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Filter by:The investigators are conducting an intervention study to examine the effects of a 16-week exercise and diet interventions on prevention of disease, specifically type 2 diabetes and heart disease, in African American youth. Sixty overweight African American boys and girls will be recruited and placed in one of the following intervention groups: 1) Control Group (delayed intervention), 2) Dietary Education Group (nutrition education focused on reducing sugar & soda, increased fiber & whole grain intake), or 3) Combination of Strength Training (twice/week for 60 min, progressive increases in exercise volume and intensity) + Dietary Education (nutrition education focused on reducing sugar & soda, increased fiber & whole grain intake). The investigators will assess which intervention group has the most effects on health parameters such as weight, body composition, and insulin related measures.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the various parameters involved in the occurrence of nausea / vomiting during the first cycle of chemotherapy for solid tumors or hematologic among a group of chemotherapy-naive patients, despite anti standardized-emetics protocols.
The Zodiac, a Philips healthcare telemonitoring system has been devised to allow cancer patients receiving chemotherapy to test their blood count at home. It is anticipated that the system will allow patients and clinicians to reduce the toxic effects of chemotherapy by early diagnosis of neutropenia, anaemia and any associated complications of chemotherapy. It is also anticipated that the system will also allow clinicians to better manage the scheduling of chemotherapy regimes.
The purpose of this study is to see if questions in English about symptoms that patients may have during cancer treatment are understandable when translated into Spanish. These questions will later be used in future studies to give a better understanding of patient symptoms".
The situation in Italy regarding radiation dose to patients undergoing Multidetector row Computed Tomography (MDCT) scans is unclear despite Italian law require that each centre check the Reference Dose Level (RDL) every two years. RDL in CT were first suggested in a document of 1998 published by the European Commission (EUR16262/1998) based on the results of an older survey in the UK from the late 1980s. Those RDLs, expressed in terms of Computed Tomography Dose Index (CTDI) and Dose Length Product (DLP), are reported in the Italian law (D.Lgs.187/00). However, in Italy there is no governmental authority comparable to the UK's National Radiological Protection Board, deputed to dose evaluation and protection. An overview of the Italian situation is relevant in order to know the actual dose levels for MDCT administered to patients both adults and paediatrics.
The investigators will propose to older cancer patients with good prognosis (curative care) a randomized trial of adapted physical activity during one year. To increase generalisation of the intervention the investigators intend to compare the PNNS advices (the French National Nutrition and Health Program) to a program targeted on the own capacities of each patient.
Smokers will complete questionnaires and smoking behaviour will be examined. After abstaining from smoking for approximately 18 hours, they will be randomized to a moderate intensity exercise group or passive sitting group. Smoking behaviour (time to first puff) will be assessed following treatment.
The aim of this clinical trial was to demonstrate the efficacy of a 400 μg dose strength of intranasal fentanyl spray (INFS, Instanyl®) and to evaluate the safety and to establish long term tolerability of treatment with INFS doses of 50, 100, 200 and 400 μg.
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Tumor and its therapy have adverse effects on the nutritional status of cancer patients, leading to nutritional support. The aim was to study enteral nutrition indications, as well as its compliance and the impact on nutritional status. DESIGN AND SETTING: Clinical trial, IOP, Unifesp-EPM. METHODS: Patients older than 1 year followed during anticancer therapy were included from January 2002 to January 2004. They received industrialized oral supplementation - Nutren 1.0 or Jr (IOS) and were followed on a weekly basis and reevaluated on weeks 3, 8 and 12: at these times, if inadequate outcome was observed, tube feeding with the same supplement (TFR) was indicated.
This study was designed to determine whether participation in an online social network intervention increases perceived social support for physical activity versus a minimal education control group by conducting a randomized controlled trial with 140 female undergraduate students. The investigators hypothesize that participants in the physical activity centered online social network intervention group will have greater increases in perceived social support for physical activity compared to minimal web based physical activity education controls.