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Filter by:Assessing the safety and efficacy of a micro-bypass stent in combination with cataract surgery in subjects with primary angle closure. Subjects are randomized into two arms: phacoemulsification cataract surgery alone versus phacoemulsification cataract surgery combined with the micro-bypass stent implantation. Post surgery intraocular eye pressure will be recorded to assess the efficacy of both arms.
Background: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is commonplace after cardiothoracic surgery. A rate control strategy by using short-acting beta blockers is recommended as a first-line therapy in patients without hemodynamic instability. Microcirculatory effects of POAF and esmolol have not been yet investigated. The investigators made the hypothesis that POAF without hemodynamic instability would induce microvascular dysfunction which could be reversed by intravenous esmolol.
This study is specifically designed to provide observational data which can be used to help in the design of future randomized clinical trials on both therapeutics and diagnostics for MDRO infections. To this end, clinical and epidemiological data will be collected on patients who have MDRO isolated from clinical cultures during hospitalization, as well as descriptions of the outcomes of patients treated with various antimicrobial regimens. Molecular and microbiological characterization will also be performed on MDRO isolates. These data will include a detailed clinical and epidemiological description of patients including identifying potential barriers to enrollment in future trials. In addition, data will be collected on species, strain type, and mechanism of drug resistance of the causative organism. Knowing the molecular characteristics will further inform future trial design as not all diagnostics detect and not all therapeutics are active against the same mechanisms of resistance.
Superiority study evaluating the efficacy of a prepackaged cleansing cloth and standardizing cleansing protocol vs. previous standard-of-care for catheter care and maintenance.
Patients who have severe crowding that require four premolars extraction will be treated in this study. The efficacy of the clear aligners and vestibular fixed appliances will be assessed. The treatment result of these two different methods will be explored using the Peer Assessment Rating (PAR) in two different times (T0: Before treatment, T1: After treatment) and the American Board of Orthodontics Objective Grading System (ABO-OGS) after treatment (T1). There are two groups: First group (Experimental): the patients in this group will be treated using clear aligners. Second group (Control): the patients in this group will be treated using fixed appliances.
In respiratory allergy patients, skin prick test results of local rat and mouse allergen extracts are not significant different from imported ones
Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. Consists of the administration of 5,000 IU of vitamin D3 vs Placebo in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus during eight weeks. The objective is to analyze the effects of the intervention on the biochemical parameters that are part of the glycemic profile (insuline, HBA1c, glucose)
This project seeks to investigate the effects of a single acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) session on respiratory and non-respiratory motor function and EMG (electromyography) activity on patients with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and healthy controls.
In this study, it will be investigated how psychological stress evoked by skydiving affects the intestinal permeability in 20 healthy subjects. Participants attend two visits: 1) Skydiving visit, 2) Negative control visit. At all visits, saliva samples, blood samples, and faecal samples are collected, and the multi-sugar permeability test is performed. In this test, participants drink a sugar solution and then collect urine for 5 and 24 h. The ratio of the sugars detected in the urine is a reflection of the intestinal permeability. Saliva samples are collected for assessment of cortisol, a stress marker. Blood and faecal samples are collected for assessment of markers of intestinal barrier function and inflammation.
Respiratory rehabilitation is one of the main treatments for COPD in the early stages of the disease (Stage 2 of GOLD) with a recognized effect on improving the capacity of the patients to exert effort by fighting against deconditioning. the effort. This treatment also improves the quality of life of patients and reduces the risk of respiratory exacerbations. The patients are very often malnourished and various studies have proposed the addition of oral supplementation such as hormone therapy (testosterone) to improve the exercise performance of these atrophied muscles. The use of branched-chain amino acids (AARs) such as valine, leucine, isoleucine in this indication can be fully justified because they stimulate protein synthesis and promote muscle maintenance and repair.