There are about 36818 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in China. 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.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic progressive autoimmune disease with predominantly joint involvement. To compare the efficacy and difference between elamod and tofacitib in the treatment of rheumatoid factor-positive and negative rheumatoid arthritis in RA patients with poor outcome after csDMARDs dosing, in order to better inform the clinical management.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about whether it is safe to omit dissection of the No.253 lymph nodes in mid and low rectal cancer surgery. The main question it aims to answer is that if it is possible to achieve the same long-term survival with and without the dissection of the No.253 lymph node in mid and low rectal cancer surgery. Participants will underwent laparoscopic rectal radical resection with or without the dissection of the No.253 lymph node.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common surgical complication characterized by a rapid decline in renal function. Patients with AKI are at an increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease, which has been associated with an increased risk of morbidity, mortality and financial burdens. Identifying high-risk patients for postoperative AKI early can facilitate the development of preventive and therapeutic management strategies, and prediction models can be helpful in this regard. The goal of this retrospective study is to develop prediction models for postoperative AKI in noncardiac surgery using machine learning algorithms, and to simplify the models by including only preoperative variables or only important predictors.
Rationale: Distal Medium Vessel Occlusion (MeVO) are thought to cause as many as 25% to 40% of all acute ischemic strokes (AIS). Despite their relatively high frequency, there is no consensus regarding the optimal management of these patients. However, the fact that AIS related to MeVO often results in significant disability despite best medical treatment (including intravenous thrombolysis, IVT) calls for novel treatment approaches. Fortunately, a growing number of non-randomized studies have now been published demonstrating the feasibility of endovascular treatment (EVT) for MeVO strokes. These studies have demonstrated that distal EVT leads to high rates of successful reperfusion and may be performed with a comparable safety profile to that of EVT for proximal arterial occlusions. Therefore, a strong rational exists to test the safety and efficacy of EVT for MeVO stokes in a prospective randomized clinical trial. Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the hypothesis that endovascular thrombectomy is superior to standard medical management in achieving more favorable outcomes according to the modified Rankin Scale scores at 90 days in subjects presenting with acute ischemic stroke related to a distal medium vessel occlusion within 24 hours from symptom onset (defined as time last know well, TLKW). Secondary objectives include the assessment of the cost-effectiveness of endovascular thrombectomy in the medium vessel occlusion (MeVO) population as well as its impact on health-related quality of life. Study design: The study is a prospective, multicenter, investigational, randomized, controlled, open-label study with blinded endpoint evaluation (PROBE design) and an adaptive design with population enrichment. Study population: Subjects presenting with acute ischemic stroke within 24 hours from TLKW and whose strokes are attributable to a distal medium vascular occlusion defined as co/non-dominant M2 segment or M3 segment of the MCA, the ACA (A1, A2, or A3 segments), or the PCA (P1, P2 or P3 segments) with evidence of salvageable brain tissue on perfusion imaging, M2 segment vessel diameter should not exceed 2.0 mm. Primary outcome: Shift in distribution of all levels of the 90-day the modified Rankin Scale with levels 5-6 combined (mRS; 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-6) as assessed by structured assessment.
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) can sensitively show the blood perfusion characteristics of thyroid nodules, which is a useful supplement to gray-scale ultrasound. However, there is no standard combined diagnostic method of gray-scale ultrasound and CEUS. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of the integrated scoring method and the up-and-down scoring method. This study was a multicenter retrospective clinical study and followed the Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (version 2015). Inclusion criteria: 1) participants with at least one thyroid nodule larger than 5 mm confirmed by conventional ultrasound; 2) participants underwent gray-scale ultrasound, contrast-enhanced ultrasound and fine needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule successively; 3) participants have a final diagnosis of benign or malignant. Exclusion criteria included: 1) participants with cytologic findings of Bethesda I, III, or IV without definitive benign or malignant pathologic findings; 2) participants with a history of thyroid fine needle aspiration, ablation or surgery; 3) participants with low quality ultrasound images (e.g., severe artifacts or low image resolution). According to the American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System, only one thyroid nodule with the highest point was included in each participant. A total of 600 participants from January 2018 to December 2022 were consecutively included in Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University to form a training set (average age 48 years; Range 24-81 years old). A total of 200 subjects with thyroid nodules from January 2022 to December 2022 were consecutively included to form an external validation set in Houjie Hospital of Dongguan City, Guangdong Province (mean age 46 years; Range 30-74 years). The malignant risk of enrolled thyroid nodules and the necessity of biopsy were evaluated by integrated scoring method and up-and-down scoring method, respectively. The diagnostic performance and unnecessary biopsy rate of the above two methods were calculated and compared.
The incidence of thrombosis in ventricular aneurysm was reported to be 35%-40%, which may lead to systemic thromboembolism. Patients with ventricular aneurysm without detectable thrombus are not routinely treated with anticoagulation. Therefore, the accuracy of intracardiac thrombus detection has an important impact on clinical management decisions. Currently, transthoracic echocardiography is the most commonly used method to detect intracardiac thrombus, but its sensitivity and positive predictive value are low. Cardiac magnetic resonance has a higher diagnostic accuracy for intracardiac thrombus, and its sensitivity and positive predictive value are higher than those of transthoracic echocardiography and CT. However, the gadolinium-based contrast agents commonly used for enhanced magnetic resonance imaging have some problems such as nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, gadolinium deposition in the brain, and short imaging time. Ferumoxytol, a superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle, can be used for off-label enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. Its long intravascular half-life makes it suitable for enhanced magnetic resonance imaging with complex scanning procedures and long repetitive scans. Ferumoxytol is cleared from the blood pool by macrophages of the reticuloendothelial system, mainly in the spleen and lymph nodes. Therefore, ferumoxytol has a favourable safety even in adults and children with end-stage renal failure. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a novel ferumoxytol-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance in detecting intracardiac thrombus in patients with ventricular aneurysm and after percutaneous ventricular reconstruction.
The goal of this interventional clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of improving cognitive development in newly born infants fed with Feihe investigational formula product containing HMO, and DHA/ARA. The main question it aims to answer is: - whether the score of Bayley-III cognitive scale (tested at the age of 12 months) of participants in the study product arm is significantly better than participants assigned in the other two arms. 240 qualified participants will be randomized to 3 arms (investigational formula, control formula, and breast-feeding) to consume assigned formula or breast-feeding for 12 months according to protocol. There will be up to 6 site visits arranged for each participant during the study, and all relevant clinical and questionnaire data, including the most important Barley-III cognitive scale data at the age of 12 months, will be captured, recorded and entered to CMTS (Clinical Management Trial System) for statistical analysis and reporting. Researchers will compare the three arms to validate the assumption that the consumption of Feihe investigational formula product containing HMO, and DHA/ARA will improve cognitive development in newly born infants, along with physical development.
This study is a single center, non-interference, retrospective registration study: HER2 testing and disease information collection were conducted on patients diagnosed with prostate cancer and able to obtain tumor tissue in our hospital from January 2018 to July 2023. Statistical analysis was conducted on the collected information to analyze the expression of HER2 in Chinese prostate patients and the correlation between HER2 and disease type.
This study is a randomized, blinded study to evaluate the lot-to-lot consistency of immunogenicity, safety, and immune persistence of three consecutive manufacturing lots of EV71 vaccine, in 1500 children aged 6-35 months. The primary immunogenicity endpoint is the anti-EV71 neutralizing antibody geometric mean titer (GMT) 30 days after the final dose. The secondary immunogenicity endpoints are the geometric mean fold increases and seroconversion rates of anti-EV71 neutralizing antibodies 30 days after the final dose. The immune persistence endpoints are the seropositive rates as well as GMT of anti-EV71 neutralizing antibodies 12 and 24 months after the final dose. The safety endpoints are the number of adverse events/reactions within 30 minutes after each dose, the number of solicited adverse events/reactions within 7 days after each dose, the number of unsolicited adverse events/reactions within 30 days after each dose, and the number of serious adverse events (SAE) from the first dose to 6 months post the final dose.
Visceral pain is obvious and lasts for a long time in patients after laparoscopic gastrectomy.Relieving the visceral pain is of great significance for patients' postoperative emotional experience, functional recovery and reducing the formation of long-term chronic pain. However, there is no clear clinical consensus on relieving visceral pain by now, so effective clinical methods to relieve visceral pain need to be explored urgently. Intraperitoneal spraying local anesthetics is a simple and inexpensive method, which has been proved to be safe and effective in randomized controlled trials and Meta-analysis of various types of surgery.However, its effect in clinical research is still controversial and many studies lack evaluation of postoperative recovery quality, so it has not been widely used in clinical practice. This study aims to explore the effect of intraperitoneal spraying ropivacaine (long-acting amide local anesthetic) on visceral pain after laparoscopic gastrectomy, and to systematically evaluate its effect on the recovery of gastrointestinal function and the inflammatory factors (IL-6, TNF-α) in abdominal drainage fluid.