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Filter by:The goal of this clinical trial to follow the progress of wounds in those with chronic venous leg ulcers while using a non-bordered foam dressing. The main objective is to follow the progress of these wounds over time from initial visit to each follow-up visit. Participants will be asked to wear the dressing for up to 6 weeks of treatment or until healed, changed at every one-week interval.
The present study will use a randomized controlled design to investigate group differences between students with and without a history of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in response to a single-session mindfulness induction across conditions (formal mindfulness induction, informal mindfulness induction, active control task) in terms of the intervention's acceptability and effectiveness. Effectiveness will be inferred via pre-post changes in state mindfulness, state stress, and state well-being.
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel, exploratory phase 2a study to evaluate safety and biologic efficacy on wound healing of ILP100-Topical in subjects with diabetic foot ulcers during 26 weeks with a 5-year long-term follow-up period. A total of 30 subjects will be randomized to low dose of ILP100-Topical (ILP100Lo), high dose of ILP100-Topical (ILP100Hi) or Placebo according to a 1:1:1 randomization schedule. The study will consist of a 3-weeks Screening and Run-in Phase, followed by a 5-week Treatment Phase starting from Baseline and an Assessment Phase from Week 5 to Week 26. Thereafter, the subjects will be followed yearly during 5 years in a Long-Term Safety Follow-up Phase.
Chronic radiation-induced injury (CRII) is a common complication after radiation therapy for pelvic malignancies. Resection surgery could be an optimal surgical approach when CRII is complicated by late complications. However, because of high incidence of postoperative complications like anastomotic leakage rate and mortality, doctors try to avoid performing surgical resection. In addition, there is sparse agreement on the types of surgery. Previous study proved that anastomosis with at least one end of bowel without radiation damage can greatly reduce postoperative anastomotic leakage rate and mortality. And in Bacon surgery, primary anastomosis is not performed, and the anastomotic tension markedly reduced and the blood supply of anastomosis can be judged intuitively to improve the quality of anastomosis in the second stage of intestinal anastomosis to decrease the anastomotic leakage rate. Combining the advantages of proximally extended resection and two-stage anastomosis could minimize potential complications and maximize the therapeutic efficacy in theory, and a small sample prospective clinical study by the investigator have already preliminarily confirmed it. The investigator has also preliminarily proved that Parks surgery is safe and feasible for the treatment of late complications of CRII. Therefore, this study aims to observe the safety and effectiveness of PE-Bacon surgery with Parks surgery as a control, in order to select more optimal surgical methods and provide a high-level evidence-based medical basis for patients with late complications of CRII.
The Myosuit is a light-weighted lower extremity soft exosuit which provide assistance during walking. In this study the Myosuit will be tested in the home and community setting in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury.
Cervical spine trauma is a frequent reason for consultation in emergency medicine. It concerns approximately 10,000 patients admitted to the emergency room each year in France. There are two types of cervical spine trauma: penetrating and non-penetrating. Non-penetrating injuries are the most frequent and can be classified according to the mechanism involved. Whiplash is the most common type of trauma in emergency medicine. The injuries associated with this type of trauma predominate in the mobile spinal segment and are most often benign: only 2 to 3% of conscious patients consulting the emergency room actually present with cervical injuries such as fractures, dislocations or unstable sprains. In emergency medicine, the paradigm is therefore to identify patients at risk of complications, minimizing the need for unnecessary and radiating imaging. Although cervical spine trauma is a frequent reason for emergency room visits, the incidence of anatomical lesions is generally low and the X-rays prescribed most often do not show any abnormality. For cervical lesion screening to be safe and effective, the screening rules must have a high sensitivity, a low negative likelihood ratio, and a low false positive rate. Two clinical prediction rules have been extensively evaluated in the literature to guide imaging for nonpenetrating cervical injuries: the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) rule and the Canadian C-Spine 5 rule. The NEXUS rule4 applies to any clinically stable patient (Glasgow Coma Scale 15, systolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg, and respiratory rate between 10 and 24/min) presenting to the emergency department with a nonpenetrating trauma. The criteria constituting the NEXUS clinical rule are: - Absence of tenderness on palpation of the posterior cervical midline ; - Normal state of alertness (Glasgow Coma Scale 15); - Absence of focal neurological deficit; - Absence of signs of intoxication; - Absence of distracting pain (other pain that may mask neck pain, e.g., long bone fracture). If these 5 criteria are present, the risk of cervical spine injury is low and no imaging is recommended. The Canadian C-Spine 5 rule applies to patients who are 16 years of age or older; conscious with a Glasgow Coma Scale of 15; stable (systolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg and respiratory rate between 10 and 24/min); and have had head or neck trauma in the past 48 hours. As soon as the rules of clinical prediction do not make it possible to rule out the hypothesis of a spinal injury, the exploration of cervical trauma traditionally involves the performance of radiographic images. They must include the following incidences: face, profile and open mouth centered on the cervico-occipital hinge ("open mouth odontoid"). Nevertheless, the sensitivity of these conventional radiographs for the detection of cervical spine lesions is poor, about 50%. Thus, the use of standard radiographs is usually limited to conscious, ambulatory patients at low risk of spinal injury. Conversely, the cervical CT is the reference examination for the detection of spinal bone lesions with a sensitivity close to 100%. Its sensitivity is superior to that of radiographic images in both high-risk and low-risk patients with spinal injuries. Difficulty of access and exposure to ionizing radiation, which is lower with standard radiography, generally influence the choice of imaging in the emergency room. In December 2020, the French High Authority for Health published a sheet on the relevance of cervical imaging in the context of non-penetrating cervical trauma. This sheet proposes a practical table according to the precise clinical context of the patient as well as the best first-line imaging. These good practice recommendations were part of an approach to improve the relevance of care. Cervical spine imaging for patients admitted to the emergency department for non-penetrating cervical spine trauma was recommended in one of the following situations - patient 65 years of age or older ; - patient unstable or with consciousness disorders or neurological signs; - imaging recommended by one of the following two rules: NEXUS or Canadian C-Spine; - a history of ankylosing spine (ankylosing spondylitis, hyperostosis, etc.), even in case of "minor" trauma; - if a cervical artery dissection is suspected. Investigator's hypothesis is that the HAS recommendations of good cervical imaging practices for non-penetrating cervical trauma are difficult to apply routinely in emergency departments for several reasons: the frequency of consultations for cervical trauma, the limited availability of emergency CT scans, and the fear of radiation and unnecessary additional costs in emergency situations. Investigators wish to determine the actual rate of application of the clinical rules recommended by the HAS in the GHPSJ emergency department and the factors predicting their non-application by the GHPSJ team of emergency physicians.
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and feasibility of pairing vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) with rehabilitation and to determine the efficacy of pairing VNS with rehabilitation.
The publication of a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) is often not enough for its correct use in the field of health care. There are barriers to the implementation of the CPG recommendations, including those related to the lack of knowledge or skills on the part of health service providers. Strategies have been proposed to improve the implementation of the CPGs through interventions with different levels of effectiveness, such as the use of reminders, informative meetings, sending educational material, audits, among others. Some of these interventions can be carried out through Telehealth strategies, that is, with remote services. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a Telehealth program to improve the implementation of the Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis and preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative treatment of the amputee, the prescription of the prosthesis and comprehensive rehabilitation, through strategies to publicize the recommendations included in the CPG and train doctors, reducing the barriers related to the lack of knowledge of the CPG. For this, two groups of institutions that provide health services in Antioquia will be compared, randomized according to two interventions: the socialization of the recommendations of the CPG for amputees, against a combined strategy of education through a Telehealth platform and the delivery of educational material. Compliance with prioritized recommendations of the CPG will be evaluated, related to surgical techniques, perioperative practices, the prescription of prosthetic components and referral to services that allow the comprehensive rehabilitation of the person with amputation. Additionally, the theoretical knowledge of the doctors of each participating institution before and after the interventions will be evaluated through a written test.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of high-voltage pulsed current (HVPC) and microcurrent stimulation therapy (MST) in treating chronic wounds and to compare their effects.
Compared with the combination of double-layer artificial dermal repair materials combined with growth factors, and the treatment methods using double-layer artificial dermal repair materials, the time and effect of the two treatment regimens on the function and appearance of wound repair with exposed tendon were different, as well as the medical costs.