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Malaria during pregnancy remains an important public health issue in endemic countries. Most cases of malaria in pregnant women are asymptomatic, and can contribute to adverse outcomes, such as maternal and neonatal anaemia as well as low birth weight. Infections that do not cause symptoms (sub-clinical infections) - particularly in low transmission settings -remain difficult to diagnose during pregnancy but can contribute to adverse outcomes e.g. growth restriction, premature birth, miscarriage and stillbirth. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has supported the development of an HRP2-based high sensitivity rapid diagnostic tests (HS-RDT) that has analytical sensitivity ten times better than current RDTs and a sensitivity near 80% when compared to the 'gold standard' of quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). In this regard, the new HS-RDT may be a promising diagnostic and screening test for subclinical malaria during pregnancy. The overall aim is to compare the performance of novel high sensitivity rapid detection tests with conventional rapid diagnostic tests for Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in pregnant women in Papua New Guinea
Frailty is known as an independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality in older cardiac patients, including patients with congestive heart failure. It is an important factor taken into the cardiologists decision making in the clinic, and influences the intensity of follow up treatment, invasive intervention and the need to ensure a stronger social support system for the patient. Frailty assessment is usually made subjectively by the cardiologist, known in the literature as eyeball testing. In this study the investigators will compare the cardiologists subjective eyeball testing to objective frailty assessment tests based on Fried score and Edmonton frail scale
This study is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of every 2 week intravitreal aflibercept injections in a population of neovascular AMD patients that have demonstrated refractory subretinal fluid with or without intraretinal fluid despite prior monthly intravitreal aflibercept treatment.
This study is a prospective, double blinded, randomized, pilot study to assess the effectiveness of oral low dose isotretinoin in combination with oral terbinafine and itraconazole in preventing recurrences in chronic recurrent dermatophytosis. The recruited patients will be randomized into four treatment arms; oral terbinafine alone and oral itraconazole alone versus oral isotretinoin in combination with each of these two antifungal agents. Randomization will be done using computer generated random number table. The patients in first treatment arm will receive 250 mg of oral terbinafine for 4 weeks, the patients in second treatment arm will receive oral itraconazole 200 mg twice a day for the same duration, while the patients in the third arm will receive oral terbinafine 250 mg once a day for 4 weeks with oral isotretinoin 20 mg once daily and patients in the fourth arm will receive oral itraconazole 200 mg twice a day for 4 weeks with oral isotretinoin 20 mg once daily. In the third and fourth arms, oral terbinafine and oral itraconazole respectively will be stopped after 4 weeks while oral isotretinoin will be continued for 6 months with monthly monitoring of liver function tests and fasting lipid profile.The patients will be followed at monthly intervals for recurrence and treated appropriately. The primary objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of low dose isotretinoin (20 mg/day) in preventing recurrences in chronic recurrent dermatophytosis by comparing the frequencies of recurrence in patients who are on low dose isotretinoin during the follow up versus those who are not comparing the disease free interval between the four randomized groups at monthly follow up for a total duration of 6 months.
This is an open-label study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of an anticancer medication (A01) with immune cells (IC01) in subjects with advanced solid tumors.
Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and reduced left ventricle ejection fraction benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Currently used devices, besides delivering low and high-energy therapies, record patient's activity and many hemodynamic parameters. However, increasing numbers of patient with CRT and ICD devices produce overload of cardiology centers where patients are admitted to ambulatory visits. Contrarily, there are technological possibilities for remote monitoring proven to be effective in recognizing damage of the implanted device and risk of exacerbation of chronic heart failure. Patients' registries show that majority of ambulatory visits are unproductive and do not result in significant modification of device's parameters. Promising experiences with application of data mining and machine learning techniques allow us to assume probable benefits from using modern methods of data analysis in determination of requirement for ambulatory follow-up on basis of data gathered through telemonitoring and clinical assessment of a patient. Aim of the study is to find multivariate model predicting the requirement for ambulatory follow-up of IECD.
This is an open-label study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of an anticancer medication (A01) combined with immune cells (IC01) in subjects with advanced Gastrointestinal cancer.
Almost all patients with epilepsy living in the region of Paris have vitamin D deficiency, which is severe in 1/3 of the cases. The impact of this deficiency on epilepsy is unknown, despite the suggested benefits of vitamin D therapy including better seizure control and improvement of comorbidities (fatigue, anxiety, depression) in drug-resistant patients. Recommendations for vitamin D supplementation based on the serum level in the general population cannot be applied to patients with epilepsy due to interference of antiepileptic drugs in the vitamin D metabolism. Animal models, mechanisms of action studies and ecological information provide objective data for a direct antiepileptic effect of vitamin D. Human studies seem to confirm the antiepileptic effect of vitamin D but there are no controlled studies on large populations. The investigators aim to assess prospectively the effect of the treatment of vitamin D deficiency providing a high level of evidence. The investigators propose a multicentre placebo controlled randomized double-blind study, testing vitamin D supplementation against placebo in 400 drug-resistant patients to assess the short-term (3 months) and long-term (1 year) benefits on epilepsy. The investigators hypothesize that the treatment of vitamin D deficiency will result in significant reduction of seizure frequency, and improvement of comorbid symptoms as well as quality of life. The impact on the care of patients is important because better epilepsy control allows reduction of the antiepileptic drugs and side effects. This again is a key for the recovery of social and professional activities, and reduction of costs related to the disease.
Children and youth are at a greater risk of concussions than adults, and once injured, take longer to recover. The increased incidence of sports-related concussion in youth and the potentially serious long-term negative impact on their developing brains has enormous repercussions. While most young athletes recover within several days, many continue to experience symptoms for many months post-concussion. Symptoms are wide ranging and include - most notably: headache, sleep disturbances, brain fog, irritability as well as impairments in emotion and cognitive function (i.e. attention, memory, concentration, etc.). Yet there are no evidence-based intervention studies that have successfully addressed these symptoms. Thus, there is an urgent need for improved therapeutic strategies, which promote optimal functional recovery in youth concussion. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a safe, non-invasive neurostimulation technique that can modulate neural excitability in the brain to positively impact cognition, behaviour and mood, particularly when combined with a behavioural intervention. Our long-term goal is to determine whether exercise combined with neurostimulation improves recovery from concussion. However, to our knowledge, the therapeutic potential of tDCS has not been studied in youth with concussion. Our objectives are as follows: 1. To determine the tolerability of a 20-minute session of tDCS in symptomatic youth athletes; 2. To evaluate the association between symptoms and EEG metrics at baseline and following a single session of tDCS in symptomatic athletes and compare these associations in symptomatic athletes who do not receive tDCS.
The inclined position at 30 ° in case of transient respiratory discomfort is recommended since the consensus conference of September 2000. This recommendation is based on a low level of evidence (grade C). This advice is found in the health book, and in many tips for parents. However, it does not comply with the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics for sleeping on the back, on a firm mattress and without other objects in the bed. 70% of pediatricians advise this position in a specific medical context according to a study of Bellaïche conducted in 2013. 40% of parents use it for no particular reason. Anatomically, the upper airways of infants are of reduced caliber, and therefore at risk of obstruction. A study by Bergougnioux on the cases of MIN in infants wearing a wrap-around sling shows that the flexion of the neck causes the chin to be positioned against the chest and contributes to the suffocation of the infant. This is especially important in infants under 3 months whose neck muscles do not yet support the weight of the head. The 2009 InVS national survey of unexpected infant deaths shows that bed crashes accounted for 11.1% of all deaths reported. Among unexplained deaths, maladaptive bedding was a contributing factor, including the use of a pillow in the bed in 24.3% of cases. It was observed in the study by Kornhauser Cerar et al in 2009 that half-sitting in a car seat for an extended duration was at the origin of a significant desaturations rate, which was also found in the car bed group. The control group "hospital bed" was not subject to these desaturations. These results support the fact that only an adapted bedding that complies with the recommendations protects against asphyxiation. Since 2016, INPES recommends in its advice sheet on bronchiolitis for parents, a flat bed on the back. Hypothesis : The inclined position in infants under one year of age is at risk of unexpected death of the infant by obstruction of the upper airways, because of the changes of position that it entails, including a risk of slipping at the bottom of the bed and of asphyxiation under the covers.