Clinical trials: Diagnostic Role
Acute Appendicitis
The Role of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in Appendicitis
This study seeks to determine the efficacy of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in improving the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children, when compared to the standard grey-scale ultrasound.
- Trial name
- NCT03687502
- Testing
- Sulfur hexafluoride lipid-type A microspheres
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer Metastatic
The Role of 68Gallium PSMA-11 in Enhancing Diagnosis of Primary and Metastatic Prostate Cancer
To goal of this research is to assess the ability of Gallium-68 (68Ga) Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-11 (PSMA-11) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to increase diagnostic accuracy in localizing…
- Trial name
- NCT04179968
- Testing
- 68Ga PSMA-11 injection, Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Dana Mathews
Sleep Apnea, Heart Failure
Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Apnea in the Acute Exacerbation of Heart Failure
Congestive heart failure affects 2.3 percent of the population (approximately 4,900,000) with an incidence of 10 per 1,000 of the population after the age of 65 (1).
- Trial name
- NCT00701038
- Testing
- auto adjusting bi-level positive airway pressure device
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Rami Khayat
Intraocular Retinoblastoma
Vincristine, Carboplatin, and Etoposide or Observation Only in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Newly Diagnosed Retinoblastoma
This phase III trial is studying vincristine, carboplatin, and etoposide to see how well they work compared to observation only in treating patients who have undergone surgery for newly diagnosed retinoblastoma.
- Trial name
- NCT00335738
- Testing
- liposomal vincristine sulfate, carboplatin, etoposide
- Where
- 56 sites in United States, Australia and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 331 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Breast Cancer
Surgery to Remove the Sentinel Lymph Node and Axillary Lymph Nodes After Chemotherapy in Treating Women With Stage II, Stage IIIA, or Stage IIIB Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Trial name
- NCT00881361
- Testing
- systemic chemotherapy, axillary lymph node dissection, neoadjuvant therapy
- Where
- 324 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 756 people
- Sponsor
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
OSA
Ambulatory Versus Conventional Approach Diagnosing OSA
Very few studies have examined different models of care involving initial ambulatory home-based diagnosis in diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), identifying patients who benefit from continuous positive airway pressure…
- Trial name
- NCT01828216
- Testing
- Home sleep study, conventional polysomnography
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 316 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong