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.
The meibomian gland (MG) is a modified sebaceous gland located in the upper and lower eyelids. The grades of MG loss (i.e. meiboscore) is calculated as the ratio between the area of the MGs and the eyelids, and this calculation is based on the two-dimensional digital infrared images.In the current formula, the area of the eyelid is the denominator. However, because the eyelids need to be flipped over for the examination and evaluation, and there may be interobserver variability in the measurement of the area of the eyelids. Aging and involutional eyelid disorders, such as ptosis, ectropion, and entropion, may lead to laxity or deformation of eyelids, and impact the shape and area of eyelid area consequently.These factors could cause inaccuracy in current evaluation method, and impact the grading and evaluation of treatment efficacy of MGD, especially in self-controlled studies, such as in clinical trials. In this study, the investigators propose to use a modified calculation formula for the grading of MGs. The investigators could measure the white to white (WTW) distance of cornea, and then calculate the area of cornea (i.e. corneal base area) accordingly.Unlike the eyelid, the WTW distance does not change significantly during aging or between sexes.Thus, the investigators hypothesize that using the corneal base area as the new denominator in the formula for the grading of MG loss is a better way comparing with the conventional method.
Peripheral venous catheters are the most commonly used vascular access devices in healthcare today, including indwelling needles, mini-midline catheters, and medium-length venous catheters. Peripheral venous catheters are required due to clinical needs for prescribed intravenous treatments, medications, surgical procedures, or diagnostics, such as computed tomography scans, etc. One study noted that more than 70% of hospitalized patients had indwelling needles placed. However, post-placement failure of indwelling needles occurs in 30%-50% of patients before completing treatment, unplanned catheter failure occurs in 69% of patients before completing treatment, and there is a 30%-60% risk of various complications. And patients are often subjected to repeat catheter placement, such as improper catheter placement or improperly entered medications. In addition, catheterization is prone to infectious and noninfectious complications, and the risk of phlebitis increases 4.4-fold when catheters are reintroduced.Tan et al. found that the average number of indwelling needle insertions per patient admission was 2.82, and therefore, approximately 44% of adult patients required more than one indwelling needle to complete IV therapy during their hospitalization. According to Helm et al, multiple insertions of indwelling needles per patient lead to unnecessary pain and anxiety, and multiple attempts per insertion further increase the risk of complications. These also lead to prolonged hospitalization, additional healthcare costs, pain, anxiety, and other adverse experiences.
This si a single-center, non-randomized, open, parallel, single-dose trial was designed to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetic characteristics of GST-HG171 tablets in subjects with impaired liver function.
The investigators recruited 32 diabetic IOD patients with a total of 110 problematic implants who had completed the treatment for peri-implantitis between January 2021 and March 2023 as research subjects. The patients were randomly assigned to the control group or the experimental group using the random number table. The control group received routine postoperative medical advice, whereas the experimental group was given an IMB model-based continuity of care.
The goal of this placebo-controlled randomized trial is to test the effect of intervention with Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BLa80 on the composition of the gut microbiota of healthy volunteers. The main question it aims to answer is whether probiotic can effectively regulate intestinal flora. Participants will take a package of probiotics every day, and their weight was recorded once a week using a weight scale. Blood and stool tests were conducted before and after taking probiotics.
Purpose: to verify the physiological properties of Lactobacillus rhamnosus LRa05. Bacterial count:100 billion Test Objective: to test and collect the changes of intestinal flora before and after the daily use of LRa05 product.
We performed this study on a consecutive cohort of women with asymptomatic screen-detected NPBC. The clinicopathological characteristics, 10-year relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) were compared between BCS and Mx patients among different subgroups.
ABSTRACT Purpose：A retrospective study was conducted among patients with incisional hernia in our hospital to analyse the factors associated with postoperative recurrence of abdominal wall incisional hernia. Methods：Patients with a diagnosis of incisional hernia obtained from our hospital's electronic medical record system were divided into primary incisional hernia group and recurrent incisional hernia group according to whether or not they had a recurrence after surgery. Baseline information on these patients was recorded and statistically analysed after our review.
This study aimed to address the issue of peritoneal metastasis (PM) following the rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its adverse impact on patient prognosis. Clinical data from 522 patients with ruptured HCC who underwent surgery at seven different medical centers were collected and analyzed. Machine learning models were employed for analysis and prediction.
Background: The purpose of this study was to see how intrathecal injections of sufentanil, ropivacaine, and sufentanil added to ropivacaine affected blood flow in the uterine artery, umbilical artery, and middle cerebral artery for combined spinal and epidural labor analgesia using color doppler ultrasound (CDUs). Methods: A total of 90 singleton full-term parturients who were evaluated by obstetricians for feasible vaginal delivery were collected prospectively and divided into three groups based on the randomization and double-blind principle: sufentanil (S), ropivacaine (R) group, each with 30 cases. Main indicators include color doppler blood flow resistance indices (S/D) of the uterine artery (UtA), umbilical artery (UA), and middle cerebral artery (MCA) before (T0) and 30 minutes (T1), 60 minutes (T2), 90minutes (T3) after analgesia. Fetal heart rate (FHR), maternal mean arterial pressure (MAP) at T0, T1, T2 and T3。