Clinical trials: sponsored by NYU Langone Health
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Combination Chemotherapy Followed by Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation or Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Patients With Brain Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Peripheral stem cell transplantation or bone marrow transplantation may allow the doctor to give higher doses…
- Trial name
- NCT00025558
- Testing
- filgrastim, carboplatin, temozolomide
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Australia
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Genital Herpes
Serologic Assays for the Diagnosis of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2
The purposes of this study are: To determine the accuracy of commercially available serologic assays in diagnosing patients with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2); To assess the sensitivity and specificity of the commerical…
- Trial name
- NCT01112956
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Abscess, Skin Diseases, Infectious
Study of Wound Packing After Superficial Skin Abscess Drainage
Superficial skin and soft tissue abscess are frequently managed by opening them up with a procedure called "incision and drainage".
- Conditions
- Abscess, Skin Diseases, Infectious, Boils, Furuncle
- Trial name
- NCT00746109
- Testing
- Wound packing, NoPacking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Pain
Jet Lidocaine for Pain Relief During Needle Insertion in a Pediatric Emergency Department
The purpose of this study is to explore to what degree, if any, Jet lidocaine will reduce or alleviate pain, as compared to Jet normal saline, in children undergoing needle insertion in the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED).
- Trial name
- NCT00681902
- Testing
- Lidocaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Bronchiolitis, Viral
The Effectiveness of Oral Dexamethasone for Acute Bronchiolitis
This study will compare a single dose of oral dexamethasone to placebo in a multicenter, randomized, double blind trial of infants aged 2 to 12 months with first-time bronchiolitis (defined as wheezing within 7 days of onset).
- Trial name
- NCT00119002
- Testing
- dexamethasone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 598 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Medication Errors
Improving Parental Understanding of Medication Instructions Through a Pictogram-Based Intervention
Liquid medication administration errors are common, and place children at risk for adverse events. Caregivers with low socioeconomic status (SES), low education and poor health literacy skills are at increased risk for errors.
- Trial name
- NCT00537433
- Testing
- Pictogram
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Acne Vulgaris
Comparison of Tazarotene and Minocycline Therapies for Maintenance of Facial Acne Vulgaris
The purpose of the study is to compare the efficacy of three maintenance regimens (topical tazarotene, oral minocycline, or both) in sustaining improvement in acne.
- Trial name
- NCT00145106
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 189 people
- Sponsor
- KGL, Inc.