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Filter by:A clinical controlled, randomized and double blind trial that included adult patients (≥18 years) receiving kidney transplantation (KT) at the INCMNSZ. The intervention group will receive disodium fosfomycin 4 g intravenously in three moments: preoperative of transplant surgery, prior to removal of the urinary catheter and finally prior to removal of ureteral catheter. The control group will receive placebo in the same moments. Both groups will receive prophylaxis standard for urinary tract infection (UTI), with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 160/800 mg per day. This prophylaxis will be administered once the estimated glomerular filtration rate is greater than 30 mL/min/1.73m2. The primary objective is to compare the average number of episodes of UTI´s and asymptomatic bacteriuria in both groups after 7 weeks of follow-up. The secondary objectives are to know the incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria, the incidence of hospitalizations for IVU, the days of hospital stay, the pattern of bacterial resistance, the safety of disodium fosfomycin, and assessment of the function of the graft and rejection rate.
This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (ABT-493/ABT-530) in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype (GT)1 to GT6-infected Asian participants with compensated cirrhosis with or without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection who are HCV treatment-naïve or treatment-experienced with interferon (IFN) (alpha, beta or pegylated interferon [pegIFN]) with or without ribavirin (RBV) OR sofosbuvir with RBV with or without IFN.
This study will be conducted in two Parts to confirm the acceptability/selection of a tablet formulation for future clinical development of GSK2838232. Part 1 of the study will assess single ritonavir (RTV)-boosted doses of a new tablet formulation given with food (containing approximately 30% fat) against the reference capsule formulation also given with food and then will assess the impact of fasted conditions on the tablet performance. In Part 2, non-boosted GSK2838232 will be given as once-daily tablet doses for 11 days in a separate group of subjects, assuming the tablet performance is considered acceptable from Part 1. Approximately 16 healthy subjects will be enrolled to provide at least 12 evaluable subjects through the three study periods in Part 1. 10 healthy subjects will be enrolled to provide at least 8 evaluable subjects through the single study period in Part 2. The maximum duration of study participation will be approximately 9 to 10 weeks for Part 1; and 8 to 9 weeks for Part 2.
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of a new critical pathway (use of guideline-based patient identification criteria and for those who meet these criteria, use of dalbavancin) compared to usual care for the treatment of ABSSI (Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections)
Human immuno deficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infections continues to be a serious health threat throughout the world and development of medicines with new mechanism of action have an important role to play. GSK3640254 is a maturation inhibitor (MI) and can be effective in HIV-1 treatment. This randomized, 2-part, single and repeat increasing dose study will collect information on safety, tolerability and drug levels in the body of in healthy subjects for GSK3640254. The information collected in this study will help in further clinical development of GSK3640254, including a Phase IIA Proof of Concept (PoC) study in HIV-infected subjects. Approximately 16 healthy subjects will be randomized to receive single oral dose of GSK3640254 and placebo in Part 1 and approximately 56 healthy subjects will be randomized to receive repeat oral dose of GSK3640254 or placebo in Part 2. All doses will be given immediately after a moderate fat meal. Maximum duration of study participation will be approximately 12 weeks.
Surgical site infection (SSI) after breast and axillary surgery occurs more often than for other clean surgical procedures. Infection in the setting of sick woman could delay the adjuvant therapy and result increase morbidity and mortality. Also this increased costs associated with health care.Surgical drains have been noted as a potential source for surgical site infections. The primary aim of the study is to determine if chlorhexidine occlusive dressings applied to the intervention drain sites effectively decreases rates of bacterial colonization in drain fluid and drain tips compared to standard care.
This study aims to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of rectal swab culture-guided antimicrobial prophylaxis to reduce infectious complications after transrectal prostate biopsy. Half of participants will receive routine empirical prophylaxis with oral ciprofloxacin (control group), while the other half will receive rectal culture-guided oral antibiotic prophylaxis (intervention group). In the intervention group, men whose rectal swabs do not show ciprofloxacin-resistant bacteria will receive ciprofloxacin prophylaxis, comparable to the control group. In case of ciprofloxacin-resistant bacteria an alternative oral antibiotic based on the culture results will be prescribed (trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, fosfomycin or pivmecillinam/augmentin). The investigators hypothesise that the targeted prophylaxis group (intervention group) will have a lower rate of post-biopsy infectious complications compared to the control group.
This post-market study is intended to assess the performance of the HTLV Blot 2.4 in repository serum/plasma specimens with neurological disorders (n=100) or an HTLV known positive infection (n=50).
Background: There is an urgent need to develop new strategies to prevent Clostridium difficile infections (CDI). A recent study suggests that a novel infection control bundle (IC bundle) can lead to a significant decrease in the incidence of CDI in acute-care hospitals. This IC bundle consists in screening patients for C. difficile carriage upon their admission combined with implementation of isolation precautions for carriers. Further investigations are required to confirm these findings. Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of implementing a multicenter interventional study to further to investigate the efficacy of this IC bundle. Methods: Prospective, cluster randomized feasibility trial of 2 infection control strategies (a "standard" and an "experimental" strategy) to reduce transmission of C. difficile among patients in 20 medical wards in 5 acute-care facilities in Quebec. Wards will be randomized (1:1) to one of the 2 interventions. Each intervention will be applied to all patients present on selected wards. The study will be divided into (1) a 3-month baseline period; (2) a 2-week randomization and implementation period; and (3) an 8-week intervention period. Intervention: The "experimental strategy" includes the components of the above-mentioned IC bundle. The "standard strategy" will not implement the IC bundle. Outcomes: As a feasibility study, process evaluation will form the primary and secondary outcomes. These outcomes will allow to determine whether a future main trial is possible and desirable. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that the intervention will be implementable across the study wards. Significance: This study is essential to plan a subsequent definitive trial to determine whether the IC bundle can prevent CDI.
Type of study: Investigator initiated clinical study Study design: One arm, open label, pilot study (n=10) Research question Is treatment with Nevirapine + 3TC sufficient for HIV maintenance Risk Category B (no investigational drugs, non standard Tx) Therapies with 2 drugs are often done in HIV-maintenance. This is a systematical evaluation of such a two drug trial. Rescue therapy is well defined within the protocol. Centers (n) St. Gallen only Participants 10 HIV Patients already on nevirapine + 2 non-nuke RT-Inhibitors Study duration 24 weeks primary observation period after study termination, patients may opt to continue on the bi-therapy. Clinical follow up will then continue Sponsor/Investigator Pietro Vernazza, Kantonsspital St. Gallen Principal investigator Pietro Vernazza, MD. Kantonsspital St. Gallen Co-Investigators Patrick Schmid, MD, Matthias Hoffmann, MD Financial source None (Pilot Study) If study demonstrates good results, an SNF grant proposal will be submitted