Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is a common vascular abnormality of the brain, affecting 0.1%-0.5% of people. It often causes recurrent brain hemorrhages, epilepsy, and neurological impairments, with surgery being the main treatment. However, surgery carries high risks for patients with multiple lesions or lesions in critical areas, and no effective pharmacological treatment is available. CCM is linked to mutations in genes like CCM1, CCM2, CCM3, or MAP3K3, which activate the MEK5-ERK5-KLF2/4 pathway, disrupting endothelial function. Immune cell infiltration, particularly plasma cells with high CD38 expression, suggests a role for humoral immunity in CCM. Depleting B cells in...
This trial will study a type of advanced lung cancer that is defined as non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with active brain metastases (BMs). This type of cancer originates in peripheral lung tissue, which is composed of cancer cells that look different from normal lung cells when viewed under a microscope and is characterized by the presence of BMs, which indicates the spreading of such cancer cells into the brain. NSCLC tumors often have specific genetic alterations or mutations that drive their growth and are known as actionable genomic alterations (AGA). This trial will include patients with NSCLC tumors characterized by the presence or absence of such AGA....
Pathologists provide the current gold standard in skin lesion diagnostics, most often primarily based on the interpretation of histological slides. Still, it has been suggested that pathologists' diagnostic accuracy and confidence could be improved if they gained access to additional clinical information and in-vivo clinical and dermoscopic images of melanocytic tumors. This study examines the effect of digital training for pathologists in interpreting dermoscopic and clinical skin tumor images. Aim: To examine how case-based online training in interpreting clinical and dermoscopic images affects a pathologist's ability to diagnose skin tumors. Data collection of DAHT...
The goal of this observational study is to learn if computer analysis of voice recordings can detect a type of exhaustion called "central fatigue" in adults with generalised myasthenia gravis. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Can advanced voice analysis accurately tell when participants are experiencing deep exhaustion based on how they speak? 2. How easy and acceptable is voice-based fatigue monitoring for people with myasthenia gravis? Participants will: 1. Record themselves reading short passages and answering questions out loud twice daily (morning and evening), twice a week, for 4 weeks. 2. Answer brief questionnaires about...
Pediatric patients 6-21 years of age with supratentorial recurrent, refractory, or progressive pediatric ependymoma and high-grade glioma (HGG) will be included in this study of treatment with Rhenium-186 Nanoliposome (186RNL). Phase 1 of the study will look to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of 186RNL in this patient population. Phase 2 of the study will use the recommended dose determined in Phase 1 to continue to look at overall response rate and progression-free survival following 186RNL treatment.
Historically, participation in clinical research is highly skewed towards particular demographic groups of people. This study will invite several participants to gather a wide range of information on clinical trial experiences for neuroblastoma patients. The aim of the study is to identify the factors that limit the ability of a person to enroll in, as well as complete a clinical trial for treatment of neuroblastoma. The data collected from this study will help improve future outcomes for all neuroblastoma patients as well as those in under-represented demographic groups.
The background to this research is that frequent medical screening of the general population for melanoma is not feasible. The real challenge of this project is to develop an automatic process for detecting any potential melanoma. To this end, the project aims to design an algorithm to build a novel diagnostic aid that makes use of the similarity and disparity of pigmented lesions in the same patient. To achieve this, we need to obtain and structure a large database of images grouping all pigmented lesions per patient according to their similarities as perceived by dermatologists.
Phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) are tumours of the adrenal medulla and extra-adrenal sympathetic nervous system, some which can become metastatic. It is a very rare disease and the tumours are often detected late. Approximately 50 % of the tumours are caused by germline genetic variants screening programmes are recommended for patients and their family members; however, they are not yet well-targeted with respect to individual prognosis. In this study the investigatorscaim to characterize the genotype-phenotype associations in all Danish patients (n=400) diagnosed with PPGLs who have been followed in tertiary centres using medical records and national registries....
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the investigational drug AMXT 1501 (a pill taken by mouth) in combination with the drug difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) for infusion administered intravenously (IV; a liquid that continuously goes into your body through a tube that has been placed during a surgery into one of your veins). An investigational drug is one that has not been approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), or any other regulatory authorities around the world for use alone or in combination with any drug, for the condition or illness it is being used to treat. The goals of this part of the study are: - Establish a recommended dose of AMXT 1501 in...
The goal of this study is to propose the first direct comparison of Ga-68-DOTATATE PET/CT or PET/MR and Ga-68-DOTATOC PET/CT in patients with meningioma.