The purpose of this project is to screen potential participants for multiple research studies being conducted by tobacco researchers at Penn State Hershey. Since there are multiple IRB approved studies enrolling at Penn State Hershey with similar but not identical inclusion/exclusion criteria, it is more efficient for the researchers and participants to have one phone number to call initially for basic screening. After completing this, the participant can be redirected for more specific screening if they are found to be potentially eligible for one of the studies.

Participants will fill out a 5-minute survey on tobacco use in order to find out which study they may be eligible for.

Depends on study

In this study, we are trying to determine whether Vitamin B6 will help improve the exercise-induced cardiovascular response in healthy participants following a procedure by restricting and recovering the blood flow to the leg.

There will be 6 in-person visits over a month long supplementation of Vitamin B6. Three visits will include a blood draw. Half of the visits will include walking a treadmill and 3 will involve foot exercise (plantar flexion)

You will receive $25/hour for in-person visits and $50 for completing the B6 supplementation

The purpose of this clinical research study is to look at how safe the study drug, ONO-2808, is and whether it works when given to people with Multiple System Atrophy (MSA). The study will look at 3 different doses of the study drug, ONO-2808, compared to a placebo.

Screening Period (up to 6 weeks):The purpose of the Screening Period is to make sure the study is right for you. The Screening Period may be done over 2 days. This is to give you plenty of time to eat, rest and navigate through the study center/hospital at your own pace. Double-blind Treatment Period (24 weeks)The treatment period will consist of approximately 14 visits. Visit 1 (Baseline Visit), Visit 10 and Visit 13 will be done at the study center/hospital. Each visit may be done over 2 days. For the remaining visits, a nurse from IQVIA’s Research Nurse and Phlebotomy Solutions (RNPS) will come to your home to perform visit procedures. It is expected that these visits will take about 2 hours. All necessary safety measures will be taken during these visits. Your study medication may also need to be delivered to your home address. In this case, you or your caregiver will need to receive and sign for the study medication.You may be asked to come to the study center/hospital for extra visits (unscheduled), if the study doctor feels it is in your best interest.You may be allowed to continue taking medications to treat your MSA symptoms. Your study doctor will discuss this with you.After you complete the 24-week treatment period, you may be eligible to receive ONO-2808 in a separate study.Follow-up Period (4 weeks after last dose of study medication):You will have a follow-up visit about 4 weeks after your last dose of study medication. This visit will be done at your home in a similar way to your home visits during the Double-blind Treatment Period. It is expected that this visit will take about 2 hours.If you are eligible and volunteer to receive ONO-2808 after the 24-week treatment period, the follow-up visit will not be required.Early Termination Visit:If you stop the study early, you will be asked to come to the study center/hospital for an Early Termination Visit. This visit may be done over 2 days.Study visits include questionnaires; physical/neurological exams; vital signs and blood pressure measurements; ECGs; blood draws, including HIV and hepatitis testing; urine tests; and brain and liver MRIs. Pregnancy testing is required for female participants.

750.00

We are trying to characterize the movement of a shooter in a VR environment.

The study consists of one visit lasting approximately 30-40 minutes: 10 minutes for VR setup, 15 minutes for simulated test, and 5-15 minutes for post-experiment survey. During the simulated test, participants will be asked to move around in the environment and shoot NPCs.

$20

This study will examine the impact of age, sex, and racial/ethnic background on vascular function.

There will be three (3) in-person visits: one screening, one experimental visit, and one visit to return equipment. Equipment includes a 24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure monitor and an 8-day accelerometer (physical activity tracker). Blood will be drawn at the screening and experimental visit. Participants will undergo tests for cardiovascular measures during the experimental visit.

$100

The propose of this voluntary research study is to look at the effect of little cigars on biomarkers of potential harm with a focus on oxidative stress and inflammation. The study is also interested the effect of flavors in little cigar.

Subjects will attend 7 study visits over 7 weeks. They will be sent home with a selection of little cigars to use during the first week. Starting at week 2, they will be asked to smoke a certain cigar each week for the next 6 weeks at their study visit. They will be asked to answer a series of questionnaires and to provide biosamples (Exhaled Carbon Monoxide, Exhaled Breath Condensate, Buccal Cells, Urine and Spirometry).

600

This study explores participants mood and how it changes from day to day and how mood and other things like personality and relationships influence thoughts of suicide or self-harm. Participants will both track and be able to visualize their mood and other experiences on a daily basis from their own smartphones.

There will be a set of questionnaires to complete online that will last between 45 and 90 minutes. Then participants will complete very brief (about 2 minute) surveys a few times per day on their smartphone over 12 weeks.

$140

The purpose of this study is to examine how various factors, such as the acoustics of the environment and background noise, affect the understanding of speech.

Researchers in the Graduate Program in Acoustics are looking for participants for a study related to speech intelligibility and room acoustics. The experiment will take approximately 1.5-2 hours of your time. The experiment will consist of listening to sentences and transcribing them under different acoustic and noise conditions. Your head movement will also be measured through a motion sensor. The compensation for your voluntary participation is a $25 Amazon gift card.

$25 Amazon gift card

The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma when treated with daratumumab in addition to lenalidomide and dexamethasone live longer when compared to patients with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma patients treated with lenalidomide and dexamethasone. We would also like to know whether the period of time in which patients are free of multiple myeloma symptoms differs between the two treatment groups.Daratumumab is already approved by the FDA for use in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone in people who have received at least one prior medicine to treat multiple myeloma. It is not, however, approved for treatment of smoldering multiple myeloma, either alone or when combined with the treatment regimen of lenalidomide and dexamethasone, and therefore is considered experimental. Lenalidomide and dexamethasone are approved for treatment of multiple myeloma (symptomatic) but not for the treatment of smoldering multiple myeloma and therefore is also considered an experimental treatment.

We are asking you to take part in a research study because you have high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma. We do research studies to try to answer questions about how to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases like cancer.

This study aims to evaluate the effect of providing one avocado per day for consumption over a six month period on established health parameters, including visceral adiposity, hepatic lipid content, markers of metabolic syndrome and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), compared to habitual diet.The primary aim of this study is to determine whether providing one avocado per day for consumption for six months will produce a greater decrease in visceral adiposity as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in Americans with an increased waist circumference as compared to habitual diet.

This phase 3b study will evaluate long-term safety and efficacy ofCSL312 (also known as garadacimab) when administeredsubcutaneously (SC) once monthly for at least 12 months.Subjects entering CSL312_3002 will be from 3 sources:• Subjects who participated in Study CSL312_2001• Subjects who participated in Study CSL312_3001• CSL312-naïve HAE subjects who have not participated ineither of the above studies

During the study, you will be expected to self-administer the study medication by injection under the skin once a month, complete a daily diary, provide blood and urine samples, complete questionnaires, undergo physical exams and have your vital signs recorded.You will visit the site 12 times.

$80.00 plus travel reimbursement

This study will examine the educational experiences and outcomes of youth who have experience with the foster care system in the United States. We are interested in understanding the protective and risk factors that influence college success for youth in foster care. This study involves a three round interview process. Each interview will be approximately 60-90 minutes.

We aim to investigate the impact exposure to head trauma in intimate partner violence (IPV) has on cognitive, psychological, and neural processes. Physical trauma as an outcome of IPV impacts an estimated 10 million people in the United States each year, with up to 90% of women exposed to IPV reporting episodes of abuse with head trauma. Women exposed to IPV are at a high-risk for developing mental illness and impaired cognitive function, which seems to be compounded in those with exposure to head trauma (HT).

The study includes interviews to discuss your any experiences you have had with physical abuse and head trauma, as well as current and past mental health history. Then you will complete questionnaires to see how you feel about your mental and physical health, followed by tests to assess your thinking abilities. Finally you will complete a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) session to examine brain structure and function. All of the testing should take approximately 6 hours to complete.

$90

The is a drug study to compare the progression freesurvival of the three drug combination Ibrutinib-Obinutuzumab-Venetoclax (IOV) to Ibrutinib-Obinutuzumab (IO) in untreated CLL patients younger than 70 years of age.

pt will either get ibrutinib and obinutuzumab, plus venetoclax for up to 19 months or will get ibrutinib and obinutuzumab until doctor decides disease is getting worse or the side effects become too severe. After 19 cycles completed, doctor will follow condition every 90 days until progression and watch for side effects. They will check pt every 3 months for 2 years. After that, they will check pt every 6 months for 3 years. After that, they will check pt every 12 months for 5 years

This is a survey that will examine how different factors effects the perceived interpersonal distance between figures https://pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9GEF8ubzN3UIOUt

At this time, there is no treatment available for celiac disease diagnosis. The study is designed to test safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of KAN-101 to treat celiac disease diagnosis. We will participate only in the Part C study portion. Part C is a Phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel design study to characterize the biomarker response (plasma IL-2) in peripheral blood following gluten challenge, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (how does drug move in the body) of KAN-101 in adult participants (18 to 70 years inclusive) with histology-confirmed celiac disease. Participants will be randomized 1:1:1:1, where one arm is placebo, and other arms are different drug doses. The study consists of a screening period to determine eligibility to participate, a run-in phase where participants are gluten-challenged for one day, a treatment phase where participants will receive a seven-days treatment, and observation period lasting 358 days where participants will have a post-dose gluten challenge on Day 15, and three other time-points. The study aims to enroll 120 subjects across all sites. Participants will be asked to come for the clinic visit, to have gluten challenged done in the clinic, and treatment infusions in the clinic. There are two follow-up visits planned. The participants will have required EGD w/biopsy, and will be offered optional EGD biopsy study, that collects specimens at two time points. All participants will have a blood work done to access eligibility for participation, and to test for drug PK and biomarkers in the response of the treatment. They will also have EKG and physical examinations, vital signs checked during the clinic visits. They will complete questions for patient reported symptoms. Eligible women participants will be tested for pregnancy, and contraception will be discussed for both male and female participants.

Participants will be asked to come to the clinic visits for the screening, gluten challenge, treatment visits and follow up. During the visits, participants will have blood tests done to determine eligibility for the study, or the test how the drug moves through the body and whether it works to dampen the celiac disease symptoms. The patients will have EGD with biopsies procedure done in the endoscopy suite, and they will be offered optional biopsies study. The gluten challenge will consist of drinking a glass of water containing 9g pre-prepared gluten challenge mix. The participants will be observed for four hours. The treatment is done via infusion in the clinic over 30-minutes,and observed for four hours after that. The participants will have to come in for three treatment visits within seven days (days 1, 4, and 7).

$1775

This protocol is designed to examine biobehavioral health risks, resilience, grit, forgiveness and well-being in college students.

In this study, we investigate a recommender system for public, local events in Centre County, PA. Currently, there is no platform that aggregates all the events that take place in a community. The data is fragmented among many platforms and it can be difficult for people to find interesting things to do. Participants will interact with our software system and discuss their experiences through a survey and/or interview.

To see if participants with early stage triple negative breast cancer randomized to receive anthracycline-free, taxane-platinum neoadjuvant chemotherapy with pembrolizumab have a better breast cancer event-free survival (BC-EFS)compared to participants randomized to taxane-platinum-anthracycline neoadjuvant chemotherapy with pembrolizumab.

keep all study appointmentsreport to your study team any side effects or any changes in medication

This is a user study to investigate the environmental characteristics of virtual reality (VR). This study will provide empirical evidence of the essential characteristics based on users’ feedbacks. During your visit, you will receive a brief training about using a VR headset and navigating in the virtual environment. After the training, you will explore the virtual environment, complete tasks in VR, and answer questions regarding your feelings to our VR application.

Participants in this study will receive a drug called ribociclib with the endocrine therapy of your physician’s choice. Ribociclib is taken as a pill. Endocrine therapy is taken as a pill or given as a shot. You will have tests, exams and procedures that are part of your regular care and for study purposes. Also, as part of routine care, you will be checked every 4 to 12 weeks to make sure your cancer hasn’t come back. You will receive ribociclib combined with endocrine therapy for up to 3 years. After that you will continue endocrine therapy alone for another 2 years (5 years total) as part of your regular care.

Participants will be required to: - receive ribociclib along with standard endocrine therapy drugs - have blood drawn - imaging scans (CT, PET-CT, bone scans, mammograms, MRI) - keep a medication diary - optional biopsy - ECG-a test that looks at the way your heart beats - ECHO-a test that looks at the way your heart pumps

This research is being done to find out the safety of propranolol and, identify the maximum tolerated dose of propranolol that can be administered in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with unresectable stage III and stage IV melanoma. This study will evaluate this novel combination of pembrolizumab and propranolol to see what effect it may have on how your cancer responds to the treatment combination.

Phase II*propranolol twice a day.*pembrolizumab by an infusion every 3 weeks.*May receive treatment with pembrolizumab and propranolol for up to24 months from the time they began treatment with the combination.Procedures to be done:. A medical history  A physical exam ECOG Performance Status Perceived Stress Scale questionnaire An assessment of tumor by scan. Scans may include:o Computed tomography (CT), with or without contrast. o Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or head CT with IV contrast  Blood tests:o Approximately 2 tablespoons for routine testing, such as a complete blood count and acomprehensive metabolic panel Pregnancy test Urinalysis Electrocardiogram A sample of tumor from a previous biopsy or sample taken Phase 1 portion of the study, these evaluations/tests will also occur on Day 8 of Cycle 1 Review concomitant medications. Physical Exams ECOG Performance Status Perceived Stress Scale questionnaire Blood tests:o Every 3 weekso At 3 weeks and 6 months or discontinuation of treatment (whichever comes sooner) and atdisease progressiono Every 3 weeks: Approximately 1 tablespoon for tests that monitor your blood sugar levelsand thyroid functiono Every week for the first 6 weeks then every cycle for another 6 weeks Assessment of cancer by CT or MRI. These assessments will be performed every 12 weeks(± 14 days). The first assessment will be after completing Cycle 4. If their cancer is found to be improving,repeat the CT and MRI scans in about 12 weeks. EKG: Once treatment begins, this will be done every cycle prior to receiving pembrolizumab for the first 5 cycles. Adverse events Tumor Biopsy: A tumor biopsy (only in phase II) will be obtained at the 12 weeks after initiation oftreatment.Tumor biopsy will be optional for phase II patients..Safety Follow-Up:After all study treatment has stopped, end of treatmentvisit, which will be approximately 30 days after their last dose of study drug or before starting a newtreatment Medical History:  Concomitant medications complete physical examination ECOG Performance Status Perceived Stress Scale assessment Adverse events Survival status Blood tests:o Follow- Up Phase3 Month and 6 Month Follow- up After Treatment blood collected.The following assessments will be performed at 3 months and 6 months after the safety follow-up visit.Review concomitant medications Physical examination ECOG Performance Status Adverse events Survival Status Blood tests: CT of chest, abdomen and pelvis, or other areas as needed Long Term Survival Follow- Up:After your 3 month and 6 month follow up visits or if they progress, will be contacted every 6 months (±30 days)

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian Americans have faced a rise in overt racism, with thousands of hate incidents reported. This has had a bigger impact on young Asian American adults, leading to emotional distress and health problems. A theory by Harrell suggests that experiencing racial discrimination can harm mental and physical well-being due to stress. Past studies have shown a connection between racial discrimination stress and health issues like obesity and mental disorders. However, there's a need to understand the cultural and emotional factors involved. This research aims to explore how racial discrimination affects Asian Americans' food choices by looking at stress responses and cultural influences. Using surveys, experiments, psychophysiology, and virtual reality, the study will investigate how cultural identity affects stress reactions and subsequent food decisions after racial discrimination experiences.

Hello,We are recruiting Asian Americans with Japanese, Chinese, or Korean heritage for a paid research study.We want to understand how racism affects food choice in a virtual reality (VR) environment. To participate in this study, you will need to complete an informed consent form, and answer questions prior to your arrival at the lab. You will have to come to the lab to watch a video of anti-Asian racism incidents that happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, and answer questions before and after the video. Last, you will make food choices in the VR environment. Participation will require three hours or more of fasting before arrival at the lab.You will be paid $25 in a gift card for your participation. If you come to the lab but do not complete the study, you will still be paid.Please continue to the next page to read the informed consent if you are interested in participating. If you are not, please exit this page.<<LINK TO REDCap SURVEY HERE>>

$25 gift card

This study will involve surveying college students regarding their media literacy competencies and experiences with media literacy education.

This study seeks to explore the perception and experiences of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients about how their interaction with their provider at diagnosis led to their uptake of diabetes education.

Using micro-RNA in saliva coupled with survey data as a prognostic tool with the ability to guide clinical management of concussions

During their baseline visit participants will complete a saliva swab, surveys, balance test and brief neurocognitive test.Day 7, participants will complete a saliva swab and 2 surveys.Day 30, participants will complete a saliva swab and 4 surveys.The baseline visit is the only in-person visit, day 7 and day 30 are done remotely.All surveys are completed online and day 7 and day 30 saliva swabs are sent home with the participants and sent back in a prepaid mailer on day 30.

$40

The purpose of this research is to take and store blood, urine samples from pregnant women diagnosed by a positive pregnancy test or by ultrasound imaging. The purpose of this study is to determine a better way to diagnose the location and/or viability (chance of survival) of a pregnancy, as compared to current clinical care. Many women are found to be pregnant by a hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) test which detects a hormone that is indicative of pregnancy. However, in early pregnancy, it is often difficult to see the pregnancy by ultrasound, which is called a pregnancy of unknown location (PUL). In early pregnancy, doctors do many tests (including blood tests and ultrasounds) to try to determine how far along the pregnancy is, whether it is healthy, and most importantly whether the pregnancy is growing in the right place. The doctors running this research project are trying to see if there are substances (biomarkers) in the blood or urine of a pregnant woman that can tell whether the pregnancy is a normal, healthy pregnancy, an ectopic pregnancy, or if pregnancy is not viable (miscarriage). To do this, blood and/or urine samples are being collected from women who have a pregnancy of unknown location, an ectopic pregnancy, women who are having a miscarriage, and women with a healthy growing pregnancy. The study will then look at a pre- determined panel of biomarkers that have been shown to be elevated (higher) or decreased (lower) in different types of pregnancy to determine the effectiveness and accuracy of this test in earlier diagnosing the viability and location of early pregnancy.

There will be one visit at the visit participants will be consented and following consenting blood and urine will be collected.

$25.00

The purpose of this study is to collect normative data related to orofacial (lip/tongue) somatosensation (touch sensation) in healthy adults across the adult lifespan. This data will be compared to a select clinical population, those with Parkinson's disease.

There will be one data collection session lasting approximately 90 minutes. Participants may be invited back for a second session approximately 4 weeks later to repeat the testing sessionDuring the sessions, participants will answer a series of questions about their eating and drinking preferences, they will be asked to provide a speech sample by repeating a series of syllables, words, and sentences, as well as providing a spontaneous speech sample.All participants will be asked to complete a series of sensory tests where small plastic objects are placed on their lip, tongue, and finger tip. Participants will be asked when they feel the pressure/texture and when they do not.

The purpose of this voluntary research study is to find out more about changes in the brain as we age. This study is trying to determine if magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), genetic variations, amyloid positron emissions tomography (PET), neuropsychological testing, and smell tests can be used to evaluate memory loss and cognitive impairment.

You will be asked to come to the research site once a year for 5 years.Annual (and semi-annual) procedures include completing smell tests, neuropsychological tests, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). One-time procedures include provide blood sample, amyloid PET scan (if indicated), and optional lumbar puncture.

Up to $250 a year

This study will examine whether a guided drawing activity helps to reduce anxiety in young adults. This will add to our understanding of how drawing can be used to manage anxiety symptoms and bolster emotion regulation. 

This study will require two in person lab visits that take approximately 2 hours each and separated by four weeks where participants will have their brain and heart rate activity monitored while completing mindfulness activities. After the first in person visit, participants will complete two 30 minute audio/questionnaire sessions a week for four weeks (8 total) before returning to the lab for the second visit where participants can expect to complete a similar experience as their first in person visit. Two weeks after the second in person lab visit, participants will complete a Qualtrics questionnaire that will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. Total overall participation of approximately 8 to 8 1/2 hours.

$175