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The goal of this clinical trial is to conduct a feasibility investigation evaluating the preliminary safety and effectiveness of using the X°Port Heart Preservation System (XHPS) for 10°C preservation in clinical heart transplantation. Participants will: * undergo a standard heart transplant, with a donor heart preserved and transported at 10°C using the XHPS. * have data collected at key timepoints related to their recovery in the ICU and hospital * return after discharge for standard follow-up appointments, with capture of standard data collected

The purpose of this study is to learn if a mobile app, personalized coaching, and assistance from social workers can help improve outcomes for kidney transplant patients. Participants in this study will be randomized to one of 3 groups: usual care, use of mHealth app, or use of mHealth plus a dedicated social worker. Participants assigned to use the mHealth app will be required to download the app to their phone. All participants will complete surveys about their experience and symptoms at study enrollment then at 3 months and 6 months after study enrollment. Some participants may also be asked to participate in a semi-structured interview after the 6-month visit.

Approximately 15% of the U.S. population has chronic kidney disease, and \~700,000 patients are in full kidney failure also called end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). The optimal treatment for ESKD is living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), followed by deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT); however, the standard of care continues to be ongoing dialysis, which has poor clinical outcomes in comparison to LDKT and DDKT. Best practices to transform kidney care recommended by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and the 2019 Executive Order Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative include earlier detection of patients whose kidneys are deteriorating rapidly, introducing transplant as a potential treatment option earlier, optimally before their kidneys fail, improved dissemination of health literate transplant education tools, often through digital technology or mHealth, and increasing LDKT rates by helping patients locate living donors or motivating others to donate. Barriers at the patient-, support network-, clinician- and system-levels of the Socio-Ecological Model persist, including poor identification of high-risk patients, insufficient clinician time to discuss transplant, poor transplant knowledge, reluctance or insufficient support to ask living donors to donate, and disengaged friends and relatives, some of whom who might become living donors. While extensive policy and intervention efforts are underway, none have achieved significant increases in pursuit and receipt of transplant, especially LDKT rates. In 2017, Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC), an integrated care system serving 24,000 CKD patients, partnered with the Transplant Research and Education Center (TREC) at Houston Methodist Research Institute (HMRI) and J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center Houston Methodist Hospital (HMH) to launch a multi-year plan for transforming CKD and ESKD care. Investigators now propose to conduct a pragmatic stepped wedge cluster randomized trial of a novel multilevel intervention to improve CKD and ESKD care, improve transplant rates and reduce disparities. One innovative component of the multilevel intervention is a state-of-the-art technology-supported mHealth application, developed in partnership with patients, to engage patients, family members, and potential living donors to improve their CKD knowledge, view transplant success stories, and seek kidney-related support to pursue transplant, including learning how to find living donors. Investigators also seek to identify moderators at various socio-ecological levels, especially factors influencing variations in effectiveness across different settings and among underserved patient subgroups known to have reduced access to transplant and build implementation tools to increase access to and pursuit of transplant within large integrated health systems including comparable systems (commercial, academic, safety net) across the U.S.

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether it is possible to use psilocybin in combination with motivational support therapy to treat moderate-to-severe methamphetamine use disorder (MeUD) in people with HIV who are seeking to stop using methamphetamine. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Do people with HIV and MeUD find psilocybin with motivational support therapy feasible and acceptable as a potential treatment? * Is psilocybin safe and tolerable among people with HIV and MeUD? Participants will: * Be randomly assigned to receive a single monitored dose of either 25 mg (higher dose) or 5 mg (lower dose) psilocybin * Have 3 preparation and 3 integration motivational support therapy visits before and after the psilocybin dosing session. * Report their methamphetamine use prior to, during, and up to 3 months following the intervention * Optionally receive one additional open-label 25 mg psilocybin session after the 4-week assessment, if eligible

This is a phase II, multicenter, open label, single arm, non-randomized trial using Simon's optimal two-stage design to evaluate the efficacy of cemiplimab in kidney transplant recipients with advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. The hypothesis being tested is that cemiplimab alongside standardized immune suppression will generate anti-tumor activity without triggering allograft rejection.

The purpose of this clinical trial is to find out whether a medication, called letermovir, can help prevent a virus called cytomegalovirus (CMV) in participants who receive a kidney or liver transplant and who have already been exposed the CMV. Participants will take letermovir for 84 days.

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if vasopressin improves the body's response to intravenous fluids during kidney transplantation in patients who have relaxed blood vessels. Researchers will compare the results of vasopressin to those who received calcium chloride.

Youth living with HIV (YLHIV) face barriers to engagement and retention in HIV care, show poor medication adherence, and often fail to achieve and maintain viral suppression. YLHIV in the southern United States have particularly poor care engagement outcomes. South Carolina is one of nine states identified as "key drivers" of the US HIV epidemic, and HIV rates for youth in South Carolina have risen in recent years. Tailored interventions are urgently needed to improve outcomes for this population. One promising approach is to reach YLHIV via mobile Health (mHealth) technology, yet few efforts have sought to tailor mHealth interventions to the needs of YLHIV in the southern US. Thus, the scientific objective of this study is to pilot test a new mHealth intervention, called MindBodyU, designed to increase engagement/retention in care and ART adherence among YLHIV in South Carolina. In this study, investigators will evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and initial efficacy of the mHealth intervention with a six-month pilot trial with 40 YLHIV in South Carolina.

This study is testing a medication called emapalumab to see if it can help people who have had a lung transplant and are experiencing a sudden drop in lung function, called acute lung allograft dysfunction (ALAD). ALAD is a serious condition that can happen after a lung transplant and can lead to worsening breathing and other complications. Right now, there is no approved treatment for ALAD. The main goal is to see if lung function improves, meaning it returns close to your usual (baseline) level within 90 days.

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare antiviral treatment strategies for cytomegalovirus (CMV) anterior uveitis - a viral infection causing inflammation inside the front of the eye - in immunocompetent adults aged 18 years and older. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does oral valganciclovir reduce aqueous humor CMV viral load more effectively than topical ganciclovir 2% eye drops or placebo after 7 days of treatment (Trial I)? Does long-term suppressive antiviral therapy (oral valganciclovir or topical ganciclovir 2% eye drops) reduce the rate of CMV anterior uveitis recurrence over 12 months compared to placebo (Trial II)? Researchers will compare oral valganciclovir, topical ganciclovir 2% eye drops, and placebo to see if either antiviral treatment reduces viral load and controls eye inflammation more effectively in the short term, and whether long-term antiviral suppression can prevent the disease from coming back after the inflammation has been controlled. Participants will: * Undergo anterior chamber paracentesis (removal of a small amount of fluid from the front of the eye) for PCR testing to confirm CMV as the cause of their eye inflammation before enrollment * Be randomly assigned to receive oral valganciclovir 900 mg twice daily, topical ganciclovir 2% eye drops six times daily, or placebo for 7 days (Trial I), in addition to standard steroid eye drops * Return for follow-up visits at Day 7 and Day 21 for eye examinations, laboratory blood tests, and a second anterior chamber paracentesis at Day 7 to measure viral load after treatment * If eye inflammation is controlled after Trial I, be offered enrollment into Trial II, where they will be randomly assigned to long-term suppressive oral valganciclovir, topical ganciclovir 2% eye drops, or placebo for 12 months, with follow-up visits approximately every 2 months and additional visits if inflammation returns

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if AIC263029 is safe and well tolerated in adult kidney transplant recipients with BK virus (BKV) in the blood (viremia). The study will also examine how the body processes AIC263029 and whether it lowers BKV levels in the blood. Researchers will compare AIC263029 to a placebo (a look-alike injection with no active drug). Participants will be assigned by chance to receive AIC263029 or placebo and will receive weekly injections under the skin for 4 weeks. Participants will have clinic visits and blood tests during treatment and follow-up to monitor safety and measure BKV levels, and will be followed for up to about 24 weeks after treatment.

This research will test the effects of a novel program (ENHANCE-TTS) with tools, training, and clinic facilitation support that capitalizes on pharmacists' roles by expanding their scope of practice to deliver tobacco treatment. This effectiveness-implementation study will evaluate the effects of the ENHANCE-TTS program on implementation outcomes and patient-level smoking cessation outcomes in people living with HIV and concurrently identify key barriers and facilitators to implementing this program in practice.