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Filter by:This study was designed to test the hypothesis that treatment of HIV infected subjects with losartan, an agent with specific anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic actions, will: 1. reverse existing lymphoid tissue fibrosis, 2. restore lymphoid tissue architecture, 3. increase the number and improve the function of peripheral and lymphatic CD4 T cells, 4. decrease levels of systemic immune activation (IA), 5. decrease size of the HIV reservoir, and 6. be safe and well tolerated.
To evaluate the agreement between NAAT results for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection obtained with self-obtained vaginal swabs (SOVS), collected in a non-clinical setting vs. NAAT results using SOVS collected in a clinical setting. This is a new use of this specimen type as SOVS are FDA cleared only for use in clinics. The NAAT (Gen-Probe APTIMA Combo 2® Assay (AC2)) result with the home-collected SOVS specimen will be compared to the result obtained with an SOVS collected in the clinic on multiple platforms (Direct Tube Sampling (DTS) / Panther / Tigris). The term "home-collected" is used to refer to any specimen that is not collected in a clinic, since there is no certainty that a specimen is collected "at home" or in a restroom in an office setting, etc. To compare the SOVS results to an FDA cleared predicate test with the collection of two clinician collected vaginal swabs.
PROBIC Rationale: Procalcitonin measurements can reduce the number of blood cultures in the ICU. Objective: The investigators suggest that PCT is a marker for blood stream infection in all patients in the ICU in whom attending physicians/ intensivists order blood culturing in the suspicion of microbial infection. The investigators want to demonstrate that its use for guiding blood culturing is cost-effective and safe compared with blood cultures alone. Study design: Prospective, non- inferiority, multicenter, single-blinded, cluster- randomised cross-over clinical trial. Intervention (if applicable): The intensive care units will be allocated into two groups: a control group (blood culture) and the intervention group (procalcitonin). Main study parameters/endpoints: Safety, expressed as mortality at day 28 and 90, with a mortality difference not exceeding a between groups difference of 10% by non-inferiority analysis. Cost-effectiveness, expressed in euro, calculated by deducting costs of procalcitonin testing from saved blood cultures compared with standard treatment spending on blood cultures in the control group. ICIS Rationale: The aim was to evaluate the Intensive Care Infection Score (ICIS) in predicting microbial infection and its sequelae in critically ill patients in whom attending physicians/ intensivists order blood culturing in the suspicion of microbial infection. Objective: Because of the complexity of the pathophysiology of systemic inflammation it is unlikely that a single parameter will have sufficient diagnostic accuracy for infection. Therefore we will study combining parameters producing a diagnostic score. Study design: Prospective, multicenter, cohort trial. Supplement for the control arm of the ProBIC study. Intervention (if applicable): Blood is drawn for daily routine laboratory measurements and collected in K3EDTA aliqnots. The ICIS score is composed of five blood-cell derived parameters which can be extracted using the same aliqnots. Main study parameters/endpoints: To develop and evaluate a blood- cell derived score to enable the diagnosis of microbial infection, its likelihood, its invasiveness and severity.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of 12-weeks of treatment with TMC435 plus pegylated interferon alfa-2a (PegIFNα-2a) and ribavirin (RBV) in previously untreated adult participants with genotype 1 or genotype 4 chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection.
Background and Purpose:The level of the surgical wound healing of the epidermis takes 6-12 hours, and the peak period of 48 hours to achieve healing.The traditional postoperative wound care was every 1-3 days clean with saline and gauze or other dressing and not opened .In traditional concept the wound touch the water that will increase the rate of wound infection.England Department of Health in 2008 surgical wound care guidelines about surgery wound cleaning solution comparison. It was no significant difference in wound infection.with normalsaline and tap water. 2012 The Cochrane Collaboration: Water for wound cleansing systematic review of the literature that wound clean water has no effect on the rate of wound infection and healing rate, conducive to personal hygiene and cost-effective. Under high temperature and humid environments in our country, after surgery not bathe often affect patients' satisfaction and increase the cost of dressing and manpower, Was opened a line after surgery the wound can be shower? It is important about surgical wound care guidelines, but also the patient daily asked a high degree of issues. Purpose of this study (1) post-operative 48 hours, shower or not wound infection rate (2) post-operative 48 hours, shower or not the pain score (3) post-operative 48 hours, shower or not the comfortable (4) post-operative 48 hours, shower or not the care costs.
Objectives: Main objective: to assess the impact of an intervention for optimizing the dosing of colistin based on its plasma levels in patients with infections due to multi-drug resistant gram negative bacilli. The impact will be evaluated in terms of clinical and microbiological outcome, and toxicity. Secondary objectives: 1. To determine the percentage of patients reaching plasma levels considered adequate (Cmax / MIC 8-10) for the treatment of infections due to gram-negative bacilli susceptible to colistin, in the cohort of patients treated with standard doses of this drug without adjusting the dose. 2. To analyze the possible emergence of bacterial resistance to this drug and its relationship to the calculated colistin pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic indexes. Methods: Design: open controlled trial, blinded for the analyst, to be performed at thre tertiary care Hospitals in Barcelona. Subjects: Patients attended consecutively between 2012 and 2013 infected with multi-drug resistant gram negative bacilli and treated with colistin. Sample size: 142 cases. Intervention: Once detected the infection requiring treatment with colistin, patients will be randomized to receive the intervention or not, with a 1:1 ratio. The intervention will be performed by an Infectious Diseases physician and will consist in a recommendation on the dose of colistin based on its plasma levels 48 hours after treatment onset. Variables: peak and through colistin levels 48 hours after treatment onset, clinical, analytical and microbiological data at baseline and during follow-up of the patients. Outcome measures: clinical, microbiological and toxicity data. Analysis: Comparison of patient characteristics and outcome variables between patients who had received the intervention and those who had not. The analysis will be done by intention to treat, by biological effectiveness and by compliance with the protocol.
The purpose of this study is: - to assess safety of the liquid dosage form of Ergoferon for treatment of acute upper respiratory tract infections in children; - to assess clinical efficacy of the liquid dosage form of Ergoferon for treatment acute upper respiratory tract infections in children.
Patients presenting with pelvic organ prolapse will be offered the use of a pessary. Vaginal estrogen cream treatment with the pessary will be randomized amongst the patients and patient satisfaction and complication rates will be assessed during follow-up.
Since October 2009, H1N1 influenza vaccine has developed and approved of immunization in population in China. However, there was little epidemiological evidence of safety when vaccinated in healthy pregnant women. The main objective of this study is to assess the safety of split-virion inactivated H1N1 vaccine without adjuvant when administered in healthy pregnant women. It is a stratified and controlled clinical trial in healthy pregnant women. And participants were included up to 226 healthy pregnant women aged 18 -35 years old who have no history of novel influenza H1N1 infection or novel influenza H1N1 vaccination. The pregnancy week ranged from 5 weeks to 32 weeks. Subjects were divided into 2 groups: vaccinated group（122） and unvaccinated group（104）. Subjects in the vaccinated group were administered one dose of 15μg H1N1 vaccine. Subjects in the unvaccinated group received no vaccine as controls. Safety will be measured by assessment of pregnancy outcomes. And observation time for pregnancy outcomes was lasting for 28 days postpartum since vaccinated; and protective effect was observed for six months.
Screen-and-treat approach reduces postabortal pelvic inflammatory disease after induced abortion, and at the same time alters women's sexual behavior and prevents further re-infection by sexually transmitted infections when compared to the universal antibiotic prophylaxis strategy.