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Filter by:The aim of this prospective, randomized, placebo controlled study is to evaluate the effect of clindamycin on post-operative pain and swelling in adult patient with symptomatic apical periodontitis.
To investigate if oral administration of 240mg PAC of cranberries can reduce the number of episodes of acute bacterial cystitis and improve general QoL in women with recurrent bacterial cystitis. In addition, the effect on vagina and rectal flora will studied and the adverse effect profile of the drug will be reported. Women with ≥3 symptomatic episodes of lower UTIs at the previous year will be recruited from the outpatient population who present to their family physician or specialist with symptomatic recurrent UTI. Informed consent will be obtained from all patients and they will be divided in groups according to their age. Urinary culture, vaginal and rectal swab will be taken from all the patients. Antibiotic treatment will be prescribed (using the drug of choice according to the urine culture and the treating physician choice). Subsequently, they will be randomized to receive combined antibiotic treatment with one capsule of Cysticlean 240mg PAC two times per day or antibiotic treatment with placebo. At 14th day post treatment and after a negative urinary culture patients will continue to receive per os, daily, one capsule of Cysticlean 240mg at bed time for 12 months or placebo respectively. Study visits will occur at 3rd, 6th , 9th and 12th month treatment phase. A urine collection, vaginal swabs and rectal swab will be taken at study entry and at the month 3, 6, 9 and 12 visits. Participants will be asked about medication usage, any side effects they may be experiencing at each study visit. If participants develop a UTI at any time during the study, they will be asked to visit the study site within 24 hours.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether apatinib plus irinotecan can improve progression free survival compared with single irinotecan in patients with advanced gastric cancer or adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction who failed one lines of chemotherapy.
The study will investigate whether PD-L1 and other immuno-markers will be influenced by osimertinib treatment in advanced epidermal growth factor receptor （EGFR）T790M positive advanced NSCLC patients. In addition, we will explore whether PD-L1 and other immuno-markers can predict the safety and efficacy of subsequent use of immune checkpoint inhibitors at the time of PD due to osimertinib resistance.
Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM) is defined as the rupture of membranes before the onset of regular uterine contractions. PROM occurs in approximately 10% of all pregnancies (ranging from 2.7% to 17%), with 60% to 80% of cases occurring at term. Approximately 90% of patients' experience PROM enter spontaneous labor within 24 hours, but disagreement exists among health care providers on the optimal management of women with PROM, particularly the need for and timing of inductions. Nipple stimulation is a non-medical natural method for induction of labor. Previous studies demonstrated its effectiveness for initiating labor within 72 hours in women with favorable cervices. The actual mechanism by which such a technique results in cervical ripening is not well understood. In this study, we aim to assess the effectiveness of nipple stimulation in gravid women with term PROM choosing expectant management.
This study include 384 Participants with diabetic non-proliferative retinopathy Design Method: Randomized, double blind, placebo controlled and multicenter clinical study. Participants treatment for 48 weeks, and main aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effect of tang wang prescription improve degree of retinal microvascular disease of patients with diabetic non-proliferative retinopathy.
Background: Disturbances of the heart's atrioventricular conduction - AV-block - may show by shortness of breath, fainting or sudden death. If AV-block is diagnosed in time pacemaker therapy may be lifesaving. AV-block in younger can be seen along with structural or ischemic heart disease, congenital heart disease (incl. congenital AV-block) storage disorders, specific muscle diseases, sarcoidosis, Borrelia infection or drug intoxication. AV-block in younger can also be seen in conditions, primarily localized to the AV-node without other cardiac disease at diagnosis. This form of AV-block is often hereditary and can be seen in families where relatives have another types of heart disease in form of fore example, cardiomyopathy, ion channel disease or sudden death. The different forms of presentation are due to the same gene mutation being expressed differently within the same family. Thus, early onset of AV-block (<50 years) may indicate hereditary AV-conduction disorder but it can also be the first manifestation of severe ion channel disease or cardiomyopathy. Denmark has annually over 50 individuals <50 years treated with pacemaker due to advanced AV-block. There have been no overall figures regarding the causes of advanced AV-block, and therefore no systematic approach to diagnosing this group of patients. Furthermore, the prevalence of individuals with a genetic cause of AV-block is unknown and presumably an often overlooked diagnosis among younger patients with advanced AV-blok. There are no data on disease progression after diagnosis, and therefore there is no evidence-based knowledge about how these patients should be followed after diagnosis. With modern gene technology, a range of new, yet unknown genes with potentially pathogenic mutations is likely to be identified. Identification of such genes, and the development of a strategy for systematic approach to diagnose younger patients with AV-block, will enable presymptomatic genetic screening of relatives and implementation of evidence-based, preventive treatment with pacemaker and/or medical treatment for heart failure based on a specific genetic predisposition for development of AV-block with or without heart failure. Hypotheses: In a significant proportion of younger patients with advanced AV-block the underlying cause is unknown. Objective: To investigate the prevalence and causes of advanced AV-block in younger patients in Denmark and describe the current diagnostics. Method: The study is a cross sectional study. The patients for this study are identified from Danish Pacemaker and ICD Register. The investigators will review medical records and obtain clinical information and test results (see detailed description). Perspectives: This study is the first part of a large study of AV-block in younger patients in Denmark. The overall goal, is to increase knowledge about the causes of and disease progression after the diagnosis of advanced AV-block in young patients which could lead to a significant improvement in the treatment of this patient group and may lead to a customized choice of pacemaker type in the future and perhaps additional medical treatment in this patient group. This could potentially lead to a reduction in both their morbidity mortality.
Patients aged between 20 and 70 years, ASA physical status I-III, and scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia will be enrolled in the study. Patients will be randomized to the preemptive group to receive an antiemetic regime 1h before the start of surgery or to the intraoperative group to receive the same antiemetic drugs in the same doses intraoperatively, 30 min before the end of surgery. In the operating room standard monitoring and a standardized anesthetic technique will be implemented in all patients. Nausea, vomiting, retching and PONV (cumulative) will be recorded at PACU, at 4h, 8h and 24h postoperatively. Pain scores assessed by NRS (numerical rating scale) will be recorded at the same time points. Also, when patients received fluids and solid food by mouth will be recorded.
The subchondral bone, formed by the subchondral bone plate and the subarticular spongiosa, plays a key role in supporting the articular cartilage. Marrow stimulation techniques such as subchondral drilling are clinically important treatment options for symptomatic small cartilage defects. However, The heat generated from the metal-bone interface during drilling due to the friction can cause thermal osteonecrosis. , recent clinical evidence suggests that they may induce alterations in the subchondral bone plate such as intralesional osteophytes, which persist and may play a role in the degeneration of the repair tissue. Little is known about whether they induce deleterious changes in the Human Chondral & Subchondral bone. The aim of this study was to compare the condral & Sub-chondral Histoligical damage induced by different drilling techniques. To the best of our knowledge this is the first time to inspect it, In- Situ, on Human tissue.
Steroid injections are widely utilized to reduce inflammation and fibrosis in patients with the frozen shoulder. In this study, investigators will compare intra-articular steroid injections with direct coracohumeral ligament steroid injection to conventional intra-articular steroid injection. Investigators will measure the primary outcome as shoulder function improvement and secondary outcomes as ROM, pain scale and stiffness of coracohumeral ligament under elastogram.