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Nutritional status during pregnancy plays an important role in maternal health and birth outcomes. While few factors impacting nutritional status during pregnancy have been identified, studies of undernutrition in children have revealed a key role for the gut microbiome. Remarkably, studies examining the dynamics of the maternal gut microbiome before and during pregnancy and its impact on birth outcomes are limited. This study is being conducted to investigate how a mother's nutritional status and her gut microbiome during pregnancy contribute to the birth outcomes and health of her baby. The gut microbiome is the totality of microorganisms (e.g. bacteria, viruses, fungi) living in the gastrointestinal tract. This study will focus on married pregnant women 24 years and younger living in Matiari District in Pakistan. The focus is on younger women due to their vulnerability to undernutrition. Pregnant participants, and upon delivery, their newborns will be followed throughout pregnancy and for a year afterwards. Throughout this period, the investigators will collect stool samples, rectal swabs, blood samples, health assessments, nutritional and dietary assessments and birth/ labour details. The goal is to define the relationship between a mother's nutritional status and her microbiome dynamics during pregnancy and how they contribute to the birth outcomes and growth of her newborn. Investigators hypothesizes that alterations of the microbiota in the maternal gut (dysbiosis) is exacerbated by nutritional status or pathogen exposure during pregnancy. This impacts weight gain because of impaired nutrient absorption, and can lead to corresponding negative birth outcomes.
Participants will be randomized in a 2:1 ratio to receive either two injections of CMV-MVA Triplex® or placebo administered at study Entry/Day 0 and week 4. Vaccine Group: 60 participants will receive CMV-MVA Triplex® containing 5 x 10^8 plaque-forming unit (pfu) ±0.5 x 10^8 pfu of MVA Vaccine Encoding CMV Antigens by intramuscular (IM) deltoid injections. Placebo Group: 30 participants will receive a volume of placebo (7.5% Lactose in phosphate-buffered saline [PBS]) that matches the volume of the active vaccine injection by IM deltoid injections.
Serious infections refer to life-threatening infections with a morbidity and mortality rate of up to 50%, and are the main cause of death in critically ill patients, mainly including systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, infectious shock, or systemic multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Patients with severe infections have rapid disease development, which can cause disorders of cellular circulation and metabolism and impairment of multi-organ function in the early stage, mostly accompanied by clinical complications, and despite the progress of medical technology and the popularization of antibiotic application, the mortality and disability rate is high, which is a hot spot of clinical research today. Patients with severe infections are exposed to a wide range of medical risk factors, including patient factors (advanced age, frailty, malnutrition, long hospital stay, prolonged bed rest), disease factors (immune deficiency, malignancy, diabetes, renal failure, liver failure), drug factors (long-term use of steroid hormones, chemotherapeutic drugs, NSAIDs, etc.), interventional factors (central venous catheter, recent invasive surgery, hemodialysis, endotracheal intubation or mechanical ventilation, etc.), which bring great challenges to clinical treatment. Therefore, early identification of risk indicators for deterioration of infected patients provides a strategic basis for the medical team to take early warning measures to prevent deterioration and poor prognosis, and to reduce the risk of deterioration of patients, which is also the key to reduce the risk of death of infected patients.
Offering PrEP care online and reducing the frequency of monitoring may increase access to HIV PrEP. The objective of this study is to assess the non-inferiority of an internet-based HIV PrEP-service and reduced frequency of monitoring visits in comparison to standard-of-care at the Public Health Service in 4 regions in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Haagland and Gelderland-Zuid.
To determine efficacy of using 3 minutes povidone-soaked suture in reducing surgical site infection during wound closure in elective surgery.
The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of mRNA 1647 vaccine in CMV-seronegative female participants and to evaluate the safety and reactogenicity of mRNA-1647 vaccine in all participants. The purpose of the Phase 3 extension sub study is to extend the observation period of the main study and to evaluate the longer-term immune persistence of mRNA-1647 vaccine administered to CMV-seronegative females who complete mRNA-1647-P301 main study and to assess for CMV seroconversion in CMV-seronegative participants who did not seroconvert during mRNA-1647-P301 main study. No interventional vaccine will be administered in the extension study.
The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has affected over 2.4 million individuals worldwide and has resulted in >171,000 deaths. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an important contributor to death in these patients. Those who develop cardiac injury during infection have a 4-fold increased risk of death. Furthermore, pre-existing CVD or cardiovascular risk factors (e.g. diabetes, hypertension) are associated with worse outcomes. Given the recent emergence of this disease, there is limited understanding of: (i) the risk factors for cardiovascular events, (ii) blood biomarkers for early recognition, and drug targeting, of patients at risk of adverse outcomes, and (iii) the short term subclinical and clinical cardiovascular manifestations in those who survive to discharge.
At the end of total joint replacement (TJR) surgery, surgeons wash and clean the surgical wound. This is done to lower the risk of infections. Currently, most surgeons use saline to wash the surgical wound and do not place antibiotics in the wound . However, some recent studies have shown that using povidone-iodine and chlorhexidine-based solutions (both are types of antiseptics) to wash the surgical site and placing antibiotics directly into the wound may be effective in reducing infections in TJR surgery compared to saline and no antibiotics. However, no study has determined which solution is better at reducing the number of infections in patients undergoing TJR. The investigators also do not know if the addition of antibiotics applied to the wound will decrease infections. Currently, there are no surgical guidelines around infection prevention in total joint replacement. A large scale, multi-site, pragmatic 3 x 2 factorial randomized controlled trial is need that compares these six treatment groups. However, before this, a smaller pilot study must be conducted to determine the feasibility of a larger study. PREVENT-iT will address these important gaps in knowledge and clinical practice.
This master protocol serves as a common reference for the inpatient and outpatient clinical studies that share common elements.