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One treatment for certain types of chronic pancreatitis is total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT). In this procedure, the pancreas is removed (eliminating the source of the pain) and the islets, which produce insulin and other important hormones, are taken from the pancreas and transplanted in to the liver. This is a small study to evaluate a new procedure for transplanting some islets to a new location in the body.

Gregory Beilman - beilman@umn.edu

This is a treatment protocol for an unrelated umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT) using a myeloablative preparative regimen for the treatment of hematological diseases, including, but not limited to acute leukemias. There is no research element except the collection of routine clinical data.

Timothy Krepski - tkrepsk1@fairview.org

The objectives of this study are to assess the following: - Incidence of sustained donor engraftment at day 42 post transplant - Incidence of transplant related mortality (TRM) at day 100 - Overall survival at day 100 and 1 year - Acute GVHD after this second transplant at day 100 and 6 months - Chronic GVHD after this second transplant at day 12 and 24 months

Timothy Krepski - tkrepsk1@fairview.org

This is a treatment guideline for a second or greater allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) using a reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimen. This regimen, consisting of busulfan, fludarabine, and low dose total body irradiation (TBI), is designed to promote engraftment in patients who failed to achieve an acceptable level of donor-derived engraftment following a previous allogeneic HSCT. While it will primarily be applied for the treatment of non-malignant diseases (NMD), on occasion it may be used to treat patients with malignant disorders as well.

Teresa Bekkala - tkivist1@fairview.org

The study will be a randomized, multicenter, open-label trial with blinded adjudication of outcomes.

Julie Longman - longm021@umn.edu

The purpose of this study is to study the evolution of early life risk factors that may lead to cancer and other conditions. This is a prospective cohort study of families who reside in Minnesota.

Clemen Wilcox - clemenw@umn.edu

The purpose of the research is to find out if atrasentan delays worsening of kidney function in IgAN, FSGS, and Alport Syndrome.

Anael Kuperwajs Cohen - kuper029@umn.edu

Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy comprise a group of disorders made up of over 30 mutations which share a common phenotype of progressive weakness of the shoulder and hip girdle muscles. While the individual genetic mutations are rare, as a cohort, LGMDs are one of the four most common muscular dystrophies. The overall goal of project 1 is to define the key phenotypes as measured by standard clinical outcome assessments (COAs) for limb girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) to hasten therapeutic development.

Allison Johnston - joh21779@umn.edu

This study is a prospective, non-randomized, observational multi-center study, utilizing a quality improvement methodology to facilitate systematic care coordination, interstage cardiovascular monitoring, and nutritional monitoring into every day practice. Utilizes a national registry to document the impact of these changes on various care processes and outcomes. The aim of this Phase II project intends to: 1) develop and support a robust national registry to gather clinical care process, outcome and developmental data on infants with HLHS between diagnosis and the first year of life, 2) engage pediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery programs in using the registry, and 3) use data from the registry to support and monitor the implementation of QI strategies to standardize and improve care for these infants.

Brittany Faanes - grego318@umn.edu

The purpose of this project is to provide new knowledge of the relationship between structural and functional changes in cortico-basal ganglia pathways and the severity of motor and non-motor deficits in humans with PD.

Madison Aasen - aasen056@umn.edu

To measure glucose transport in the frontal cortex and hypothalamus in subjects with T1D before and after induction of impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH). Kinetic parameters for glucose transport and metabolism will be measured using hyperglycemic clamps at 3T at baseline and after recurrent HG.

Diabetes Study - studydiabetes@umn.edu

This study is evaluating the efficacy of MultiStem (drug) on functional outcome in participants with ischemic stroke.

Justin Eklund - eklun063@umn.edu

The purpose of this study is to critically assess the current treatment that patients are undergoing by reviewing routine data collected and adding one additional outcome questionnaire solely for research purposes

Lydia Golden - golde406@umn.edu

This is pilot study designed to test the hypothesis that maternal probiotic supplementation is associated with infant gut microbiome variation and improved neurodevelopmental outcomes as measured by ERP performance. The primary aim is to determine if maternal probiotic supplementation during pregnancy and lactation is associated with improved recognition memory performance in infants of diabetic mothers (IDMs). This will involve recruitment and enrollment of pregnant mothers who have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes and randomization to an intervention or control group. Women in the intervention group will receive a standardized probiotic supplement during the third trimester of pregnancy through the first month of lactation. We will compare the IDMs who are exposed to probiotics via maternal supplementation or not with respect to auditory and visual ERPs at 1 and 6 months of age to determine if probiotic supplementation is associated with improved hippocampus function in infancy. The secondary aim is to examine whether maternal probiotic supplementation during pregnancy and lactation is associated with differences in maternal milk and infant fecal microbiome signatures as well as maternal milk and infant serum inflammatory protein levels. Microbial analysis will be performed on infant stool and maternal breast milk samples at one and six months of age. Infant serum and maternal breast milk inflammatory protein levels will be measured at one and six months postpartum.

Maria Bunch - mbunch@umn.edu

We are doing the RARE study to learn more about Cystic Fibrosis (CF). CF is caused by mutations in a gene that produces a protein called the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). In people with CF, the CFTR does not function correctly. Medications are being developed to help the CFTR function better, but those medications mostly benefit people with common CFTR mutations. There are more than 1,900 mutations of the CF gene. Some of these mutations are rare and found only in a few people. The goal of this research study is to collect specimens (blood, nasal cells, rectal cells) from people with rare CFTR mutations. Another purpose of this study is to create induced pluripotent stem cells or iPS cells. “Pluripotent” stem cells are cells that can be changed into almost any cell type of the body (such as lung or intestine). They can be kept alive and stored indefinitely. There are different kinds of pluripotent stem cells. Inducted pluripotent stem cells can be created from many different kinds of specimens (such as blood, nasal cells, rectal cells). This is different from embryonic stem cells, which can only be derived from embryos. The specimens collected during this study and iPS cells created from them will be stored for use in future research to learn more about CF and study the effect of new medications. This could identify new medications that may help people with rare CFTR mutations.

Dena Johnson - joh20459@umn.edu

The goal of the proposed project is to investigate whether brain abnormalities are present in children to young adults after the recovery from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Monica Bondy - bondy023@umn.edu

To collect additional real-world safety and effectiveness data for the OCS™ Lung System and to expand the long-term clinical evidence supporting the use of OCS™Lung System in lung transplantation.

Henry Madden - madde123@umn.edu

A single-center, single-arm, non-interventional natural history study to evaluate the longitudinal clinical course, functional outcome measures, and candidate biomarkers for individuals with DNA repair disorders, including Cockayne syndrome (CS), xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), and trichothiodystrophy (TTD).

Erin Aguero - aguer008@umn.edu

We are trying to learn more about how the brain controls movement and how this affects function after stroke. We expect differences in the side of brain damage to result in distinct movements of each arm. We will collect information with standard clinical exams and movements during tasks completed on the Kinereach virtual reality system. We will compare results between people who have and have not had a stroke.

Shanie Jayasinghe - jayas045@umn.edu

The purpose of this study is to measure levels of blood and brain chemicals related to oxidative stress and inflammation in healthy volunteers and individuals with Type 1 Gaucher disease (GD1) to see if these levels are altered by GD1. We will also examine if there is a change in these blood and brain chemicals after participants begin taking oral N-acetylcysteine (NAC), which is available both as a prescription medication and a natural product that has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.

Reena Kartha - rvkartha@umn.edu

Freezing of gait is a common problem in people with Parkinson's disease. Episodes of freezing can be overcome when a sensory cue is provided. This study will further develop and study the efficacy of a wireless shoe insole that can monitor walking and provide a cue (acoustic or vibrotactile) when a freezing event is detected. The experiment is designed to further test the ability of the device and algorithm to reliably detect freezing and release the episode with an external cue. This study has the potential to develop a tool that can help reduce the incidence and severity of freezing events in people with Parkinson's disease.

Madison Aasen - aasen056@umn.edu

The objective of the study is to define quality of life in patients with upper airway stenosis after bypassing the stenosis with either tracheotomy or t-tube stenting. Participants complete surveys over 2 years to collect quality of life information.

Ali Stockness - nicho656@umn.edu

Prospective study investigating brain activity associated with markers of suicidal behavior (SB) in adolescents.

Ab Flab Study - abflab@umn.edu

To determine if a perioperative infusion of 0.2% ropivacaine via bilateral T3 paravertebral catheters can decrease the incidence of new onset atrial fibrillation following primary CABG and/or valve surgery and compare a number of secondary outcomes.

Candace Nelson - nelso377@umn.edu

This study aims to determine the role of menopause and exogenous hormone use in regulating antiretroviral disposition in the female genital tract.

Sandy Bowers - kraus012@umn.edu

The purpose of this investigation is to identify the potentially crucial role of anticipatory reward mechanisms maintaining bulimic behavior (i.e., binge eating and purging) in bulimia nervosa (BN).

Emma Rasmussen - rasmu960@umn.edu

This is a prospective study aimed at quantifying walking and balance in patients with parkinsonism in the clinical setting in addition to a living environment setting. To accomplish this, we will use a portable motion capture system that is widely used to study biomechanics in humans. Once quantified, we want to test the effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) frequency in patients who already have DBS systems in place. Thus, our objectives are: 1. Demonstrate that parkinsonism patient-specific kinematics can be used to detect postural instability in the clinic using wearable IMUs. 2. Demonstrate that individualized, home-based postural response curves can detect postural instability and prospectively predict fall risk in patients with parkinsonism.

Thomas Lisko - tlisko@umn.edu

This study will be a multi-site, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial (RCT) that will screen older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) using 4 steps (over the phone, in-person interview including informed consent, medical verification, exercise stress test/magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]). We will enroll 128 participants (target 96 completers, assuming 25% attrition rate at 6 months). After baseline assessment, participants will be enrolled and randomized within age (65-74 years of age or ≥75 years of age) and study site (Minnesota or Rochester) strata centrally at the University of Minnesota (UMN) to one of four groups: ACT, cycling only, SOP only, or control with equal allocation and using a randomization scheme generated by our UMN biostatistician (CI: Vock). Group allocations will be concealed to all investigators and data collectors. The interventions will last for 6 months with 12-month follow-up. Outcomes include: 1) cognition: composite measures of executive function and episodic memory, 2) AD signature cortical thickness: composite using structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 3) functional connectivity in DMN: resting-state using functional MRI (fMRI), 4) aerobic fitness, and 5) clinical and pathological AD conversion. Cognition and aerobic fitness will be assessed at baseline, 3, 6, 12, and 18 months; AD conversion at 6, 12, and 18 months; and AD signature cortical thickness and DMN at baseline, 6, 12, and 18 months. PIs Yu and Lin have developed and tested strategies in their preliminary studies to successfully ensure the protection of human participants.

Russell Spafford - spaff010@umn.edu

Almost 300,000 Americans with a spinal cord injury or disorder (SCI/D) suffer from reduced or complete loss of sensory and motor function, which can compromise functional independence and quality of life. The purpose of this study is to find better treatment options for improving sensation and movement after SCI/D.

Ann Van de Winckel - avandewi@umn.edu

The goal of this study is to learn more about the effects of menopause on women's blood pressure and heart health. We are looking for women between the ages of 35 and 70 years to participate in the study. Participants may be pre- or postmenopausal; we are specifically interested in evaluating the influence of premature (< age 40 years) and early (< age 46 years) menopause.

Emma Lee - leex4357@umn.edu