Clinical trials: Upper Extremity Surgery
Distal Radius Fractures
Fixation of Unstable Distal Radius Fractures
Wrist fractures are the most common type of fractures that occur in the shoulder, arm, and hand. Approximately 250,000 to 300,000 wrist fractures occur in the United States each year.
- Trial name
- NCT00654615
- Testing
- Intramedullary Radius Fixation (Micronail), Volar Plate Fixation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University
Metastatic Cancer, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Stereotactic Radiosurgery After Surgery in Treating Patients With Brain Metastases
RATIONALE: Stereotactic radiosurgery may be able to send x-rays directly to the tumor and cause less damage to normal tissue. Giving stereotactic radiosurgery after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT00814463
- Testing
- MMSE, QOL via FACT-Br, MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Cystoscopes, Baxter Anaesthesia Brand of Desflurane
Comparing Desflurane to Sevoflurane for the Effect on Recovery Time in Patients Undergoing Urological Cystoscope Surgery
This is a single-center, prospective, randomized, double-blind, double-arm trial including 68 subjects scheduled to undergo urological cystoscope surgeries under general anesthesia (GA) with intubation through a laryngeal mask…
- Conditions
- Cystoscopes, Baxter Anaesthesia Brand of Desflurane, Sevoflurane
- Trial name
- NCT01219881
- Testing
- Desflurane, Sevoflurane
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Recurrent Melanoma, Stage IIIA Melanoma
High-Dose Aldesleukin and Ipilimumab in Treating Patients With Stage III-IV Melanoma That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery
This phase II trial studies how well high-dose aldesleukin and ipilimumab works in treating patients with stage III-IV melanoma that cannot be removed by surgery.
- Conditions
- Recurrent Melanoma, Stage IIIA Melanoma, Stage IIIB Melanoma, Stage IIIC Melanoma
- Trial name
- NCT02203604
- Testing
- aldesleukin, ipilimumab, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- CINJRegulatory
Solid Tumor Malignancy
Efficacy and Safety of Pemigatinib in Previously Treated Locally Advanced/Metastatic or Surgically Unresectable Solid Tumor Malignancies Harboring Activating FGFR Mutations or Translocations (FIGHT-207)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pemigatinib in participants with previously treated locally advanced/metastatic or surgically unresectable solid tumor malignancies harboring activating FGFR…
- Trial name
- NCT03822117
- Testing
- Pemigatinib
- Where
- 90 sites in United States, Denmark and 9 more
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- Incyte Corporation
Postoperative Pain
Maxigesic® IV Phase 3 Exposure Study
The study aims to determine the tolerability of repeated doses of Maxigesic® IV over an extended period of exposure.
- Trial name
- NCT04005755
- Testing
- Maxigesic® IV
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, New Zealand
- Volunteers
- 232 people
- Sponsor
- AFT Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.
Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Stenosis
Single-Armed Use of ViviGen Cellular Bone Matrix in Patients Undergoing Posterolateral Lumbar Surgery
This is a prospective, single-arm post market study of patients to assess fusion in one or multiple continuous levels of the lumbosacral spine (L1-S1) using ViviGen Cellular Bone Matrix.
- Conditions
- Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Stenosis, Spondylosis, Spondylolisthesis
- Trial name
- NCT04007094
- Testing
- ViviGen Cellular Bone Matrix
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Pancreas Cancer, Pancreas Disease
Intra-operative Application of HEMOPATCH to the Pancreatic Stump to Prevent Post-operative Pancreatic Fistula Following Distal Pancreatectomy
Despite improvements and advances in pancreas surgery, about 30-35% of patients who have pancreas surgery develop a type of complication called a pancreatic fistula.
- Conditions
- Pancreas Cancer, Pancreas Disease, Pancreas Adenocarcinoma, Pancreas; Fistula
- Trial name
- PATCH-DP (NCT03410914)
- Testing
- Hemopatch
- Where
- 7 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Colorectal Cancer
Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for High Risk Stage II or Stage III Colon 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
- NCT00112918
- Testing
- Bevacizumab, Capecitabine, 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,451 people
- Sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
Bone Substitutes, Bone Defect
Pre-market Study to Evaluate Safety and Performance of GreenBone Implant (Long Bone Study)
Multi-center, international, prospective, open-label, single-arm, first-in-human clinical investigation. The Patients enrolled in this clinical investigation will undergo a scheduled surgery for the treatment of long bone defects…
- Trial name
- NCT03884790
- Testing
- surgical repair of long bone defects
- Where
- 8 sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- GreenBone Ortho S.p.A.
Abdominal Surgery, Colon Surgery
D-PLEX 310: Safety and Efficacy of D-PLEX in the Prevention of Post Abdominal Surgery Incisional Infection
Subjects who are planned to undergo an abdominal (colon) surgery and who will meet the study entry criteria will be randomly divided into 2 groups: for half D-PLEX will be administered concomitantly with the standard of care…
- Conditions
- Abdominal Surgery, Colon Surgery, Post-Op Infection
- Trial name
- NCT03633123
- Testing
- D-PLEX, Standard of Care (SoC)
- Where
- 8 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 202 people
- Sponsor
- PolyPid Ltd.
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Medacta NextAR TKA Pivotal Trial
The goal of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of a navigation system providing personalized soft tissue balance data in medially-stabilized total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
- Trial name
- NCT04844879
- Testing
- NextAR TKA system
- Where
- 4 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Medacta International SA
Emergent Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bleeding
Ticagrelor CytoSorb Hemoadsorption
TISORB is a study to show that the CytoSorb device removes ticagrelor from blood during surgery in patients who need emergency surgery on their heart.
- Conditions
- Emergent Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bleeding, Drug Removal
- Trial name
- TISORB (NCT04131959)
- Testing
- CytoSorb 300 mL device
- Where
- 8 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- CytoSorbents, Inc
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Topical Remetinostat Gel as Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients With Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC)
The primary purpose of this study is to determine if 8 weeks of topical remetinostat applied three times daily will suppress Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
- Trial name
- NCT03875859
- Testing
- Remetinostat
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Kavita Sarin
Spinal Cord Injury
Neural Adaptation After Tendon Transfer and Training in Tetraplegia
The number of people in the United States who have survived SCI is estimated to be approximately 273,000 persons. Around 50% of the injuries are to the cervical spine resulting in tetraplegia.
- Trial name
- NCT02768103
- Testing
- task-based training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Bladder Cancer
A Study of Intravesical Apaziquone as a Surgical Adjuvant in Participant Undergoing Transurethral Resection Bladder Tumor (TURBT)
This is a Phase 3, randomized, multicenter, multi-arm, placebo-controlled, double-blind study of apaziquone in participants with ≤4 non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), ≤3.5 centimeters (cm) in diameter, all of which must…
- Trial name
- NCT02563561
- Testing
- Apaziquone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Other Biomechanical Lesions of Upper Extremity
Nerve Stimulator for Patients With Upper Extremity Disease, Vascular or Orthopedic Surgery
To help determine if there is improved pain relief when a device that makes an arm muscle move (nerve stimulator) is used to place a needle in the area above the collarbone to prevent feeling of pain (anesthesia) of the upper arm.
- Trial name
- NCT03112642
- Testing
- Local anesthetic block [0.35% marcaine], Braun DIG-R-C Stimuplex Blockade Monitor System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Hernia
A Retrospective Study With Prospective Follow-Up of Complex Ventral Hernia Repair Utilizing the AlloMax Surgical Graft
This study will enroll subjects who underwent a ventral hernia repair using the AlloMax Surgical Graft at least 9 months in the past.
- Trial name
- AlloMax (NCT01205399)
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- C. R. Bard
Prostate Cancer
CivaSheet With Radical Prostatectomy & Adjuvant External Beam Radiation
A phase I single-arm open label dose escalation study to evaluate the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and safety of Civasheet® with radical prostatectomy (RP) and adjuvant external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) in a 3+3 dose…
- Trial name
- NCT03657108
- Testing
- Civasheet 60 Gy, Civasheet 75 Gy, Adjuvant external beam radiation therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Esophageal Cancer
Chemotherapy & Erlotinib in Treating Patients w/ Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Cancer That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery
The purpose of this study is to test the safety and effectiveness of erlotinib and FOLFOX in patients with esophageal or gastro-esophageal cancer that cannot be removed by surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT00539617
- Testing
- Erlotinib, 5-fluorouracil, Leucovorin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco