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The purpose of this study is to understand if treatment with one chemotherapy medication combined with immune therapy (pembrolizumab) is tolerable and effective for patients with lung cancer and performance status of 2 (PS2), which means you have limitations in carrying out certain activities or spend up to half of your day resting.

This trial will enroll advanced biliary tract cancer patients who have been previously treated with immunotherapy in either the 2nd or 3rd line. Patients will be treated with AZD6738 and Durvalumab combination.

Acute Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is a rare injury that leads to permanent neuromotor impairment and sudden disability. Approximately 25,000 people experience cervical SCI in the United States, Europe, and Japan every year. The purpose of this study is to see if elezanumab is safe and assess change in Upper Extremity Motor Score (UEMS) in participants with acute traumatic cervical SCI. Elezanumab is an investigational drug being developed for the treatment of SCI. Elezanumab is a monoclonal antibody, that binds to an inhibitor of neuronal regeneration and neutralizes the inhibitor, thus potentially promoting neuroregeneration. This study is "double-blinded", which means that neither trial participants nor the study doctors will know who will be given which study drug. Study doctors put the participants in 1 of 2 groups, called treatment arms. Each group receives a different treatment. There is a 1 in 3 chance that participants will be assigned to placebo. Participants 18-75 years of age with a SCI will be enrolled. Approximately 54 participants will be enrolled in the study in approximately 49 sites worldwide. Participants will receive intravenous (IV) doses of elezanumab or placebo within 24 hours of injury and every 4 weeks thereafter through Week 48 for a total of 13 doses. There may be a higher treatment burden for participants in this trial compared to their standard of care. Participants will attend regular visits during the course of the study at a hospital or clinic. The effect of the treatment will be checked by medical assessments, blood tests, checking for side effects and completing questionnaires.

This study was a randomized, controled, multicenter, phase II clinical study evaluating the efficacy and safety of fruquintinib as a maintenance therapy following first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer. This study will include the patients with confirmed unresectable metastatic left-sided colon cancer with RAS mutation or right-sided colon cancer who achieved stable disease (SD) or partial response (PR) or complete response (CR) via palliative first-line treatment. It's expected to include 110 patients and they will be randomly stratified at 2:1 into fruquintinib group and observation group based on whether bevacizumab is used and the primary tumor site, using the Interactive Network Response System (IWRS). The random No. corresponds to the respective patient. The enrollment time is expected to be 18 months, followed up for 24 months.

Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a rare chronic inflammatory arteritis, which lacks an effective well-accepted intervention strategy. Here we tried to classify TAK patients in 3 levels, including mild, moderate, and severe, and prescribe methotrexate and tofacitinib randomly in mild and moderate patients, to observe the relatively better treatment strategy, facilitating better intervention strategy in TAK patients.

Background: Most people with hairy cell leukemia have a BRAF gene mutation. They can be treated with BRAF inhibitors, drugs that target this mutation. For people who do not have this mutation, BRAF inhibitors are not a treatment option. We found that in hairy cell leukemia, when BRAF is not mutated, the MEK gene frequently is. Binimetinib is a MEK inhibitor which targets MEK. It is important to determine if this drug can be a good treatment option in those who cannot benefit treatment with BRAF inhibitors. Objective: To see if binimetinib is an effective treatment for hairy cell leukemia that does not have a BRAF mutation. Eligibility: People ages 18 and older with hairy cell leukemia without a mutation in the BRAF gene and whose disease either did not respond to treatment or came back after treatment Design: Participants will be screened with: Medical history Physical exam Blood and urine tests Lung and heart tests Eye exam Bone marrow biopsy: A needle will be injected through the participant s skin into the bone to remove a sample of marrow. CT or MRI scan: Participants will lie in a machine that takes pictures of the body. They might receive a contrast agent by vein. Before they start treatment, participants will have an abdominal ultrasound, pulmonary function tests, and exercise stress tests. Participants will take binimetinib by mouth twice daily in 28-day cycles. They will keep a medication diary. Participants will have at least one visit before every cycle. Visits will include repeats of some screening tests. Participants may continue treatment as long as their disease does not get worse and they do not have bad side effects. About a month after their last dose of treatment, participants will have a follow-up visit. They will then have visits once a year. ...

The purpose of this study is to compare standard of care treatments for back pain to electrical stimulation. Stimulation is delivering small amounts of electricity to the nerves in your low back. This study will use a device called the SPRINT Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) System. The device is cleared by the FDA for up to 60 days of use for the relief of chronic or acute pain (including back pain)

A phase 2 open label study to evaluate safety and activity of Rituximab(HLX01) in combination with Pegylated interferon α-2b in patients with newly diagnosed advanced indolent B-cell lymphoma.

People with Down syndrome (DS) display widespread immune dysregulation, including several immune skin conditions. This study hypothesizes that pharmacological inhibition of the increased interferon (IFN) signaling seen in DS is safe and could improve associated skin conditions. The study evaluates the safety and efficacy treatment with Tofacitinib, an FDA-approved drug known to block IFN signaling, in adolescents and adults with DS and an autoimmune and/or autoinflammatory skin condition. Investigators will also measure the impact of interferon inhibition on a variety of molecular markers, as well as the cognitive abilities and quality of life of participants.

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of Blood Flow Restriction Training on the elasticity of the hamstring muscle after an acute injury. Therefore a group of football players with a recent hamstring strain injury (HSI) will be recruited and randomly assigned in one of the three following groups: Experimental group: Classic rehabilitation + Blood Flow Restriction Training Sham group: Classic rehabilitation + sham Blood Flow Restriction Training Control group: Classic rehabilitation The study procedure will be as followed: HSI (onset) -> recruitment via football clubs, physiotherapy practices, leaflets,… MRI scan (day 0-4) -> injury location, grade and extend (The British Athletics Medical Team Classification) Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) measurement (day 0-4) of the injured site and the exact same location at the contralateral leg. Rehabilitation in one of the three groups + Testing At the first therapy session a standardized initial assessment sheet will be filled in comprising of all the necessary information regarding patient information and history (recent hamstring injury and past injuries) . Furthermore, a weekly assessment of the strongest predictors of rehabilitation duration will be conducted. Between day 12 and 16 a second shear wave elastographic measurement will be performed. Return to play (RTP) The RTP decision will be made by the head physician and the attending physiotherapist. The decision will be based on clearly predefined criteria. At moment of RTP a third shear wave elastographic measurement will be performed. Follow-up The football players will be contacted regularly by phone to inquire about possible re-injuries, this for a period of 6 months after injury onset. At week 12 after injury onset, a fourth and last shear wave elastographic measurement will be performed. The evolution of the hamstring elasticity and other outcome measures will be compared between groups and also within groups between the injured leg and the healthy contralateral leg.