View clinical trials related to Hyperbilirubinemia.
Filter by:The purpose of this protocol is to provide a mechanism to collect Long Term Clinical Data from those babies who participated in the primary Study 64,185-06-2(W)(WS)(ISNHP) "An Open-Label Study Of The Safety And Clinical Pharmacology Of Stanate® In Infants At-Risk For Exchange Transfusion".
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and pharmacokinetic profile of nab®-paclitaxel (ABI-007) plus gemcitabine in subjects with advanced pancreatic cancer who have cholestatic hyperbilirubinemia secondary to bile duct obstruction.
Phototherapy is almost (beside exchange transfusion) the unique treatment for hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn. Its efficacy to decrease bilirubin level (because the light interacts with bilirubin at the skin level to transform it in water soluble products eliminated in urine and stools without liver metabolism) relies on the irradiance dispensed at the skin level by the device (in the 430-490nm range) and on the exposed surface of the baby. In the past years, technology of phototherapy devices moved from fluorescent lamps to LED, improving the amount of light energy emitted but on a smaller surface. The purpose of the study is to compare the efficacy of three ramps of phototherapy, one equipped with fluorescent tubes and two with LED (in a different technological settings) in the treatment of term (35 GW or more) healthy newborn suffering hyperbilirubinemia after 2days of life.
It is a normal process in the human body for red blood cells to die, which makes bilirubin. Bilirubin is cleared away through the liver. Some babies are born with livers that don't work well enough yet, or their red blood cells are dying too fast, so the baby looks yellow (jaundice). This means there is too much bilirubin in the body. It can be dangerous if a baby's bilirubin gets too high. Phototherapy is what they call the lights they shine on newborn babies to help the liver get rid of bilirubin. This study tests an experimental drug to see if it can reduce how much bilirubin is being made in the first place.
The purpose of this study is to determine if higher levels of bilirubin in the blood of people with liver disease affects how accurate a pulse oximeter machine is able to measure the concentration of oxygen in the blood. Previous studies have reported conflicting results regarding the affect of high levels of bilirubin in the blood on the accuracy of the pulse oximeter reading. Initial studies showed an underestimation of the oxygen concentration in the presence of elevated bilirubin. Subsequent studies have suggested that high levels of bilirubin in the blood do not influence the accuracy of the pulse oximeter machine. However, recent reports in bone marrow transplant literature and our personal observations in patients with liver disease suggest that high bilirubin levels are associated with an overestimation of the oxygen concentration as measured by the pulse oximeter machine.