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The effect of repetitive thinking on emotional reactivity to daily events in depression and generalized anxiety disorder: Application of the contrast avoidance model

This is an ecological momentary assessment study that will examine the relationship between daily events, emotion, and repetitive thinking using a mobile application. The participants will be required to answer 2 minutes questionnaire and monitor their heart rate 8 times a day for 8 consecutive days.

If you are eligible based on the screening survey, there will be one Zoom study session where you will complete a brief videotaped clinical interview to further determine your eligibility to participate in the study. If you are eligible and decide to continue in the study, you will complete a brief questionnaire and be trained on how to complete the study. Starting the next day, you will complete eight 2-minutes questionnaires per day and monitor your heart rate using smartphone application for 8 days.

Up to $20 (Amazon gift card)

Yes
 

Seung Baik
Seung Yeon Baik - at sbb5887@psu.edu
Division of Graduate Studies (UNIVERSITY PARK)
 

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18 year(s) or older
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STUDY00017148
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Inclusion Criteria:
Adults aged 18 years and above.
Owns iPhone.
Scores high or low on depression and anxiety symptoms measure
Fluent in the English language in terms of speaking, listening, reading, and writing

Exclusion Criteria:
Alcohol or substance abuse occurring within 6 months
Meets diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia-related disorders
Has suicidal thoughts
Unable to speak, read, listen, and write English fluently.
Mental & Behavioral Health
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PACE – Development of an Eating Behavior Risk Score

The prevention of obesity is a far more effective approach than treating obesity after it has developed. Researchers and medical providers need better tools to identify risk factors for developing obesity, so families and their physicians can work to reduce a child's risk. This proposed study tests whether a novel risk score (PACE) is good at predicting if children will develop obesity. The PACE Score combines the measures of sensitivity to portion size, behavior while hungry or craving, loss of control during eating, and eating speed. This study will follow children in middle childhood through four visits, followed by two visits one year later. We will identify the components of PACE as well as biological and environmental factors that may work with or against the PACE factors to predict how children's body composition changes over a year.

Four baseline visits followed by two follow-up visits one year laterChildren will be provided meals at each visitChildren and parents will complete questionnairesChildren will have a DXA scan and an MRI scanChildren will play learning games on the computerChildren will wear an activity monitor for one weekChildren will perform brief and moderate exercise while wearing a heart rate monitor

$300

Yes
 

Kathleen Keller
Ben Baney - at bab349@psu.edu or 814-883-8523
Nutritional Sciences (UNIVERSITY PARK)
 

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NCT05073185
STUDY00023903
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Inclusion Criteria:
children must be between the ages of 7-9 years-old at enrollment
The biological mother must have a BMI between 18.5 – 25 or greater than 30. The parent primarily in charge of feeding must be able to accompany children to the visits.
children must speak English fluently
children should have no learning disabilities or developmental delays (e.g., ADHD, Autism, dyslexia)
children generally healthy with a BMI-for-age percentile less than 85 or greater than 95 to be enrolled.

Exclusion Criteria:
If they have a learning disability, ADD/ADHD, language delays, autism or other neurological or psychological conditions.
Child medical condition affecting digestion, cardio, etc.
Child not fluent in English
Child should not be taking a medication that affects blood flow, appetite, behavior, etc.
Child should not have any unremovable metal in their body (e.g. steel dental work) or be claustrophobic
Children's Health, Food & Nutrition, Prevention
Not applicable
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A Randomized Phase II Trial of Adjuvant Pembrolizumab versus Observation Following Curative Resectionfor Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) with Primary Tumors Between 1-4 cm:Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium BTCRC-LUN18-153 (PSCI# 20-043)

This is a research study to find out if giving a drug called pembrolizumab after lung cancer surgery does a better job at keeping the cancer from coming back than surgery alone. The usual approach for patients who are not in a study is to be followed closely by their doctor to watch in case the cancer returns. Participants in this study will be assigned by chance (flip of a coin) to be watched closely by their doctor or to receive a drug called pembrolizumab. Pembrolizumab is given as an infusion inthe clinic once every six weeks. . You will have tests, exams and procedures that are part of your regular care and for study purposes. You will have scans every 12 weeks to make sure the cancer hasn’t come back. If you are assigned to receive pembrolizumab, you can continue to receive it for up to 1 year.

If you decide to take part in this study, you will be assigned to one of two groups. This is called randomization. A computer will assign you to a group in the study by chance. This is done by chance because no one knows if one study group is better or worse than the other. You will have an equal chance (50/50) of being assigned to either group.

Yes
 

Patrick Ma
PSCI-CTO@pennstatehealth.psu.edu 717-531-5471
Medicine: Hematology and Medical Oncology (HERSHEY)
 

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18 year(s) or older
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04317534
STUDY00015618
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Inclusion Criteria:
Males and females age ≥ 18 years.
Patients must have undergone complete surgical resection of their stage I non-small cell lung cancer between 4-12 weeks prior to registration.
Pathological tumor size must be 1.0 – 4.0 cm in size.
ECOG Performance Score 0-1
Baseline CT chest must be performed within 28 days of randomization

Exclusion Criteria:
Patients with tumors that are known to harbor actionable EGFR mutations are NOT eligible.
No prior PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitors are permitted.
No prior neo-adjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy is permitted for this lung cancer.
Patients with a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids
Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years.
Cancer
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Personality Pathology in Youth

In this study, we hope to better understand the neural mechanisms underlying risk for personality disorders in adolescent youth. Understanding who is at risk for personality disorders early in development is important in order to develop preventative interventions.

Youth participants and their parent will be required to attend one in-person visit at our lab in Hershey, PA where youth participants will complete two computer tasks while EEG and cardiac data are collected. Youth participants will also complete questionnaires and a peer-interaction task with another peer their age. Parents will complete questionnaires and an interaction task with their child. Youth participants will complete remote surveys via a survey app for two weeks after the visit. This study includes 4 follow-up appointments (once every 6 months) which can be completed in-person or remotely via a Microsoft Teams meeting. These follow-up appointments will consist of a parent-child interaction task and surveys for parent and youth participants.

Up to $305

Yes
 

Dara Babinski
Breanne Tremblay - at bablab@pennstatehealth.psu.edu or 717-531-0003, ext=285969
Psychiatry and Behavioral Health (HERSHEY)
 

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Younger than 18 years old
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STUDY00023682
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Inclusion Criteria:
Children ages 10-13 and their parent
Current or past history of a mental health disorder OR no history of mental health disorder
Fluent in English

Exclusion Criteria:
Children under 10 or over 13
Youth or parent not fluent in English
Youth with intellectual or development disabilities
Youth with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or other psychotic disorders
Mental & Behavioral Health
Not applicable
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Couples' Daily Lives with Chronic Back Pain

The purpose of this study is to learn more about the daily experiences of people with back pain and their spouse/partner. Participants and their spouse/partner will be interviewed by video using a tablet computer every 6 months for 2 years and will be asked to complete daily surveys twice a day for 30 days using the provided tablet computer. The daily surveys will take about 5 to 10 minutes to complete. Questions for the interviews and daily surveys focus on physical symptoms, feelings, activities, and interactions.

Video interviews using a tablet computer every 6 months for 2 years. Complete daily surveys twice a day for 30 days using a tablet computer.

295.00

No
 

Lynn Martire
Kari Whitehead - at couplesstudy@psu.edu or 814-865-7094
Human Development and Family Studies (UNIVERSITY PARK)
 

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18 year(s) or older
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STUDY00013726
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Inclusion Criteria:
Individuals with back pain at least 65 years or older
Experienced moderate or severe back pain for at least 3 months
Married or in a long-term relationship AND living with spouse or partner

Exclusion Criteria:
Does not work more than 20 hours a week outside the home
Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases, Pain Management
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Remote testing for psychophysical studies of sensory perception and cognition

The purpose of this study is (1) to understand how the brain processes sensory information and (2) how this is affected by factors like blindness or synesthesia.

Participants will complete simple online tasks, for example judging differences in auditory pitch; processing visual and auditory stimuli in congruent and incongruent pairings; rating the sound-symbolic properties of either real words, pseudowords, or both; or discriminating between two stimuli on the basis of their structural properties over a change in their surface properties, and vice versa.

Amount varies depending on the study

No
 

Krishnankutty Sathian
Simon Lacey - at sathianlab@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Neurology (HERSHEY)
 

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18 year(s) or older
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STUDY00015197
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Inclusion Criteria:
Healthy adults over 18 years old
Normal or corrected-to-normal vision
No other sensory deficits
Adults who experience synesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:
Minors under the age of 18
Neurology, Language & Linguistics, Vision & Eyes
Not applicable
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PSCI# 24-028 NRG-BR008: A PHASE III RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF RADIOTHERAPY OPTIMIZATION FOR LOW-RISK HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER (HERO*)

This study will look at the differences in recurrence between patients who receive breast radiation after surgery to those who don't.

Participants will be required to come to all study visits, complete their radiation and chemotherapy treatments.

Yes
 

Leonard Tuanquin
PSCI-CTO@pennstatehealth.psu.edu 717-531-5471
Radiology (HERSHEY)
 

All
18 year(s) or older
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT05705401
STUDY00024714
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Inclusion Criteria:
The patient must be ≥ 40 years of age.
The patient must have an ECOG performance status of 0 ,1,
Histologically or cytologically confirmed invasive breast carcinoma.
The tumor must have been determined to be HER2-positive by current ASCO/CAP guidelines based on local testing results.
The tumor must have ER and PgR status assessed locally using current ASCO/CAP Guidelines.

Exclusion Criteria:
Definitive clinical or radiologic evidence of metastatic disease.
patients with a primary tumor >2 cm on pathologic examination of the surgical specimen
Patient planning for or status-post mastectomy.
Non-epithelial breast malignancies such as sarcoma or lymphoma.
Multicentric carcinoma (invasive cancer or DCIS)
Cancer
Experimental drug compared to an approved drug
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Pattern Learning in Human Adults

We are interested in what adults notice about stimuli that are presented to them. These stimuli typically consist of novel objects, abstract images, or made-up words.

Yes
 

Elisabeth Karuza
Elisabeth Karuza - at exk521@psu.edu
Psychology (UNIVERSITY PARK)
 

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18 year(s) or older
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STUDY00010804
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Inclusion Criteria:
Age 18 and older
Fluent in English
Minimum High School Education
Normal or corrected-to-normal vision/ hearing

Exclusion Criteria:
No history of neurological injury or disorder
Those unable to consent, pregnant women, children, and prisoners will be excluded.
Language & Linguistics
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Exploring Gender Differences in ADHD Through Narrative Competency

This is an interview study that will examine how people with and without ADHD tell stories. Eligible participants will be asked to attend a virtual televisit where they will tell three stories according to prompts given by study staff. We are recruiting both men and women for this study so we can determine if gender affects storytelling ability.

There will be one virtual visit on Zoom lasting approximately one hour. Participants will complete eligibility questionnaires, then eligible participants will be asked to tell three stories based on prompts from an investigator and complete one additional questionnaire.

$15

No
 

Grace Smith
Grace Smith - at ges5315@psu.edu
Division of Undergraduate Studies (UNIVERSITY PARK)
 

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18 year(s) or older
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STUDY00023413
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Inclusion Criteria:
Aged 18-30
Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
No diagnosis of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Native English speaker

Exclusion Criteria:
Diagnosed or suspected Autism Spectrum Disorder (Autism, ASD, previously known as "Asperger's Syndrome")
Under 18 or over 30 years old
Psychosis, dyslexia, or other neurological impairment
Uncorrected hearing loss
Neurology, Mental & Behavioral Health, Language & Linguistics
Not applicable
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Defining the role of slow eye movements on limb motor control

The purpose of this study is to define how eye movements contribute to eye-hand coordination. All procedures to be used in our study will be non-invasive. The task during the study will be performed with a robotic handle that participants will grasp with their right hand. They will interact with visual stimuli by moving the robotic handle. The robotic environment will attempt to simulate real-world mechanical interactions, such as those experienced during catching a ball. Our objective is to understand how the nervous system processes visual sensory information of moving objects through slow eye movements called smooth pursuit eye movements.

During this study, we will ask you to come to our laboratory located in 23 Recreation Building, Penn State University, on two days separated by a maximum of 48 hours. Both sessions will last approximately 90-120 minutes.We will ask you to perform an eye-hand coordination task using a robot. You will sit in a modified chair and grasp a handle that permits you to move your hand leftward, rightward, towards and away from your body. A display system will project visual targets into the same plane as your hands, which will allow you to interact virtually with the visual targets. These targets will move in the workspace. When the target comes in contact with your arm, the robot will apply a gentle force to mimic what you would typically experience when you catch a ball.

40

Yes
 

Tarkeshwar Singh
Oindrila Sinha - at osinha@psu.edu or 814-206-6260
Kinesiology (UNIVERSITY PARK)
 

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18 year(s) or older
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STUDY00023321
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Inclusion Criteria:
Participants should be between 18-65 years old.
Male and female participants who volunteer for the study and provide informed consent.
Participants will be right-hand dominant individuals.
They will have normal or corrected-to-normal vision.
Participants should be able to sit upright in a chair for long periods (up to 2 and a half hours) with rest.

Exclusion Criteria:
Any history of neurological disorders
Any history of musculoskeletal disorders.
Eye or vision problems.
Cognitive impairment such that informed consent cannot be obtained, or that participant would not be safe with the protocol.
Medication that could make the participant drowsy or tired during the experiment.
Neurology
Not applicable
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Understanding the user experience of using consumer-facing digital symptom checkers

This is an interview study that examines how people use online symptom checker platforms or apps (e.g., WebMD, Ada, K health app, Your.MD) to self-diagnose or support the decision of whether and when to do a medical visit. The research procedure involves: 1) a short screening survey which helps us determine who are eligible to participate; 2) an audio‐taped interview with each eligible participant that will last approximately 30‐60 minutes online or offline near Penn State University Park. Each participant will be compensated with a $20 Amazon gift card for completing the interview.

Yes
 

Xinning Gui
yxy340@psu.edu
Information Sciences and Technology (UNIVERSITY PARK)
 

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18 year(s) or older
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STUDY00013312
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Inclusion Criteria:
Live in US
Speak English or Chinese
At least 18 years of age
Have used online symptom checker platforms or apps

Exclusion Criteria:
Less than 18 years old
Have never used any symptom checker
Vulnerable populations such as children, pregnant women, cognitively impaired adults, and prisoners
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Altoona, PA ,
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Decision-Making in ADHD: An Evaluation of the Subjective Value of Rewards and Costs

Children with attention and behavior problems often need external rewards to motivate them to perform challenging tasks, but we don’t yet know much about how children weigh potential rewards and the effort required to obtain the rewards. This research is being done to find out how children with varying levels of ADHD symptoms value rewards and costs when making decisions about whether or not to perform a difficult task.

There will be one in-person visit. Children will complete two computerized cognitive tasks (thinking games), and will be able to earn prizes from the points they earn on these tasks. Parents will also be asked to complete a few questionnaires that should take about 25 minutes to finish. Children can earn up to $50 in compensation for completing the study.

$50

Yes
 

Dan Waschbusch
Thresia Casanova - at abc@pennstatehealth.psu.edu or 717-531-0003, ext=285966
Psychiatry and Behavioral Health (HERSHEY)
 

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Younger than 18 years old
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STUDY00018076
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Inclusion Criteria:
Children ages 8 to 12 years old
Children with normal or corrected vision
Caregiver and child must be fluent in written and spoken English
Willing to stop stimulant medications, when appropriate, for research testing

Exclusion Criteria:
Children who are younger than 8 years of age and children who are older than 12 years of age.
Current or past diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders.
Current use of non-stimulant medication due to its extended washout period.
Physical disabilities that are incompatible with completing laboratory tasks such as hearing impairments, or visual impairments that cannot be corrected with visual aids (i.e., glasses, contacts).
Children's Health, Mental & Behavioral Health
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Harrisburg, PA ,
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Saliva microRNA signatures in infants with wheezing associated respiratory illness

Wheezing is a common symptom of respiratory distress in infants and children. Infants who wheeze are at increased risk of being diagnosed with asthma, the most common chronic disease of childhood. This study aims to yield an objective measure of asthma risk using molecular markers obtained from saliva. Saliva miRNA (markers used in this study) levels will be measured using HiSeq technology. Refinement and validation of this measure in future large-scale studies could allow clinicians to accurately predict for families an infant’s risk of asthma and optimize medical management to prevent future hospitalizations.

If your child has a respiratory illness you will be asked to provide a saliva sample at one clinic visit. Six months after the initial encounter, you will be asked to do complete surveys designed to be done remotely at home.

$20.00

Yes
 

Steven Hicks
Courtney Byrnes-Rumbaugh - at cbyrnes@pennstatehealth.psu.edu or 717-531-5656
Pediatrics: General Pediatrics (HERSHEY)
 

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Younger than 18 years old
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STUDY00018136
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Inclusion Criteria:
Less than or equal to 12 months of age
Presence of respiratory illness symptoms (cough, congestion, shortness of breath, runny nose)

Exclusion Criteria:
Congenital lower respiratory tract malformation or anomalies
Concurrent pneumonia (bacterial lung infection) at the time of enrollment
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Concurrent bacterial infection requiring antibiotics (e.g. otitis media)
Infectious Diseases & Immune System, Children's Health, Allergies
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PHASE I SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF HYPOFRACTIONATED POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY (H-PORT) FOR INTERMEDIATE-RISK HEAD AND NECK CANCER

The purpose of this study is to test the good and bad effects of using hypofractionated radiation therapy. Hypofractionated radiation therapy could shrink or stabilize your cancer, but it could also cause side effects. The study doctors hope to learn if hypofractionated radiation therapy is safe and tolerable in patients with your type of cancer. You will receive radiation therapy for 4 weeks. You may also receive chemotherapy.

Participants will be required to receive radiation therapy for 4 weeks. Participants may also receive chemotherapy with cisplatin, carboplatin, or cetuximab.

Yes
 

Mitchell Machtay
PSCI-CTO at PSCI-CTO@pennstatehealth.psu.edu or 717-531-5471
Medicine: Hematology and Medical Oncology (HERSHEY)
 

All
18 year(s) or older
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT05540899
STUDY00022103
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Pathologically (histologically) proven diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma (including variants such as verrucous carcinoma, spindle cell carcinoma, carcinoma NOS, etc.) of the head/neck
Clinical stage II, III or IVA squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx or larynx (AJCC 8th edition), including no distant metastases.
Total resection of the patient’s cancer (i.e. no residual disease after total resection of the patient’s cancer ).
One or more indications for postoperative radiotherapy, based upon pathologic findings: • Perineural invasion; • Lymphovascular invasion;
Zubrod Performance Status 0-1

Exclusion Criteria:
Recurrence of the study cancer.
History of systemic lupus erythematosus or systemic sclerosis (scleroderma).
Pregnancy and individuals unwilling to discontinue nursing.
Feeding tube (gastric or jejuno) at the time of registration.
Anticipated need for high-dose systemic chemotherapy (e.g. high dose q3-week cisplatin), multiple systemic therapy agents or immunotherapy. Weekly single-agent systemic therapy with cisplatin, carboplatin, or cetuximab is allowable.
Cancer
Not applicable
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PSCI 23-092 EA8192 A Phase II/III trial of Durvalumab and Chemotherapy for Patients with High Grade Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer Prior to Nephroureterectomy

This trial is comparing outcomes of cisplatin eligible vs cisplatin ineligible high grade urothelial cancer patients treated with accelerated therapy vs gemcitabine and durvalumab followed by surgery.

Participants will need to complete all study visits, agree to having surgery and to make sure to tell the study team if they are having any side effects.

Yes
 

Monika Joshi
PSCI-CTO@pennstatehealth.psu.edu 717-531-5471
Medicine: Hematology and Medical Oncology (HERSHEY)
 

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18 year(s) or older
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT04628767
STUDY00023370
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Patient must be ≥18 years of age.
Patient must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Patient must have a diagnosis of high grade upper tract urothelial carcinoma proven by biopsy
Patients must not have any component of small cell/neuroendocrine carcinoma
Patients must not be pregnant or breast-feeding

Exclusion Criteria:
Patients must have no evidence of metastatic disease
Patient must not have another active (or within two years) second malignancy
Patient may have a history of resectable urothelial cancer
Patient must not have any uncontrolled illness
Patient must not have received prior systemic anthracycline therapy
Cancer
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Cognitive and Social Factors Underlying Spoken Language Use

The central purpose of this research is to understand how language users produce and comprehend speech. To do this we ask participants to record speech, make judgments on the speech they hear, and work with a partner on simple language tasks.

Yes
 

Navin Viswanathan
Navin Viswanathan - at splaco@psu.edu
Communication Sciences and Disorders (UNIVERSITY PARK)
 

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18 year(s) or older
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STUDY00011708
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Inclusion Criteria:
English Speakers
Between 18 and 65 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:
Those with diagnosed speech, hearing or language Issues
Language & Linguistics
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A Phase 1/2, Open-label, Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Anti-Tumor Activity Study of Repotrectinib in Pediatric and Young Adult Subjects with Advanced or Metastatic Malignancies Harboring ALK, ROS1, or NTRK1-3 Alterations (CARE)

Repotrectinib for cancer that has returned or is not responding to treatment

If you agree to take part in this study, you will need to visit the study site regularly and follow the study procedures listed later in this document. You will be told what these procedures are and why they are needed. These procedures include interviews, exams, heart testing, tumor assessments, and blood and urine samples. You will be asked to take the study drug Repotrectinib. This is a capsule to be taken orally.

Yes
 

Valerie Brown
Suzanne Treadway - at streadway@pennstatehelath.psu.edu or 717-531-3097
Pediatrics: Hematology/Oncology (HERSHEY)
 

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NCT04094610
STUDY00014715
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Inclusion Criteria:
You have cancer that has returned or is not respondin g to treatment
You are positive for certain changes in your genes which we will test you for as needed

Exclusion Criteria:
1. You have gastrointestinal disease, such as Crohn’s disease,
Cancer
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A Phase 2, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Mycophenolate Mofetil alone or with Voclosporin for Systemic Lupus: Examining Distinct Immunophenotypes to Validate and Enhance Rational Treatment

Treatment of Systemic Lupus with mycophenolate mofetil alone or with voclosporin

There will be 16 visit over a years time, physical exam, blood work, ECG, questionnaires

Yes
 

Nancy Olsen
Jamie Carter - at jcarter3@pennstatehealth.psu.edu or 717-531-0003, ext=283833
Medicine: Rheumatology (HERSHEY)
 

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18 year(s) or older
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
NCT05306873
SITE00001147
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Inclusion Criteria:
18 years and older
Systemic Lupus

Exclusion Criteria:
Pregnant or breast feeding
Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases
Approved drug(s)
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The naturalistic reinforcement of obsessions and compulsions: An ecological momentary assessment study

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between sleep patterns, thoughts, behaviors, and emotions in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In the screening visit, participants will complete a brief interview and questionnaire to determine if they are eligible to participate in our study. Eligible participants will complete additional questionnaires and a training session on study procedures. Following this visit, for the next 7 days, participants will complete daily questionnaires and (for those selected to be in the sleep monitoring group) monitor their sleep by wearing a sleep watch. On day 4, participants will attend a brief compliance check Zoom visit where they will be informed about their overall compliance rate. Participants will be compensated with either course credit or an Amazon e-giftcard. Findings from this research may help improve understanding of OCD symptoms and sleep.

Screening Visit: This can be conducted in person or over Zoom. During this visit, we will administer a short questionnaire and an interview to determine if you are eligible to participate in the study. If you are eligible, you will complete questionnaires and a training session on study procedures. You will also receive a sleep watch, which you will be asked to wear consequently for 7 days. This visit will take approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes.7 Day Monitoring: For the next 7 days, you will complete several, brief daily questionnaires (7 questionnaires/per day) on your smartphone. Questionnaires will take place generally every 2 hours starting from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. You will also monitor your sleep by wearing a sleep watch and maintaining a daily sleep diary.Compliance Check (Day 4): On day 4, there will be a 5 minute compliance check Zoom meeting where you will be informed about your overall study compliance rate. Return and Debrief: At the end of the 7 days, you will be asked to return the sleep watch to our lab location (Moore Building) or schedule a pick-up time with a study team member. You will also receive an educational debriefing handout over email.

$50

No
 

Valerie Swisher
Valerie Swisher - at vss5199@psu.edu
Division of Graduate Studies (UNIVERSITY PARK)
 

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Meets criteria for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Owns an iPhone or Android Smartphone
Fluency in English
Age 18 or older

Exclusion Criteria:
Younger than 18
Not able to consent or commit to study duration
Does not meet criteria for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Meets criteria for certain conditions (e.g., schizophrenia)
Not fluent in English
Sleep Management, Mental & Behavioral Health
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Gaming Communities as Virtual Third Places: A Quantitative Assessment

This study will collect information about the use of gaming communities for social interaction.

Participants will be asked to complete a short survey.

No
 

Jeffrey Stone
Jeffrey Stone - at stonej@psu.edu or 610-285-5003
Information Sciences and Technology (LEHIGH VALLEY)
 

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STUDY00021668
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Adults 18 years of age and older.

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Individuals under 18 years of age.
Mental & Behavioral Health
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One Talk at a Time - Anti-Racism

This is a psychological study to examine the effect of a new intervention that provides parents with tools to speak with their kids about race, racism, and privilege.Participants will complete a 2-3 hour long program and answer questionnaires over the course of 6-8 weeks. The total time required for this study is approximately 4.5 hours for parents and 2 hours for children. Parents can earn up to $165 and children can earn up to $50.

Parents and children will both be asked to participate, and all participation will be remote.Over the course of 6-8 weeks, parents will answer 3 sets of questionnaires in addition to completing 2-3 hour long interactive program. Parents will also be asked to participate in a recorded discussion task with their child, and will be invited back for a short interview as the final task.Children will answer 2 sets of questionnaires at the beginning and end of the study, and will also participate in the recorded discussion task with their parents.

215

No
 

Chardee Galan
Chardee Galan - at dreamlab@psu.edu or 626-205-5563
Psychology (UNIVERSITY PARK)
 

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STUDY00023214
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Non-Hispanic, White parent and child
Child between the ages of 10-14 years old
Child in 5th through 8th grade
Parent and youth are fluent in English
Parent and youth have access to devices with WiFi

Exclusion Criteria:
Parent or youth identify as any race/ethnicity other than non-Hispanic White, including multiracial individuals that identify as White
Family does not have reliable internet access or access to a device that can appropriately display the virtual program.
Parent or children does not speak or read sufficient English
Youth or parent/caregiver has an intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, or other disorder that may limit ability to complete study (surveys and interviews require sustained attention, mental processing, and comprehension)
Children's Health, Education, Mental & Behavioral Health
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Effects of increased interstitial pressure on venous distension reflex

The purpose of this study is determine if an increase in interstitial pressure has an effect on the venous distension reflex.

This study involves a single visit with 2 trials.You will receive an infusion of saline in your arm before and after a procedure to cause a temporary swelling in your arm.

You will receive $25 per hour for your participation in this research study

Yes
 

Takuto Hamaoka
Cheryl Blaha - at cblaha@pennstatehealth.psu.edu or 717-531-1605
Heart and Vascular Institute (HERSHEY)
 

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STUDY00019302
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Men and women of any race or ethnicity
Healthy (no major disease)
Between 21-60 years old
Weigh over 110 punds

Exclusion Criteria:
Are not between 21-60 years old
Pregnant or nursing women
Have a major disease (heart, lungs, kidney, diabetes, cancer)
High blood pressure
metal implants or claustrophobic
Men's Health, Heart & Vascular, Women's Health
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A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multi-centrePhase 2b Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability ofAZD2693 in Participants with Non-cirrhotic Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) with Fibrosis Who Are Carriers of thePNPLA3 rs738409 148M Risk Allele

This study is a Phase 2b, 52-week randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-centre, multinational trial comparing once monthly subcutaneous (SC) administration of AZD2693 in participants with non-cirrhotic NASH (F2-F3) who are homozygous for the PNPLA3 rs738409 148M risk allele. Over the course of the approximately year long protocol, study participants will be screened to determine whether they carry the allele, which is known to place those with the allele at an increased risk for fatty liver disease. Screening will further take place to evaluate a participant's inclusion in the study, to make sure they are an eligible candidate. This screening includes blood work, a physical, and some additional diagnostic tests. If a patient is determined eligible to be randomized, the participant will complete approximately bi-weekly visits for up to a year. These visits will include bloodwork and additional evaluations to make sure they are doing well, as they receive their injections. At the completion of the study, participants will complete a final work up to see if the treatment was safe and effective.

There will be a genetic screening for an allele of the PNPLA3 gene.There will be a further screening period to determine eligibility.There will then be up to 24 visits with up to 10 injections of the study drug or placebo. Visits will require various blood work, biopsies of the liver, ECG's, and questionnaires.

$1600

Yes
 

Jonathan Stine
stinelaboratory@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Medicine: Gastroenterology and Hepatology (HERSHEY)
 

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NCT05809934
STUDY00023755
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Participants who consent to give blood and buccal swab samples for genetic testing and diagnostic test development for PNPLA3 rs738409 148M who are homozygous carriers (G / G genotype) for the PNPLA3 rs738409 148M risk allele,
Participants who accept to have one liver biopsy performed during the screening period and one at 54 weeks. of PCOS by Rotterdam criteria
Participants with histological evidence of NASH based on central pathologist evaluation of a liver biopsy obtained up to 6 months before randomisation

Exclusion Criteria:
Clinical, imaging, or histological evidence of cirrhosis
Presence of other chronic liver diseases (hepatitis B or C, autoimmune hepatitis, cholestatic liver disease, Wilsons disease, hemochromatosis, etc.).
Digestive Systems & Liver Disease
Experimental drug compared to a placebo/”sugar pill”
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Exploring the Concreteness Effect in Expressive and Receptive Language Measures in Healthy Aging as a Comparison for Persons with Aphasia

The concreteness effect is the finding that individuals are faster and more efficient at processing concrete words (e.g., "dog") than abstract words (e.g., "wisdom"). The study will investigate the presence and strength of the concreteness effect in neurologically intact older adults. This data will be used as a control comparison for a group of people with aphasia, a language disorder that commonly results from left hemisphere stroke.

Participants will be asked to complete language and cognition tests that measure attention, memory, problem solving, and language processing on the computer. Participants will be asked to complete two Zoom sessions, each lasting approximately 1.5 hours.

30

No
 

Anna Serrichio
Anna Serrichio - at acs36@psu.edu
Division of Graduate Studies (UNIVERSITY PARK)
 

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STUDY00023820
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Native English Speaker
At least a high school education
40 years of age or older
Access to device with keyboard and internet connection to participate in Zoom sessions

Exclusion Criteria:
History of neurological, developmental, or psychiatric disorders
Below 40 years of age
Language & Linguistics
Not applicable
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Student Housing Assessment

The primary objectives are to identify why students choose where they live; what is their perception of value for housing; is this value based on their home city/state/country; how are they paying for housing costs; if their parents are paying for the housing, what perception of value do the parents have, what is their economic status, what is their home owning status, etc.

No
 

Mallory Meehan
Mallory Meehan - at mmm446@psu.edu
Institute for Real Estate Studies (UNIVERSITY PARK)
 

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STUDY00010798
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Undergraduate Student
Graduate Student
Enrolled and living at University Park

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Non-student
Education
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Expanding Family Foundations to 2nd-Time Parenthood - Focus Group

This focus group study, funded by Penn State's Social Science Research Institute, brings together couples with preschool-aged firstborns who are pregnant with their 2nd child or who have given birth to their 2nd child within the last 12 months. Couples will be interviewed about how they worked together as a team (as coparents) to prepare their firstborn for the birth of the second child and to prepare themselves for 2nd-time parenthood.

Yes
 

Douglas Teti
Douglas Teti - at dmt16@psu.edu or 814-863-9570
Human Development and Family Studies (UNIVERSITY PARK)
 

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STUDY00015968
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1.Two-caregiver families, any race or ethnicity, with one or two children: a.One subgroup with one child < 6 years of age and pregnant with a 2nd child b.One subgroup with one child < 6 years of age and an infant between 1-to-12 months of age.
2.Each caregiver is over 18 years of age.
3.Caregivers are living together in the same household and are either married or living with a partner.
4.Families living independent of parents’ families of origin.
5.Both caregivers fluent in communicating in English.

Exclusion Criteria:
1.One or the other caregiver cannot understand or speak English
2.Caregivers are under 18 years of age.
3.Caregivers not living together
4.Caregivers not living independently of their families of origin
5.Single-parent families with no live-in partner.
Children's Health, Prevention, Mental & Behavioral Health
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Altoona, PA ,
Carlisle, PA ,
DuBois, PA ,
Erie, PA ,
Greater Philadelphia Area, PA ,
Greater Pittsburgh Area, PA ,
Harrisburg, PA ,
Hazleton, PA ,
Hershey, PA ,
Mont Alto, PA ,
Reading, PA ,
Schuylkill Haven, PA ,
Sharon, PA ,
State College, PA ,
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Area, PA ,
Williamsport, PA ,
York, PA ,

A011801 THE COMPASSHER2 TRIALS (COMPREHENSIVE USE OF PATHOLOGIC RESPONSE ASSESSMENT TO OPTIMIZE THERAPY IN HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER): COMPASSHER2 RESIDUAL DISEASE (RD), A DOUBLE-BLINDED, PHASE III RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF T-DM1 AND PLACEBO COMPARED WITH T-DM1 AND TUCATINIB (PSCI# 21-155)

The purpose of this study is to compare the usual treatment with T-DM1 alone to T-DM1 plus tucatinib. The addition of tucatinib to the usual treatment could prevent the breast cancer from returning

The purpose of this study is to compare the usual treatment with T-DM1 alone to T-DM1 plus tucatinib. The addition of tucatinib to the usual treatment could prevent the breast cancer from returning.

Yes
 

Cristina Truica
psci-cto@pennstatehealth.psu.edu 717-531-5471
Medicine: Hematology and Medical Oncology (HERSHEY)
 

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NCT04457596
SITE00001048
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Age = 18 years or older (male or female)
ECOG Performance Status 0-1
Patients must have received neoadjuvant chemotherapy with one of the following regimens: THP, TMP, AC-TH(P); TCH(P); FAC-TH(P), or FEC-TH(P).
HER2-positive breast cancer per pathology
Prior treatment must have consisted = 6 cycles of chemotherapy and HER2-directed therapy, with a total duration of = 12 weeks, including at least 9 weeks of preoperative taxane and trastuzumab with or without pertuzumab (or FDA-approved biosimilars).

Exclusion Criteria:
Prior receipt of T-DM1 in the neoadjuvant setting is not allowed.
Patients with known active and/or untreated Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C or chronic liver disease are ineligible.
Stage IV (metastatic) breast cancer
History of any prior (ipsi- or contralateral) invasive breast cancer within 3 years of registration
Patients with ER+ HER2+ residual invasive disease that is lymph node-negative per the surgical pathology report
Cancer
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Nurse Situation Awareness in ICUs

This is an interview and survey study that will examine how the design of ICU warning information system influence nurses situation awareness.

This study aims to understand how the design factors of warning information system influence nurse situation awareness in ICUs. You will participate an online interview study and fill out two questionnaires. The study takes 1-2 hours.

$30

No
 

Yiqi Zhang
Yiqi Zhang - at yuz450@psu.edu
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (UNIVERSITY PARK)
 

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STUDY00020979
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Be a practicing nurses or a nursing student who has clinical experience in ICU settings

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NA
Children's Health, Education, Mental & Behavioral Health
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Phase 1/2 Study to Evaluate Palbociclib (IBRANCE®) in Combination with Irinotecan and Temozolomide or in Combination with Topotecan and Cyclophosphamide in Pediatric Patients with Recurrent or Refractory Solid Tumors

A study of the safety of palbociclib with irinotecan and temozolomide and palbociclib with topotecan and cyclophosphamide for children with solid tumors that returned or did not respond to previous treatment.

If you join the study, you will be assigned to receive either palbociclib in combination with backbone chemotherapy of IRN and TMZ or the backbone chemotherapy (IRN and TMZ). You may be asked to provide biological samples (such as blood or urine or tumor tissue sample) and undergo procedures that might be different from a regular medical examination. This study will involve screening, treatment, and follow up period. During screening, the study doctor will determine whether you are eligible for the study. If you are eligible and are enrolled into the study, you will be required to visit the study doctor on days 1 to 5 of each 21-day cycle and on day 14 for the first 2 cycles to undergo study assessments and to provide information about your health.

Yes
 

Valerie Brown
Suzanne Treadway - at streadway@pennstatehealth.psu.edu or 717-531-3097
Pediatrics: Hematology/Oncology (HERSHEY)
 

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NCT03709680
STUDY00012769
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Have a solid tumor that has returned or did not respond to previous treatment
Ages ≥2 and <21

Exclusion Criteria:
Prior intolerability to the chemo drugs used in this study
Cancer
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Cabazitaxel with Abiraterone versus Abiraterone alone Randomized Trial for Extensive Disease following Docetaxel: the CHAARTED2 Trial

To assess whether the addition of 6 cycles of cabazitaxel to abiraterone acetate in patients with CRPC that have previously received docetaxel and ADT for HSPC can improve PFS compared toabiraterone acetate alone.

To assess whether the addition of 6 cycles of cabazitaxel toabiraterone acetate in patients with CRPC that have previouslyreceived docetaxel and ADT for HSPC can improve PFS compared toabiraterone acetate alone.

Yes
 

Monika Joshi
PSCI-CTO@pennstatehealth.psu.edu 717-531-5471
Medicine: Hematology and Medical Oncology (HERSHEY)
 

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NCT03419234
SITE00000449
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Age ≥ 18 years
Histologically confirmed diagnosis of prostate cancer (adenocarcinoma of the prostate).
Previous chemotherapy with at least 3 cycles of docetaxel for hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer.
Metastatic disease as evidenced by the presence of soft tissue and/or bone metastases on imaging studies (CT/MRI of abdomen/pelvis, bone scintigraphy or NaF PET/CT).
Ability to swallow abiraterone acetate tablets as a whole.

Exclusion Criteria:
Any prior chemotherapy or AR-directed therapy for CRPC, (e.g. docetaxel, cabazitaxel, mitoxantrone, abiraterone
Pure small cell or other variant (non-adenocarcinoma) prostate cancer histology for which treatment with abiraterone would not be considered appropriate.
Patients may not be receiving other therapeutic investigational agents or be receiving concurrent anticancer therapy other than standard androgen deprivation therapy.
Any medical condition for which prednisone (corticosteroid) is contraindicated.
Active infection requiring treatment with antibiotics.
Cancer
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