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.
Regarding 30 to 50% of occupational blood exposure (OBE) are underreporting among health professionals, it's to highlight that the part of medical professionals in OBE reporting is among the lowest (1996 to 2016). The current study is aiming to evaluate the underreporting of this specific occupational accident among medical staff for the year 2017. The investigators are supposing this is declining and the part of OBE reporting is better than before. So the current situation concerning OBE underreporting for medical staff in an University Hospital Center (UHC), 20 years after the first study, is our main purpose.
It was previously suggested an improvement of graft survival in ABO/HLA incompatible kidney transplantation (KT) compared with HLA (human leukocyte antigen) incompatible transplantation. Here, the investigators would analyse clinical, biological and histological results of ABO/HLA incompatible kidney transplant recipients, comparing with ABO or HLA compatible kidney transplantation.
In palliative care, the relief of the dyspnea is necessary. Medications for the reduction of dyspnea have side effects. High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy (HFNC) is a new way to deliver oxygen. Investigators hypothesize that HNFC is an acceptable technic for the patient with dyspnea in palliative care. A pilot study with 30 patients will be conducted. Acceptability of HNFC will be studied by the time of use by patients of the HNFC during one week. The effectiveness of HNFC in relieving dyspnea will be studied using Borg scale.
Introduction Pierre Robin Sequence, PRS, incidence is about one hundred births per year in France. The main neonatal clinical manifestations are secondary to airway obstruction and food difficulties related to swallowing disorders. Despite recent progress, the pathogenesis of PRS is not fully understood. The hypothesis is that brainstem dysfunction, BSD, plays a central role in the pathogenesis of PRS. The purpose of the study is to achieve a complete evaluation of BSD to specify its role in the pathogenesis of PRS. The primary objective is to compare central apnea index (CAI) of infants with PRS with those of infants with isolated airway obstruction (AWO) and those of healthy infants in order to clarify the direct role of BSD. Material and Methods This prospective interventional study will be carried out in Lyon at the Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant and in Paris at the Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades for 2 years. 3 groups of patients will be studied: PRS, 50 patients, AWO, 50 patients and healthy, 30 patients, included before 2 months of life. Infants will be followed for a maximum of 10 months. The evaluations will be carried out for 48 hours between birth and 2 months of life and then for 24 hours between 6 and 10 months of life for PRS and AWO group. Concerning the healthy group, the evaluation will be carried out during 48h during a single hospitalization before 2 months. Polysomnography, holter-ECG, 24h gas exchange, impedance-pH monitoring and mental region EEG will be performed. The central apnea index (mean number per hour), obstructive apnea index, non-nutritive swallowing index (NNS), gastroesophageal reflux and NNS-respiration coordination will be assessed for each stage of sleep and compared between the three groups of patients.
The project topic consists on re-conciliating the fine tuners of the gene expression "microRNAs" and the immunopathogenic occasions responsible for skin disorders in context of skin infection and inflammation such as psoriasis. The skin is a network of effector cells and molecular mediators that constitute a highly sophisticated "Skin Immune System (SIS) described by Jan D Bos in 1986. The cutaneous homeostasis maintenance is dependent on the cross talk between several immune sentinels present in the different compartments of the skin as well as the interplay between innate and adaptive immune responses. The whole is under the control of gene regulation. However, cutaneous homeostasis disruption occurs when the SIS safe framework erroneously sends aggravation signals due to gene regulation disbalance via inflammatory cellular and molecular mediators into the site of infection causing chronic inflammation characterized by thick red irritated skin lesions. The latter was showed to have a characteristic microRNA (regulators of gene expression) signature.
Transfers between interfaces of care are recognized as a source of medication discrepancies, medication errors (MEs) and potentially adverse drug events. ME are very common at hospital and may have important clinical and economic consequences. The lack and loss of medication information and communication between health professionals at points of care transition may often lead to ME. According to the literature, up to two thirds of medication histories contain at least one error. Some studies have compared pharmaceutical team with physician or nurse on the detection of UMD or ME and have reported that pharmacists were one of the best health care providers to establish medication history. To improve medication safety and decrease MEs rate, several institutions have recommended to develop medication reconciliation at all transition points such as admission, transfer and discharge. Medication reconciliation is the process that compares a patient's medication order to all medications that the patient has been taking and should take at admission, transfer and discharge of hospitalization. Medication reconciliation programs led by pharmacists are effective to reduce medications discrepancies. However, studies evaluating the efficacy of medication reconciliation program are very heterogeneous in terms of populations, definitions and methodology. Thus, proportion of ME differs enormously between studies, ranging from under 10% to over 60% at admission of hospitalization. Elderly patients with their numerous comorbidities associated with polypharmacy, such as patients of internal medecin unit, are at high risk of ME and at risk of safety issues. However, medication reconciliation process is very time consuming with an average of 30 minutes by patient. Thereby, review of all inpatients within 24 hours of admissions is very difficult or impossible. Targeting "high-risk situation" and "high-risk patient" are crucial to detect ME before causing harm. Therefore, evaluating the risk of MEs and their potential consequences in specific population of internal medicine unit using a validated medication reconciliation process seems of utmost importance for internal medicine specialist clinical practice and the decrease of ME rate. Consequently, the aim of our study was to (i) evaluate the prevalence of ME in an internal medicine unit at admission of hospitalization, (ii) determine the type of medication involved and the potential clinical impact of ME and (iii) identify factors associated with a risk of ME and serious ME.
The aim of the trial is to study the long-term safety of macitentan and to provide continued treatment with macitentan to patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who were previously treated with macitentan in clinical studies.
This randomized comparative study aims to evaluate the satisfaction and quality of life of patients using Cicaplast balm B5, versus Dexeryl, for the management of cutaneous toxicities of iEGFR in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, cancers colorectal or pulmonary
A randomized, double-blind study to assess the safety, tolerability, PK and efficacy of EDP-305 in subjects with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is the most frequent auto-immune cytopenia. There is no specific biological marker and the diagnosis often results from the exclusion of other differential diagnoses, notably inherited thrombocytopenia. Recent studies have reported an original platelet destruction mechanism in ITP, by antibody-mediated desialylation of membrane proteins. The detection of platelet sialylation can be readily achieved using flow cytometry. This could provide a new biomarker of ITP, useful to ascertain a diagnosis of ITP and guide towards proper patient management.