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Filter by:The purpose of this research study is to gather scientific information about the effectiveness of the study drug, SUN13837 Injection, when compared with the placebo (inactive substance) in participants with acute spinal cord injury.
The GIFT study is a prospective, multi-center, interventional trial using the drug GM-CSF for the reversal of innate immune suppression in critically injured children. The study will be conducted in two phases, a dose-finding phase then an efficacy phase. The dose-finding phase is the current active phase of the study. The central hypothesis of the study is that immunomodulation with GM-CSF will result in reduction in the risk of nosocomial infection after critical injury in high-risk children through safe, rapid, and sustained improvement in innate immune function.
The research is being done to look at the benefits of a recreational and therapeutic program for people with spinal cord injury using the VSail-Access sailing simulator.
The purpose of this study is to establish an eye injury registry to assess the mechanisms and outcomes of significant eye injuries occurring in Canada. The epidemiologic data will determine where public health strategies should be directed to prevent future eye injuries.
Controversy exists regarding the optimal management of acute traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), especially those without bone injury. Although surgical decompression is often performed in SCI patients with cervical canal stenosis, efficacy and timing of surgery continues to be a subject of intense debate. In this randomized controlled trial, the investigators compare two strategies: early surgery within 24 hours after admission and delayed surgery following at least 2 weeks of conservative treatment. The purpose of this study is to examine whether early surgery would result in greater improvement in motor function as compared with delayed surgery.
Traumatic injury is a major public health problem with an immense societal cost. Despite improvements in trauma management, patients continue to suffer significant morbidity and mortality. Evidence suggests that males and females tolerate severe injury differently with a greater protection afforded to females. Determining the mechanisms responsible for these sex-based outcome differences after injury, focusing specifically on the early sex-hormone environment post-injury, may allow those at highest risk for poor outcome to be predicted and promote interventions that can improve outcomes for all injured patients. The goal of this study is to determine if the early sex hormone environment soon after injury has effects on the intensity of the immune response, resuscitation and blood transfusion requirements, and important clinical outcomes including mortality, organ failure and infection, following significant injury.
The overall purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics and preliminary efficacy of a five-days post-operative course of Treprostinil in liver transplant patients. The hypothesis of this study is that Treprostinil can be safely administered post-operatively in liver transplant patients. Once safety is documented future studies will address its ability to ameliorate or prevent reperfusion mediated dysfunction of the liver graft and thereby reduce morbidity, leading to shorter hospital stays as compared to historical controls.
recurrent symptomatic urinary tracts infections (UTI) in persons with spinal cord injury are a frequent problem, leading to significant morbidity and to a decreased quality of life. - until today, there is no effective prophylaxis for UTI for patients with spinal cord injury. - homeopathy has been shown to be an effective treatment option in several chronic diseases - study hypothesis: the addition of homeopathic assessment and treatment to a standard prevention strategy for recurrent UTI will significantly reduce the number of symptomatic UTI per year in this group of patients compared to standard prevention alone
Prolonged wound drainage following total joint replacement surgery has been shown to be a predictor of postoperative infection. Several factors have been associated with delayed wound healing and increased risk of infection. Namely hypertension, obesity, diabetes, smoking and autoimmune disease have been shown to have a detrimental effect on wound healing. The purpose of this study is to verify those findings and determine additional pharmacological, surgical and patient related factors that may result in prolonged wound drainage, prolonged hospital stay and increased risk of infection
Severe traumatized patients with visible significant bleeding and/or with clinical signs of internal significant bleeding treated by an emergency doctor of the helicopter service or the ground team will be enrolled in the study (inclusion- and exclusion criteria: see above). If a patient meets the inclusion criteria and is recruited for the study, FGTW or placebo administrated over 5 min/vial: Body Weight: < 30 kg / 30-60 kg / 60 - 90 kg / > 90 kg No. of vials: 1 vial (100 ml) / 2 vials (200 ml) / 3 vials (300 ml) / 4 vials (400 ml) Fibrinogen (if applicable): 1.5 g / 3 g / 4.5 g / 6 g