There are about 28871 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Canada. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
This is an observational study planned to document prospectively disease manifestation and neurocognitive course in pediatric patients with a clinical presentation consistent with neuronopathic ("severe") MPS II undergoing current standard of care and/or intrathecal Elaprase® for their condition. Some patients may be offered the opportunity to screen for a gene therapy study conducted by the same sponsor.
The human immune system is enhanced by exposure to infrared radiation with the wavelength of 5 microns to 20 microns. Humans, at normal body temperature, radiate most strongly in the infrared at a wavelength of about 10 microns. Infrared energy sustains life and can be used to treat and prevent diseases, including Covid-19 infections. High temperature within the fever range obtained from infrared radiation causes the killer T-Cells to profilate. The Killer T-Cells improves ones immune system. The high temperature kills the Corona virus. In addition, multi-vitamins and minerals including high doses of Vitamin C, increase one's immune system. Vitamin C is an anti-oxidant, produces hydrogen peroxide and removes free radicals from the body. Pre-clinical trials conducted in Houston, Texas, using Vitality Therapy or the Bible Cure were successful in curing Covid-19 infections. It is therefore possible that Vitality Therapy or the Bible Cure can be used for the successful prevention and treatment of coronavirus infections.
This trial will compare two management strategies for HF patients with preserved LV function in sinus rhythm and LBBB. The control group will be treated with practice guideline optimal medical therapy for HF. The experimental group will be treated with CRT in addition to optimal medical therapy for HF. In addition, the trial will further compare two methods of delivering CRT. One experimental group will receive BiV-CRT, while the second experimental group will receive CS-CRT.
Post stroke headache occurs in approximately 10-23% of all stroke patients. Its onset is shortly after experiencing a stroke, or stroke like event, and persists for at least three months. These headaches have features which resemble migraine or occur in people who have a previous history of migraine that was once infrequent. Botox is a treatment that is currently approved for the treatment of chronic migraine, that is migraine headaches occurring for at least 15 days a month for at least 3 months. Given the clinical similarity in character and frequency of post stroke headache and migraine, and the fact that stroke affects structures like the blood vessels in the brain that are also affected in migraine, this study is to investigate the possible role that Botox would have in the treatment of Post-Stroke Headache.
This proposed study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a daily oral cannabinoid oil preparation in treating symptoms of DSM-5 anxiety disorders, using a two-arm, 8-week randomized, placebo-controlled trial in adults aged 21-65 years. The study will also evaluate the relationship between inflammation, anxiety and cannabinoids using biological markers as well as examine the neuro-cognitive effects of cannabinoid treatment.
During an acute hospitalization, deconditioning from decreased mobility can lead to functional decline. Muscle weakness can lead to frailty, which is linked to falls, immobility, rehospitalisation, institutionalization, and mortality. Many elderly do not regain muscle mass similar to prior to hospitalization and are discharged with worse than baseline function. Early mobilization and physical rehabilitation can improve or prevent loss of function in hospitalized patients. Weekend physiotherapy ensures gains made in mobility during the week are maintained, however, the benefit of additional weekend physiotherapy on acutely hospitalized Internal Medicine adult patients remains unclear. Given this uncertainty, the investigators propose a randomized controlled trial pilot study to examine the outcomes of additional unsupervised physiotherapy. Patients randomized to intervention would receive a Medical Exercise Bike Pedal Exerciser to allow for an additional 20 minutes a day of un-supervised physiotherapy both during the week and on weekends. Deconditioning will be measured for all study participants while hospitalized. After hospital discharge, patients will be telephoned on post-discharge day 3, to assess patient satisfaction and quality of life, and post-discharge day 30 to collect data regarding clinical outcomes (ER visits, re-hospitalizations, and falls). The investigators hypothesize that it is feasible and safe to have additional unsupervised physiotherapy in the elderly population hospitalized for an acute illness on a medical ward and that this will result in improvement in function at discharge due to decreased hospital acquired deconditioning with improved mobility, quality of life and subsequent decreased readmission for falls.
This study will determine the feasibility of a mobile application-based home exercise rehabilitation program for patients with pulmonary hypertension.
This study is looking at the specific role of an exercise prescription on recovery from concussion symptoms in the general population.
The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is estimated to be the source of low mechanical back pain in 10-27% of patients. When conservative measures for treating SIJ pain fail (physiotherapy, exercise, analgesic medications, chiropractic manipulation, etc.) radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a treatment option in carefully selected patients. RFA uses a radiofrequency generator to create a thermal lesion, with the aim of ablating the nerves that innervate the SIJ complex. Studies have confirmed that SIJ RFA can provide significant relief for patients with SIJ pain. The current gold standard is the use of fluoroscopic (x-ray guidance) to visualize bony landmarks in order to create an accurate thermal lesion along the lateral sacral crest; where the nerves that innervate the SIJ complex reside. Recent literature has proposed a technique for an ultrasound-guided approach to achieve an RFA lesion in patients with SIJ pain. It is proposed that with ultrasound-guidance, versus fluoroscopic-guidance, the interventionalist is able to perform fewer needle passes for the procedure, as well as fewer thermal lesions, thereby achieving shorter performance times. The proposed study serves as a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided versus fluoroscopy-guided RFA for the treatment of SIJ pain.
Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is a severe, debilitating complication of dural puncture that can arise from insertion of an epidural or spinal needle for labour analgesia. Presently, the conservative treatment options for PDPH have limited effectiveness and the gold standard treatment for PDPH, an epidural blood patch, is an invasive intervention with the potential for serious complications. There is a growing number of case reports and retrospective studies that suggest a sphenopalatine ganglion block (SPGB) with local anesthetic may offer an effective, safe, and easy-to-administer treatment option for PDPH in postpartum patients. We aim to conduct a feasibility study to assess whether a randomized controlled trial is feasible comparing whether early intervention SPGB with the option for repeat, patient self-administered SPGBs versus current standard conservative management can reduce the severity and duration of PDPH pain and improve patient functional status.