The purpose of this research study is to monitor how well patients with fatty liver disease can follow clinician-recommended diet and exercise before their liver surgery. Our goal is to understand patient adherence to weight-related goals, weight loss, physical activity, and improved liver health. You are being asked to be in the study because you are a patient with fatty liver disease planning to have liver surgery.
The purpose of this study is to gauge interest in a peer support program to help individuals with chronic kidney disease who are pregnant or are contemplating pregnancy navigate decision-making and care management. This survey will help us understand patients' desires for such a program and ways it can be implemented to best serve their needs and preferences.
To create a biorepository for future research studies to better improve patient treatment in care for patients with liver cancer and liver diseases
Belatacept is a drug that helps kidney transplant recipients by preventing the body from rejecting the new organ. We want to compare how well belatacept works compared to the commonly used drug tacrolimus. To do this, we plan to study people who got kidney transplants in the United States from 2011 to 2020. By using two large databases, the United States Renal Data System, and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, we aim to understand how belatacept is used in real life. We are also interested in comparing how effective and safe is belatacept compared with tacrolimus after one year of administration. We will look at outcomes like how long the transplanted kidney will work, how long will the kidney transplant recipients live, how well your kidneys will work, the risk of organ rejection, and certain side effects to happen after transplant like blood cancer.
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of streamlining Yttrium-90 radioembolization workflow for patients with small Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) (<5cm) that have no aggressive features on baseline imaging.
This study explores how religious beliefs influence decisions about organ donation in Black Christian communities. Many Black Americans need organ transplants, but donation rates in these communities are lower than in others. Religious beliefs may play a role in these decisions, but past research has not fully explored how people learn about their religion's views on organ donation or how these beliefs affect their choices. By interviewing Black Christians, this study aims to better understand their thoughts, experiences, and concerns about organ donation. The goal is to help create better ways to share information about organ donation that respect religious beliefs and encourage informed decision-making.
The purpose of this research study is to interview patients with fatty liver disease who are planning to have liver surgery. Our goal is to understand patients' health beliefs with fatty liver disease and what weight loss behaviors they would be willing to follow prior to surgery. You are being asked to be in the study because you are a patient with fatty liver disease planning to have liver surgery.
To understand the relationship between biomarkers (found in the blood) and health outcomes among adults diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma who are receiving a liver transplant.
A multi-center open-label trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of daratumumab in treatment of patients with proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits.
The purpose of this study is to compare clinical outcomes and health-related quality of life between an individualized hemodialysis prescription and conventional hemodialysis prescription in individuals requiring chronic hemodialysis who still have residual kidney function.