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.
RECIST criteria for evaluating tumor response are often inadequate for the evaluation of anti-angiogenic drugs. An evaluation model of tumor perfusion with contrast-enhanced ultrasonography was developed at Gustave Roussy. It assesses the tumor vascular response through the analysis of 7 different parameters. Several studies (four at IGR, involving 117 patients, and a multicenter study involving 400 patients) showed that CEUS allows early evaluation of the effect of anti-angiogenic drugs. Two of these parameters are particularly interesting for the early identification of patients responding (or not) to treatment. Those are area under curve , and area under the wash-out. To further validate the use of these parameters, it is essential to measure and describe the level of their intra-patient variability.
Each hospitalization leads to stress and anxiety. This is particularly true in psychiatry, because of "decompensation". That is why therapeutic treatments are delivered quickly to treat these symptoms and to allow a better relationship with patients. This relationship patients-nursing staff called "therapeutic alliance" is needed in psychiatry. Moreover, other treatments added to the therapeutic ones are used, like mediation, to increase the patients' state of health. These last years, numerous studies were based on hortitherapy or care-gardens. It consists in the use of plants with a medical staff (for example nurses). A lot demonstrated the efficacy of the care-gardens, but most of them showed methodological weaknesses. That is why the investigators would like to perform a randomized study, controlled, and they aim to demonstrate the efficacy of hortitherapy on anxiety in patients allowed in adult psychiatry for at least 4 weeks.
Anisakidae frequently infect fish species that are commonly eaten by humans. Some of them are recognized as zoonotic diseases agents, and have a high impact on human health. Infestation results from the ingestion of living larvae from contaminated fishes. It can be asymptomatic or symptomatic, resulting in acute gastric, acute intestinal or chronic forms. Allergic manifestations are frequently encountered in gastric forms, but allergic symptoms can also occur in isolation, after ingestion of Anisakidae antigens contained in raw or cooked fish, and may masquerade as fish allergy. In this study, we aim to characterize the relationship between Anisakidae and/or fish sensitization and the presence of allergic manifestations in patients recruited in the general population and presenting fish allergy resulting from ingestion, cutaneous or respiratory contact. We will also determine the respective role of Anisakidae or fish sensitization in patients with fish allergy. Then, we will determine the prevalence of previous Anisakidae infections among these patients and a matched control population. We will also compare the performances of serological tests (ImmunoCAP, immunoelectrophoresis and Western Blot) for the diagnosis of Anisakidae allergy or infection. Lastly, we will explore the relationship between domestic exposure to Anisakidae or fish antigens and the occurrence of associated pathologies (Anisakidae or fish allergy/sensitization; Anisakidae infection).
The role of steroids in the treatment of severe ulcerative colitis (UC) exacerbation is well established and recommended by professional societies. Similarly, 5-aminosalycilates (5-ASA) agents in the form of mesalamine/mesalzine are well established proven therapy in mild-moderate UC, and the combination of oral 5-ASA with topical (per-rectal enema) 5-ASA was shown to be superior to oral 5ASA alone in patients with mild moderate UC. Thus, in most cases, when a patient with UC experiences a flare while taking 5-ASA therapy, treatment is usually optimized by maximizing the oral dose to 4gr/day and adding topical therapy until the flare is controlled. If this is unhelpful, or if the flare is severe to begin with, corticosteroids are usually prescribed. However, there are very scarce data comparing steroids versus 5-ASA in the treatment of severe UC exacerbation. The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of steroids alone vs. combination of steroids + 5-ASA in the treatment of moderate-severe UC exacerbation.
PanCareLIFE Study is a cohort study of patients treated for cancer in childhood, and biological case-control study nested in the cohort (WP4) is coordinated by Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital in Holland. Ensure optimal patient quality of life throughout his life is a priority for the research teams. PanCareLIFE Study also aims to identify the factors that predispose to impaired quality of life. It is in this light that will be offered to patients a quality of life questionnaires during the period of treatment and then periodically during long-term follow-up.
Testosterone deficiency is classically associated with the development of metabolic syndrome, osteoporosis, erectile disorder and / or a reduced libido, a depressive syndrome and alteration of the quality of patients life. Chronicity of HIV infection leads to several disorders as fever, chronic stress, weight loss and cachexia which are the cause of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. On the other hand, abnormal secretion of cytokines, secondary to the infection may alter the Leydig cells causing a hypergonadotropic hypogonadism and disrupts steroidogenesis. Cases of testicular invasion by lymphoma or Kaposi's syndromes have also been described. The advent of antiretroviral therapy has reduced the prevalence of hypogonadism in patients infected with HIV that is currently about 20%. This prevalence remains about 20%, regardless of the antiretroviral therapy and CD4-T cell count. No study to our knowledge has so far assessed exhaustively the clinical features, biological, therapeutic and paraclinical of hypotestosteronemiae while assessing the level of total serum testosterone, SHBG and serum free testosterone, among HIV infected patients in the European population.
In obese adolescents, energy expenditure (EE) of chronic high intensity muscular exercise (> 70% VO2max) conducted one hour before a meal causes an anorectic effect at lunch and dinner the same day. The effect on food intake of the distribution of this exercise into two sessions during 24h remains to be determined. In addition, a multidisciplinary load of obesity generates a loss of body weight in the short term, which we do not know the effects on energy balance. To our knowledge, the impact of weight loss on the anorectic effect of muscle exercise is unknown.
Recent data found that peri-implantitis may differ from periodontitis at the histological level in terms of extent and composition of the cellular components. From human biopsies, it has been shown a deeper apical extension of the inflammatory cell infiltrate and a larger proportion of granulocytes and macrophages in peri-implantitis lesions compared to periodontitis lesions. Following experimental peri-implantitis, it has been observed a continuing bone loss around dental implants after ligature removal; whereas, such a progression was not observed around teeth after cessation of the experimental periodontitis. The factors influencing the recruitment and the activation of osteoclasts in both diseases have not been compared yet. Hypothesis : The more rapid and more severe alveolar bone destruction occurring in peri-implantitis compared to periodontitis is due at least in part to differences in the inflammatory process in these diseases. Aim: to study the cytokine profile produced by gingival explants from periodontitis or peri-implantitis sites and to test the consequences on alteration of bone remodelling activity using in vitro approach. Materials and methods The investigators will establish a collection of human gingival samples from patients undergoing surgical treatment of periodontitis or peri-implantitis. The investigators will test pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines release and consequences on osteoclast differentiation and activity.
ATLANTIS is a multicenter, phase IIIb, prospective, open-label, randomized trial. The objective of this study is to demonstrate superiority of a strategy of anticoagulation with apixaban (Anti-Xa Group) as compared to the current standard of care in patients who have undergone a successful TAVI procedure. The randomization is stratified according to the presence or not of a mandatory indication for anticoagulation for a reason other than the TAVI procedure (e.g. atrial fibrillation or DVT/PE).
The main objective is to develop models for the cortical reorganization of motor areas and inter-hemispheric equilibrium in the early phase of post stroke recovery evaluated by the fNIRS technique from day 0 to day 60 (day 0 being the day of inclusion in the study) and to correlate the latter with the early phases of motor recovery over the same period, as measured by the test Fugl-Meyer.