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The purpose of this study is to see if BMS-986205 combined with nivolumab, compared to nivolumab by itself, is more effective in treating Melanoma that has spread or is unable to be removed by surgery, and has not previously been treated

Critically ill patients who require extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are the sickest in the hospital. More patients are surviving but survivors have compromised functional recovery for months or years. This trial aims to determine if early, physical training commenced within 48 hours of ECMO is feasible and improves muscle strength and functional status in patients compared to standard practice in a randomised controlled trial of 30 ICU patients.

Despite all prevention efforts, many people in Australia continue to be infected with HIV. The Seventh National HIV Strategy 2014-2017 in Australia aims to work towards the elimination of HIV transmission by the year 2020. This project will evaluate a new additional way to lower people's chances of getting HIV. It will provide pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to people who are at high risk for HIV and evaluate what impact this new prevention approach will have on HIV in WA at the community level. The drug used in PREPIT-WA is called generic TDF/FTC (made by Mylan Laboratories Ltd.). The generic TDF/FTC is a single tablet made up of two HIV medications: tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine (a combination known as TDF/FTC). TDF and FTC have been widely used for many years to treat HIV. When used with other medicines in people who already have HIV, TDF/FTC reduces the amount of HIV virus in the blood. TDF/FTC does not cure HIV or AIDS, and it is not an HIV vaccine. As a treatment for people who already have HIV, TDF/FTC is approved for use in most of the world, including Australia. As a medicine for PrEP, to lower chances of HIV in those who are not infected, TDF/FTC has been approved in the US, and Truvada® (which contains TDF/FTC made by Gilead Sciences Inc.) was approved for PrEP in Australia in May 2016. At the start of the project, the generic TDF/FTC is not approved in Australia for the use as PrEP but it may become registered for use and more freely available in Australia in the future.

CONTESSA is a multinational, multicenter, randomized, Phase 3 study of tesetaxel in patients with HER2 negative, HR positive LA/MBC previously treated with a taxane in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting. The primary objective of the study is to compare the efficacy of tesetaxel plus a reduced dose of capecitabine versus the approved dose of capecitabine alone based on progression-free survival (PFS) as assessed by the Independent Radiologic Review Committee (IRC). 685 patients were enrolled.

Rationale: Rapid on-Site Evaluation (ROSE) of cytologic specimens acquired with EUS-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) represents the most accurate available technique to reach a definitive diagnosis in patients with pancreatic solid masses. Cytologic interpretation, however, requires a high degree of expertise rarely found outside high volume centers and ROSE is not available in many countries. This has created a barrier to the widespread dissemination of EUS in the community and throughout the world, because the lack of cytologic expertise has resulted in a low diagnostic accuracy and, therefore, in a limited perceived utility of EUS. A device that is able to: (i) acquire histologic core biopsy samples usually easier to be interpreted; (ii) be used by most of the endosonographers and not only by the experts; (iii) have a performance at least not inferior to ROSE, will represent a major breakthrough in the field of EUS tissue acquisition. The availability of such needles will determine a shift from cytology to histology that will overcome some of the limitations of cytology and ROSE, thus strongly contributing to the diffusion of EUS throughout the world and in the community. Objectives: To compare the performance and the diagnostic accuracy of EUS-guided fine needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) coupled with ROSE with that of EUS-FNB alone using an FNB needle. Study design: International randomized multicenter trial. Study population: Patients =18 years old, referred for EUS-guided tissue sampling of a solid pancreatic mass. Intervention: EUS-guided tissue acquisition by means of either EUS-FNB with ROSE or EUS-FNB alone, using one of the following FNB needles: Procore 20-gauge, SharkCore 22-gauge or Acquire 22-gauge. Main study parameters/endpoints: The main endpoint is the diagnostic accuracy, measured against the gold standard diagnosis that will be surgical resection specimen or in non-operated patients the results of other diagnostic work-up (other tissue sampling techniques and imaging studies) or the clinical course of the disease. Secondary endpoints include: i) safety; ii) presence of tissue core; iii) feasibility to perform additional immunohistochemical/molecular biology analyses; iv) time of the sampling procedure.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab plus epacadostat with platinum-based chemotherapy versus pembrolizumab plus platinum-based chemotherapy plus placebo as first-line therapy in participants with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab plus epacadostat compared to pembrolizumab plus placebo as first-line treatment in participants with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) expressing high levels of programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1).

This randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study will involve 600 healthy (Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase \[G6PD\] normal) volunteers. Participants who meet the eligibility criteria will be randomized (ratio 1:1) to receive a loading dose of either tafenoquine 200 mg (2 x 100 mg tablets) or placebo daily for three consecutive days, followed by study treatment (tafenoquine 200 mg or placebo) once per week for 51 weeks, with safety follow-up visits at Weeks 4, 12, 24, and 52. All participants will return to the clinic at Week 64 for an end of study visit. If the participant has an ongoing AE at the Week 64 visit will continue to be assessed for up to 3 more times at approximately 12-week intervals or until resolution or stabilization of the AE whichever is earlier.

A study to assess the safety, tolerability, and PK of tarlatamab in participants with SCLC

This study is a phase 3, randomized, multi-center study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the NT-501 implants in participants with macular telangiectasia type 2.