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.
The aging of population lead to study ways to prevent dependence. Frailty is a precursor to dependence which can be reversible. In the literature, estimate of prevalence of frailty is highly variable depending on the frailty definition, the population studied and the screan tool used. In fact, many scales to measure frailty have emerged without gold standard. The SEGAm showed its usefulness in aged patients living at home.
The main aim of the study is to learn if soticlestat, when given as an add-on therapy, reduces the number of seizures in children and adults with Dravet Syndrome (DS) or Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS). Participants will receive their standard anti-seizure therapy, plus tablets of soticlestat. There will be scheduled visits and follow-up phone calls throughout the study.
Critically ill patients are exposed to many sources of discomfort and traumatic experiences, especially if they require invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). Dyspnea, or sensation of "not getting enough air - suffocation" is the most common and distressing symptom experienced by IMV patients, far more unpleasant than pain. But, contrarily to pain, dyspnea has received only little attention and is still markedly under-recognized in IMV patients. Moreover, given the deleterious short- and long-terms consequences of letting IMV patients with dyspnea, its assessment and treatment figures among the main next great cause in critical healthcare. However, dyspnea assessment in IMV patients is a challenge since many of them cannot express their suffering (e.g. sedative drugs, mouth tubes). Dyspnea observation scales (DOS) are promising alternatives that allow to strongly suspecting dyspnea. These scales encompass the dyspnea multidimensionality assessing the respiratory drive (respiratory rate, excessive use neck muscle, nasal flaring), neurovegetative signs (heart rate) and emotions (fearful face). DOS allows calculation of scores strongly correlated with dyspnea in IMV communicative patients and responsive to dyspnea treatment even in noncommunicative ones. However these scales (1) require human resources, (2) still elicit caregivers' subjectivity (fearful face), and (3) are discontinuous, whereas dyspnea is unpredictable, and thus may lead to false appreciation of clinical deterioration. Thus there is an urgent unmet need for technology-enhanced clinical surveillance tools that reliably detect dyspnea in IMV patients and tailor its relief. Infrared thermal imaging (IRTI) offers a unique opportunity to automatically and continuously compute DOS. Indeed, it has been demonstrated as reliable to measure heart and respiratory rate in patients and detect facial expressions even during surgical intervention. The study goal is to prove the concept that IRTI camera device is feasible and reliable to strongly suspect dyspnea, based on the calculation of DOS including heart and respiratory rate, facial expression of fear, and activation of Alae nasi muscle, in IMV patients experiencing an asphyxial threat during a spontaneous breathing trial. The second study goal is to assess the performance of of this multidimensional video taped monitoring to predict the outcome of the spontaneous breathing trial. This project deals with the perspective that artificial intelligence and the development of autonomous patient-machine interfaces will give access to patients' emotions by the analysis of behaviors including facial expressions, in order to improve comfort and reduce traumatic memories of the ICU stay.
Severe traumatic brain injury (TCI), defined by an initial GCS of ≤ 8 and/or admitted to a neurosurgical intensive care unit, are responsible for diffuse brain lesions that can lead to multiple deficits, including impairment of sphincter functions: bladder, rectal and sexual. Bladder-sphincter disorders are very common after a TBI. Urinary incontinence predominates, with a prevalence varying from 50 to 100% in the acute period following a TBI. The variability of the clinical data is explained by the heterogeneity of the populations studied (severity of TBI, duration of coma, time to care) and the tools used to objectify sphincter disorders. The interest of this study is to make an evaluation and a prospective follow-up of sphincter disorders in this population during one year.
Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) was introduced in France late 2015, FIT has better diagnostic accuracy for colorectal cancers (CRCs) than previous screening tests. Our primary objective was to evaluate the sensitivity of FIT and the proportion of interval cancer.
Intimate partner violence and addictions are two frequent problematics with many consequences on health. A link between intimate partner violence and addictions has been found in many studies. Being a drug user increases the risk to be a perpetrator and also a victim of intimate partner violence. So, it is legitimate to question ourselves about the prevalence of the victims and perpetrators of intimate partner violence among the patients consulting or being hospitalized for an addiction problem. We believe that this prevalence will be high among these patients. On the other hand, the general practitioners are in first line receiving victims and perpetrators of violence and patients with addiction problems. So it is important to know the profiles of these patients and their expectations from their general practitioners.
Among patients with cancer, 6 in 10 are over 65 years of age. In order to improve quality of life of aged cancer patients, the oncogeriatric consultation has been created. Oncogeriatric consultation aim to help oncologists determine the best solutions to combine therapy and quality of life. Factors influencing quality of life of cancer patients have been studied previously. However, these studies always focus on one specific cancer.
Permanent ventricular pacing may be complicated with ventricular dyssynchrony and subsequent pacing-induced cardiomyopathy. We hypothesized that left bundle branch area pacing may prevent the development of pacing-induced cardiomyopathy in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation requiring permanent ventricular pacing. Patients with permanent atrial arrhythmia with an indication of cardiac pacing and atrioventricular junction ablation will be prospectively enrolled. They will undergo the implantation of a single-chamber pacemaker with left bundle branch area pacing, and then atrioventricular junction ablation. They will be prospectively followed during 6 months.
The current study concerns Cardiags Trimod, a new non-invasive medical device for cardiac examinations. The evaluation of its effectiveness is done relative to specific standard devices.
Background:The impact of the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants on the severity and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 is controversial. Whether virological characteristics including the mutational patterns of the different viral proteins (e.g., Spike, NSP proteins, ORF6) could be associated with a different immune response and subsequent severity of the disease is unknown. ln the next coming months, new variants carrying the same or new mutational patterns will continue to emerge. Monitoring their dynamics over time and their impact on disease severity is required for refining national and international disease control policies. Main objective: To unravel the relationships between specific viral mutations/mutational patterns and the clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs) for acute respiratory failure following severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. Design of the study Prospective multicentre observational cohort study Schedule for the study: Inclusion period: 24 months; Participation period: 28 days ; Total duration : 24 months + 28 days;