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Filter by:This study aims compare the flare rate of maintenance versus gradual withdrawal of 5 mg/day prednisone in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with clinically quiescent disease.
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate and compare the periodontal status of chronic skin disease (CSD) patients with healthy controls. Material and method: 109 patients and 37 healthy subjects were included in this study. Parameters evaluated included bleeding on probing index (BOP), periodontal pocket depths (PPD), clinical attachment level (CAL), simplified debris index (DI), simplified calculus index (CI), and the presence of oral lesions. Clinical parameters were measured and compared in the two groups. The significant level was set at 0.05.
The primary objective of this study will be to evaluate the safety and tolerability of single and multiple oral doses of CCX168, over a range of dose levels, in healthy male and female participants.
People with inflammatory diseases treated with immune-suppressing medication are recommended to have regular blood-tests to monitor for potential side-effects of this treatment on their blood count, liver and kidneys. However, it is not clear that monitoring is needed as frequently as currently recommended in the long-term, with side-effects being rare after one year of treatment. A study is currently underway to determine the optimal blood-test monitoring strategy which is cost-effective but still safe. Any changes in the monitoring strategy must be acceptable to patients and the healthcare professionals (HCP) that treat them. This study aims to measure how often patients' with common inflammatory conditions on long-term immune suppressing medication attend their monitoring blood tests as currently recommended, and uncover patients' and HCP views and experiences of the current blood-test monitoring strategy, and the acceptability of potential changes to this in the future. Firstly, patients with an inflammatory condition on long-term immune suppressing treatment will be invited to complete a questionnaire which will ask about their demographic information, medical condition(s), immune-suppressing treatment, adherence to the monitoring blood tests and willingness to take part in an interview. Then, both patients and HCPs who care for such patients will be invited to take part in a single, semi-structured interview. Interviews will be face-to-face, by telephone or video-call, last up to one hour and digitally audio-recorded. Patient interviews will explore their perceptions of risk, benefits and experiences of current testing, and views on the new testing frequencies emerging from the study prior. HCP interviews will explore their perceptions of current testing including, the practicalities, usefulness, risks and benefits of the blood tests, and views on the new testing frequencies emerging from the study prior. The findings will shape the recommendations for a new monitoring strategy, ensuring it is acceptable to patients and HCPs.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease with a relatively high mortality and morbidity rate, especially in developing countries such as Indonesia. In Indonesia, a previous study demonstrated that almost 71% of SLE patients experience hypovitaminosis D, with serum vitamin D 25 levels less than 30 ng/ml. Several factors contribute to the low vitamin D levels among SLE patients. Less exposure to sunlight or insufficient vitamin D intake contributes to SLE patients low vitamin D levels. Some other studies also revealed that vitamin D metabolism gene polymorphisms are also associated with patients with SLE. Vitamin D is essential for bone health and has an essential role in immune system modulation and controlling autoimmune diseases, including SLE. Another study demonstrates that curcumin supplementation in premenopausal women and dysmenorrhea improves vitamin D levels. Despite the promising properties of curcumin in improving vitamin D biological actions, our previous study reveals that the addition of curcumin in vitamin D administration do not significantly improve the disease activity or cytokine imbalance in SLE patients. The synergistic property of curcumin with vitamin D in regulating immune cells is an open opportunity for researchers to increase the response to vitamin D3 therapy. Several studies have reported the efficacy of vitamin D or curcumin for SLE treatment. However, none mentioned the combination of curcumin added with piperine and vitamin D3. We hypothesized that adding curcumin piperine with vitamin D3 as a complementary treatment in SLE patients would improve the clinical symptoms or cytokine balance among SLE patients. Therefore, this study aims to observe the effects of adding curcumin-piperine with vitamin D3 in clinical outcomes and cytokines levels in SLE patients with hypovitaminosis D.
The purpose of this study is to pilot test SLE@Duke, a set of tools to implement the Type 1 & 2 SLE Model in a clinical setting, as well as to gain an in-depth understanding of providers experiences using the intervention during clinic visits with patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. This record represents Aim 3 of this study.
SLE is mostly seen in young women and causes significant deformity in patients. In SLE, disease activity, body damage due to disease or treatment, comorbidities, and drugs affect body image negatively. SLE causes changes in the body such as skin rashes, uneven pigmentation, vitiligo, scars, tooth loss, alopecia, increased facial hair, stretch marks, weight gain, fatigue, pain, depression, the unpredictability of exacerbations or lack of independence, which worsens the subjective well-being of patients. can affect in that direction. Subjective well-being (SBL) is the scientific term for happiness, and SLE is thought to have a significant negative impact on SWB.
Increase in the prevalence and survival rates has led to the assessment of disease activity and quality of life of SLE patients as targets in treatment. Cholecalciferol supplementation was considered as having a role in reducing disease activity and improving quality of life.This research was a double blind, randomized, controlled trial was conducted on female outpatients aged 18-60 years with SLE, consecutively recruited from September to December 2021 at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital. Sixty subjects who met the research criteria were randomized and equally assigned into the cholecalciferol and placebo groups. The study outcomes were measured at baseline and after 12 weeks of intervention. we measured he level of vitamin D before and after intervention, the disease activity by MEX-SLEDAI score and the quality of life by Lupus QoL
Physical activity and exercise are helpful for managing symptoms like fatigue in people living with systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus; SLE). Despite research supporting physical activity participation, people with lupus are often inactive and report being afraid to exercise. To that end, this project is a pilot randomized controlled trial for examining the efficacy of a home-based behavioral intervention based on social cognitive theory and motivational interviewing for increasing physical activity and decreasing fatigue.
The primary purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of multiple oral doses of E6742 in participants with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).