There are about 36633 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in France. 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.
Prosthetic Joint Infections (PJIs) are increasing with the use of orthopedic devices on an ageing population. Cutibacterium acnes is a commensal organism that plays an important role in the ecosystem healthy human skin, yet this species is also recognized as a pathogen in foreign body infection: endocarditis, prostatitis and specifically in PJIs. C. acnes is able to escape the immune system. This phenomenon could reflect two bacterial behavior: the bacterial internalization by host cells and the biofilm formation.
The pilot study "ARIIBO" was conducted to analyze changes in immune parameters reported in obese subjects, which had never been the subject of a global study outside of an infectious context, and studied in period septic only sporadically. This study was intended to contribute to a better understanding of the probably adverse impact of obesity on the immune response to bacterial infections, and to describe a specific immunological profile of an infectious excess risk in obese subjects. In terms of infection, obesity is a risk factor due to "mechanical" and pharmacodynamic variations, but also to the immune system. One of the best studied immunological parameters in obese patients, leptin resistance, is associated with a decrease in innate and adaptive immunity through a modification of the lymphocyte and cytokine profile. It is important to compare the data collected in obese patients infected (first study called "ARIIBO"), with those of non-obese subjects presenting the same type of infection, which will be included in the study "ARIIBACT"
Urethral stenosis has a recurrent character. The clean intermittent self-catheterization can be proposed for repeat stenosis. This study seeks to explore the tolerance of clean intermittent self-catheterization in the evolution of urethral stenosis after urethrotomy.
It appears that the mutation p.Ile112Thr in the factor IX gene confers a discrepancy between mild factor IX level and severe bleeding phenotype. Databases and litterature analysis are poor on this matter. The goal of this study is to compile bleeding phenotype in patients with this specific mutation to prove the clinico-biological discordance in order to improve patient care and follow-up.
Tolvaptan is a new drug that specifically antagonizes the V2-receptor of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and leads to water diuresis: During acute administration of tolvaptan, the main fear is to induce a too fast increase in plasma sodium concentration and in turn brain damageHowever, the tolvaptan-induced increase in plasma sodium concentration is expected to stimulate thirst, preventing major negative water balance. The investigators hypothesize that tolvaptan-induced increase in plasma osmolality (and sodium concentration) is dependent of thirst adaptation that is influenced by physiological factors, namely age and sex. To address the effect of a single oral administration of tolvaptan at a dosage used during hyponatremia (15 mg) under free water access in healthy volunteers. Primary outcome will be the maximal change in serum sodium concentration within the 6 hours following tolvaptan administration.
This exploratory study aims to validate the collection and analysis of brain tissue imprints during the DBS by using a CE marked Medical Device in patients presenting one of the following five disorders: Parkinson's disease (PD), essential tremor (ET), dystonia (DYS), Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette Syndrome (TS). The Brain Tissue Imprint project is focused on the DBS surgical procedure, which constitutes an appropriate method to collect brain tissue imprints by taking advantage of the direct and transitory contact at the extremity of the dilator with adjacent brain tissue. Indeed, during this step, micro-fragments of brain material spontaneously adhere to the dilator tip. It is this imprinting process that allows to collect what is defined as "brain tissue imprints. This approach is part of the standard surgical procedure of the SCP without major change or complications.
This study is a retrospective observational study that evaluates the rate of cardiovascular adverse events leading to hospitalization in metastatic colorectal cancer in the French county Calvados by drug exposure.
Peripheral muscle oxidative function is altered in COPD(chronic obstrutive pulmonary disease) patients. Multiple factors could contribute to this dysfunction including chronic hypoxia and deconditioning (sedentarity). The evaluation of mitochondrial function is based on invasive method (muscle biopsy and in vitro respirometry) or magnetic resonance spectroscopy limited to small muscle groups. Recently, a non invasive method has been described using Near InfraRed Spectroscopy (NIRS). During arterial occlusion, muscle deoxygenation is only dependent of local oxygen consumption. The time constant recovery (k) of the deoxygenation during repeated ischemia periods has been shown to be correlated to measurements of maximal mitochondrial capacity. k is lower in COPD patients compared to smokers without bronchial obstruction. However, the influence of arterial hypoxia has never been studied precisely, no more than the confounding effect of deconditioning on k. So , the aim is to compare k in COPD patients with chronic hypoxemia (treated with long term oxygenotherapy, LTOT+ group) and patients without hypoxia, matched for their physical activity (LTOT- group). The hypothe is that k will be lower in LTOT+ group compared to LTOT- group and that short term O2 supplementation will improve it, which would suggest a muscle hypoxia. By contrast, O2 should not influence k in LOT- group, in whom it is mainly determined by muscle conditioning.
De novo acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) is associated with high overall mortality, which increases significantly with the use of orotracheal intubation. High flow nasal canula (HFNC) has turned to be the first line non-invasive oxygenation strategy aiming to avoid intubation. One of the main factors worsening lung injury and increasing mortality in invasively ventilated patients is a too high tidal volume (TV) delivered by the ventilator. Consistent data suggest that such an aggravation of respiratory lesions may occur during spontaneous ventilation if TV is too large. This phenomenon is called Patient self-inflicted lung injury (P-SILI). The effect of TV on the outcome of patients with de novo AHRF under HFNC has never been evaluated since TV is not easily accessible in patients under HFNC. Investigators hypothesized that a large TV during HFNC has an impact on the outcome. TV will be measured using chest Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT). To calibrate the EIT data, i.e. to be able to convert changes in thoracic impedance into TV, thoracic impedance signal, flow and volume will be collected during a 4 cmH2O continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) test, using a pneumotachograph inserted on the ventilator circuit between the mask and the Y-piece. Such a level of CPAP is supposed to reproduce the majority of the physiological effects of HFNC. Thus, EIT signal can be used to calculate TV during HFNC since it remains reliable even when the positive expiratory pressure changes. A secondary objective is to quantify a respiratory distress index. This quantification will be recorded by respiratory inductance plethysmography (RIP), obtained using two elastic bands equipped with a sensor sensitive to their stretching, one positioned at the level of the thorax, the other at the level of the abdomen. The stretching changes of the two bands during the respiratory cycle allow evaluating their possible asynchronism by calculating the phase angle Investigators want to be able to evaluate up to 6 predictors of HFNC failure in this research with an effect size of 0.15, α risk of 0.05, and a power of 0.8. A number of 55 participants is required. Investigators plan to include 60 patients due to potential withdrawal of consent and/or unusable data.
To develop and validate a questionnaire aiming at assessing specific activity limitation in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).