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In humans, alcohol-related dysbiosis exists with a decrease in bacteroides. This dysbiosis is responsible for the breakdown of the intestinal barrier by a decrease in the synthesis of protective mucus, and some proteins involved in tight junctions or a decrease in defensin (Reg3b, Reg3g) which promotes bacterial growth and ultimately bacterial translocation. The microbiota of a patient with alcoholic hepatitis is different from that of a patient without alcoholic hepatitis. Acute alcoholic hepatitis has a severe prognosis and corticosteroids are the only first line therapy option, with better survival at 28 days versus placebo. However, mortality remains high at 30% at 3 months, which highlights the importance of seeking intestinal microbiota profile on treatment response. The determination of one or more intestinal microbiota signatures associated with the treatment response Corticosteroids plus FMT or Corticosteroids plus placebo will allow the clinician to have a simple and rapid test obtained in 16S RNA analysis to predict the therapeutic response and potentially the best treatment to adopt and to address medical and medico-economic stakes. The investigators will first characterize the alcohol-induced dysbiosis by a whole microbiota sequencing in the different groups. Specific bacterial species identify by DNA sequencing should be confirmed by qPCR of 16S rDNA to determine a fingerprint of sAH microbiota. Metabolic properties of intestinal microbiota, such as production of short chain fatty acids, will be analyzed by using HPLC. In the sAH group, evolution of intestinal microbiota will be observed by shotgun DNA sequencing between the day 0 and the day 7 of corticosteroids treatment. The analysis of sAH patients' microbiota (day 0) will allow us to obtain a non-responder profile to corticosteroids that can be used as a prognostic marker to use in the clinic. The deliverable is the bacterial fingerprint of the treatment response and its valuation is its use as a predictive tool of the response.
The purpose of this research study is to determine whether using a web-based intervention is feasible, acceptable, and helpful for people who engage in hazardous alcohol use and want to cut down or quit.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate Community Reinforcement and Family Training for Early Psychosis (CRAFT-EP) for families experiencing early psychosis and substance use delivered exclusively or primarily via telehealth (video conferencing).
The purpose of this study is primarily to evaluate the effects of taking TPN171H tablets with alcohol on blood pressure, pulse,and pharmacokinetic in Chinese healthy male subjects.
Unhealthy alcohol use is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in the US. Although effective prevention for unhealthy alcohol use and medication treatment for alcohol use disorders (AUDs) can be provided in primary care (PC), they have historically not been included in routine services. As a result, most patients do not receive evidence-based prevention or treatment for unhealthy alcohol use. Several efforts have successfully implemented alcohol-related preventive care-referred to as screening and brief intervention (SBI), but efforts to increase treatment of AUDs with medications have been less successful. Moreover, implementation efforts have usually neglected smaller PC practices, in which most PC is provided. The Michigan SPARC trial is a partnership between Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) in Seattle, bringing extensive expertise implementing evidence-based alcohol-related care, and Altarum Institute in Ann Arbor, Michigan, bringing demonstrated success engaging over 500 small to medium Michigan-based PC practices in effective quality improvement (QI) efforts. The project builds on Altarum's innovative approach to implementing new or improved clinical care using practice facilitators to provide continuing medical education and maintenance of certification (CME/MOC) programs to PC providers, along with ongoing support for QI using evidence-based implementation strategies. The KPWHRI team recently finished the highly successful AHRQ-funded Sustained Patient-centered Alcohol-Related Care (SPARC) trial using similar implementation strategies in KP Washington, including use of electronic health records and performance monitoring and feedback, and also developed a patient decision aid to support shared decision-making between patients with high-risk drinking and/or AUDs and their PC providers. The Michigan SPARC trial combines Altarum's expertise in QI in small-medium PC practices in Michigan with KPWHRI's expertise implementing evidence-based prevention and treatment of unhealthy alcohol use-specifically alcohol SBI and medication treatment for AUDs. Specific Aims of the Michigan SPARC trial had to be markedly modified due to the trial beginning in March 2020 at the same time as the COVID pandemic. A trial was not possible. The revised aims were to describe alcohol screening, brief intervention, AUD diagnosis and initiation of medication treatment for AUD, before and after the Michigan SPARC model was implemented, in small to medium PC practices in Michigan.
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate an intervention that adapts Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) for families experiencing first episode psychosis and substance use delivered via telemedicine (video conferencing). The intervention aims to improve treatment engagement and reduce distress, and it will be delivered via telemedicine (CRAFT-FT). To assess feasibility of the intervention, family members will complete the sessions and provide feedback to refine the treatment manual. Data on client relatives with psychosis will be collected for preliminary assessment purposes. Client relatives will not complete the research study intervention.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia in the United States and it has been associated with ethanol use. Understanding how ethanol affects the electrical properties of the heart and induces AF has important public health implications. The objective of this research is to investigate the mechanistic relationship between ethanol and atrial fibrillation in humans by performing a placebo controlled study looking at the electrical properties of the heart in patients receiving intravenous ethanol or placebo. The investigators hypothesize that ethanol increases the susceptibility of human myocardium to atrial fibrillation through electrophysiologic changes in the atrial myocardium in the acute setting.
Naltrexone, a µ-opioid receptor antagonist, is a promising agent for methamphetamine-using and binge-drinking men who have sex with men (MSM). Naltrexone has shown efficacy in reducing relapse to amphetamines and is FDA-approved for alcohol dependence. Oral naltrexone is inexpensive and has few toxicities but the standard daily regimen for naltrexone is problematic as patients forget to take the medication. Given the challenges in daily dosing, alternate regimen schedules have been proposed to increase efficacy and expand the population that may benefit from this pharmacologic agent. One approach is intermittent targeted administration of naltrexone, whereby individuals take the medication as-needed in anticipation of substance use or during periods of craving. Administration of naltrexone prior to exposure to amphetamines significantly attenuates craving and targeted naltrexone has shown efficacy in reducing heavy alcohol use. However, there have been no studies assessing intermittent targeted dosing of naltrexone among methamphetamine-using and binge-drinking MSM. Polysubstance use patterns are common among MSM, and studies among those who abuse more than one substance are urgently needed. The aims of this study are to determine whether targeted dosing of naltrexone is feasible, tolerable and acceptable among non-dependent methamphetamine-using and binge-drinking MSM.
The UCSF Pain Clinical Research Center (PCRC) is conducting a study of the effects of modafinil (Provigil®; Vigiver, Alertec), alcohol and the combination on alertness, mood, visual motor and cognitive performance, and pain sensation. Modafinil is a stimulant drug marketed as a wakefulness and alertness promoting medication.