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Filter by:Multiple forms of Omega-3 Fatty acids have been used to investigate the role of this food supplement in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). No clear evidence for their role in this disorder is yet available. We will conduct a prospective, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial to obtain significant results regarding this question.
This is a prospective, multi-center, non-randomized single arm feasibility trial of the Wolverine OCT guided atherectomy system.The trial will enroll up to 50 subjects diagnosed with peripheral vascular disease of the lower extremities.The primary disease must be located in reference vessel diameters ≥ 2.5 mm which is significant enough to cause moderate to severe symptoms and warrant vascular intervention.
This randomized phase II trial compares how well associating liver partition with portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) or portal vein occlusion (PVO) works in treating patients with liver cancer. Both treatments are types of 2-stage hepatectomies for removing liver cancer. ALPPS may be more effective than PVO in patients whose disease would traditionally be considered inoperable. - Trial with surgical intervention
The purpose of this study is to assess overall survival of anti-tumor immunization using HyperAcute®-Lung immunotherapy versus Docetaxel in patients with progressed or relapsed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that have been previously treated.
Primary: • Demonstrate the utility of a new electronic data capture (EDC) system (CareExchange™) using infusion nurse measured physical, quality of life (QOL), respiratory, and disability assessments. Secondary: - Change in Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIg) dose effects measured outcomes. - Change in IVIg dose and timing effects measured outcomes. - Change in patient status is reflected in measured outcomes. - Assess the value to physicians from infusion nurse collected outcomes data. - Identify types of patients by response to IVIg therapy (i.e. natural or poor responders). - Change in response rate to IVIg therapy by disease state and demographics.
The most appropriate initial oxygen concentration for the resuscitation of the extremely low birth weight infant has not been established using large well designed, randomized, blinded, prospective trials and the level of oxygen utilized by practitioners in this situation is highly variable. This proposed trial will use targeted oxygen saturation levels over the first 15 to 20 minutes of life to compare a low and a higher initial oxygen level for the resuscitation of such infants, and will be large enough to evaluate short term outcomes of survival without oxygen at 36 weeks and survival without retinopathy of prematurity, and the long term outcome of survival without significant neurodevelopmental impairment at 2 years of age. Such information is urgently required to provide an evidence basis for the initial oxygen concentration for resuscitation of these very preterm infants.
The treatment of the multisystem autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) remains a challenge, particularly when there is renal involvement (lupus nephritis). For the last 60 years corticosteroids have been the backbone of the treatment of lupus nephritis but they are associated with significant toxicity. Although randomized placebo controlled trials of Rituximab in non-renal lupus and lupus nephritis did not meet their primary end-points, there is accumulating data that suggests that B cell depletion with Rituximab may be efficacious in lupus disease refractory to conventional therapy. Furthermore, our pilot data suggests that the addition of Rituximab to mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) without oral steroids is at least as effective at inducing a renal response as the standard of care therapy comprising MMF and high dose oral corticosteroids. RITUXILUP is a proof of concept, open labeled, randomized, controlled, multicentre trial that aims to demonstrate whether the addition of Rituximab to MMF therapy is useful in treating a new flare of lupus nephritis and whether it has a long lasting steroid-sparing, beneficial effect with equal efficacy and greater safety than a conventional regimen of MMF and oral prednisolone. If successful, this trial has the potential to dramatically change the management of lupus nephritis.
Phase 3, randomized, controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral pacritinib compared to Best Available Therapy (BAT) in patients with primary or secondary myelofibrosis.
Alzheimer's disease represents a growing public health problem in developed countries. Although the pathogenesis is not clearly defined, accumulation of extracellular amyloid, neurofibrillary tangles and neuronal loss are the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. The effect of anesthetic agents on changes in these proteins in humans is not well characterized, but in-vitro evidence suggests that anesthetic agents can accelerate potential pathogenic mechanisms, such as increasing amyloid formation or rates of apoptosis in cultured cells and increasing amyloid levels in mice. Human data on the effect of anesthetic agents on amyloid and tau proteins is limited to a small series of 11 patients and showed a significant increase in tau levels after exposure to anesthetics. In this study we propose to measure CSF and serum biomarkers in a population of patients with normal CSF dynamics, who are undergoing surgery for repair of a thoracoabdominal aneurysm. We will also obtain preliminary data on whether changes in CSF levels of these proteins are associated with postoperative delirium or cognitive change.
The investigators will test to determine if an external Automated Abdominal Binder (non-commercial product) during high sodium diet improves orthostatic tolerance, compared to wearing the binder during a low sodium diet session.