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Researchers are evaluating if combining the medicines calderasib and subcutaneous pembrolizumab can more effectively treat people with non-small cell lung cancer NSCLC that has a KRAS G12C mutation. The study aims to find out whether patients receiving calderasib with pembrolizumab live longer without their cancer growing or spreading compared to those receiving pembrolizumab with chemotherapy. This is a Phase 3 clinical trial focusing on first-line treatment for advanced or metastatic nonsquamous NSCLC. Participants are assigned to one of two groups. One group receives subcutaneous pembrolizumab plus berahyaluronidase alfa every 6 weeks for up to 18 cycles about 2 years along with oral calderasib until treatment discontinuation criteria are met. The other group receives the same pembrolizumab and berahyaluronidase alfa regimen plus chemotherapy with pemetrexed and either carboplatin or cisplatin infusions during the early cycles. Treatment continues based on individual response and tolerability. During the study, participants will have regular visits for treatment and monitoring. Researchers will assess progression-free survival, overall survival, response rates, and quality of life using questionnaires and symptom scores over several years. Safety will be monitored through adverse event reporting. The trial lasts up to about 7 years with ongoing evaluation of health outcomes and side effects to understand the impact of these treatment combinations.

Researchers are studying BG-C0979, a drug being evaluated alone or combined with tislelizumab in adults with advanced solid tumors. The study includes early phases to test safety, dosage, how the drug moves in the body, and initial anti-tumor effects. Participants have advanced, metastatic, or unresectable tumors, with some having prior treatments and others being treatment-naive depending on the study phase. Participants receive BG-C0979 through intravenous infusion in different doses during Phase 1a dose escalation and safety expansion. Later, Phase 1b includes dose optimization and expansion of BG-C0979 alone, as well as combination therapy with tislelizumab for select tumor types. The study evaluates increasing doses, determines recommended doses for future studies, and compares monotherapy with combination therapy. Participants undergo regular assessments including tumor measurements using RECIST criteria, performance status evaluation, blood tests, and monitoring for side effects over up to 24 months. Researchers track how the drug is processed in the body, adverse events, tumor response, progression, and survival. This includes frequent safety and laboratory monitoring during treatment to understand tolerability and impact on tumors.

Researchers are evaluating BG-C477, a potential anticancer drug, for its safety, tolerability, how it is processed by the body, and its preliminary activity against advanced solid tumors. This phase 1ab, open-label study will test BG-C477 alone and in combination with other anticancer agents, including chemotherapy and tislelizumab, in participants with certain advanced solid tumors. The study is sponsored by BeOne Medicines and aims to find safe dose levels and early signals of the drugs effect on tumors. Participants will receive BG-C477 intravenously either as monotherapy in sequential dose escalation cohorts or in combination with other anticancer agents. The study includes different phases Phase 1a focuses on dose escalation and safety expansion, while Phase 1b involves dose optimization and combination therapy expansion. Dose levels that are found safe will be further evaluated, and treatment continues according to the assigned cohort and dose schedule. Participants will be closely monitored throughout the study for adverse events, drug levels in the blood, and tumor responses using standard criteria. Safety assessments will continue up to 30 days after the last dose, with some measures tracked for up to two years. Evaluations include measuring overall response rates, progression-free survival, and immune responses to the drug. The total participation duration varies with study phase and treatment response, with regular visits for treatment administration and monitoring.

Heart attacks occur when a blood clot blocks the hearts blood vessels, stopping blood flow to the heart muscle. This trial focuses on patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction STEMI and looks at how microcirculatory damage can be measured using the Index of Microcirculatory Resistance IMR. The study aims to find out if treating patients with impaired microcirculatory perfusion using low-dose intracoronary thrombolytic therapy can reduce heart muscle damage and improve clinical outcomes. Participants who have had a heart attack and undergone angioplasty will have their IMR measured. Those with an IMR above 32 will be randomly assigned to receive either low-dose tenecteplase a clot-dissolving drug or a placebo sterile water administered directly into the coronary artery. Patients with lower IMR will be followed in a registry. The treatment is given as an intracoronary infusion over 3 minutes. Cardiac enzymes, MRI scans, and other heart function tests will be done at various time points. During the study, participants will have heart enzyme tests at hospital admission and discharge. Those in the randomised group will receive cardiac MRI scans at discharge and six months later. Follow-up visits will occur at 30 days, then 6, 12, and 24 months after discharge to monitor heart function, rehospitalisation, and mortality. The main outcomes measured include cardiovascular death, heart failure rehospitalisation, heart attack size, and bleeding events, with safety and efficacy monitored closely throughout the study period.

Researchers are conducting a Phase III, randomized, open-label multicenter study to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of giredestrant compared with fulvestrant. Both drugs are combined with the investigators choice of a CDK46 inhibitor palbociclib, ribociclib, or abemaciclib in participants with estrogen receptor-positive ER, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer who have become resistant to prior adjuvant endocrine therapy. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups one group will receive giredestrant 30 mg orally daily on Days 1-28 of each 28-day cycle, while the other will receive fulvestrant 500 mg intramuscularly on Days 1 and 15 of Cycle 1 and Day 1 of subsequent 28-day cycles. Both groups will also receive a CDK46 inhibitor chosen by the investigator, with dosing schedules depending on the specific inhibitor selected. Preperimenopausal women and men will receive a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone LHRH agonist during treatment. Participants will be assessed for progression-free survival over up to 5 years, with additional measures including overall survival, response rates, duration of response, clinical benefit, and quality of life. Safety will be monitored through adverse event reporting, vital signs, and laboratory tests during treatment and up to 28 days after the last dose. The study is led by Hoffmann-La Roche and aims to provide detailed information on the treatments effects in this patient population.

Kidney failure is a serious health problem that requires treatment with dialysis or transplantation to survive. Haemodialysis, the most common treatment, can cause symptoms like fatigue, pain, cramps, and poor quality of life, with less than 60% of full health reported by patients. Early mortality rates are high, especially in the first 3 to 6 months after starting haemodialysis at the usual three sessions per week. This trial investigates whether starting haemodialysis incrementally at two sessions per week preserves quality of life and kidney function better than conventional treatment. The study compares two approaches incremental haemodialysis, where participants begin with two sessions per week and increase to three sessions only if needed, and conventional haemodialysis, where participants start with three sessions per week from the beginning. This randomized, open-label trial will recruit 372 participants across centers in Australia and Canada. The goal is to assess if the incremental method is a safe, practical, and cost-effective alternative that reduces the physical and financial burdens of dialysis. Participants will be followed for up to 18 months, with quality of life assessed at 6 months using the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form questionnaire as the primary measure. Additional assessments include kidney function, healthcare use and costs, mortality, hospital admissions, symptoms, fatigue, nutritional status, and vascular access, collected at regular intervals. The study will monitor safety and side effects throughout the trial period to provide comprehensive data on the impacts of both dialysis approaches.

Researchers are evaluating the effectiveness of adjuvant calderasib combined with subcutaneous pembrolizumab and berahyaluronidase alfa MK-3475A compared to placebo plus MK-3475A in participants with completely resected stage IIA-IIIB N2, KRAS G12C-mutant non-small cell lung cancer. This phase 3, randomized, double-blind study focuses on participants who have received either neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy or adjuvant chemotherapy, aiming to improve disease-free survival. Participants are randomly assigned to receive either calderasib daily along with MK-3475A every 6 weeks for up to 9 doses, or placebo daily plus MK-3475A on the same schedule. The study compares these two groups to assess their effects on disease progression. The treatment period involves regular dosing and monitoring over time. During the study, participants will be monitored for disease-free survival for up to approximately 11 years. Researchers will also assess overall survival, distant metastasis-free survival, lung cancer-specific survival, and changes in quality of life using validated questionnaires. Safety will be checked through reports of adverse events and treatment discontinuations over an extended follow-up period of up to about 13.5 years.

Researchers are evaluating treatments for community-acquired pneumonia CAP, especially in patients admitted to intensive care units ICUs. This trial also adapts to study treatments for respiratory pandemics like COVID-19. The goal is to determine which treatment strategies improve outcomes for patients with severe pneumonia, using a flexible, ongoing approach that can test multiple therapies simultaneously and update as new information becomes available. Participants receive different treatment strategies based on random assignment to study groups. Treatments include various antibiotics, steroids, antivirals, immune modulators, anticoagulation methods, and ventilation strategies. Some treatment options have been closed to recruitment, reflecting the trials adaptive nature. The trial includes several domains targeting specific infections such as influenza and COVID-19, with dosing and duration guided by clinical practice and local guidelines. During the study, participants are monitored closely with assessments including survival up to 90 days, days alive without organ support in ICU, ICU and hospital length of stay, ventilator-free days, organ failure-free days, and quality of life up to 6 months. Researchers collect detailed data on patient outcomes, organ support needs, and hospital discharge status. The study runs until February 2028, with ongoing evaluation to improve pneumonia treatment strategies in ICU settings and during respiratory pandemics.

Researchers are evaluating the progression-free survival of casdatifan compared to placebo when each is given alongside cabozantinib in adults with confirmed advanced or metastatic clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma. This study focuses on patients who have experienced disease progression after prior anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy. The trial is a randomized, double-blind, phase 3 study designed to assess treatment outcomes in this patient population. Participants receive either casdatifan combined with cabozantinib or placebo combined with cabozantinib, both taken orally. The study is conducted in parallel groups with participants randomly assigned to one of these two arms. Treatment and monitoring continue for up to about 33 months to evaluate progression-free survival and other outcomes. During the study, participants will undergo assessments including imaging scans to measure tumors according to RECIST 1.1 criteria, laboratory tests to evaluate organ function, and symptom questionnaires related to kidney cancer. Researchers will monitor treatment-emergent side effects and measure overall survival, response rates, and symptom changes. The total study duration may extend up to approximately 64 months for long-term outcome follow-up.