There are about 36633 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in France. 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.
Spa therapy is used in the treatment of various diseases and mainly osteoarthritis. Knee osteoarthritis is a very common rheumatic disease whose prevalence increases with longer life span and is a public health problem. The Forestier and al. study highlighted the actual benefit and confirmed the improvement of the quality of life and pain of the knee osteoarthritis patients from 6 months of spa treatment.[1] A significant decrease of 30% in the rate of Serum Hyaluronic Acid at 6 months after the end of the spa therapy was also highlighted in the Canteloup et al study.[6] This study aims to measure different osteoarticular biomarkers (hyaluronic acid, coll2-1 and CTX1) before, at the end of the spa therapy and 6 months after the spa therapy and correlate with the clinical evaluation.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy in glycemic control and the impact on the quality of life of patients using the MiniMed™ 780G System for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes, in real life settings in France.
to compare the efficacy of HIFU treatment with standard treatment in two situations: 1. as first-line cancer treatment, HIFU is compared to radical prostatectomy. 2. for patients with recurrence after external beam radiotherapy, HIFU treatment is compared to radical prostatectomy.
Background: 3,4-dihydroxy-6-[18F]-fluoro-L-phenylalanine (FDOPA) positron emission tomography (PET) can identify well low and high grade brain tumors. However, increased FDOPA uptake has been reported in non-tumoral brain lesions. The aim was to analyse FDOPA-PET in patients with non-tumoral brain lesions and to compare them with patients with (low and high grade) brain tumors. Methods: retrospective analyse. Patients consecutively recruited with suspected primary brain tumor (based on clinical and MRI findings) referred for FDOPA-PET at Nimes university Hospital between June 2015 and June 2019. FDOPA-PET parameters (maximum and mean lesion standardized uptake values [SUV] and ratios comparing lesion with different background uptake SUV) and thresholds were analysed in search for those offering optimal discrimination between non-tumoral and tumoral lesions.
A selective neural stimulation as the investigators propose allows to stimulate several muscles via a single electrode. Neural stimulation requires less energy for muscle activation. In our approach, 2 electrodes will be implanted above the elbow on the median and radial nerves. This considerably reduces the number of implanted elements and therefore i) the risk of infection, ii) the risk of failure, iii) the surgical risk through minimally invasive surgery. Our main hypothesis is that multipolar neural electrical stimulation of the median nerve (flexion) and the radial nerve (extension) allows: - on the one hand, a selective, individualized motor activation (muscle by muscle) - on the other hand, a synergistic motor activation (association of several muscles) for the purpose of production of functional movements.
Head trauma is a common injury in emergency department. Investigation to search for complication is guided by the clinical examination and the case history, such as taking anti-thrombotics. Cranial computed tomography (CCT) is the gold standard to investigate, and is mandatory in case of antithrombotic drugs. Recently, some biomarkers have proven their utility to rule-out mild head trauma without CCT in the general population. Among these biomarkers, S100β protein has been added in guidelines for mild head trauma. Some studies have found similar data in population taking anticoagulant or antiplatelet drugs. The investigators aim to prove medical utility of S100β protein in population under antithrombotics, by the reduction of CCT use. Then, The investigators hypothesize that the add of S100β protein reduces cost of health care in the management of head injury in that population.
In France, femoral neck fracture is mainly detected with interpretation of pelvis/hip X-ray imaging (French Health Authority recommandation). However, up to 10% of fractures are not identified or misdiagnosed, especially in patients admitted to the emergency department. Indeed, radiologists may be subject to excessive work, wich cause the risk of inaccurate on X-rays diagnosis. The Artificial intelligence (AI) begins study the detection of fratures on medical imaging. In this retropective study, this technology developed by GLEAMER company is tested to evaluate the detection rate of hip fracture and specifically femoral neck fracture, compared to the radiologist diagnostic, in eldery patients admitted in emergency department. AI could optimize the diagnostic performance of radiologists (increase of confidence level) and improve the efficiency of suspected fractures sorting from emergency department.
The epidemic due to the Sars-CoV2 virus is spreading in France, without knowning precisely since when the virus has actually circulated on the territory. Data from China but also systematic samples taken from the passengers of the Diamond Princess boat also report almost 50% of asymptomatic forms of Covid-19. The medical and paramedical staff of the front-line services for the care of patients infected with Covid-19 are in fact potentially exposed to the risk of occupational contamination due to the large number of patients treated, including in the pre-epidemic phase. Therefore, and despite the application of standard protective measures, it is possible that a certain number of these personnel already have or will contract Covid-19 disease, including in its asymptomatic form.
The prevalence of food allergies has increased in recent decades, ranging from 1 to 3% of the general population. According to international literature and French national surveys, nuts today represent a group of allergens often associated with severe allergic reactions. They are responsible for 18 to 40% of deaths from food-related anaphylaxis. Among all nuts, the prevalence of anacardiac allergies (mainly cashew and pistachio) continues to increase and has become a growing public health problem. Today, global production is estimated at 4.9 million tonnes of cashews and 1.1 million tonnes of pistachios. The resulting increased exposure may explain the increased prevalence of allergic reactions reported to these fruits. In addition, anaphylactic reactions to anacardiaceae are reported to be even more severe than those occurring in subjects allergic to peanuts. Cashews and pistachios are known to exhibit immunological cross-reactions with one another. In fact, they have a strong sequential homology between their storage allergens Ana o 1 / Pis v 3 (7S vicilin, 78% homology); Ana o 2 / Pis v 2 (legume 11S, 80% homology) and Ana o 3 / Pis v 1 (albumin 2S, 70% homology). For this reason, some authors talk about the cashew / pistachio syndrome and associate the two allergenic sources by considering them as one, in clinical practice. The diagnosis of allergy to nuts, and therefore to anacardiaceae, is based on a compatible clinical history, the presence of specific IgE (demonstrated by positivity to realistic skin tests and serum IgE assay), and positivity on the oral food challenge test. In clinical practice, taking into account the cashew / pistachio syndrome, when the allergy work-up for cashew is negative, allergists tend to advise to reintroduce pistachio at home, considering the two allergens as sufficiently homologous to authorize such a practice. In this context, the investigators decided to check whether this practice, which is based mainly on in vitro homologies, is risk-free, based on the clinical experience of our center.
Hemodynamic and fluid optimization during perioperative period can reduce postoperative morbidity. The assessment of preload and determination of whether the patient is fluid responsive is still challenging. Static preload indices such as central venous pressure are not accurate to assess fluid responsiveness contrary to dynamic preload indices such as pulse pressure variation (PPV) and stroke volume (SV) variation. However, such indices suffer from several limitations and should be used under strict conditions. Alternative dynamic methods such as lung recruitment maneuvers (LRM) have been developed LRM can be used to reopen or prevent collapsed lung under mechanical ventilation so as to decrease respiratory complications. LRM induces a transient increase in intra-thoracic pressure and decreases in venous return, leading to a decrease in left ventricular end-diastolic area and stroke volume. Several studies have shown that the PEEP-induced decrease in stroke volume is related to pre-existing preload responsiveness. Few studies have also shown that LRM can represent a functional test to predict fluid responsiveness. However, monitoring stroke volume during LRM to assess fluid responsiveness is costly, and cardiac output devices may not be reliable. In this context, central venous pressure (CVP) or systemic arterial parameters monitoring are easily accessible and inexpensive during major surgery.