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Peri-implant infections are severe complications after internal fracture fixation surgery. Detection of causative agents of orthopedic implant-associated infections (OIAI) is demanding. Several authors reported increased identification rates of bacterial prevalence using different sonication procedures compared to standard tissue cultures samples, especially for low grade infections. On the author hand, contamination of implants without clinical signs of infection is reported in up to 30% during implant removals after uneventful fracture healing. The raised general questions are: 1.) Is a positive microbiological finding the result of contamination during the index surgery or during implant removal? 2.) Does contaminated implants without clinical or serological signs of infection have a pathological value?
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of various clinical variables including HLA-disparity and NK cell-related variables, upon outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) using uniform conditioning regimen including busulfan, fludarabine, and antithymocyte globulin (ATG) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in the first complete remission (CR). The donors for allogeneic HCT include HLA-matched siblings, matched unrelated donors, and haploidentical family donors. Therefore, the endpoints of the study are engraftment, secondary graft failure, acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), immune recovery, infections, leukemia recurrence, non-relapse mortality, and relapse-free (RFS) and overall survival (OS) of patients.
EGFR-TKIs are the standard first-line treatment option for EGFR-mutant NSCLC. After a randomized phase II trial, JO25567 was presented at 2014 ASCO, the synergistic effect of progression-free survival(PFS) could be expected when EGFR TKI, Gefitinib is combined with Antiangiogenesis agent thalidomide, Therefore Chinese data of treating EGFR mutation positive NSCLC patients with Gefitinib and thalidomide is significantly necessary for developing new standard treatment in first-line therapy in Chinese EGFR mutant NSCLC patients. In this study, The investigators will investigate the efficacy and safety of Gefitinib and thalidomide combination compare to Gefitinib alone in Chinese EGFR-mutant NSCLC patients.
This research is a prospective cohort study. The aim of the study is to determine different levels of sedative mechanism and the effect on brain functional connectivity of midazolam, dexmedetomidine and propofol.
As the french population is ageing, the question of medical care in elderly cancer patients is fundamental. A third of all cancer patients are 70 years or older. This population has specific challenges: autonomy maintenance, treatments efficacy with limited side effects. As a result of a call to projects, the Geriatric Oncology unit of the French Alps (UCOGAlp) has been selected by the National Institute of Cancer (INCa). It includes 15 centres in the Alpine area. This unit has been evaluated patients since 2011, giving them a full geriatric evaluation and trying to establish adapted cares. In order to evaluate the impact of those evaluation on patients' health, the investigators have developped a geriatric follow-up after 1 month (D30) and 4 months (D120). The investigators want to develop a common data base to these centres, in order to evaluate the care practices that were developped, and demonstrate the benefit for the patient on the dependence level and the overall survival.
The ability to interact with conspecifics is crucial in life, yet there is no consensus on the underlying cognitive and neural mechanisms beyond those associated with imitative behaviors. This project aims to define a coherent model of non-imitative (complementary) motor interactions. The investigators hypothesize that these might be substantially based on the ability to integrate one's own and a partner's action within a unitary, dual- person (dyadic), motor plan that incorporates a shared goal. With a novel "minimally-joint" paradigm the investigators will test this hypothesis and measure with behavioral measures (i.e., reaction times) whether the supposedly automatic tendency to imitate others is modulated by the need to coordinate with a partner to achieve a shared goal. This paradigm will be also applied during a functional MRI experiment to describe the underlying neurophysiological patterns; using dynamic causal modeling the investigators will measure how the brain regions relevant for dyadic motor control are functionally linked. This converging experimental strategy will permit to compare competing psychological and neural models of motor interactions in healthy participants, opening new experimental avenues for studies in adult neuropsychological patients and in children with typical and atypical social development.
Ventilator assisted individuals (VAIs) living at home are frail and generally cannot perform most daily activities. Although these individuals prefer to live at home, the family members who care for them often experience stress and poor health. Peer support can mitigate health declines by decreasing caregivers' isolation/stress and increasing their sense of control. However, no peer support programs are designed to meet these caregivers' complex and unique needs. Online support delivery is especially beneficial for caregivers given the geographic and time limitations they face. The proposed research aims to develop and conduct an RCT of online peer support program for VAI caregivers. A group of caregivers will be trained to act as peer mentors. This training program will be evaluated for its impact on caregivers' mentoring abilities. At the end of the 12-week program, caregiving participants will be asked about the online delivery of the program, how helpful/satisfactory it was, and if it affected their health and well-being. The health outcomes of the control and intervention group will be compared. This peer support program can improve the well-being of caregivers and allow them to better care for their family members.
Impaired recognition of affective facial expressions has been conclusively linked to antisocial and psychopathy. However, little is known about the modifiability of this deficit. This study aims to investigate whether and under which circumstances the proposed perceptual insensitivity can be addressed with a brief implicit training approach.
To explore the effect of low tidal volume on blood loss and gas exchange during laparoscopic hepatectomy
This two-phase research plan will develop and test a culturally relevant, web-based patient education program, hereafter known as E-Talkcare. The intervention aims to empower Chinese cancer patients to effectively communicate with different providers in different healthcare settings.