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Filter by:A randomized placebo controlled, phase 2 study of budesonide in subjects with multiple myeloma undergoing autologous stem cell transplant (ACST). The study includes a run-in period with 20 patients.
This randomized trial in rural Bangladesh will measure whether installing concrete floors in households with soil floors reduces child enteric infection. The trial will randomize eligible households to receive concrete household floors or to no intervention and measure effects on child soil-transmitted helminth infection, diarrhea, and other enteric infections. The study will collect longitudinal follow-up measurements at birth and when children are ages 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months.
Non-erosive reflux disease（NERD）and Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome（IBS-D）are both the common refractory gastrointestinal diseases. Patients, who suffered from overlapping symptoms of NERD and IBS-D, present more serious symptom manifestation, anxiety, and worse life quality than those with solely disease. There is lack of effective treatment for overlapping gastrointestinal symptoms. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) syndrome differentiation and treatment has the advantages of overall regulation and individualized treatment, but lack of high-level evidence. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of WPQW granule for the treatment of NERD overlapping IBS-D.
Intestinal parasitic infections such as Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolyica and Enterobius Vermicularis are among the most common infections worldwide.So parasitic infections are considered one of the major health problems in the world especially in developing countries. Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative,helical-shaped,motile bacillus bacterium,which colonizes the gastric mucosa. H.pylori bacterium secretes urease,a special enzyme that converts urea to ammonia. Ammonia reduces the stomach's acidity .This risk factor allows pathogenic intestinal protozoa such as G.lamblia to take the opportunity to cross through the stomach's increased pH and cause disease.
Patients are frequently evaluated by physicians for medical work-up of HIV indicator conditions in hospital and in primary care at the general practitioner. Testing for HIV is indicated with HIV indicator disorder but often omitted in clinical work-up. Besides the fact that HIV testing is forgotten, there are other reasons such as an underestimation of the risk of HIV in the event of indicator disorders, stigma and difficulties in discussing the test with a patient. Also and more relevant for primary care than for the hospital, practical challenges can exist for a patient to go to a laboratory, or costs are a hurdle. This project focuses on improving HIV indicator condition driven testing in different settings of the HIV epidemic, initially in the Netherlands as low HIV prevalence setting followed by an assessment of its benefit in different international settings. A specific focus will also be on the Rotterdam area in the Netherlands which has a high prevalence of undiagnosed HIV in the Netherlands. The ultimate aim is to decrease the number of undiagnosed HIV in populations, improve the 90-90-90 HIV cascade of care goals particularly its first pillar, and to help supporting the UNAIDS goal to end HIV/AIDS
Cytokines, such as IL-6 and IL-8 can be used as markers of acute infections, including acute gastroenteritis. This study aims to evaluate serum levels of interleukins 6 and 8 in children with acute gastroenteritis.
Cytokines, such as IL-6 and IL-8 can be used as markers of acute infections, including acute gastroenteritis. However, there have been no previous studies on the levels of IL-6 and IL-8 in malnourished children with acute diarrhea. This study aims to evaluate serum levels of interleukins 6 and 8 in malnourished children with acute diarrhea.
The first objective of our study is to develop a theory-driven evidence-based targeted water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention for household members of diarrhea patients in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) through formative research and community engagement. The second objective is to conduct a randomized controlled trial of 2,320 household members of 580 severe diarrhea patients to evaluate the effectiveness of the developed targeted WASH intervention in terms of: 1. reducing diarrheal diseases household members of cholera and severe diarrhea patients; and 2. increasing WASH behaviors.
IBS is a highly prevalent bowel disorder, characterized by recurrent abdominal pain during bowel movements or a change in bowel habits. Typically, IBS patients experience constipation, diarrhoea or a mix of constipation and diarrhoea, as well as symptoms of abdominal bloating or distension. The chronic and bothersome nature of IBS symptoms negatively affects the quality of life of many patients. Because there are currently limited medical treatment options for IBS, it is important to study new treatments. IBS can (in part) be caused by an 'imbalance' of the bacteria residing in the intestinal tract. For instance, there may be a lower proportion of specific bacteria that are generally considered beneficial for a persons health. The consumption of non-digestible food ingredients, such as GOS, may stimulate the growth of these beneficial bacteria. GOS is a type of 'prebiotic', which is known to support health and wellbeing of consumers. By restoring the bacterial balance of the intestinal tract, the symptoms of IBS may be reduced after consumption of GOS. The health effects of the study product (a specific GOS) used in current study was previously investigated in a small group of patients with IBS. Use of the study product indicated a reduction in the patients' symptoms, improvement in the patients' quality of life, and changes in patients' gut bacteria. It is therefore hypothesized that GOS / a specific GOS may reduce the symptom severity of patients with IBS. This study further evaluates how GOS may improve symptoms of IBS.
The aim of the current clinical study is to evaluate, for the first time in humans (FTIH), the safety and immunogenicity of the altSonflex1-2-3 candidate vaccine against S. sonnei and S. flexneri serotypes 1b, 2a, and 3a. The vaccine will be first administered in adults 18 to 50 years of age in Europe. Subsequently, the vaccine will be administered to a shigellosis-endemic population in Africa, first in adults 18 to 50 years of age, then in children 24 to 59 months of age, and finally in infants 9 months of age. Infants will also receive a third vaccination. Three different doses of the vaccine [low (Dose A), medium (Dose B), and high (Dose C) amounts of antigen] will be evaluated using an age de-escalation approach (from least vulnerable adult population to most vulnerable paediatric population). The results of this study will allow the selection of the most appropriate dose for further vaccine development in infants 9 months of age, which is the main target age group for this vaccine.