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This research is a continuation of a usability study with the MARVIN chatbot. The investigators aim to adapt the MARVIN chatbot to open it to other health domains (e.g. breast cancer) and populations (e.g. pharmacists). Therefore, this protocol constitutes a master research protocol that will englobe different research projects with individual chatbots. The investigators adopt an adaptive platform trial design, which will allow flexibility in handling multiple interventions adapted to different populations while retaining the characteristics of a platform trial design allowing early withdrawal of ineffective trial arms based on interim data (implementation outcomes) and introduction of new trial arms.
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HIV Infections | Breast Cancer | Pediatric Emergency MedicineLocation:
- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Over 14Biliary atresia, idiopathic neonatal hepatitis, and specific genetic cholestatic conditions are the most common causes of jaundice and hyperbilirubinemia that continue beyond the newborn period. The long term goal of the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN) is to establish a database of clinical information and plasma, serum, and tissue samples from cholestatic children to facilitate research and to perform clinical, epidemiological and therapeutic trials in these important pediatric liver diseases.
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Biliary Atresia | Neonatal CholestasisLocation:
- The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Under 1This study will evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) and safety of risdiplam in participants with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) under 20 days of age at first dose.
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Muscular Atrophy, SpinalLocation:
- Children'S Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Under 19The goal of this single-blinded randomized, controlled trial is to assess the impact of 1-hour of active transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) vs sham taVNS on serum biomarkers of the inflammatory reflex and inflammation in individuals with spinal cord injury. The main question it aims to answer is: whether taVNS is a safe and effective anti-inflammatory intervention for individuals with SCI. Participants will perform a single 1-hour bout of the respective taVNS treatment with blood draws prior to treatment, immediately following treatment, and 24 hours following treatment. Changes in biomarkers between the active and sham taVNS conditions will be compared.
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Spinal Cord Injuries | InflammationLocation:
- Parkwood Institute, St Joseph's Health Care London, London, Ontario, Canada
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Over 18This study aims to provide access to an adjunct intervention alongside standard group DBT services to examine feasibility, acceptability, and potential added efficacy of the adjunct. The adjunct intervention is an online tool based on DBT skills training and was already evaluated as a self-guided intervention. Participants will complete a baseline session and be given immediate access to the adjunct intervention. Participants will be followed for 12 weeks and complete assessments every 4 weeks.
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Anxiety | Substance Use Disorders | Depression | Alcohol Use DisorderLocation:
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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16 - 70For some kinds of surgery, Anesthesiologists provide nerve blocks (regional anesthesia) to reduce pain from surgery by injecting freezing medication around deep nerves with ultrasound. Nerve blocks help with pain control following surgery and reduce the amount of strong opioids needed but relatively little research has focused on the pain that occurs once the nerve block has worn off. This is called rebound or transition pain. This research study will prospectively collect data including pain scores before, during and after nerve blocks are given for surgery. We will look at the type of nerve blocks and other analgesia medications used with the aim of quantifying rebound pain to better understand how to limit it's impact on quality postoperative pain control.
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Pain, Postoperative | Regional Anesthesia MorbidityLocation:
- University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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18 - 75This is a phase II, proof of concept, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial, assessing the effect of canagliflozin on cardiac structure and function in patients with advanced renal disease, including those on maintenance dialysis. Our primary aim is to determine the effect of canagliflozin on cardiac structure and function in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), compared with placebo. We hypothesize that canagliflozin will improve left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy in patients with advanced CKD. Our secondary aims are to describe the effect of canagliflozin on other cardiac magnetic resonance imaging parameters and surrogate markers of efficacy in this population.
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ESRD, CKD Stage 4, CKD Stage 5Location:
- McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Over 18This is an extended follow up study of the original RAFT-AF Study. The RAFT-AF study was a multi-centre randomized controlled trial with a prospective randomized open blinded endpoint trial (PROBE) design. Patients were randomized to either catheter ablation-based rhythm control of AF as compared to rate control of AF
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Atrial Fibrillation | Heart FailureLocation:
- Victoria Cardiac Arrhythmia Trials, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- St. Mary's General Hospital, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
- Montreal Heart Institute, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Science, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- London Health Science Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
- CHUS Le Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Over 18Treatment of glioblastoma involves an optimal surgery, followed by a combination of radiation and temozolomide chemotherapy. Progression-free survival (PFS) with this treatment is only 6.9 months and relapse is the norm. The rationale behind the fact that limited chemotherapy agents are available in the treatment of malignant gliomas is related to the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which limits drug entry to the brain. Intraarterial (IA) chemotherapy allows to circumvent this. Using IA delivery of carboplatin, the investigators have observed responses in 70% of patients for a median PFS of 5 months. Median survival from study entry was 11 months, whereas the overall survival 23 months. How can this be improved? By coupling radiation with a chemotherapeutic which is also a potent radiosensitizer such as carboplatin. Study design: In this phase I/II trial, patients will be treated at recurrence; a surgery will be performed for cytoreduction and to obtain tumor sample, followed with a combination of re-irradiation and IA carboplatin chemotherapy. A careful escalation scheme from 1.5Gy/fraction up to 3.5Gy/fraction will allow the investigators to determine the optimal re-irradiation dose (10 fractions of radiation over 2 weeks). Toxicity will be assessed according to the NCIC common toxicity criteria. Combined with radiation, patients will receive 2 treatments of IA carboplatin, 400 mg/m2, 4 hours prior to the first and the sixth radiation fraction. IA treatments will then be continued on a monthly basis, up to a total of 12 months, or until progression. Outcome measurements: Tumor response will be evaluated using the RANO criteria by magnetic resonance imaging monthly. The investigators will also acquire a sequence that enables the measurement of cerebral blood flow, cerebral blood volume and blood vessel permeability that are all relevant to understand the delivery of therapeutics to the CNS. Primary outcome will be OS and PFS. Secondary outcome will be QOL, neurocognition, and carboplatin delivery. In vitro intracellular carboplatin accumulation: Tumor samples from re-operation will be be analyzed for intracellular Pt concentration by ICP-MS. The amount of Pt bound to DNA will be measured. The level of apoptosis will be determined for each of the sample. Putting together these data will allow to correlate clinical and radiological response to QOL, NC (MOCA), and to delivery surrogates for the IA infusion and intracellular penetration of carboplatin.
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Relapse | Glioblastoma MultiformeLocation:
- CHUS, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Over 18This is a first-in-human Phase I, open-label, dose-escalation and expansion study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, immunogenicity, pharmacodynamic, and preliminary anti-tumor activity of RO7566802 as a single agent and in combination with atezolizumab in participants with locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic incurable solid tumor malignancies. Participants will be enrolled in 2 stages: dose escalation and expansion.
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Recurrent Solid Tumors | Locally Advanced Solid Tumors | Metastatic Solid TumorsLocation:
- British Columbia Cancer Agency - 600 10th Ave W, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada