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The CSF Shunt Entry Site Trial
The study is a multi-centered, randomized, controlled trial comparing two commonly used CSF shunt insertion techniques, anterior and posterior entry site. There is conflicting information and opinions in the pediatric …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Completed
Using a Tailored Health Information Technology Driven Intervention to Improve Health Literacy and Medication Adherence
Physicians seeing patients in the outpatient clinics will write patient's statin and/or antiplatelet prescription and the patient's cell phone numbers on an Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheet. The sheet will …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Completed
Aggression Prevention Training for Caregivers of Persons With Dementia (APT)
Eighty percent of PWD have behavioral or psychological disturbances, including 40% that are aggressive behaviors. The prevalence of pain in PWD is about 60%, and it is a strong predictor …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Completed
Comparative Efficacy of Phenylbutyrate (PBA) vs. Benzoate in Urea Cycle Disorders
The investigators will study and compare how effectively sodium phenylbutyrate, sodium benzoate, and a combination of the two, help excrete nitrogen in healthy volunteers. Subject participation will require three, separate, …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Terminated
Efficacy of Micro-Patterned Foley Catheter to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection
Roughly half of the two million nosocomial infections that occur each year are associated with the use of a medical device. Approximately 30 million urinary catheters are inserted each year …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Completed
Nitric Oxide Supplementation in Argininosuccinic Aciduria
The investigators will perform a double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study of NO supplementation in ASA patients assessing endothelial function and blood pressure as primary endpoints, and markers of nitric …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Active, Not Recruiting
BEnefits of Stroke Treatment Delivered Using a Mobile Stroke Unit
There are many ways that use of a MSU might prove valuable in stroke patients, but we will focus on acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and treatment with IV tissue plasminogen …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Recruiting
New Pediatric Patching Method to Improve Compliance
Patients will present to the pediatric ophthalmology clinic at Texas Children's Hospital. If during the course of their standard care visit it is determined by their pediatric ophthalmologist or optometrist …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Withdrawn
Adjunctive Everolimus (RAD 001) Therapy for Epilepsy in Children With Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS)
The main study part has 3 phases. The first phase is called the baseline phase and consists of 1-2 study site visit(s). During this phase, the investigators will gather information …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Terminated
Use Of Oral Fidaxomicin Vs. Oral Vancomycin For Clostridium Difficile Infection In Patients With Spinal Cord Injury
In recent clinical trials, comparing oral Vancomycin versus oral Fidaxomicin to treat Clostridium difficile, oral Fidaxomicin was shown to be the same in effectiveness as oral Vancomycin, but showed a …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor