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Full-Field Optical Coherence Tomography (FFOCT) for Evaluation of Bronchoscopic Small Biopsy Specimens
Status: Recruiting
Location: Johns Hopkins University
Conditions: Johns Hopkins University
City/State:
Baltimore, Maryland
Contact Information:
Jeffrey Thiboutot, MD
410-502-2533
[email protected]
Brief Summary:
This study sets out to register imaging of small biopsy specimens obtained during bronchoscopy using full-field optical coherence tomography against standard histologic evaluation.
Detailed Description:
Small biopsy specimens obtained through bronchoscopy are commonly employed for the diagnosis and staging of thoracic malignancies. Diagnostic yield is dependent on tissue quality and quantity in specimens obtained through bronchoscopy, and it is thus important to ensure adequate sampling. Rapid on-site cytology (ROSE) is a method used by having a cytotechnologist at the bedside to prepare and analyze specimens to improve the quality of tissue acquisition during bronchoscopy. Although effective, ROSE expertise is not always available to proceduralists, is costly, and reproducible techniques that can be deployed across multiple tiers of institutions are needed across the globe.
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an emerging technique which may provide real-time imaging with resolution approaching that of typical histopathology. This has several benefits over ROSE using histopathologic evaluation including rapid imaging with minimal tissue processing, preservation of tissue specimens for molecular testing, enhanced intracellular contrast, and adaptation to machine learning approaches to allow for a reproducible and consistent result. In fact, full-field OCT has recently been applied in several tissue types for evaluation of adequacy of pathologic specimens and evaluation of malignancy, among others. To the best of the investigators’ knowledge, this technology has not yet been evaluated for assessment of specimen quality in bronchoscopic procedures.
Thus, the investigators propose a study of full-field OCT for evaluation of small biopsy specimens obtained through bronchoscopy. The investigators aim to demonstrate the feasibility of this technology in the workflow of bronchoscopy and compare to current evaluation methods including rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE). ROSE is commonly used to evaluate adequacy of tissue diagnosis during bronchoscopic procedures including at this institution. However, studies have not shown definitive benefits over bronchoscopy without ROSE, and current expert guidelines suggest bronchoscopy with Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) may be performed with or without ROSE.
Full-field OCT has several potential benefits compared to ROSE, including rapid analysis with minimal tissue processing and preservation of tissue for further molecular testing. In addition, OCT has been used to assess surgical biopsy specimens in a non-destructive manner, so the tissues can be analyzed after imaging using standard cytological and pathological methods. Full-field OCT evaluation may be applied to other diseases in addition to further augmenting the diagnostic ability through the use of machine learning approaches.
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REgiStry Of the NAtural History of recurreNt periCarditis in pEdiatric and Adult Patients
Status: Recruiting
Location: Alaska Heart & Vascular Institute, Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Carnegie Mellon University, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, Houston Methodist Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, Legacy Hospital and Health Center DBA Legacy Research Institute, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Midwest Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, NYU Langone Health, Northwell Health - Lenox Hill Hospital, Pima Heart and Vascular, Scripps Health, Seattle Children's Hospital, TKL Research Inc., University of California - San Diego, University of Nebraska Medical Center, University of Vermont Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University
Conditions: Alaska Heart & Vascular Institute, Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Carnegie Mellon University, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, Houston Methodist Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, Legacy Hospital and Health Center DBA Legacy Research Institute, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Midwest Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, NYU Langone Health, Northwell Health - Lenox Hill Hospital, Pima Heart and Vascular, Scripps Health, Seattle Children's Hospital, TKL Research Inc., University of California - San Diego, University of Nebraska Medical Center, University of Vermont Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University
City/State:
Anchorage, Alaska
Tucson, Arizona
La Jolla, California
San Diego
Davenport, Iowa
Baltimore, Maryland
Boston, Massachusetts
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rochester, Minnesota
Saint Louis, Missouri
Omaha, Nebraska
Fair Lawn, New Jersey
New York, New York
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Portland, Oregon
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Houston, Texas
Burlington, Vermont
Richmond, Virginia
Seattle, Washington
Contact Information:
JoAnn Clair, PhD
781 431 9100
[email protected]
Brief Summary:
The registry will focus on furthering the understanding of the natural history of recurrent pericarditis (RP), as well as document RP-related clinical, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and economic burden and will assist the medical community to refine or develop data-driven recommendations for clinical management of RP patients to optimize clinical outcomes. It also aims to generate data in support of the impact of rilonacept on clinical outcomes in a real-world population.
Abatacept in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis
Status: Recruiting
Location: "Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ", Allegheny-Singer Research Institution, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, Columbia University Medical Center, Franciscan Health, Johns Hopkins University, Lehigh Valley Health Network, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Maine Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mayo Clinic, MedStar Health Research Institute - Georgetown University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Moffitt Cancer Center, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, University of California Los Angeles, University of Chicago, University of Kansas Medical Center, University of Kentucky, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas Southwestern, University of Utah, University of West Virginia
Conditions: "Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ", Allegheny-Singer Research Institution, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, Columbia University Medical Center, Franciscan Health, Johns Hopkins University, Lehigh Valley Health Network, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Maine Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mayo Clinic, MedStar Health Research Institute - Georgetown University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Moffitt Cancer Center, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, University of California Los Angeles, University of Chicago, University of Kansas Medical Center, University of Kentucky, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas Southwestern, University of Utah, University of West Virginia
City/State:
Los Angeles, California
Kansas City, Kansas
Lexington, Kentucky
Boston, Massachusetts
Ann Arbor, Michigan
New York, New York
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Dallas, Texas
Houston, Texas
Salt Lake City, Utah
Washington D.C.
Tampa, Florida
Chicago, Illinois
Indianapolis, Indiana
Portland, Maine
Baltimore, Maryland
Rochester, Minnesota
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Cleveland, Ohio
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Morgantown, West Virginia
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Contact Information:
Hannah K Gilman, MS
6177261019
[email protected]
Brief Summary:
The primary aim is to test whether abatacept, as compared to placebo, is associated with a reduction in major adverse cardiac events (MACE) among participants hospitalized with myocarditis secondary to an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI). The primary outcome, MACE, is a composite of first occurrence of cardiovascular death, non-fatal sudden cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock, significant ventricular arrythmias, significant bradyarrythmias, or incident heart failure.
Detailed Description:
This investigator-initiated randomized trial is being conducted to test whether abatacept, as compared to placebo, is associated with a reduction in MACE among participants who develop myocarditis after treatment with an ICI. Immune checkpoint inhibitors leverage the immune system to treat a wide variety of cancers. Myocarditis is an uncommon immune related adverse event (irAE) secondary to treatment with an ICI. The guideline recommended treatment for ICI myocarditis is cessation of the ICI and administration of corticosteroids. However, despite administration of corticosteroids, the rate of MACE with ICI myocarditis is high. Data from multiple independent international cohorts have shown that the rate of MACE with ICI myocarditis despite administration of corticosteroids ranges from 25-50%.For comparison, the rate of MACE with myocarditis unrelated to an ICI is <5%.
Abatacept is a selective co-stimulation modulator that inhibits T cell (T lymphocyte) activation by binding to CD80 and CD86, thereby blocking its interaction with CD28. This interaction provides a costimulatory signal necessary for full activation of T lymphocytes. In animal studies of ICI myocarditis, the administration of abatacept led to a reduction in cardiac immune activation and an increase in survival. In retrospective unpublished clinical data, the administration of abatacept to participants with ICI myocarditis on corticosteroids was associated with a reduction in risk of MACE. There are no prospective studies testing whether abatacept is effective among participants with ICI myocarditis. Therefore, the primary aim of this trial is to test in a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study whether abatacept, administered concurrently with corticosteroids, is associated with a reduction in MACE among participants with recently diagnosed ICI myocarditis