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The study aims to compare the effects of tDCS applied on the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) vs sham on the neuromuscular system. Two types of athletes will benefit from stimulation: jumper and cyclists. Short and long term effects are assesed by electromyographic records, experimental tasks and self-rated scales.
Background: Inflammation can play a role in diseases like heart disease and rheumatoid arthritis. PET scans can help detect inflammation. Two new drugs may create better PET images. Objective: To see if the drugs [11C]ER176 and [11C]MC1 can help image inflammation. Eligibility: People ages 18 and older with rheumatoid arthritis or idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). Healthy volunteers enrolled in protocol 01-M-0254 or 17-M-0181 are also needed. Design: Healthy participants will be screened under protocol 01-M-0254 or 17-M-0181. Participants with arthritis or IIM will have a screening visit. This will include: Medical history Physical exam Blood and urine tests Possible CT or X-ray: A machine will take pictures of the body. Healthy participants will have 1 or 2 visits. They may have urine tests. They may take the drug celecoxib by mouth. They will have a PET scan. A small amount of one or both study drugs will be injected through a catheter: A needle will guide a thin plastic tube into an arm vein. Another catheter will draw blood. They will like on a bed that slides into a machine. Their vital signs and heart activity will be measured. Participants with arthritis will have up to 2 visits after screening. They may take celecoxib and have PET scans. Participants with IIM will have up to 3 visits after screening. At 1 or 2 visits, they will take celecoxib and have PET scans. They will have 1 visit where they have an MRI: They will lie on a table that slides into a machine. The machine takes pictures of the body.
Respiratory failure is characterized by low levels of oxygen and high levels of carbon dioxide in the blood which causes difficulty breathing. The management of patients with respiratory failure aims at improving oxygenation and changing the effort required to breathe. Mechanical ventilation is a life-saving treatment but may be associated with a high mortality rate, prolonged stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), and infection. Oxygenation techniques to avoid mechanical ventilation include standard oxygen therapy, continuous positive pressure (CPAP), and high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy (HFNC). CPAP consists of delivering oxygen through a mask. As compared to standard oxygen therapy, CPAP can promote lung recruitment leading to improved oxygenation and the effect in work of breathing in patients with respiratory failure. Conversely, high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy (HFNC) delivers oxygen through nasal prongs. Oxygen is heated and humidified and can be delivered at different flows (from 10 - 60 L/min). As compared to standard oxygen therapy, HFNC can promote some lung recruitment leading to mofiy oxygenation and work of breathing. Therefore, the present study will have 2 phases: Phase 1:Comparison of the physiological effects of different flows of HFNC to CPAP in healthy volunteers. The investigators hypothesized that the physiological effects of HFNC in the nasopharynx are comparable to that of CPAP at 4 cm H2O. Phase 2: Comparison of the physiological effects of different nasal interfaces of HFNC (Standard cannula vs. Asymmetrical cannula vs. Single-nostril adapted cannula) in healthy volunteers. The investigators hypothesized that the physiological effects of HFNC in the nasopharynx are comparable to that of CPAP at 4 cm H2O. It was hypothesized that asymmetrical which is the cannula that has a higher cross-sectional area generates higher nasal pharyngeal pressure.
Chronic corticosteroid (CS) exposure is associated with changes in memory and the hippocampus in both humans and in animal models. The hippocampus has a high concentration of glucocorticoid receptors (GCRs), and the pre-clinical literature demonstrates shortening of apical dendrites in the CA3 region of the hippocampus and decreased neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus (DG) following CS administration. In humans, both stress and CS exposure are associated with a decline in declarative memory performance (a process mediated by the hippocampus). Impairment in declarative memory and hippocampal atrophy are reported in patients with excessive CS release due to Cushing's disease, and, by our group, in patients receiving prescription CS therapy. These findings have important implications for patients with mood disorders, as a large subset of people with major depressive disorder (MDD) show evidence of HPA axis activation, elevated cortisol and, importantly, resistance to the effects of CSs on both the HPA axis and on declarative memory. Thus, resistance to corticosteroids appears to be a consequence of MDD. this study will examine changes in declarative memory, as well as use state-of-the-art high-resolution multimodal neuroimaging, including structural and functional (i.e., task-based and resting state) MRI, in both men and women healthy controls, and, as an exploratory aim, a depressed group, given 3-day exposures to hydrocortisone (160 mg/day) or placebo. The study will translate preclinical findings to humans, provide valuable data on possible sex differences in the response to cortisol and, for the first time, identify specific hippocampal subfields (e.g., CA3/DG) in humans that are most sensitive to acute CS effects. Using resting state fMRI data and whole brain connectomics using graph theoretical approaches, we will determine the effects of cortisol exposure on functional brain networks. Furthermore, this will be the first study to use neuroimaging to compare the brain's response to CSs in people with depression vs. controls, and determine whether depressed people demonstrate glucocorticoid resistance within the hippocampus. We hypothesize that hippocampal response to acute CSs will be greatest in the CA3/DG subfield, greater in women than in men, and that depressed people will show a blunted hippocampal response to CSs compared to controls. A multidisciplinary research team with extensive experience in CS effects on the brain and hippocampal subfield neuroimaging, and a prior history of research collaboration, will conduct the project.
The primary objective of the trial is to assess the safety and tolerability of Etrasimod after single and multiple oral doses administration in healthy Chinese adult subjects. The Secondary Objective of the trial is to assess PK characteristics of Etrasimod and its metabolites(M3 and M6)after single and multiple oral doses administration in healthy Chinese adult subjects; To assess PD characteristics of Etrasimod after single and multiple oral doses administration in healthy Chinese adult subjects.
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common human malignant tumors. The incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer in our country are on the rise. Surgery-based, combined with chemotherapy, radiotherapy comprehensive treatment, is the main treatment of colorectal cancer. Surgical resection has been recognized as the primary treatment of colorectal cancer. However, due to the majority of patients already advanced at the time of diagnosis, some difficulties are brought to radical surgery. Therefore, the importance of chemotherapy for colorectal cancer gradually been clinically recognized, But rarely survive more than 18 months." In addition to chemotherapy, there is now a more ideal model of cancer treatment- molecular targeted therapies, including monoclonal antibody drugs such as cetuximab, as well as small molecule tyrosine kinases Inhibitors gefitinib and so on. Molecular targeted drugs make use of the difference in molecular biology between tumor cells and normal cells. Targeting drugs to tumor cells and inhibiting the growth and proliferation of the cells can achieve the therapeutic effect, which has the advantages of high specificity and low adverse reaction. The bio-targeted drug cetuximab is the first drug approved to marketed as an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-targeting immunoglobulin 1（IgG1）monoclonal antibody. Cetuximab, either monotherapy or combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy, can exert excellent anti-tumor activity in EGFR-positive malignant tumors and can significantly enhance the efficacy of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Reference to cetuximab injection, guilin sanjin Co., Ltd. and dragonboat Co., Ltd. jointly developed a recombinant anti-EGFR human mouse chimeric monoclonal antibody (R & D code: CDP1).The primary structure of CDP1 is exactly the same with cetuximab, the higher structure and Physical and chemical properties and cetuximab are highly similar. Pharmacodynamic activity in vivo and in vitro, pharmacokinetic characteristics and toxicological reactions are also similar to cetuximab. CDP1 selected with cetuximab consistent formulations, prescriptions, specifications. CDP1 was approved by China Food and Drug Administration (No. 2016L06884) in August 2016 for clinical studies. According to the contents of the document and guidelines for biological analogs, the clinical pharmacokinetic and clinical effectiveness comparison tests of CDP1 and the safety and immunogenicity assessment are planned.
Background: Researchers want see if three new HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) vaccines are safe. Two vaccines are carried by live adenoviruses, which are natural and typically cause cold symptoms or an eye infection. Researchers want to see if all the vaccines help fight HIV and if the adenoviruses are contagious. Objectives: To test the safety and effects of three new HIV vaccines. Eligibility: Healthy adults 18 49 years old (vaccinees) Their household and intimate contacts 18 65 years old Design: Vaccinees will be screened with: Physical exam Medical history Blood and urine tests Questions about HIV risk Vaccinees will learn how to prevent spreading the viruses and about required contraception during the study. Vaccinees will get consent forms for their household and intimate contacts. All contacts must be age 18 65. All intimate contacts must sign a consent form. Contacts will have 4 visits over 8 months for blood tests and a physical exam. All applicable participants will have a pregnancy test at every visit. Vaccinees will have about 9 visits over 12 months. They will repeat screening tests and get: 1 of the 2 adenovirus vaccines sprayed in the nose at 2 visits The booster vaccine by needle in an arm at 1 visit Nasal swabs taken at some visits Vaccinees will note their temperature and symptoms for at least 1 4 weeks after each vaccine. Vaccinees may choose to have: Leukapheresis. Blood will be removed by needle in a vein in one arm. A machine will remove white blood cells. The rest of the blood will be returned into the other arm. Small pieces of the tonsil removed Sponsoring Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ...
The investigators have previously completed a clinical trial with long-term vitamin D3 supplementation in healthy humans during a season with negligible ultraviolet B radiation (UVB) in terms of serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) increase. In this study (submitted, unpublished), a temporary increase was identified during the first three weeks. Individually, this temporary increase was found in 14 out of 19 participants. This phenomenon has not been described elsewhere in the literature. This could be possible due to less frequent sampling. The investigators hypothesized that this phenomenon is actual and not an artefact. The aim of this study was to investigate the serum 25(OH)D increase after short-term vitamin D3 supplementation in a new group of healthy participants with more frequent 25(OH)D sampling. Furthermore, to investigate the influence of sex, age, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), number of fatty fish meals per week, 25(OH)D start level and 30 genetic parameters. This is a single-centre, open and non-blinded clinical trial. No randomisation was used, as all participants received identical treatment. 25(OH)D sampling was increased from once a week to twice a week. Demographic data (gender, age, weight, height) was collected/measured and registered in prior to study start. The number of daily consumed fatty fish meals was recorded in a questionnaire.
This protocol will be used to collect crucial components of the immune system from healthy volunteers for the characterization of immune cells in fresh blood. A pipeline has been set up for comprehensive immune phenotyping of both lymphoid and myeloid cells within 24 hours after blood withdrawal.