Monongahela, Pennsylvania Clinical Trials

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To centrally test resected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for genetic mutations to facilitate accrual to randomized adjuvant studies. II. To obtain clinically annotated tumor tissue and patient-matched non-malignant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from peripheral blood, as well as detailed epidemiologic and clinical follow-up data, to allow clinically ...

The intervention components are: a protocol for interdisciplinary family meetings that is tailored to the individual ICU unit and steps in the SET-to-Meet process: 1.) Screening of patients on admission to determine if patient meets criteria for a family meeting; 2.) proactively Engaging family members to inform them about the ...

The study is a randomized 1:1, controlled trial, prospective in nature, where participants undergoing foot and ankle surgery will be randomly placed into one of two groups; an immediate weight-bearing group or a non-weight-bearing group. The patients will be randomly placed into the study group and control group if they ...

Pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in highly immunocompromised individuals such as patients with hematologic malignancies or undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. These patients can be infected by a broad range of potential pathogens, including viral, bacterial, and fungal etiologies and sometimes with multiple pathogens simultaneously. Diagnostic testing ...