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In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 268 healthy Malian children aged 6-10 years, residing in Bancoumana and surrounding villages, will be administered three doses of 9.0x10^5 Pf sporozoites (PfSPZ) of PfSPZ Vaccine (or placebo) at 1, 8, and 29-days using direct venous inoculation (DVI). The study is composed of a single cohort with two arms (categorized by placebo control/experimental groups) designed to assess the safety, immunogenicity and protective efficacy of PfSPZ Vaccine. All subjects will receive artemether-lumefantrine (AL) approximately 1- 2 weeks before the first dose of PfSPZ Vaccine or normal saline for clearance of Pf parasitemia. Vaccinated participants and non-immunized controls will be followed for safety and monitored for development of parasitemia through the natural malaria transmission season to estimate vaccine efficacy (VE).
The primary purpose of this study is to conduct a multi-site clinical trial of the Recovery Force Movement and Compressions (RF MAC) System. The study is a randomized comparative study of DVT prophylaxis using either standard IPC (Group 1) or the RF MAC system (Group 2) in 300 patients after TJR surgery at two study sites: Tufts Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) and Eskenazi Hospital (Indianapolis, Indiana). This study is funded by a Phase II SBIR awarded to Recovery Force from the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (R44-HL132624-02).
This study aimed to compare the clinical performance of two daily disposable toric contact lenses.
The pericapsular nerve group block (PENG) is a regional anaesthetic technique that was developed in 2018, primarily for total hip arthroplasties (THA) as a postoperative analgesia modality with motor sparing benefits. The block is thought to provide more complete analgesia to the hip by depositing local anaesthetic within the myofascial plane of the psoas muscle and superior pubic ramus. In this study, the investigators will assess the effect of pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block on pain control in patients with proximal femur fracture in the emergency department. The Control group will receive morphine as regular patient control analgesia (PCA) The interventional group will receive PENG block before being attached to regular morphine PCA
Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may be lost due to risks such as being sensitive, frequent exposure to birth complications and being prone to infection. The most common causes of mortality in newborn babies in the world; Complications due to preterm delivery (28%), infections (26%) and perinatal asphyxia (23%) were reported. Respiratory problems are observed in 4-6% of newborns. These problems are also important causes of mortality in the neonatal period. Newborn infants are more likely to have respiratory distress due to difficulties in airway calibration, few collateral airways, flexible chest wall, poor airway stability, and low functional residual capacity.Invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) is frequently used in the treatment of newborns with respiratory failure. Various ventilation modes and strategies are used to optimize mechanical ventilation and prevent ventilator-induced lung injury. Among the important issues to be considered in newborns connected to mechanical ventilator (MV); Choosing an appropriately sized endotracheal tube to reduce airway resistance and minimize respiratory workload, correct positioning, regular nursing care, chest physiotherapy, sedation-analgesia, and infection prevention are also included.
Suicidality (ideation about taking one's life, suicide plans, and attempts) is a major public health concern in Ontario and worldwide. Psychiatric inpatients with suicidality represent a group that is high-risk for subsequent suicide. Current standard-care for suicidal psychiatric inpatients focuses on containment of risk and indirect treatment of suicidality by treating any underlying mental disorder. Though there is evidence that addressing suicidality directly is more effective than an indirect approach, there are limited evidence based treatments that target suicidality. Furthermore, there are few high-quality studies that have included inpatients. Psychotherapeutic interventions are under-utilized for inpatients and COVID-19 has further widened this gap given attempts by hospitals to reduce face-to-face contact with patients. Digital psychotherapy interventions have the ability to bridge this gap given their lower cost, ease of dissemination, acceptability by patients, and effectiveness. To our knowledge, there are no studies that have assessed the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of digital interventions for suicidal inpatients. Our study is a feasibility trial of a previously studied digital Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (d-DBT) skills intervention in suicidal psychiatric inpatients. The study is a two arm randomized parallel group-controlled trial, 6-10 day, flexible timeline, randomized feasibility trial of a d-DBT skills intervention added to standard care for patients admitted to psychiatric inpatient units with suicidality. There will be 20 patients who will receive the intervention in addition to standard care and 20 patients who will receive standard care alone. There will also be a 4 week follow-up after discharge from hospital. Participants will be admitted for psychiatric care at the Complex and Critical Care Units, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto.
Sepsis is a life-threatening emergency for which provider-to-provider telemedicine has been used to improve quality of care. The objective of this study is to measure the impact of rural tele-emergency consultation on long-term health care costs and outcomes through decreasing organ failure, hospital length-of-stay, and readmissions.
Hyperbilirubinemia is the most common problem seen in neonates, owing to severe complications in their lifetime. The study design of the study is pretest - a posttest experimental design. Criterion-based purposive sampling will be used for recruiting the neonates. In the study neonates will be selected according to the selection criteria and will be allocated into two groups using computer-based randomization.The Intervention group - neonates will receive tactile and kinesthetic stimulation for 15 minutes for 3 consecutive days, 1 hour after feeding twice daily along with Phototherapy, Control group - Phototherapy alone will be given along with conventional NICU care. Total serum bilirubin will be assessed as outcome measures daily once. Transcutaneous bilirubin will be assessed after every intervention.
To search for a genetic marker of B-cell leukemias and lymphomas in children of Kazakh nationality, a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis of DNA obtained from the peripheral blood of patients with B-cell leukemias and lymphomas in children of Kazakh nationality and normal control will be performed.
Newborns who are born premature or suffer brain injury at birth are at risk for motor problems that may cause weakness in reaching and grasping on one side of the body. In older children, therapists may use a hand mitt and restraint for the stronger arm, to encourage use of the weaker side, called constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT). Even with the high intensity therapy of CIMT, it typically takes between 40-120 hours total treatment time for most children to improve their motor skills. A non-invasive form of nerve stimulation, transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS), stimulates a nerve by the ear that enhances learning motor skills. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of taVNS to improve motor skills when paired with CIMT in infants with one-sided weakness at 6-18months of age.