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INTRODUCTION: Stress is one of the greatest burdens of our society and often imply impairments in cognitive and emotional functions. The investigators hypothesize that changes in the brain's dopamine(DA)-based mesocorticolimbic projections in patients with work-related stress (adjustment disorder) will manifest in altered glucose metabolism in relation to neural activity and altered DA radiotracer binding potential at neurotransmitter and receptor level. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Subjects and healthy controls undergo neuropsychiatric tests and PET/MR imaging with three tracers: [18F]FDG to measure glucose metabolism as a marker of neural activity, [11C]raclopride to investigate the DA binding potential in the striatum, and [11C]FLB 457 to study possible impaired mesocortical dopaminergic transmission. To demonstrate difference in glucose metabolism ≥2x41 patients/controls are needed. OUTCOME: The investigators expect to find that symptoms of cognitive and motivational/reward deficits could be attributable to changes in frontal lobe and striatal glucose metabolism in >50% of patients and that changes in striatal D2 receptors and impaired mesocortical dopaminergic transmission in the prefrontal cortex are contributing factors. CONCLUSION: This project aims to generate entirely new and objective evidence of stress-induced cerebral illness and provide a basis for in depth research and more rational management of this strenuous disorder.
To assess the safety and performance of the Medrobotics Flex Robotic System and Flex Rectoscope for accessing and visualizing the Anus, Rectum, and Distal Colon when used for Transanal procedures
For verifying the phase lag entropy as the tool for measurement of level of consciousness, the investigators compared phase lag entropy to bispectral index. Using Target-Controlled Infusion pump, propofol was infused for sedation during the spinal anesthesia. The investigators measured Observer's Assessment of Alertness/Sedation Scale as the propofol concentration rises. At the same time, The investigators observed phase lag entropy score and bispectral index score.
It is well known that the Type 2 diabetes and vascular disease are preceded by over ten years by metabolic dysfunction and anatomic changes that can be quantified. In order to develop effective preventive strategies and reduce the cost burden to the health care system, recognition of the earliest pathophysiology of Type 2 diabetes and vascular disease is clinically relevant. The interval retrospective evaluation of data from patient records, reflect the effectiveness of the various treatments implemented in clinical practice. Prevalence of "prediabetes" among American adults is estimated to be ~84 million, or one out of three Americans. Over a 5-7 year period approximately one third of these prediabetic individuals will progress to type 2 diabetes. Prediabetes is a heterogenous group comprised of individuals with impaired fasting glucose (IFG), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and increased A1c (5.7-6.4%). Although different pathophysiologies are present in individuals with IFG and IGT, their conversion rate to overt type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is similar. Insulin resistance is a common causal feature of many of the pathophysiologic mechanisms linking macrovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Because hyperglycemia is the major factor responsible for the development of microvascular complications, it logically follows that prevention of progression of prediabetes to overt diabetes should retard/prevent the development of the microvascular complications. From the measurement of plasma glucose, insulin, and c-peptide levels during the oral glucose tolerance test, one can derive measures of the two core defects responsible for the development of T2DM, i.e. insulin resistance and beta cell dysfunction as well as the degree of dysglycemia. By combining a standard medical evaluation with the evaluation of cardiovascular biomarkers, patients at intermediate risk of vascular disease can be identified. In these patients, carotid intima media thickness (IMT) and carotid plaque evaluation is offered to attempt to clarify risk. The hypothesis of this observational study is that the characterization of the physiology and anatomy of patients at risk of developing type 2 diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease can stratify risk of developing disease and direct treatment strategies tailored to the identified physiologic defect, leading to improvements in the delay or prevention of disease.
Options for childbearing are limited for the thousands of women in the United States who suffer from absolute uterine factor infertility. Uterine transplantation is an emerging treatment that provides hope for these individuals. In the Penn UNTIL trial, the investigators plan to perform uterus transplants on five women who will ultimately undergo embryo transfer, pregnancy, delivery, and then transplant hysterectomy. This trial is accepting women in need of a transplant and also women who are interested in being a live donor. For more information please visit: https://clinicalresearch.itmat.upenn.edu/clinicaltrial/4821/congenital-abnormalitiesfemale-in fertility-penn-ut/
To evaluate the safety and tolerability of human somatic cell nuclear transfer embryonic stem cell derived retinal pigmented epithelial(SCNT-hES-RPE) cellular therapy in patients with advanced dry AMD
Enterovirus 71 (EV71), a major pathogen causing hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) worldwide, is a member of the Human Enterovirus species A, family Picornaviridae. Its infection occasionally leads to severe diseases and death, with central nervous system (CNS) damage. Recently, except of inactivated vaccine, several EV71 vaccine candidates have been evaluated in animals but no final results of clinical trials, such as attenuated vaccine, subunit vaccine. A formalin-inactivated EV71 vaccine (Human Diploid cell, KMB-17 Cell) has been finished phase I, II and III clinical trials and licensed by SFDA in China at Dec. 3, 2015. Based on the results of clinical trials, the protective efficacy of inactivated EV71 vaccine is 97% against HFMD caused by EV71. The phase IV clinical trial has been carried out from July 2016. The purpose of phase IVd is to evaluated the immunogenicity and safety of the inactive EV71 vaccine within two measles attenuated live vaccine and live attenuated Japanese encephalitis vaccine at the same time point in large scale population of Chinese children (8 months old) in Guangdong Province, China.
The investigators hypothesized that depression is associated with home sleep EEG, subjective sleepiness and insomnia symptoms. To test this, the investigators plan to perform sleep examination with single channel EEG, in combination with questionnaire survey for insomnia, sleepiness, depression and job stress to Koka city government employees.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of Brivaracetam (BRV) in focal epilepsy subjects with partial seizures and to evaluate the maintenance of efficacy of BRV over time.