There are about 28871 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Canada. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
This is a prospective, single-blind, controlled trial. There are two arms and 20 patients with acute or chronic wounds with clinical suspicion of biofilm (CSB+/CSB-) are allocated in each arm. The primary objective is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of MolecuLight fluorescence in identifying biofilm as validated by gold standard SEM imaging.
Coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) is a viral disease leading to respiratory dysfunction, but it may also affect the brain and result in the development of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). This may be the result of the COVID-19 virus infecting regions of the brain responsible for respiratory control. The symptoms of COVID-19 long haulers and ME/CFS may be lessened via an 8-week inspiratory muscle training protocol which is a simple and easy training protocol which can be done at a patient's home. Thus, this project will investigate changes in the breathing and cardiovascular responses to stimuli in three groups of participants: 1) healthy control individuals; 2) patients diagnosed with ME/CFS (mild to moderate symptoms); and 3) individuals with previous COVID-19 infection with long-haul symptoms lasting for at least 3 months. Participants will 1) breathe hypoxic gas (10% O2) for 5 minutes; 2) breath hypercapnic gas (5% CO2) for 5 minutes; 3) breathe at a rate of 6 breaths per minute for a total of 8 breaths (paced deep breathing); and 4) complete 10 minutes upright tilt (70 degrees head up on a tilt-table). Patients will also complete 2 questionnaires concerning their symptoms and a 15 minute cognitive function test on a lab laptop. This will allow for the assessment of the brain's control over blood pressure and breathing. Participants will also complete a 6-minute walking exercise test at their own speed as a measure of their aerobic fitness. We hypothesize that COVID-19 survivors will have a worse cardiovascular and autonomic response and lower fitness, similar to ME/CFS patients, compared to healthy participants.Further, this will be improved after 8-weeks of inspiratory muscle training. These results may help clinicians recognize ME/CFS symptoms in patients recovering from COVID-19.
This will be a prospective, open-label, single-arm study to determine the safety and feasibility of an intensive treatment of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for major depressive disorder (MDD). Participants will be age 18-65 with a diagnosis of unipolar MDD. Participants will receive an intensive treatment of tDCS over a 10-day treatment period and complete follow-up assessments at the end of treatment, 1, and 4 weeks post-treatment.
A trial to compare the weekly and daily formulations of setmelanotide in patients with genetic defects in the melanocortin-4 receptor pathway.
This is a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial is to evaluate the duration of efficacy of parasternal blocks with the use of local anesthetic adjuncts for analgesia after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
Single-arm, prospective multi-center study assessing user preference of the Xtremity prosthetic socket in below the knee amputation prostheses.
Comparison of IntraArticular Platelet-Rich-Plasma to Corticosteroid Injections for Patients with Zygapophyseal Joint (Z-Joint) Low Back Pain Confirmed by Dual Intra-Articular Local Anesthetic Injections: A Triple Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.
Epidural analgesia remains the gold standard for pain control during labor and delivery. Proper assessment of an epidural's level of blockade is important for providing safe and effective analgesia. Previous studies have established that the most commonly tested modality for adequacy of epidural blockade is a patient's sensory blockade to cold temperature. In a study performed at our institution, Soares et. al. (publication pending) documented two thresholds of sensory block to ice: one defined as the lower sensory block level, in which the patient is able to notice the cold sensation but perceives that it is not as cold as a control dermatome; the other defined as the upper sensory block level, in which the patient perceives that the cold sensation is at approximately the same temperature as if it were applied to a non-anesthetized area such as the neck or face. Although this a known finding to nurses and physicians assessing the sensory block to ice, this phenomenon and its magnitude has not been previously reported in epidural anesthesia. The goal of this study is to examine patients with labour epidurals and to determine the dermatomal relationship between the lower and upper sensory block levels to cold when compared with sensory blockade to both pinprick and light touch.
This is an open-label, multicenter study to evaluate the systemic exposure and safety of topical tapinarof cream, 1% under conditions of maximal use in pediatric subjects with atopic dermatitis
Patients with kidney failure rely on dialysis for sodium and fluid removal. The importance of a sodium and fluid balance in patients with kidney disease is very important. Excess volume has been consistently associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Many peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients need large volumes of dextrose or Icodextrin based solutions to achieve fluid removal. Commonly used PD solutions also have high sodium concentrations to limit sugar absorption. These PD fluids can reduce the amount of sodium removed and may eventually lead to water retention over time with possible adverse outcomes. This research study is being conducted to determine if a single eight-hour dwell of intraperitoneal sodium-free 30% Icodextrin / 10% Dextrose solution is safe, tolerable and effective in achieving sodium and volume removal in PD patients.