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Filter by:This study will investigate the effects of a chest physiotherapy manual technique (autogenic drainage) on ventilation inhomogeneity in patients with cystic fibrosis. Lung clearance index (LCI) is the primary outcome
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of aerobic exercise on glucose tolerance in individuals with cystic fibrosis. The hypothesis is that performing High Intensity Interval Training glucose tolerance will improve in individuals with cystic fibrosis.
It is an observational study of non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients with a calculated sample size of 90. Liver biopsy proved NAFLD patients will be recruited in this study for 2 years follow-up. Patients will be assessed at baseline, at every six months for blood count, liver function test, fasting blood-glucose, fasting insulin, ferritin, liver ultrasonography, and liver stiffness.
MSCs have been studied for the treatment of liver diseases as well as non-liver diseases. MSCs have been successful in treating conditions like acute steroid-resistant GVHD in hematopoietic stem cell transplanted patients and also have shown to improve the MELD score in end-stage liver disease. There were no severe side effects observed in using autologous MSCs as a treatment option. The outcome of the studies done so far have been positive and it is encouraged to study the use of MSCs as cell therapy for treating liver diseases. The estimated rate of cirrhosis in HBV patients in Singapore is about 1.6% per year, rate of hepatocellular carcinoma is about 0.8% per year overall and 3.0% per year in cirrhotic patients. Knowing that there are not many options currently available for Liver Cirrhosis patients and that they have a poor prognosis with an average life expectancy of < 12 months, this study uses autologous MSCs to treat Liver Cirrhosis patients in Singapore. The objective of the study is to demonstrate that autologous bone marrow is safe to be used in patients with liver cirrhosis as well as demonstrate that bone marrow MSC may improve liver function and prolong patient survival.
Cirrhosis is a condition in which the liver does not function properly due to long-term damage. This damage is characterized by the replacement of normal liver tissue by scar tissue. The liver carries out several necessary functions, including synthesis of proteins participating in blood coagulation process. Some of these proteins contribute to coagulation and others make blood more fluid. In healthy people there is a balance between the two. In cirrhotic patient, there is an imbalance inducing hypercoagulation (hypercoagulability state). Cirrhotic patients are so known to be at risk of vein thrombosis (for example portal vein thrombosis: clot in hepatic vein). Mechanisms leading to this imbalance are unclear. Studies need to be completed to improve patient's management. The EPCRs (Endothelial Protein C Receptor soluble) takes part in blood coagulation process. Previous studies have shown that blood levels of EPCRs are increased in patients with cirrhosis. The primary purpose of the study is to evaluate if the EPCRs could play a role in cirrhosis-associated hypercoagulability state.
The aim of this observational trial is to evaluate the pulmonary function in cystic fibrosis patients that have been treated with inhaled aztreonam lysine comparing the previous 12 months before the treatment and the forward 12 months after initiating the treatment.
This study is to evaluate the effect of CaHMB in the treatment of sarcopenia in liver cirrhosis.
This is a prospective observational study in a single medical center. The aim is to evaluate the status of fibrosis and steatosis of liver parenchyma in peri-menopausal women using noninvasive methods of vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE) with controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and serum biomarkers. Recruitment period: 2018/08/01 to 2019/07/31 Patient number: 200 females Inclusion criteria: 1. Females, age of 46-55 years 2. Willing and able to comply with the study requirements 3. Willing and able to provide written informed consent to participate in the study Exclusion criteria: 1. Unable to complete the noninvasive procedure of VCET and CAP 2. Unwilling to provide written informed consent to participate in the study Laboratory tests and examinations: Baseline and two follow-up visits (every 6 months): 1. Blood pressure 2. BW, BH, waist circumference, BMI 3. Complete blood cell (CBC) count 4. Albumin, AST, ALT, alkaline phosphatase, total bilirubin, r-GT, uric acid, hsCRP 5. Sugar (fasting), HbA1c, insulin, HOMA-IR 6. DM lipid profiles, adiponectin, leptin 7. Liver ultrasound, FibroScan touch 520 8. FSH, Estrodiol (E2), LH 9. TSH, free T4 10. HBsAg, anti-HCV, HBV DNA, HCV RNA, HBsAg quantification, HBV genotype (if HBsAg or anti-HCV positive) 11. ANA, Anti-mitochondrial antibody 12. Review history of drug and menstruation cycles
Background: With the advances in treatment and clinical care, individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have experienced an increase in life expectancy. Liver disease is common among HIV-infected patients due to the shared routes of transmission of HIV and viral hepatitis. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of elevated aminotransferases in HIV-monoinfected adults without HBV or HCV. Vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE) has been shown to have good sensitivity and specificity for assessment of liver fibrosis in HIV and viral hepatitis coinfected patients, as well as in HIV-negative NASH population. Controlled attenuation parameter (CAP), a novel physical parameter developed using the postulate that fat affects ultrasound propagation, measures the ultrasound attenuation at the center frequency of the FibroScan®. Study design: This is a prospective observational study. Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the liver steatosis and fibrosis in HIV-infected patients by noninvasive methods of VCTE and CAP. Methods: Patient number: 200 Inclusion criteria: 1. Age: 20-65 years 2. Males and females with HIV infection diagnosed by infection doctors 3. Willing and able to comply with the study requirements 4. Willing and able to provide written informed consent to participate in the study Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnancy 2. Unable to complete the noninvasive procedure of VCTE and CAP 3. Unwilling to provide written informed consent to participate in the study
There are currently no good ways of measuring levels of scarring in the hearts of patients with advanced kidney disease and patients on dialysis, although recent research has shown a new cardiac MRI technique, called native T1 mapping, may provide a solution to this. To assess the accuracy of this novel technique in dialysis patients, it is essential to undertake a study which compares native T1 mapping to actual levels of scarring in the hearts of patients on dialysis.