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Filter by:This study evaluates Buxue Yimu Pills,Ferrous Sulfate and the addition of Buxue Yimu Pills to Ferrous Sulfate in the treatment of Iron-Deficiency Anemia in adults women. One third of participanta will receive Buxue Yimu Pills, one third of participanta will receive Buxue Yimu Pills, one third of participanta will receive Ferrous Sulfate,and the another third will receive Buxue Yimu Pills and Ferrous Sulfate in combination.
The human intestinal tract harbours a diverse and complex microbial community which plays a central role in human health. It has been estimated that our gut contains in the range of 1000 bacterial species and 100-fold more genes than are found in the human genome . This community is commonly referred to as our hidden metabolic 'organ' due to their immense impact on human wellbeing, including host metabolism, physiology, nutrition and immune function. It is now apparent that our gut microbiome coevolves with us and that changes to this population can have major consequences, both beneficial and harmful, for human health. Indeed, it has been suggested that disruption of the gut microbiota (or dysbiosis) can be significant with respect to pathological intestinal conditions such as obesity and malnutritio, systematic diseases such as diabetes and chronic inflammatory diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), encompassing ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) . The role of the gut microbiome in human health and disease is becoming clearer thanks to high throughput sequencing technologies (HTS) as well as parallel recent developments in non genomic techniques.
The clinical symptoms of non transfusion dependent non severe aplastic anemia (NSAA) are often lighter than that of severe aplastic anemia. Clinical observation is often used and the treatment should be given according to the follow-up results of peripheral blood routine and the survival condition of the patients. In recent years, a number of studies at home or abroad have tended to intervene earlier. The risk of observation and waiting for disease progression is higher. Early immunosuppression should be considered. For the treatment of non transfusion dependent non severe aplastic anemia, the commonly used treatment regimen is androgen combined with CSA. But the investigators find that Levamisole hydrochloride (LMS) as a commonly used immunomodulatory drugs may be helpful to improving immune disorder symptoms in NSAA patients. Therefore,the investigators are conducting a prospective, randomized controlled study to compare the rate, side effects and long-term survival in non transfusion dependent patients with NSAA between the androgen+CSA group and the androgen+CSA+LMS group.
The Jiaxing Birth Cohort (JBC) is the largest prospective cohort study to explore prenatal risk factors, early life feeding practice and growth pattern/ adiposity in Chinese children.Between 1999 and 2013, 338 413 mother-child pairs were recruited in Jiaxing area in south-east China.Children of the recruited women were followed up at 1-2, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months of age, and subsequently followed up every 6 months to 36 months of age (toddler stage), and every year to 6-7 years of age before they went to school (pre-school stage). Follow-up rate was 70.8% at the toddler stage and 68.9% at the pre-school stage up to June 2013.
Background: Fanconi anemia is a genetic disease. Some people with it have reduced blood cell counts. This means their bone marrow no longer works properly. These people may need blood transfusions for anemia (low red blood cells) or low platelet counts or bleeding. Researchers want to see if a new drug will help people with this disease. Objective: To find out if a new drug, eltrombopag, is effective in people with Fanconi anemia. To know how long the drug needs to be given to improve blood counts. Eligibility: People at least 6 years old with Fanconi anemia with reduced blood cell counts. Design: Participants will be screened with blood and urine tests. They will repeat this before starting to take the study drug. Participants will take eltrombopag pills by mouth once a day for 24 weeks. They will be monitored closely for side effects. Participants will have blood tests every 2 weeks while on eltrombopag. Participants will visit NIH 3 months and 6 months after starting eltrombopag. At these visits, participants will: Answer questions about their medical history, how they are feeling, and their quality of life Have a physical exam Have blood and urine tests Have a bone marrow sample taken by needle from the hip. The area will be numbed. If participants blood cell counts improve, they might join the extended access part of the study. They will continue taking eltrombopag for 3 years and sign a different consent. After 24 weeks of treatment, if there is no improvement in blood cell counts, participants will stop taking eltrombopag. They will return for an optional follow-up visit that repeats the study visits....
130 pregnant women with Iron deficiency anemia, in the 2nd trimester (microcytic hypochromic anemia, hemoglobin range from 9-10.5g/dl, serum ferritin less than 12 ng/ml), from the outpatient clinics in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, in Ain Shams University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, will be enrolled and distributed into one of 2 groups by a computer generated random number table. Each of the 2 groups will receive 2 medication for 2 months with specific instruction to increase iron absorption. One group named L will receive powders of bovine lactoferrin and tablets of placebo form, the 2nd named F will receive ferrous sulphate tablet and placebo in powder form. Hemoglobin concentration, packed-cell volume (PCV) , mean cell volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean cell hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), Serum ferritin will be done at the start and the end of the treatment period.
Background: Severe aplastic anemia (SAA) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) are bone marrow diseases. People with these diseases usually need a bone marrow transplant. Researchers are testing ways to make stem cell transplant safer and more effective. Objective: To test if treating people with SAA or MDS with a co-infusion of blood stem cells from a family member and cord blood stem cells from an unrelated donor is safe and effective. Eligibility: Recipients ages 4-60 with SAA or MDS Donors ages 4-75 Design: Recipients will be screened with: - Blood, lung, and heart tests - Bone marrow biopsy - CT scan Recipients will have an IV line placed into a vein in the neck. Starting 11 days before the transplant they will have several chemotherapy infusions and 1 30-minute radiation dose. Recipients will get the donor cells through the IV line. They will stay in the hospital 3-4 weeks. After discharge, they will have visits: - First 3-4 months: 1-2 times weekly - Then every 6 months for 5 years<TAB> Donors will be screened with: - Physical exam - Medical history - Blood tests Donors veins will be checked for suitability for stem cell collection. They may need an IV line to be placed in a thigh vein. Donors will get filgrastim injections daily for 5-7 days. On the last day, they will have apheresis: Blood drawn from one arm or leg runs through a machine and into the other arm or leg. This may be repeated 2 days or 2-4 weeks later.
Transfusion of red blood cells is an everyday practice in critical care with the primary aim of restoring adequate tissue oxygenation. However, blood transfusion may also be harmful and costly, therefore a so called restrictive transfusion regime has been suggested by recent guidelines. These transfusion guidelines consider certain levels of hemoglobin as transfusion trigger, which on its own gives little information if any about the balance between oxygen delivery (DO2) and consumption (VO2). Hence, there is a clear need for additional physiologic transfusion trigger values. One of the potentially useful and easily obtainable physiological parameters is the central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2), which has been shown to be a potential transfusion trigger value in hemodynamically stable but anemic patients. However, the role of ScvO2 as a transfusion trigger value was examined only in a retrospective observational study and in animal experiment. The normal value of ScvO2 in a resting adult at rest is around 70-75%, which is the product of the VO2 and DO2 relationship. Low ScvO2 usually indicates inadequate DO2. It was found in an observational study that if ScvO2>70% before transfusion due to transfusion only the value of hemoglobin increased but the value of ScvO2 did not change. This finding indicates that the DO2 may have been adequate in spite of the low hemoglobin value and the transfusion may have been unnecessary. In one of their recent animal experiments, the investigators reported that in an isovolemic-anemia model the value of ScvO2<70% was only reached when the value of hemoglobin was far less, 59 g/L, than the recommended lowest value of 70g/L as transfusion trigger by guidelines. Despite the pathophysiological rationale and the encouraging results of retrospective studies and animal experiments, prospective randomized trials in order to test the effects of an ScvO2-assisted transfusion protocol are yet to be performed. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of an ScvO2-assisted transfusion protocol as compared to the guideline-based, hemoglobin levels guided transfusion practice.
This study will investigate the safety, tolerability and potential for the use of up to three daily doses of 30-40 mg/kg HU (daily) upon hospitalization for painful vaso-occlusive crises .
This study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells transplantation in aplastic anemia.