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This study is being conducted to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the REMEDY SPECTRUM IM Spacer Nail in the treatment of ankle-related infections. The study is expected to take approximately 18 months from first subject enrolled to the last follow-up visit. It will have a 12-month enrollment period and a 6-month follow-up. This study is a Prospective, multicenter, single-arm clinical trial. All subjects enrolled in this study will receive the REMEDY SPECTRUM IM Spacer Nail.
Periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) following hemiarthroplasty for hip fractures are a catastrophic complication that results in severe worsening of patients' daily function and quality of life. The incidence of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) in hemiarthroplasty after femoral neck fracture varies from 2% to 17%. Identifying risk factors associated with early infection following HA for hip fractures may provide an opportunity to treat and prevent this potential complication with preoperative planning in many patients. So investigators will study the rate of early infection and its associated factor after bipolar hemiarthroplasty.
In low and middle-income countries, children admitted to hospital are not similarly ill, and do not all have a comparable prognosis. In fact, understanding at first encounter their risk of developing adverse outcomes (including mortality) could allow a more focused management and the tailoring of specific interventions to decrease in hospital mortality, and post discharge adverse longer-term outcomes. This clinical trial, part of the EChiLiBRiST larger project ("Development and validation of a quantitative point-of-care test for the measurement of severity biomarkers to improve risk stratification of fever syndromes and enhance child survival") has the two-fold objective of: 1. Assessing whether a POINT-OF-CARE rapid triaging test (PoC RTT) based on the quantitative measurement at the bedside of the "prognostic" biomarker sTREM-1 (soluble-triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1) can reliably identify those admitted children with a higher risk of adverse outcomes; and 2. Assessing whether the therapeutic intervention (the L-arginine precursor, L-Citrulline, key in the nitric oxide biosynthesis), administered orally for 28 days to those children aged 1-<60 months identified as "moderate-to-high risk" by the prognostic biomarker can improve outcomes as compared to those receiving an indistinguishable placebo. This second objective will be assessed in a prospective multi-country, multi-site, individually randomised, two-arm, placebo-controlled, double blind clinical trial involving ~888 children 1-<60m of age admitted to hospital and determined to be at high risk of adverse outcomes by their baseline sTREM-1 levels. The trial will compare the efficacy of a twice-daily dose of L-citrulline syrup vs placebo (200-300mg/kg/day depending on weight-band; for 28 days) in reducing adverse outcomes in children with severe disease. The trial will be running independently but in parallel in two high-mortality settings in Mozambique and in Ethiopia.
It is a single-centre, prospective cohort study, which will be conducted in a tertiary academic hospital. The study aims to investigate intrafamilial H. pylori infection status and to identify risk factors for H. pylori infection among household members. The rate of intrafamilial H. pylori spread in Hong Kong is currently unknown. It is also not clear whether the same risk factors for intrafamilial spread of H. pylori infection also apply in Hong Kong. In contrast to mainland China and Taiwan , recent consensus guideline on H. pylori management in Hong Kong in 2023 recommends against routine testing of asymptomatic household members or family members of H. pylori-infected adults. There is a knowledge gap on whether the family-based H. pylori screening is cost effective in our locality. Thus, the investigator aim to investigate infection status of household members of H. pylori infected individuals and risk factors for household infection in Hong Kong. The result from this study will shed light on the role of family-based screening and can inform future healthcare policy making on the strategy of H. pylori management and treatment in Hong Kong, ameliorating H. pylori infection-related disease and gastric cancer burden for society.
This study is planned to reveal the microbiological agents and drug sensitivities to these agents in patients diagnosed with chronic suppurative otitis media who complain of ear discharge.
The overall aim of the study is to provide evidence that introducing soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) evaluation at triaging (first clinical assessment), in combination with IMCI-based guidelines (SoC), is a viable strategy to enhance rapid and accurate identification of febrile children at increased risk of life-threatening infections compared to IMCI-based strategies alone (SoC), and to demonstrate whether this results in enhanced decisions of admission/referral vs discharge, and enhanced overall health outcome of children with acute fever in sub-Saharan Africa.
This clinical trial is designed to compare the efficacy and safety of Clofazimine Inhalation Suspension versus placebo when added to Guideline-based therapy (GBT).
Patients with documented onychomycosis of one or more toe nails will be treated with a daily application of a topical lacquer containing several essential oils.
Patients admitted for polytrauma, severe neurological injury, post-operative monitoring or sepsis/septic shock present with significant inflammation, leading to immunoparalysis, which is responsible for infection, particularly prolonged infection. A study of their lymphocyte phenotype over time could help explore the phenomenon of immunoparalysis.