7 Clinical Trials for Various Conditions
This project will compare the rate of regression of minimally abnormal Pap smears to normal in women who receive Gardasil to a historical control group. Research hypothesis: Women with low grade cervical dysplasia on Papanicolaou (Pap) smear that receive Gardasil vaccination will revert to a normal within one year at a rate 33% higher than historical controls that did not receive Gardasil vaccination.
Community Awareness, Resources and Education (CARE) Project - Project 3 will determine if Appalachian women have unique risk factors for an abnormal Pap smear that might contribute to the increased risk of cervical abnormalities, specifically cancer, in their communities.
The Clinical Epidemiology Unit in the Clinical Genetics Branch of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology, NCI has a strong interest in fostering cervical cancer prevention solutions for all kinds of settings, including lowresource ones that rely on development of robust, low-cost screening and triage tools. Therefore, to support development of algorithms for cervical image recognition software, NCI seeks to share digital cervical images and accompanying clinical data from our large epidemiological studies on HPV and cervical cancer screening with interested and qualified image analysis researchers. To accommodate the many researchers that are interested, we have created this standard protocol to describe a unified process for sharing deidentified cervical images and accompanying de-identified clinical data from the following NCI studies: Costa Rican Natural History Study of HPV and Cervical Neoplasia , ASCUS LSIL Triage Study-- ALTS , SUCCEED and Costa Rica Vaccine Trial .
The investigators hypothesize that non able-bodied participants with reported acute, sub-acute, or chronic symptoms of neck or back pain of a musculoskeletal origin will have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray and blood parameters that do not demonstrate a statistical difference between "normal" (able-bodied) volunteers. Muscle pattern recognition (MPR) testing will show statistically different results between these groups. This statistically significant finding in MPR results will enhance a clinician's determination of clinical normality or abnormality. If this hypothesis is demonstrated, the MPR modality will be the first quantitative tool developed for assisting in the diagnosis of the presence or absence of a musculoskeletal dysfunction in a patient population. The availability of such an evaluation tool to a healthcare provider for patients with soft tissue, non-surgical neck or back complaints will substantially improve the accuracy of diagnosis and case management decisions.
International Observational E-Registry on the use of DILAPAN-S® osmotic dilator / DILASOFT® osmotic dilator for cervical ripening prior to labour induction.
The investigators are performing a randomized controlled-trial investigating if 50mcg (compared to 25 mcg) of vaginal misoprostol reduces the time from induction start to delivery in obese women.
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Motexafin gadolinium may increase the effectiveness of doxorubicin by making tumor cells more sensitive to the drug. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combining motexafin gadolinium with doxorubicin in treating patients who have recurrent or metastatic cancer.