Toronto, Canada Clinical Trials

PET/MR Scan With [68Ga]Ga-PentixaFor (CXCR4) vs Standard of Care (SOC) for Initial Staging and Follow up in Multiple Myeloma (MM)

Multiple myeloma is a disease mainly located in participants bones. Usually a participants physician arrives at this diagnosis by doing blood tests and ordering standard of care imaging tests (18F-FDG PET/CT and maybe additional MRI) to see how many bones (and/or other organs) are affected. While these two imaging tests …

D Dr. Mara Sobel, MD

Low Versus Standard Pressure Pneumoperitoneum on Shoulder Tip Pain

This proposed study is a single-center, double blind, parallel group RCT comparing the use of low (10 mm Hg) versus standard pressure (15 mm Hg) pneumoperitoneum at the time of benign gynecologic laparoscopic surgery. Patients will be randomized to the control group (standard pressure) or the intervention group (low pressure) …

R Rena Buckstein, MD

OURA Ring Wearable Testing in MDS Patients: a Feasibility and Discovery Pilot Study

A prospective, single center, single arm phase 2 cohort feasibility study of the OURA ring in adult MDS patients. Patients with MDS will wear the OURA ring and upload biometrics weekly. Quality of life measures will be clinically evaluated and correlated with biometrics. We hypothesize that it will be feasible …

N Nikolaus E. Wolter, MD

Be Sweet to Babies During Nasolaryngoscopy

The investigators want to know if sugar water containing 24% sucrose is helpful in reducing pain in babies during scopes.

K Kevin Kuo, MD

To Assess Safety of Mitapivat and Provide Proof of Concept of the Efficacy of the Drug in Patients With RBC Membranopathies or CDAII.

This is a prospective exploratory phase 2 study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of mitapivat in RBC membranopathies and CDAII, a rare sub type of anemia. Nine patients from Princess Margaret who are diagnosed with CDAII will be enrolled to the study. Patients will be in the trial …

V Victoria McCredie, MD

Nimodipine Variability in SAH

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a life-threatening neurological illness: it is bleeding in the brain after a bulging blood vessel (a brain aneurysm) ruptures. Although SAH accounts for only 5% of all strokes, it often happens in middle age and it puts a significant burden on many patients during their …

R Ronald George, MD

Evaluation of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-29 v2.1 for Postpartum Women

There is no widely used, statistically validated assessment for physical and mental health for the short- to medium-term in a postpartum population. PROMIS-29 has been validated for the assessment of these factors in a generic population, but has not been specifically evaluated for use with postpartum women. This study is …

M Minge Xu

A Study to Test the Benefit of Vitamin B5 in Patients With Melanoma

This study is open to patients with a type of cancer called melanoma. Patients can join the study if their tumor cannot be removed by surgery or has spread to other organs, and are planned to receive immunotherapy as treatment for their cancer. This study is looking at whether taking …

R Riina Bray

RCT of Mind-body in Long COVID and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

We are studying the effect of a mind-body treatment for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) with or without Long COVID (LC). Our team recognizes that ME/CFS and Long COVID are serious, debilitating, biomedical conditions. ME/CFS can affect many different parts of the body, such as the nervous system, …

C Christine Wickens, PhD

Age Differences in the Effects of Cannabis on Simulated Driving

Epidemiological studies suggest that the use of cannabis is associated with an increase in the risk of motor vehicle collisions. It is also known that younger users may be at increased risk for motor vehicle collisions. Further, the frequency with which cannabis is used may be an important variable in …