treatment for prostate cancer already, and other forms of Leuprolide from other companies have been approved for the treatment of CPP. In this clinical study, Leuprolide will be used in the form of a 6-month depot injection.

The proposed study is an individual three-arm randomized controlled tiled aimed at utilizing state-of-the-art intervention methods to examine whether increasing the quality and the quantity of family meals reduces childhood obesity.

This research is being done to study binge eating and potential treatment strategies. An app on a sensor logging device will log eating behavior data. The device will incorporate data and refine the performance of the HabitAware sensor logging model to recognize binge eating episodes. We hope this research will help inform novel treatments for targeting binge eating behavior.

This is an observational study intended to generate preliminary data to understand how lysosomal dysfunction can affect the biogenesis of extracellular vesicles, its content and function. The study entails 2 visits over a 3-month period. On enrollment, participants will be scheduled for the 2 visits, during which fasting blood samples will be collected.

The primary study objective is to determine whether “Take on Transplant” (ToT), a CF-specific Lung Transplant (LTx) educational website, improves patient-reported preparedness for LTx discussions, as measured by the Preparation for Decision Making (PrepDM) Scale at 3 months after randomization, compared to an attention control transplant website (unos.org, UNOS).

There are currently two main ways of measuring nutrition in the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) population: body mass index (BMI) and laboratory values. This study plans to look at more ways to measure nutrition, and body composition, like the percentages of fat, bone and muscle in your body. One of the ways we will measure these items is by using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan, which is a type of x-ray. This study hopes to provide researchers with more detailed information about nutrition and body composition in adults with CF.

The Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the University of Minnesota is asking the public questions to learn how they feel about health research. Health research is when people study a health problem to understand it better. The goal is to help patients and make communities healthier. This study is an anonymous online survey that could take up to 10 minutes. Responses will help shape future studies and improve participant experiences. Click *Visit the Study Website* to take the survey!

The purpose of this open-label Expanded Access Protocol (EAP) is to provide access to MBP134, for treatment of Sudan Virus Disease (SVD). Patients will receive a single IV infusion of 50 mg/kg MBP134. Patients will be monitored and assessed daily through discharge for safety and the incidence of serious adverse events (SAEs), and of all adverse events (AEs) during infusions.

We know that patients who have undergone a solid organ transplant are at higher risk for severe influenza infections and may not develop a robust antibody response to a single dose of the influenza vaccine. The purpose of this study is to better understand the body’s response to two doses of the high-dose influenza vaccine compared to one dose during an influenza season.

The purpose of this study is to find out if using a computer program (called iDose) to guide infliximab dosing is more effective and safer than using standard infliximab dosing over 52 weeks. All patients in this study will be receiving infliximab as part of their medical care, this study is only looking at two different methods of determining the dose and timing of administration.

We want to explore whether it is possible for adults without symptoms of heart disease to perform a short, high intensity exercise routine in a clinic setting in order to measure maximum heart rate and heart rate recovery. If this method is successful, it could be used by patients and clinicians to estimate and track heart health over time.

This research is being done to assess whether it is safe and effective to stop oral anticoagulation medications (a blood-thinning medication) during prolonged periods of normal heart rhythm in participants with infrequent episodes of atrial fibrillation (AF).

This is a registry study. The Cardiac Sarcoidosis Consortium (CSC) is an international, multicenter partnership among physicians and allied professionals at major medical centers with the unifying purpose to learn more about cardiac sarcoidosis through collaborative research.

This study will use BBP-418 study drug in patients with LGMD to assess the clinical biomarkers, efficacy and safety of BBP-418 during the 36 months treatment phase.

Amblyopia (sometimes called 'lazy eye') is reduced vision in one eye caused by abnormal visual development early in life. The weaker (or 'lazy') eye often wanders inward and outward. Amblyopia is the leading cause of reduced vision in children and can lead to blindness if not treated. Treatments for amblyopia are glasses, and if needed, further treatment with part-time patching or penalization with atropine eye drops. Patching or atropine are administered to the stronger eye to force the child to use the weaker (amblyopic) eye. In recent years, an alternative type of therapy has emerged. It is called dichoptic treatment and involves stimulating both eyes simultaneously but with different stimuli. When it was first introduced, it was done in an office-based setting. Home-based technologies utilizing games and movies have been developed and studied to a limited extent in younger children with amblyopia. In this study, we will use a system called Luminopia. It uses a virtual reality headset to view web-based videos in which the contrast of the image seen by the stronger eye is reduced by 15% from that of the weaker eye. Luminopia has been available for use in the U.S. since 2022 and has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of amblyopia in this age group. In a previous large randomized trial, home-based dichoptic movies were shown to be superior to glasses alone but treatment effectiveness compared to patching (the gold standard for treating amblyopia) has not yet been established. If dichoptic therapy using the Luminopia system is confirmed to be at least as effective as patching, it would be an appealing alternative for treating amblyopia in young children, as it shows promise of better adherence and an easier treatment experience for the parent and the child. Children in this study would be randomized 1:1 to either the Patching Group or the Luminopia Group and followed for at least 6 months. Children in the Patching Group will have the option to do the Luminopia treatment after 6 months of patching. They will be followed for an additional 6 months. Thus, their participation will last for a total of 1 year.

The purpose of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study - ARIC Generation 2 research study is to evaluate the link between glucose and heart problems in adults with type 2 diabetes. Heart problems can be common in people with type 2 diabetes. We are interested in measuring your blood sugar (glucose) using a continuous glucose monitor and monitoring your heart rhythm at the same time.

CA224069 is an open-label, Phase 1/2 clinical trial of relatlimab + nivolumab in children, adolescents and young adults with Recurrent or Refractory Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma (R/R cHL) and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL). Part A will encompass safety and dose determination of relatlimab + nivolumab. Part B will be composed of an expansion cohort of cHL (Cohort 1) and an exploratory assessment in NHL (Cohort 2).

Skytrofa is approved in the U.S. for sale and use in children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD). This study is being done to find out how safe and useful Skytrofa is for long-term treatment. A child’s care will follow the normal treatment practices at the clinic. There is no new treatment or medicine involved and no additional visits will be performed.

This project is a data and specimen repository for developmental disorders. Participants provide biological samples and permission to store their health-related data. The purpose is collect and manage these materials for use in biomedical research related to developmental disorders.

We are conducting this research to try to find a better way of treating Parkinson's disease, specifically postural instability and gait disturbances (PIGD) by looking at certain brain characteristics using 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI.) We think we could discover how to make DBS more effective for such things as postural gait instability and other symptoms of PD. Participants will be asked to come to our research location, walk on a treadmill, and have a 3T MRI.