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Filter by:Using an investigational CT scanner which uses a new type of detector to capture X-rays, (a photon counting CT detector), the goal of this experimental study is to compare conventional CT images to CT images using the photon counting detector in patients undergoing CT scans for clinically indicated reasons. The main question it aims to answer is whether the images produced using the new detectors are superior in quality. Participants will undergo the clinically indicated CT images and the photon counting detector CT images of a limited area during the same examination time.
Mapping of magnetic relaxation within the myocardial tissue using T1 (and T2) mapping using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) are novel measures of quantifiable (scalable) myocardial tissue characterisation. Evidence suggests that myocardial mapping could be useful in detection of diffuse myocardial disease, complementing late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) as the tool for regional myocardial disease. A handful of studies, three single centre study of a single T1 index with outcomes and one multicentre study for all indices reported strong associations with all cause mortality and heart failure. These studies were based on a single-vendor platform and were using a single sequence. The main unknowns pertaining the successful translation of this technique and the transferability of the methodology beyond a single centre and lack of outcome evidence from broad and large populations. In this study, we will assess the diagnostic accuracy of T1 (and T2) mapping measurements in health and disease, and the prognostic relevance of T1 mapping measurements by associations with outcome. This study is builds upon/integrates the evidence of the NCT02407197 study, which remains active for follow-up, but is currently no longer recruiting.
Inflammatory diseases may display atypical features making such patients impossible to classify. Management of these cases in daily practice cannot rely on the results of clinical trials nor on guidelines. DNA and RNA mapping have become major tools to understand and sometimes direct the treatment strategy in oncology. This study aims to test whether a precise analysis of molecular pathways in inflammatory, non classified diseases, can constitute a predictive tool of therapeutic efficiency
This investigator-initiated study will serve as a sub-study for the American College of Rheumatology-sponsored VERVE protocol currently funded by the NIH. This double-blinded multicenter randomized pragmatic trial is designed to determine whether Zostavax or Shingrix are safe and effective in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) currently using anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapies. Inclusion/exclusion criteria for this sub-study mirror that of the parent VERVE trial with the exception of abatacept therapy being allowed. Preliminary data from the VERVE parent protocol enrolling patients using anti-TNF therapy is encouraging in that few patients experienced adverse events (56 adverse events in 50 participants, out of 140 participants in total) and that 96.2% of these adverse events were considered either mild or moderate. Importantly, there have been no instances of vaccine dissemination or zoster events to date.
To determine associations between dietary factors and risk of major chronic diseases and their risk factors
It is a prospective follow-up. The aim is to study the maintenance of therapeutic at 10 years and 20 years of inflammatory rheumatism (rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis)
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of lanraplenib in participants with impaired renal function relative to matched healthy controls. Participants in this study will be enrolled using an adaptive design that includes up to 3 enrolled cohorts. Based on safety and/or PK data in Cohort 1, participants will be enrolled in adaptive Cohorts 2 and/or 3.
Intraoperative histological examination is a fundamental tool in surgery. Probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (pCLE) is a new imaging technique which enables real-time, microscope-resolution imaging, currently used in endoscopy. This pilot study aims to evaluate pCLE in surgical setting. The objective is the depiction of histological rendering of normal and pathological tissues through pCLE. Feasibility of real-time diagnosis will also be assessed. All surgical conditions usually necessitating frozen section will be investigated. A total of 30 patients, with various pathology of the thyroid / parathyroid, stomach, esophagus, pancreas, adrenal, colon / small intestine, liver will be included. Diagnostic criteria will be defined by a surgeon - pathologist team and further validated by retrospective analysis of the video sequences in comparison to conventional histology slides. The data will be used to create an image bank of reference optical biopsy images. The study will allow to point out the surgical conditions in which pCLE is the most effective and reliable and could eventually replace the frozen section technique.
Background: - Nanosilver is tiny silver particles. Many products contain nanosilver, like antimicrobial cleaning supplies and antimicrobial fabrics. Some products also contain nanosilver in a solution that people inhale. The companies that make these products claim they can help boost the immune system. Objective: - To learn if inhaling nanosilver affects the lung s immune system. In addition, to see if nanosilver affects lung function and if it gets absorbed into the bloodstream after it is inhaled. Eligibility: - Healthy, non-smoking adults ages 18 60. Design: - Participants will be pre-screened by phone. - Participants will then be screened with a medical history and physical exam. They will give blood and urine samples. - Participants will have lung function tests. They will breathe into a spirometer. It has a mouthpiece attached to a tube that is connected to a computer. - Participants will have a methacholine challenge test. They will blow into a spirometer. Then they will inhale methacholine. - Eligible participants will have 3 study visits over 2 5 weeks. At each visit, they will repeat some of the screening tests. - At visit 1, participants will have a bronchoscopy. For this, an intravenous line is placed in an arm vein. Electrodes are placed on the chest. A tube is placed through the nose and into the airways. The airway is washed. A sample of cells is taken. - At visit 2, participants will get the study treatment. They will inhale a nanosilver solution mist. They will have lung function tests before and after treatment. - Participants will collect their urine from the time they get the treatment until they return to the clinic the next day. - At visit 3, participants will turn in their urine. They will have another bronchoscopy.
The primary objective of this study is to compare local corticosteroid hand and elbow injections to placebo or ketorolac to determine if there is an equal or better reduction of symptoms for common orthopaedic upper extremity disorders including: De Quervain's tenosynovitis, trigger fingers, and tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis). The investigators will enroll 780 subjects, divided equally into three arms for each disease process, and compare the efficacy of Ketorolac injections to Dexamethasone injections by measuring patient's functional status scores and pain scores at 0 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 month followup periods, prospectively over time.