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Filter by:The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Yong Chong Cao capsule on outcomes in patients with mild to severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
This study is a 2 treatment period, single dose crossover, gamma scintigraphy study investigating the deposition in the lungs of a Budesonide, Glycopyrronium and Formoterol Fumarate Metered Dose Inhaler. This study will be investigating how the drug (known as PT010) is distributed in the lungs following a 10 second or 3 second breath hold. The study will involve the following visits: 1 screening visits, 2 treatment visits, each separated by around 7 days (each with 1 overnight stay; from the evening before dosing until a minimum of 4 hours post-dose on the morning of Day 1) and a post-study follow up phone call. The study population will be 10 healthy males, aged between 28 and 50 years of age.
This study evaluates the effectiveness of two online Lifestyle Medicine programs. Participants will be randomized by residence, urban vs. rural, into one of two Lifestyle Medicine programs.
This study is a randomized clinical trial of an intervention to improve outcomes for patients and their family by using ICU nurse facilitators to support, model, and teach communication strategies that enable patients and their families to secure care in line with patients' goals of care over an illness trajectory, beginning in the ICU and continuing to care in the community.
Prevalence estimates show that prostatitis is one of the most common urological conditions and that symptoms range considerably among men of various socioeconomic status, race, and age. For men under 50 years, prostatitis is the most common urologic outpatient diagnosis. Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome has high prevalence estimates internationally ( 16% North America, 14% Asian & Europeans). Men suffering from Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome report significant impairment in their quality of life which is also associated with greater health care expenditures.
Long-term illness is common in the Swedish population, especially among older people. These conditions are often associated with impaired quality of life due to high physical and psychological symptom-burden. Medical Yoga is a therapeutic form of Kundalini Yoga with simple movements, breathing exercises and meditation. For people with serious long-term illness, it can be difficult to attend regular yoga-classes. In this study, the investigators therefore set out to develop a tele-yoga intervention and evaluate the impact of medical yoga remotely at home with regard to physical function, quality of life, symptoms of anxiety and depression, biomarkers, sleep and cognition in people with long-term conditions. Health care utilisation as well as satisfaction and experiences with the exercise form and technology used will also be assessed. The evaluation will be conducted in 150 people with long-term illness recruited from three hospitals (one university hospital and two county hospital) randomised to receive either an intervention with medical yoga remotely at home (tele-yoga) for 12 weeks or a control group receiving individualised training to the same extent. The tele-yoga intervention will be provided remotely in the home via a video-transferred yoga instructor twice a week using a tablet and an app for individual daily exercise. Data will be collected at baseline, after 3 and 6 months. Despite evidence that physical activity improves quality of life and functional capacity and probably survival, it is difficult to motivate and enable elderly people with long-term conditions to engage in physical and mental rehabilitation. In this study, we will test whether a new method conveyed through a technical solution remotely can increase patients' activity and well-being through allowing tele-yoga at home. Can health care resources be reduced, financial gains can also be made. The study aims to evaluate the impact of medical yoga remotely at home with regard to physical function, quality of life, symptoms of anxiety and depression, biomarkers, sleep and cognition in people with long-term conditions. The investigators will also measure health care utilisation as well as satisfaction and experiences with the exercise form and technology used. The evaluation will be conducted in 300 people with long-term illness randomised to either tele-yoga or a control group.
Because of its very high bioavailability and its specific and direct action on protein synthesis, the investigators hypothesize that citrulline supplementation would be an innovative nutritional strategy to improve the peripheral muscle mass and strength in COPD patients with severe chronic respiratory failure. This supplementation would be more effective if the pathology is severe and the chronic systemic inflammation important. The benefits of this supplementation could help the most severe patients break out of the cycle of inactivity and thus optimize their quality of life. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of 45-day nutritional supplementation with Citrulline (10 g / day) on the body composition (lean body mass) in malnourished COPD patients with severe chronic respiratory failure.
Background: The pulmonary rehabilitation effects on various outcomes of COPD are well known. However, they may be lost over time due to poor adherence to therapy with absence of regular exercise maintenance in long term, disease progression, comorbidities, falls incidence and higher exacerbations frequency. Currently, the main focus is to make the patient more active and ensure the benefits maintenance. However, few studies have been concerned with the aim of to investigate the long-term effect of this intervention and the relationship of the change promoted in important outcomes of the disease with its morbidity and mortality. Design: Non-controlled clinical trial, prospective and longitudinal. Setting: Outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program in Florianopolis, Brazil Subjects: Patients with COPD (GOLD II-IV). Interventions: Pulmonary rehabilitation program (PRP) based on physical training, conducted over 24 sessions supervised, three times a week, including aerobic training in treadmill and resistance training for upper and lower limbs. Main measures: Before, post-PRP, 6 months post-PRP and 12 months post-PRP will be measured Spirometry or Total Body Plethysmography, Triaxial Accelerometry by Dynaport Activity Monitor, Glittre ADL-Test to evaluated functional capacity and functional performance, Six-Minute Walk Test distance on tracks of 20 and 30 meters, muscle oxygenation variables by NIRS PortaLite®, force platform NeuroCom® SMART Equitest®, Timed Up and Go Test, Berg Balance Scale, Activities-specific Balance Confidence, Falls Efficacy Scale - International - Brasil, London Chest Activity of Daily Living score, Modified Medical Research Council score, Saint George Respiratory Questionnaire score, COPD Assessment Test score and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2, Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale, General self-efficacy scale, COPD self-efficacy scale, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Adapted Index of Self-Efficacy. The death cases and numbers of exacerbations and hospitalizations will be measured by monthly phone calls after PRP.
Respiratory related diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and neuromuscular diseases remain a major public health issue affecting millions of people worldwide. More than 15 million people are estimated to be diagnosed with COPD in the US alone. In the US, the direct and indirect costs associated with COPD are estimated to be about $50 billion. Clinical studies have shown that by providing ventilation to reduce respiratory insufficiency symptoms such as dyspnea, patients may become more tolerant to exercise and be able to increase their participation in activities of daily living resulting in an overall positive impact in their quality of lives. The Life2000 Ventilation System, with the smallest tubing and comfortable interface solutions, is the only ventilator to simultaneously provide full ventilatory support and enable patients to ambulate. The Life2000 Ventilation System is an FDA-cleared critical care ventilator (K141943/S003, June 2015) indicated for use for adult patients who require positive pressure ventilation delivered invasively or non-invasively. The device, classified by FDA as a continuous ventilator, can treat both acute and chronic respiratory failure and is suitable for use in home and institutional settings by qualified, trained personnel under the direction of a physician. The Life2000 Compressor is intended to provide a 50-psi pressure source to the ventilator and is currently in the FDA premarket notification (510 k) clearance process, so its use is considered investigational.
This study is to assess an approach of self-management called CloudConnect, evaluating the impact of CloudConnect Reports on patient engagement, adolescent/parent discussion, and clinical outcomes in adolescent Type 1 Diabetes (T1D).