Patient description: A 62-year-old African-American man presented with left upper and lower extremity weakness, associated with dark visual spot in right eye, right facial numbness, facial drop and slurred speech. He denied dyspnea, headache, palpitations, chest pain, fever, dizziness, bowel or urinary incontinence, loss of consciousness. His medical history was significant for hypertension, hyperlipidemia and hypothyroidism. He smokes cigarette 1 pack per day for 40 years and alcohol consumption of 5 to 6 beers per week. He is not aware about his family history. He is using Levothyroxine, Atorvastatin and HTCZ. His vital signs were stable in the primary evaluation. Left-sided facial droop, dysarthria, and left-sided hemiplegia were seen in the physical exam. His National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score was calculated as 7. Initial CT angiogram of head and neck reported no acute intracranial findings. Intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) was administered as well as high-dose statin therapy. The patient was admitted to the intensive care unit to be monitored for 24 hours. MRI of the head revealed an acute 1.7-cm infarct of the right periventricular white matter and posterior right basal ganglia.

Clinical trial eligibility criteria: eligible ages (years): 18.0-85.0,  Pruritus Patients w/ histologically confirmed mycosis fungoides stage IB to IVA eligible to receive oral vorinostat Patients w/ stage IB to IV reporting pruritus Patients age 18-85 years, of any race, sex, and ethnicity Life expectancy > 24 weeks Patient must have performance status of ≤2 on the ECOG Performance Scale Patients w/ a min. of 3 weeks since their last systemic treatment Women who are not pregnant, lactating, or of childbearing potential Female patients w/ reproductive potential must use an adequate contraceptive method during treatment and for three months after completing treatment Male patient w/ reproductive potential, agrees to use an adequate method of contraception for the duration of the study and for 30 days beyond the duration of study Patients, or legal representative must to be willing to adhere to the protocol, and sign an Informed Patient Consent Form prior to entry into the study  Patients w/ a recent cardiac history, such as a myocardial infarct within the last year, uncontrolled angina, severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias, clinically significant pericardial disease, or electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemic or active conduction system abnormalities Patients w/ a history of liver damage (2.5 x normal ALT, AST), leukopenia, or thrombocytopenia Women who are pregnant or nursing a child Patients w/ severe emotional, behavioral or psychiatric problems that, in the opinion of the investigator, would result in poor compliance with the treatment regimen Patients who have received and histone deacetylase inhibitor within the last 6 months Patients receiving valproic acid will be excluded unless there has been a wash-out period of 30 or more days Patients who will have received systemic therapy, radiation therapy or phototherapy within 3 weeks prior to initial dosing with study drugs or who has not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 3 weeks earlier QTc prolongation greater than 500ms Patient w/ a "currently active" second malignancy, other than non-melanoma skin cancer and carcinoma in situ of the cervix, should not be enrolled Patients are not considered to have a "currently active" malignancy if they have completed therapy for a prior malignancy, are disease free from prior malignancies for >5 years or are considered by their physician to be at less than 30% risk of relapse