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Amanda Garcia - garc0276@umn.edu

In the first phase of the study, participants will be asked to complete two sets of appointments six months apart. During both sets of appointments, participants will be asked to complete interviews and questionnaires about their life experiences and mental health, and they will have an EEG and fMRI while completing computerized tasks. The second phase of the study is optional. In this phase, participants will test one of two forms of computerized cognitive training, or brain games. They will be asked to complete 10 hours of training over a 3-6 week period. After the training period is over, they will have two sets of follow up visits, one right after the training period and one five months later. At these appointments, participants will complete the same activities done in the first phase of this study, including the interviews, questionnaires, and imaging (fMRI and EEG) combined with computerized tasks. We are recruiting two groups of participants for this study. One group will include individuals who experience hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, or a psychosis disorder (i.e., schizophrenia), and the other group will be individuals who do not have a diagnosis or family history of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or autism spectrum disorder.

STEP Study - stepstudy@umn.edu

This first-in-human study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and antitumor activity of TORL-1-23 in patients with advanced cancer.

Boris Winterhoff - bwinterh@umn.edu

This is an early study of a new drug, called [225Ac]-FPI-1434, to treat solid tumors that have not responded to usual treatment. We are testing different doses of the drug and looking at how well it works for treating the cancer and side effects that occur.

Douglas Yee - yeexx006@umn.edu

This research is being performed to examine how the spleen moves during breathing in various body positions and breathing conditions. Physical measurements of the participant's body will be recorded (weight, height, and body dimensions) and then noninvasive recordings of the spleen and breathing patterns will be recorded. The spleen motion will be measured using standard abdominal ultrasound imaging, and breathing will be measured with accelerometers (small devices about the size of a quarter that measure the movement of the chest during breathing).

Spleen Imaging Study - spleenimagingstudy@gmail.com

The overall objective of this study is to determine the feasibility of identifying transdiagnostic biomarkers of cognitive function mediated by neuromodulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex that are translatable across disease groups in order to more accurately phenotype clusters of cognitive dysfunction. Completing behavioral paradigms with electrophysiology and TMS is a challenging frontier. This study focuses on the feasibility of such an endeavor for those with chronic pain or depression as well as healthy controls.

Gabby Hernandez - hern0245@umn.edu

To determine whether adding experimental agents to standard neoadjuvant paclitaxel (with or without trastuzumab), doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide increases the probability of pathologic complete response (pCR) over standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy for each biomarker signature established at trial entry, and to determine for each experimental agent used, the predictive probability of success in a subsequent phase 3 trial for each possible biomarker signature.

Douglas Yee - yeexx006@umn.edu

This study is intended to determine the clinical benefit of tabelecleucel (EBV-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes) in subjects with EBV-associated diseases.

Eric Homan - homa0030@umn.edu

This purpose of this study is to identify a safe dose level for the study drug, E7777, when given with standard tisagenlecleucel therapy (also known by its brand name, Kymriah, is an immunotherapy that is made from the participants own blood cells) in participants with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL). Up to three dose levels of E7777 will be tested.

Eric Homan - homa0030@umn.edu

The purpose of this research study is to obtain information on the safety and effectiveness of PBCAR0191 to treat certain types of cancers, such as Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. It is made from a type of blood cells known as T cells. The T cells in PBCAR0191 came from people who have donated their blood. The donated T cells have been genetically changed, so that they may be able to kill specific cancer cells commonly present in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Maura Arneson - arnes294@umn.edu

We are looking at the effectiveness of adding an immunotherapy drug, pembrolizumab, to usual treatment for people who have salivary gland cancer that can’t be treated with surgery or radiation. The cancer must be androgen receptor positive.

Manish Patel - patel069@umn.edu

Evaluate the efficacy of treatment with bb1111 (also known as LentiGlobin BB305 Drug Product for Sickle Cell Disease) in subjects with sickle cell disease (SCD).

Danielle Jin - zhuxx003@umn.edu

This protocol aims to characterize the safety and tolerability of loncastuximab tesirine in combination with gemcitabine, lenalidomide, polatuzumab vedotin, or umbralisib, and to identify the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and/or recommended dose for expansion (RDE) for any of the combinations in subjects with relapsed or refractory B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. This project aims to address the resistance mechanisms to single agent therapies and enhance efficacy by engaging different targets, in synergistic or additive manner.

Marie Hu - hu000322@umn.edu

This is a single center phase I and II study which is designed to initially assess the safety, and later the efficacy of geniculate artery embolization in reducing pain compared to a control group undergoing only conservative presurgical management. This study will consist of two phases, each with a 1 month preprocedural evaluation, day of treatment and 30 day follow up period for the first 10 participants and 6 month for the remaining 40 participants. 10 participants will be enrolled for the first phase, and 40 participants will be enrolled for the second phase at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. Enrollment is expected to take up to 6 months for each phase of the study. The collection of data will be accomplished by utilizing a clinical research team that will assess the efficacy and safety. Efficacy assessments will include; Joint injection intervals, MRI, X-ray, joint aspiration / serologies and patient questionnaires evaluating joint pain. Safety assessments include participant and investigator reported adverse events, vital signs, (blood pressure, heart rate, temperature), and physical exam.

Deb Mailand - mailand@umn.edu

The purpose of this study is to find out if using a computer program (called iDose) to guide infliximab dosing is more effective and safer than using standard infliximab dosing over 52 weeks. All patients in this study will be receiving infliximab as part of their medical care, this study is only looking at two different methods of determining the dose and timing of administration.

Beiqing Wu - wu000948@umn.edu

The proposed study is an individual three-arm randomized controlled tiled aimed at utilizing state-of-the-art intervention methods to examine whether increasing the quality and the quantity of family meals reduces childhood obesity.

Jerica Berge - jberge@umn.edu

This is a registry study. The Cardiac Sarcoidosis Consortium (CSC) is an international, multicenter partnership among physicians and allied professionals at major medical centers with the unifying purpose to learn more about cardiac sarcoidosis through collaborative research.

Julie Dicken - dicke022@umn.edu

This study will compare the effectiveness and durability of intensive behavioral counseling vs. medical management plus low-intensity behavioral counseling on BMI, body fat, cardiometabolic risk factors, and quality of life in adolescents with severe obesity. We hypothesize that Wegovy (semaglutide) plus low-intensity behavioral counseling will elicit superior reductions in BMI (primary efficacy endpoint) and body fat and greater improvements in cardiometabolic risk factors and quality of life compared to intensive behavioral counseling at 56 weeks.

Nina Jacobs - njacobs@umn.edu

In this study we want to find out more about weight loss and how diet and medications can affect weight loss. This study will last for up to 58 weeks. There are two phases to the study: - A weight loss phase with prescribe meals that lasts 6 weeks. - A study medication/placebo phase that lasts up 52 weeks. You will not know if you are receiving the medication or the placebo.

Nina Jacobs - njacobs@umn.edu

To evaluate the ability to achieve high-level donor hematopoietic engraftment (defined as neutrophil recovery by Day +42 post-transplant and ≥ 80% donor cells on the myeloid fraction of peripheral blood at Day +100 post-transplant) using related and unrelated BM, PBSC, or UCB grafts following a reduced intensity conditioning regimen based on targeted-exposure busulfan, fludarabine +/- serotherapy in patients with inherited metabolic disorders and severe osteopetrosis.

Paul Orchard - orcha001@umn.edu

No current studies have examined in vivo glenohumeral kinematics during the overhead volleyball spike despite the high prevalence of spike-related shoulder pain. The extreme shoulder positions achieved by volleyball players during the spike motion may contribute to unique deformations that could result in structural change or pathology of the rotator cuff and long head biceps tendons. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which GH kinematics differ between SAB and a simulated volleyball spike at a self-selected position of ball contact.

Aaron Hellem - hell0255@umn.edu

The researchers aim to prove that Qigong practice can result in reduced or relieved neuropathic pain, improved mood, life satisfaction, self-efficacy, enjoyment to move, and community integration; and decreased fear of movement, use of medication or health care services for adults with spinal cord injury.

Ann Van de Winckel - avandewi@umn.edu

This is a prospective, observational multicenter study to collect blood from patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type IH (MPS-IH) undergoing laronidase therapy and a stem cell transplant.

Paul Orchard - orcha001@umn.edu

Humanitarian Use device application for DBS therapy for dystonia

Kelly Ryberg - rybe0010@umn.edu

The goal of this study is to provide comprehensive longitudinal assessments of a cohort of PD patients before, during, and after DBS surgery, including neurological, neurophysiological, and neuropsychological data.

Kelly Brown - ksbrown@umn.edu

We are looking at measures of frailty (including an assessment questionnaire and other data from the medical record) and the relationship to outcomes from cardiac or vascular surgery. The questionnaire will take about 10 minutes to complete and we will contact you by phone once every three months for one year after your surgery.

Frail Heart Study - frailheart@umn.edu

The proposed research will measure and compare differences in visual performance and associated neural processing in participants who do or do not experience Visual Snow Syndrome, using a series of well-established psychophysical and imaging paradigms.

Schallmo Lab Study - schallmolab@umn.edu

To evaluate 3 year progression free survival (PFS) rate of high-risk neuroblastoma patients after treatment with a tandem consolidation of Thiotepa/ Cyclophosphamide and PBSC rescue followed by Carboplatin/Etoposide/ Melphalan (CEM) and PBSC rescue, as compared to historical controls of a single CEM consolidation course with PBSC rescue.

Holly Franceen - hfrancee@umn.edu

1.1 Purpose: This protocol will carry out Aim 2 (Experiments 1 and 3) of Udall Project 2, leveraging the novel (on-label, FDA-approved) local field potential measuring capability of the Medtronic Percept™ PC DBS system to study the effects of globus pallidus internus and globus pallidus externus (GPi, GPe) DBS on: the wash-out and wash-in dynamics of motor behavior and local field potentials (LFPs) and correlations between fluctuations in gait and LFPs during activities of daily living (recorded over 4 weeks).

Kristin Garland - garl0038@umn.edu

This protocol will characterize the effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) location (both adverse and beneficial) on motor signs in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). This information can be used to inform future DBS protocols to tailor stimulation to the specific needs of a patient. If targeted dorsal GP stimulation is shown to significantly improve motor features that are typically resistant to dopamine replacement therapy, these experiments will likely have major impact on clinical practice by providing a potential strategy to these medically intractable symptoms.

Kelly Ryberg - rybe0010@umn.edu