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Filter by:Cystic fibrosis is a systemic disease, which affects in particular the respiratory and digestive systems of patients, sites of chronic inflammation. A new combination of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor has proven its efficacy for the treatment of patients aged 12 years and over with two F508del mutations or a so-called "minimal function" mutation associated with one F508del mutation. European marketing authorization was obtained in August 2020 and access in France should therefore arrive soon. Given that this treatment targets new mutations and that the efficacy seems greater than with LUM/IVA, it is important to assess its impact on the microbiota and the pulmonary and digestive inflammation of patients. It is therefore a question of taking advantage of the experience of the Lum-Iva-Biota cohort, and the validated and operational sample circuit established in the various participating centers to set up a biological collection for the collection and storage of sputum and stools of patients during the first year of treatment with elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor, in order to study the effect of treatment on the lung and digestive microbiota/mycobiota and inflammation.
Albumin is commonly used plasma expander in patients of decompensated cirrhosis and has been found to have many beneficial effects, with few studies showing that maintenance of serum albumin levels above 3 g/dl has improved outcomes and mortality leading to widespread utilization in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. While 20% human albumin solution has been subject to in-depth analysis along several fronts, it's effects on coagulation parameters is unknown. With cirrhosis being a state of dysregulated clotting and bleeding, it is imperative to know the effects of such a widely used plasma expander on coagulation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of albumin on coagulation parameters in patients of decompensated cirrhosis.
Although chest infections affect wellbeing and survival in cystic fibrosis (CF), most people with CF also have difficulty digesting food and must take medication for this. In spite of this treatment, two thirds of people with CF miss school or work because of tummy symptoms (pain, bloating and wind). In some cases these symptoms become severe leading to bowel obstruction and hospital admission. Long term, people with CF have a greater risk of bowel cancer. The investigators asked people with CF and health professionals to suggest the most important questions for research. Treatment of gut symptoms was in their top 10 list. Current treatments are often ineffective because the investigators do not fully understand why symptoms occur. GRAMPUS-CF SRC will describe accurately the categories of gut symptoms in CF and find out why they occur. The investigators will do this using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and tests which give a detailed description of the germs in the bowel or which measure inflammation. The investigators will also study the effects of diet, using a questionnaire. The investigators will link these results together, using advanced statistics to find the factors causing gut symptoms. The investigators will then identify treatments which are likely to be helpful. In future work the investigators will test these in clinical trials.
This is a randomized single-blind feasibility trial to test the utilization of home blood pressure devices to improve the clinical management of decompensated cirrhosis patients.
This is a retrospective observational study in liver transplantation recipients with or without allograft liver fibrosis. Based on the GM-seq and Tcr-Seq data, a novel diagnostic model including DNA-methylation and TCR-Seq biomarkers will be established.
Patients with cardiac pathology and arrhythmias including those who have indications for pacemakers implantation will be included in the study. We will determine the influence of pacemaker implantation with the localization of the ventricular electrode in the top of the right ventricle or the middle third of the right ventricle according to echocardiographic and electrocardiographic parameters, congestive heart failure progression, patients' quality of life and follow-up therapy of patients with identified myocardial fibrosis with existing pacemaker. Study of changes in echocardiography, electrocardiography, myocardial fibrosis markers, the quality of life of patients will allow to choose the most optimal localization of the ventricular electrode during implantation of the permanent pacemakers system in order to improve the quality of life of the patients.
This research is being done to see if proton beam radiation therapy (PBT) results in fewer changes to a participant's heart measured with MRI-imaging than conventional or "photon" radiation therapy (XRT) for participants with non-metastatic left sided breast cancer. The names of the two study groups in this research study are: - Proton Radiation Therapy (PBT) - Conventional or "Photon" Radiation Therapy (XRT)
This study is a Phase IIIb extension trial following the "randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, entecavir basic treatment, multi-center Phase III clinical trial of hydroxnidone capsules in the treatment of liver fibrosis of chronic viral hepatitis B". The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and the safety of hydroxyeidone capsules for long-term treatment of patients with chronic viral hepatitis B liver fibrosis.
Dyspnea is among the most common symptoms in patients with respiratory diseases such as Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Fibrosis, and Pulmonary Hypertension. However, the pathophysiology and underlying mechanisms of dyspnea in patients with respiratory diseases are still poorly understood. Diaphragm dysfunction might be highly prevalent in patients with dyspnea and respiratory diseases. The association of diaphragm function and potential prognostic significance in patients with respiratory diseases has not yet been investigated.
Taking part in clinical trials usually favors a particular demographic group. But there is limited research available to explain what research attributes affect the completion of these specific demographic groups. This study will admit a wide range of data on the clinical trial experience of pulmonary fibrosis patients to determine which factors prevail in limiting a patient's ability to join or finish a trial. It will also try to analyze data from the perspective of different demographic groups to check for recurring trends which might yield insights for the sake of future pulmonary fibrosis patients.