Clinical trials: sponsored by University of Nebraska
Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer, Gallbladder Cancer
Capecitabine, Epirubicin, and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Progressive, Unresectable, or Metastatic Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as capecitabine, epirubicin, and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Conditions
- Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer, Gallbladder Cancer, Gastric Cancer, Liver Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00486356
- Testing
- capecitabine, carboplatin, epirubicin hydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Myelomeningocele
Risk Factors Associated With Spontaneous Preterm Delivery Status Post Open Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair
This is a chart review of all patients who have underwent open prenatal repair of fetal myelomeningocele. Although prenatal repair is associated with improved neurologic outcomes and a decreased need for cerebrospinal fluid…
- Trial name
- NCT03073382
- Testing
- Chart review
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Echocardiography Management for Patients Requiring Care for Non-Cardiac Surgery
The growing population of institution patients with heart failure combined with the increasing number of surgical procedures performed each year supports the need for a critical analysis of how to most appropriately manage these…
- Trial name
- EGHEM (NCT01050361)
- Testing
- Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE)/Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Virus
Determine the Efficacy and Safety of Harvoni in Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis c Infected People Who Are Alcoholics
To determine the efficacy and safety of Harvoni in treatment-naïve alcoholic subjects with Genotype 1 HCV infection
- Trial name
- NCT02759861
- Testing
- harvoni
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Ampulla of Vater Adenocarcinoma, Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma
ADH-1, Gemcitabine Hydrochloride & Cisplatin in Treating Metastatic Pancreatic or Biliary Tract Cancer
This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of ADH-1 when given together with gemcitabine hydrochloride and cisplatin in treating patients with pancreatic or biliary tract cancer that has spread from where it…
- Conditions
- Ampulla of Vater Adenocarcinoma, Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
- Trial name
- NCT01825603
- Testing
- ADH-1, Cisplatin, Gemcitabine Hydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Arteriovenous Fistula Tissue Bank for Pre- and Post-Fistula Placement Specimens
This project will bank sera, DNA and vascular specimens from patients undergoing arteriovenous fistula creation and revision.
- Trial name
- NCT00836862
- Testing
- Biologic specimens
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Lymphoma
Comparing Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell to Bone Marrow Transplantation for Recurrent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the difference in relapse rates and long term event free survival in patients with intermediate grade or immunoblastic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) whose marrow is not obviously involved…
- Trial name
- NCT00574626
- Testing
- PBSCT, Bone Marrow Transplant
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Shared Medical Visits for Spanish-speaking Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
The investigators seek to apply a shared medical visit model and interdisciplinary approach to Spanish-speaking patients. The investigators will evaluate the patient's hemoglobin A1c as a marker of glycemic control and evaluate…
- Trial name
- SMV (NCT02836015)
- Testing
- Shared Medical Visit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Lymphoma
Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Relapsed Non-Hodgkin's After Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies such as rituximab can locate cancer cells and deliver cancer-killing substances to them without harming normal cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00031642
- Testing
- rituximab, yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Lymphoma
Combination Chemotherapy Plus Rituximab in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies such as rituximab can locate cancer cells and either kill them or deliver…
- Trial name
- NCT00007865
- Testing
- rituximab, carboplatin, etoposide
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Lymphoma, Neutropenia
Colony-Stimulating Factors to Relieve Neutropenia in Patients With Recurrent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Colony-stimulating factors may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood and may help a person's immune system recover from the side effects of chemotherapy.
- Trial name
- NCT00004192
- Testing
- filgrastim, pegfilgrastim, cisplatin
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Lymphoma
Vaccine Therapy Plus Sargramostim Following Chemotherapy in Treating Stage III or Stage IV Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00004198
- Testing
- keyhole limpet hemocyanin, sargramostim, tumor cell-based vaccine therapy
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Pralatrexate and Fluorouracil in Treating Patients With Recurrent Solid Tumors
RATIONALE: Pralatrexate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fluorouracil, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either…
- Trial name
- NCT01206465
- Testing
- pralatrexate, fluorouracil, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
A SMART Design to Improve Sleep Disturbance in Adolescents With Neurodevelopmental Disorders
The objective of this K01 study was to pilot a sequential, multiple assignment, randomized trial (SMART) design to compare the impact of a sequence of sleep interventions, based on participant treatment response, to optimize…
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Sleep Disturbance
- Trial name
- NCT03730194
- Testing
- Melatonin, Bedtime Bank
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Islets of Langerhans Transplantation, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Cadaveric Islet Transplantation in Patients With Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
We hypothesize that the following improvements to islet transplantation will increase the islet mass successfully isolated and allow for engraftment from a single pancreas.
- Trial name
- NCT00579371
- Testing
- Islets of Langerhans
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Glaucoma
Comparison of Latanoprost Vs. Timolol
The primary purpose of this study is to show, through a controlled masked clinical study of subjects with ocular hypertension (OHT), that latanoprost increases the low uveoscleral drainage of aqueous humor back to normal levels…
- Trial name
- NCT00579969
- Testing
- Latanoprost, Timolol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, ALK-Negative, Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, ALK-Positive
Combination Chemotherapy & Lenalidomide in Newly Diagnosed Stage II-IV Peripheral T-cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of lenalidomide when given together with combination chemotherapy and to see how well they work in treating patients with newly diagnosed stage II-IV peripheral T-cell…
- Conditions
- Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, ALK-Negative, Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, ALK-Positive, Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma, Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma, Not Otherwise Specified
- Trial name
- NCT02561273
- Testing
- Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin Hydrochloride
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Emphysema
Prostaglandin Inhibition for Emphysema
The Prostaglandin Inhibition for Emphysema (PIE) study will determine if a currently available therapy, ibuprofen 600 mg three times daily, can block PGE production in the lower respiratory tract and if this results in…
- Trial name
- PIE (NCT02006576)
- Testing
- 600 mg ibuprofen three times daily for 48 weeks
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 118 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
HIV Infection
EFV Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacogenomics in Older HIV-infected Patients
The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the steady-state pharmacokinetics of efavirenz in older HIV-infected patients as compared to historical controls; to investigate the relationship of drug exposure to…
- Trial name
- EFV (NCT01886404)
- Testing
- Efavirenz
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
HER2-negative Breast Cancer, Stage II Breast Cancer
Chemotherapy & Bevacizumab for Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)/Neu-Negative Stage II/III Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as doxorubicin hydrochloride, cyclophosphamide, paclitaxel, and gemcitabine hydrochloride, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by…
- Conditions
- HER2-negative Breast Cancer, Stage II Breast Cancer, Stage IIIA Breast Cancer, Stage IIIB Breast Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00679029
- Testing
- doxorubicin hydrochloride, cyclophosphamide, bevacizumab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska