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Trials by University Health Network, Toronto
Positron Emission Mammography and Liquid Biopsy in Women With High-risk Breast Screenings
The goal of this research study is to evaluate the performance of two experimental tests, namely Liquid Biopsy and Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) in women at high risk of...
Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration for Lymph Node Staging in Patients With Non-small Cell...
It is reported that more than 90,000 patients died of lung cancer and more than 20% of them were older than 80 years in North America. Therefore a less invasive but effective...
MR Guidance for Liver and Pancreas
This is a single centre, single arm, prospective feasibility study that aims to see whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a source of image guidance before each radiation...
Ontario-wide Cancer TArgeted Nucleic Acid Evaluation
Substantial progress has been made in the treatment of cancer through the use of targeted therapies, but what works for one patient might not work for another patient. Certain...
Cabozantinib to Treat Recurrent Liver Cancer Post Transplant
This is a phase 2 study that will assess the investigational drug, cabozantinib, in patients with liver cancer (specifically hepatocellular carcinoma) and who had received a liver...
Using Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy to Treat Advanced Liver Cancer Before Transplant
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if locoregional therapy and immunotherapy can be used together to help patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and macrovascular...
SABR for Renal Tumors
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) is the most common type of kidney cancer. The usual treatment for this type of cancer is surgery. Considering the most common patients are an average...
The Safety and Feasibility of Radiofrequency Ablation to Treat Low-risk Thyroid Cancer
The goal of this clinical trial is to test radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in thyroid cancers ≤2 cm in diameter. The main question it aims to answer is: • What is the feasibility...
Feasibility of Early Swallowing and Speech Intervention for Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated SURGically
Oral cavity cancer (OCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide, with tongue cancer being one of the most common subtypes. Patients with oral cancers can experience painful...
Tissue Collection Protocol for Gastroesophageal Cancers
This proposed collection of primary tumor cells lines will benefit esophageal cancer research within the University Health Network. This collection of gastro-esophageal tumor...
Early Palliative Care for Patients With Multiple Myeloma and Aggressive Lymphoma
Patients with multiple myeloma experience a wide range of physical and psychological symptoms from the time of their diagnosis. Meanwhile, patients with aggressive lymphomas...
Optimizing lymphoDepletion to Improve Outcomes In Patients Receiving Cell Therapy With Yescarta
This is a Phase 1b study of participants with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL). The purpose of this study is to identify an optimized lymphodenpletion (LD) regimen by...
Digital Peer Navigation for Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer
Adolescents and young adults (AYA) diagnosed with cancer experience unique challenges after completing treatment and face distinct barriers to optimal care and support. These...
Improving Prognostic Confidence in Neurodegenerative Diseases Causing Dementia Using Peripheral Biomarkers and...
To develop a model to predict disease progression in a large cohort of patients across a variety of neurodegenerative diseases, including Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and...
Radialis PET Imager for the Assessment of Neuritic Amyloid Plaque Burden
The standard or usual workup for cognitive impairment, including Alzheimer's Disease, may include brain amyloid PET with PET/CT or PET/MR imaging. Amyloid PET is the standard...
Clinical Outcomes of Pregnant Individuals With Epilepsy - Prospective Study
The aim of this study is to investigate the pregnancy, delivery, neonatal, and epilepsy outcomes in individuals with epilepsy undergoing pregnancy at the Maternal and Infant...
Stimulating Postural Control to Augment Rehabilitation After Cerebral Stroke (SPARC): a Pilot Trial
People living with stroke have a high risk of falling and this risk increases as mobility improves over the first year post-stroke. Despite the high number of falls, there is a...
The HIMALAYAS Trial and Lifestyle Changes in Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors Study: A...
Pediatric, adolescent and young adult cancer survivors (PAYA-CS) are at higher risk of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. This is a consequence of prior cancer-related...
Seronegative Myasthenia Gravis - Efgartigimod IV
This is to study the efficacy, safety and tolerability of efgartigimod in patients with seronegative generalized myasthenia gravis. This is an open label study. There will be 30...
Atypical Fracture Cohort Study
Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by increased bone fragility and deteriorating bone micro-architecture. The main consequence of osteoporosis is low-trauma fractures, most...
Effects of Compression Stockings in Asthma Symptoms at Night
Nocturnal worsening of asthma is common. It is characterized by overnight exacerbation of asthma symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest tightness, coughing, and wheezing,...
Effect of Hi-OxSR for the Treatment of Post COVID Condition
The RECLAIM study platform will be used to explore whether the use of the Hi-OxSR device improves the symptoms of post covid cognitive dysfunction. Carbon dioxide (CO2) has been...
Comparing Menghini-type Needle and Franseen-type Needle in EBUS-TBNA for Sarcoidosis
This randomized pilot clinical trial aims to examine whether sample collection with Franseen-type needles are effective for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis, as defined by improved...
Combined Light, ExVivo, and Antivirals for Recipients of Lungs From HBV Donors
The aim of the study is to show that transplantation of lungs from Hepatitis B-infected donors is safe when using EVLP with UV light inactivation plus antivirals
Vaccinal Effect of HBsAg Monoclonal Ab VIR-3434 in Chronic Hepatitis B Infection [VISION]
This is a Phase II Investigator-Initiated Study to understand the vaccinal effect of HBsAg monoclonal Ab VIR-3434 in chronic hepatitis B infection. The purpose of this study is...
RSV Vaccine in Transplant Recipients
Adjuvant, non-live RSV vaccine will be administered to adult lung and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. The safety and immunogenicity of this intervention...
Pandemic Influenza Vaccine in Organ Transplantation (PIVOT Trial)
Influenza is an important pathogen in transplant recipients. The current widespread outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI) in livestock, and the occurrence of...
Fabry Cardiomyopathy: Identification of Early Myocardial Structural and Tissue Abnormalities Using Multiparametric MRI
This study will evaluate whether cardiac MRI T1 and T2 mapping improves our ability to detect early abnormalities in the heart in patients with Fabry disease and identify patients...