Karstã¤dt, Germany

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Enhance Training Effectiveness in Chronic Post-Stroke Aphasia

Intensive speech-language therapy (SLT) can promote recovery from chronic post-stroke aphasia, but effect sizes are moderate. This highlights the pressing need to explore adjunct strategies, such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), to enhance training effectiveness. Recently, the investigators provided evidence from a single-center randomized controlled trial (RCT) suggesting that anodal-tDCS of the left primary motor cortex (M1) improves naming and communication ability in chronic post-stroke aphasia, with medium-to-large effect sizes. However, prior to integration into clinical routine, a multi-center RCT with adequate power, duration, and outcomes relevant to everyday life is required, which is the goal of the present study. After trial completion, a workshop with relevant stakeholders will ensure transfer into best-practice guidelines.

RNA Disruption Assay (RDA)-Breast Cancer Response Evaluation for Individualized Therapy

Study Rationale: There is some evidence that identifying non-responders early in neoadjuvant treatment and offering alternative agents (response-guided therapy) increased pathological complete response (pCR) rates and/or survival resulting in improved care and incremental cost effectiveness. Differentiating non-responders to chemotherapy from responders with reliable guidance tools early during therapy is crucial to the success of response-guided therapy. The current study aims to provide validation results of RDA as a tumour response assessment tool that uses tumour core biopsies starting from 35 +/- 4 days after the initiation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Study Objectives and Endpoints: The primary objective of the study is to determine the 2 RDI cut-offs to have a diagnostic test optimized in terms of both negative and positive predictive values NPV and PPV (in a training set of patients i.e. phase 1 of the study) for predicting nopCR/pCR and to establish the performance characteristics for the first cut-off (test result "zone 1") in terms of NPV as primary endpoint (in a validation set i.e. phase 2). The secondary objective is to assess the test's NPV in the different cancer subtypes and the test's PPV in Her2+ patients; also to assess and compare pCR prevalence, residual cancer burden (RCB class at surgery) and DFS (secondary endpoints) in zones 1-3 for all patients and each cancer subtype. Patient Population: The study aims to enrol approximately 801 patients in centres in the US, Canada, Italy, Germany, Spain and France and Poland. The population consists of patients diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and scheduled to receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy as part of standard of care treatment. Throughout the study, patients will receive standard of care neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatments including taxanes, anthracyclines or other targeted drugs and drug combinations as prescribed based on the investigators' / clinicians' choice. Adjuvant therapies (e.g. radiotherapy, hormonal treatment ... etc.) may be prescribed to patients according to standard of care and independently of the RDI score results. RDA is presently in an experimental stage and clinicians will not receive or use the RDA results in this study. Biopsy Collection: - 1st core needle biopsy for RDA (2 specimens): Time Point: 35 +/- days after initiation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy; - 2nd core needle biopsy for RDA (2 specimens): Time Point: if therapy is changed (as part of SoC), a second biopsy ~2-3 weeks after initiation of new drugs; Timing by type of drug schedule 3-weekly: at 16 days +/- 2 days, Bi-weekly: at day of 2nd dose preferably before drug admin., Weekly: at day of 4th dose preferably before drug admin. If Therapy is not changed (as part of SoC), a second biopsy is taken at 55 +/- 5 days after the first initiation of neoadjuvant therapy. Statistical Plan: The study consists of a training set / phase 1 (80 fully evaluable patients) to determine response zone cut-offs using pCR outcomes and RDA's predictive values, and a validation set / phase 2 (454 fully evaluable patients) to validate the performance characteristics of the RDA test. The study aims to enrol 801 patients in order to achieve an accrual of 534 fully evaluable patients (phase 1 and 2) which is the number required to adequately statistically power the trial. Combined statistical analysis and various subgroup analyses will be performed for the primary and secondary objectives. Duration and Follow-up: There will be an active patient accrual until last patient is accrued (to achieve the required patient numbers) in addition to 60 months of patient follow-up.

Niraparib vs Niraparib Plus Bevacizumab in Patients With Platinum/Taxane-based Chemotherapy in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Eligible patients will be those patients with newly diagnosed, histologically confirmed, advanced (FIGO stage III/IV, except FIGO stage IIIA2 without nodal involvement) invasive high grade epithelial ovarian cancer, peritoneal cancer, or fallopian tube cancer, who have either undergone upfront primary surgery or plan to undergo chemotherapy with interval debulking surgery (IDS). In addition, patients should not have any medical contraindications that would exclude treatment with bevacizumab and/or niraparib. All eligible patients will receive the first cycle of chemotherapy (carboplatin area under curve [AUC] 5 and paclitaxel 175 mg/m²) as part of Study Run-In-Period (cycle 1). In parallel, central laboratory will determine the breast cancer (BRCA) status in tumor tissue (tBRCA). All patients with a valid central tBRCA test result will be randomized prior to day 1 of cycle 2 in a 1:1 ratio in the following treatment arms: Arm 1: Patients will receive further 5 cycles of carboplatin and paclitaxel q21d followed by niraparib once daily for up to a total of 3 years Arm 2: Patients will receive further 5 cycles of carboplatin and paclitaxel plus bevacizumab q21d followed by bevacizumab q21d (for up to 1 year) and niraparib once daily for up to a total of 3 years. The study aims to investigate, if the treatment strategy of carboplatin / paclitaxel / bevacizumab / niraparib is superior to the treatment of carboplatin / paclitaxel / niraparib-Inhibitor in an all-comer population.

ITP Registry and Accompanying Biospecimen Collection

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a rare hematologic disorder that can lead to a greater risk of bleeding or a prolonged bleeding time due to an autoimmune-mediated deficiency of platelets. In recent years, new treatment options for patients with immune thrombocytopenia have emerged. The results of published clinical studies on ITP can only be used for broad patient care to a limited extent, as they are designed for a patient population with clearly defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Real world data collected from this registry will help to better understand the diagnosis and therapy of ITP patients in everyday treatment and to more effectively direct individual patients to optimal therapy, thus improving their outcomes. By collecting biospecimens, this project will contribute new knowledge to the study of ITP through standardized, systematic, and high-quality collection and storage of patient samples and associated data. The registry collects clinical data from patients diagnosed with ITP at defined points in the course of the disease. The Data collection includes a range of clinical measures, disease-related factors, treatment/treatment course and outcomes, complications during treatment and Qol, fatigue scoring and survival data (up to 5 years). The data are collected prospectively. In addition, patients can be included retrospectively up to 12 months after the initial diagnosis if continuous documentation can be provided at the treatment centre. In both cases, a written declaration of consent is obligatory.

Treatment With Bempedoic Acid and/or Its Fixed-dose Combination With Ezetimibe in Primary Hypercholesterolemia or Mixed Dyslipidemia

This non-interventional study will be conducted to characterize the risks and benefits of bempedoic acid and/or its fixed-dose combination with ezetimibe in a real-world clinical setting in adult patients with primary hypercholesterolaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia and to gain insight into the effectiveness (managing plasma levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) as well as safety (clinical events associated with the treatment modalities). Real world evidence will be collected in 5000 participants, treated by specialized as well as non-specialized physicians in hospitals and office based centers.

Endometrial Cancer Lymphadenectomy Trial

A Study of Lasmiditan (LY573144) Treatment in Children Aged 6 to 17 With Migraine

Pemetrexed-free vs. Pemetrexed-based Immunochemotherapy in Metastatic TTF-1 Negative Lung Adenocarcinoma

Thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1) is expressed in the majority of lung adenocarcinoma and has a clear prognostic value. Pemetrexed-based immunochemotherapy is a standard of care for advanced lung adenocarcinoma. However, real-world data suggest that TTF-1 negative patients might derive superior outcome using pemetrexed-free regimens. The aim of this study is to compare a pemetrexed-free (Arm A) vs. a pemetrexed-based immunochemotherapy (Arm B) as first-line treatment for metastatic TTF-1 negative lung adenocarcinoma without actionable genomic alterations.

A Non-interventional Implementation Study to Evaluate Treatment With Inclisiran (Leqvio®) and Other Lipid Lowering Treatments in a Real-world Setting