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Filter by:Traditional management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) relies on the prompt administration of antimicrobials that target the most common causative pathogens. Retrospective analysis of observational clinical studies in CAP showed that the addition of macrolides to standard antibiotic therapy conferred a significant survival benefit. The proposed benefit of macrolides is coming from their anti-inflammatory mode of action. An RCT that proves the attenuation of the high inflammatory burden of the host with CAP after addition of clarithromycin in the treatment regimen is missing. This RCT is aiming to prove that addition of oral clarithromycin to a β-lactam rapidly attenuates the high inflammatory burden of the host in CAP.
To goal is to identify semaphorins that are associated with NAFLD and to investigate their relationship with variable degrees of steatosis and fibrosis.
Early prediction of AKI can help to improve patients' outcome through early institution of the appropriate intervention, thus the current study hypothesizes that urine analysis for certain markers may provide an early knowledge about the possibility of oncoming kidney affection secondary to organ and tissue trauma affecting patients admitted to surgical ICU. The current study tries to evaluate the value of urinary markers as early predictors of possible development of AKI in patients admitted to surgical ICU.
Renal cell carcinoma accounts for 2-3% of all cancers in western countries. Brazilian kidney cancer data show an incidence of 6,270 new cases for 2018. New target-molecular therapies have emerged in recent years for the treatment of metastatic kidney cancer. Due to the heterogeneity of these patients and the lack of specific markers, therapeutic is currently based on clinical and laboratory analysis. The research for predictive biomarkers may better characterize the kidney cancer therapeutic management. The objectives are to identify a predictive gene expression profile in patients with advanced clear cell renal carcinoma treated with first-line sunitinib and correlate it with rate response, seeking to identify a predictive gene expression profile. As secondary objectives, the investigators will compare the gene expression profile found, with global survival and clinical-pathological characteristics. Materials and methods: To determine through systematic data collection the epidemiological profile, clinical-pathological characteristics, response rate, disease free survival and overall survival of 60 patients with metastatic clear cell renal carcinoma who used sunitinib in the first line between 2009 and 2018 at the Barretos Cancer Hospital. For evaluation of gene expression profile, the investigators will use a panel of a panel with 770 genes related to disease progression using nanostring technology. Keywords: Renal Cell Carcinoma; Sunitinib; Biomarkers; Gene expression; Nanostring.
Serum samples of asthmatic patients will be screened for serum biomarkers
The primary goal of this study is to determine the amount of three systemic markers of inflammation: 1) Hemoglobin A1c (Hgb A1c, 2) High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hsCRP), and 3) Haptoglobin (Hp) at 9 and 12 month follow-up post scaling and rootplaning (SRP) with and without minocycline HCl microspheres, 1 mg.
This study aims to investigate whether preoperative soluble urokinase plasminogen activating receptor (suPAR) and High-sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hsCRP) are independent markers of death after cardiac surgery. Further, to assess whether suPAR and hsCRP provides increased predictive accuracy of the clinical risk model EuroSCORE II. The purpose of the study is to gain knowledge on whether these inflammatory biomarkers might be able to reveal a pro-inflammatory disease state that represents a significant risk in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery. Hence, these biomarkers may assist clinicians in selecting compassionate treatment for high risk patients.
The whole-body vibration programme employed in this study partly improved the biomarkers and health beliefs of the prefrail community-dwelling older adults.
The primary intention of the study is to examine the effect of aged garlic extract (AGE) on the absolute change in coronary artery calcium (CAC). The second intention is to examine the effect of AGE on inflammatory biomarkers and microcirculation. It is a double blind placebo controlled study. The participants will ingest AGE during a period of one year. The CAC will be controlled by computer tomography (CT) scan; the inflammatory biomarkers through blood sample test and the microcirculation through laser speckel imagining and laser doppler before and after the one year period of AGE ingestion.
In Canada, the prevalence of PTSD is approximately 12%, similar to Canadian military personnel. Current treatments for PTSD are limited in efficacy and durability - indicating a dire need for novel interventions in this population. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has a high degree of safety and has been studied as an intervention for many mental health and neurological conditions; even showing initial promise for PTSD. We propose to study this further in a randomized sham controlled trial of TMS for PTSD.