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The PERSON-JIA Trial is a cluster-randomized trial testing the use of Shared Decision Making (SDM) with families for treatment of children with arthritis. The intervention is a discussion between physicians and families at the time of diagnosis that uses computer-generated personalized outcome reports generated by previously developed prediction algorithms. By using information provided by thousands of families, the investigators have developed a way of providing answers to common questions asked by patients and their families at diagnosis. We will test whether a structured discussion and shared decision between families and doctors (guided by the patient's personal report) will improve the tailoring of treatment to the child and control of their disease. The personal report is called the PERSON-JIA report and presents the child's expected disease severity, the likelihood the child will be arthritis free by age 18 and the chance treatments will be effective and/or have side effects. This way, answers to these questions can be shared by physicians and families to weigh potential benefits and harms according to family values and preferences. The investigators expect that using the personalized report in a frank and thoughtful discussion will help physicians and families make better decisions about managing the child's disease. This in turn will result in better disease control, greater family engagement and satisfaction with care and better-tailored treatment. If so, this will be a ground-breaking way of using information provided by families and doctors to improve the care provided to and the outcomes of children with arthritis in Canada.

Conditions:
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Location:
  • BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Sex:
ALL
Ages:
1 - 18

The study medicine GSK4527226 is being studied in participants with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in study 219867 (the parent study, NCT06079190). This new study is an extension of that parent study called an open-label extension (OLE). An OLE is a clinical trial where all participants receive the same study medicine. Participants must already be in study 219867 to be able to take part in this study. This study will assess the long-term safety and efficacy of GSK4527226 in participants with early AD (including mild cognitive impairment \[MCI\] and mild dementia due to AD) who have completed the parent study.

Conditions:
Alzheimer's Disease
Location:
  • GSK Investigational Site, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
  • GSK Investigational Site, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
  • GSK Investigational Site, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
Sex:
ALL
Ages:
50 - 85

The CogniTReaD study is a pilot clinical trial that will compare the effects of active accelerated bilateral sequential theta burst stimulation (absTBS) and sham or inactive treatment. The goal is to see if absTBS can help older adults with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) by looking at dual-task cost and mood, as well as other cognitive functions, anxiety levels, quality of life, and physical performance, while also checking for any treatment side effects. The study will recruit participants who will receive different study treatments in a specific order. The study will be double-blinded, meaning neither the participants nor the researchers will know who is receiving which treatment. The study will include people who are 50 years old or older and diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression with at least a moderate severity of depression. This study seeks to discover if absTBS can modify a dementia risk marker (i.e., dual-task cost and depression) in older patients with TRD, and to determine the effect size for larger investigations in the future.

Conditions:
Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant
Location:
  • Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sex:
ALL
Ages:
Over 50

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a frequent and lifelong recurrent mood disorder with treatment-resistant depressive episodes. Importantly, depressive symptoms and cognitive decline are major determinants of functionality and quality of life in this clinical population. There is robust evidence that individuals with BD have neurocognitive deficits (especially in memory and executive functioning domains) compared to the healthy population. These deficits are present in all mood states and can greatly affect patients' functional capacity, often more so than mood symptoms themselves. Many pharmacological treatments for BD adversely affect cognition, and those that are beneficial can be difficult to use. There is thus a pressing need to identify a safe, easy-to-use medication that can target both cognitive deficits and depressive symptoms in BD. It is expected that Brexpiprazole adjunctive treatment will be efficacious in treating BD type I and type II depression by improving mood symptoms, as well as cognitive capacity and global functioning, and that such changes will be accompanied by concurrent alterations in associated brain structures.

Conditions:
Bipolar Depression
Location:
  • Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Sex:
ALL
Ages:
18 - 75

This study will investigate the effect of Budesonide, Glycopyrronium, and Formoterol Fumarate (BGF) metered dose inhaler (MDI) compared with Placebo MDI, and Budesonide and Formoterol Fumarate (BFF) MDI on isotime inspiratory capacity (IC) and exercise endurance time.

Conditions:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Location:
  • Research Site, Sainte Foy, Quebec, Canada
  • Research Site, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • Research Site, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada
  • Research Site, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Sex:
ALL
Ages:
40 - 80

The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) thalamotomy in patients with medication-refractory essential tremor. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does MRgFUS thalamotomy provide sustained reduction in tremor severity over 3 years? 2. What are the long-term neurological and quality-of-life outcomes associated with this procedure? Participants will: * Undergo MRgFUS thalamotomy as part of standard of care at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. * Be followed prospectively for a minimum of 3 years with scheduled assessments including: 1. Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor (CRST) 2. Neurological exams and adverse event monitoring 3. Quality of Life in Essential Tremor (QUEST) questionnaire 4. Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) 5. MRI imaging and neuropsychological testing

Conditions:
Essential Tremor | Essential Tremor, Movement Disorders
Location:
  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sex:
ALL
Ages:
Over 22

The primary goal of this study is to test the hypothesis that oral nabilone treatment will reduce agitation compared with placebo in patients with Frontotemporal Dementia (both behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and primary progressive aphasia). The study population is defined as patients with probable Frontotemporal Dementia that meet the International Psychogeriatric Association criteria for agitation in cognitive disorders.

Conditions:
Frontotemporal Dementia | Primary Progressive Aphasia | FTD | PPA | Frontotemporal Dementia, Behavioral Variant | bvFTD
Location:
  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • The Douglas Research Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Baycrest Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
  • CHU de Québec, Université Laval, Laval, Quebec, Canada
  • University of British Columbia, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Western Hospital - University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sex:
ALL
Ages:
Over 18

PLTS-1 is a multicentre, randomized, controlled, pilot trial, using a conventional, parallel group, two-armed design at 2 cardiac surgery centres in Canada. The study is designed to assess the feasibility of a future, definitive RCT to determine the non-inferiority of cold-stored platelets compared to conventional platelets with respect to hemostatic effectiveness (total number of allogeneic blood products transfused within 24 hours after CPB), as well as safety.

Conditions:
Cardiac Surgery | Cardiopulmonary Bypass | Platelets | Bleeding
Location:
  • Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • Toronto General Hospital - University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sex:
ALL
Ages:
Over 18

Mpox is caused by a virus that can be spread through touching the affected skin of someone who has the infection, touching sheets or clothes that has been used by someone with the infection, or breathing in particles of virus from someone who has the infection. Mpox infection can cause skin and flu-like symptoms, but can also cause very few symptoms, or no symptoms at all. While the number of participants with mpox symptoms can be tracked, little is known about how many people have mpox, but experience few or no symptoms at all. To do this, a Canadian sample of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) who are participating in a randomized controlled trial will be screened for mpox symptoms. Screening will include questions about whether they may be experiencing any mpox symptoms, history of past diagnosis of mpox, sexual history, and vaccination history and awareness. Swabs will be taken to test for the presence of mpox virus, and a blood sample will be taken to test for antibodies. Approximately 450 individuals will be recruited. The results will be descriptive in nature.

Conditions:
Mpox (Monkeypox)
Location:
  • Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sex:
MALE
Ages:
Any

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) are among the most bothersome symptoms during cancer treatment according to children and their parents. Most children receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy (HEC), including those receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) conditioning, experience CIV despite receiving antiemetic prophylaxis. Olanzapine improves CINV control in adult cancer patients, has a track record of safe use in children with psychiatric illness, does not interact with chemotherapy and is inexpensive. We hypothesize that the addition of olanzapine to standard antiemetics will improve chemotherapy-induced vomiting (CIV) control in children receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy

Conditions:
Oncology | Nausea | Vomiting in Infants and/or Children | Hematopoietic System--Cancer
Location:
  • Cancer Care Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine,, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sex:
ALL
Ages:
3 - 18