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This study is to examine the anticancer activity of the combination therapy with all-trans retinoic acid and nivolumab in patients with chemotherapy-refractory advanced or metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and preliminary antitumor activity of TYRA-300 in cancers with FGFR3 activating gene alterations, including locally advanced/metastatic urothelial carcinoma of the bladder and urinary tract and other advanced solid tumors.

The investigators will conduct a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to investigate the effects and tolerability of ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) extract in patients with impaired fasting glucose for 12 weeks.

Mozart's Sonata for two pianos in D major (K448) has been found to reduce the presence of abnormalities in the electroencephalograms of patients with epilepsy. We will examine the long term effects of listening to the K448 sonata on seizure frequency and cognitive functioning in children with drug resistant epilepsy allocated to either a study group or a control group. Patients' parents will complete a seizure diary for the whole study period, during which antiepileptic drug therapy of the child will remain unchanged. Baseline neuropsychological testing will be performed and a seizure diary will be kept for 3 months. The study group will listen to K448 for 8 continuous minutes every day for 2 months, while those in the control group will listen to control music for the same amount of time. Neuropsychological testing will be repeated at the end of the study period and any change from baseline examined. Seizure frequency during periods of exposure to music will be compared to baseline in both groups. Feedback questionnaires and parent focus groups will be used to gather information around the practicalities of exposure to music, potential problems and suggestions for how future studies might be improved.

Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is an effective treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF). Currently, Medtronic Arctic Front Cryoballoon is the most frequently used single shot technology and hence is the benchmark for upcoming technologies. A novel method, pulse-field ablation (PFA) using the FARAPULSE catheter, has recently been introduced (FARAPULSE PFA, Boston Scientific). However, whether FARAPULSE PFA provides effectiveness similar to the standard-of-practice Medtronic Arctic Front Cryoballoon is yet to be investigated. Given that FARAPULSE PFA has shown in studies not to cause any of the severe complications reported in association with traditional PVI while being highly effective, it might be even safer and more effective for use in AF ablation procedures. The aim of this trial is to compare the efficacy and safety of PVI using FARAPULSE PFA (Boston Scientific) and the Arctic Front Cryoballoon (Medtronic) in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal AF undergoing their first PVI. This is an investigator-initiated, multicenter, randomized controlled, open-label trial with blinded endpoint adjudication. Given that the Medtronic Arctic Front Cryoballoon is the standard-of-practice for PVI and the FARAPULSE PFA is the novel technology, this trial has a non-inferiority design. The null hypothesis with regards to the primary efficacy endpoint is that the FARAPULSE PFA (Boston Scientific) shows lower efficacy compared to the Arctic Front Cryoballoon (Medtronic) and that therefore more episodes of first recurrence of any atrial arrhythmia between days 91 and 365 will be observed in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal AF undergoing their first PVI. Hence, the alternative hypothesis postulates that the FARAPULSE PFA is non-inferior to the Arctic Front Cryoballoon. Rejection of the null hypothesis is needed to conclude non-inferiority.

The purpose of the RaRE-TS study is to determine safety, tolerability and efficacy of rapamycin versus placebo in a drug resistant epilepsy associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC).

In the older adult population, over the years, progressive changes are generated on the different functions and systems of the human body. The musculoskeletal system is not exempt from this process, with the loss of muscle associated with aging being one of the main problems for the older adult population. These alterations bring with them a decrease in muscle strength, along with a loss of functional capacity. Among all the consequences that these deficits can generate, there are: alterations in gait, difficulties in daily transfers, alterations in balance, among others. These changes develop as a consequence an increased risk of falling, these being one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. As technological development advances, new devices are being created that allow new forms of training our senses and abilities. Since its conception, in the late 1980s, virtual reality has been an area of growing possibilities. Butler and Willet define virtual reality as a technology that allows the user to interact directly with a computer-simulated environment. This tool is gaining more and more interest in the motor rehabilitation of multiple pathologies and also as an option for stability training in older patients. The aim of this study is to evaluate changes in stability after a 2 weeks protocol of virtual reality

This is a perioperative Phase 2, open-label, non-randomized, single-cohort study in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder who cannot receive or refuse to receive cisplatin-based chemotherapy.

The purpose of this research study is to compare the effectiveness and safety of two standard of care treatments in people who have been diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).This research study is being done to compare atezolizumab/bevacizumab to locoregional therapy with either transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) or transarterial radioembolization (TARE).

Although behavioral treatments for decreasing destructive behavior, such as differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA), are effective in the clinic, problem behavior often returns when a caregiver does not give the child their way in the natural environment (e.g., caregiver is busy with an infant sibling). This form of treatment relapse is known as resurgence. The goal of the current study is to evaluate whether alternating sessions in which the child can have their way (i.e., "on" sessions) with sessions in which the child can not have their way (i.e., "off" sessions) helps to mitigate resurgence.