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Filter by:Background: - Skin disease can have many causes. It can have widespread consequences, and in rare cases can lead to death. Researchers want to determine the causes of various types of skin diseases and find a way to treat them. Objectives: - To determine the causes of various skin diseases and find ways to treat them. Eligibility: - People ages 2 and older who have: - A skin disease or at risk of developing a skin disease OR - A family member of persons with a skin disease - Healthy volunteers ages 2 and older Design: - Participants will be screened under a separate protocol. - Participants may take a survey about how their skin condition affects their quality of life. - Participants will have a medical history and a physical exam including a detailed skin exam. Pictures will be taken of their skin to document any skin disease. - Participants will have specimens collected. This may include: - Several teaspoons of blood taken at each visit - Stool samples - Nail and body fluid (like saliva) samples - Cheek swabs. The inside of the cheek will be scraped for about a minute in each direction to collect cells. - Collection of skin samples with: - A swab (like a Q-tip) - Gently scraping skin to remove the outer layers of cells - Applying and removing 1-inch pieces of tape - Participants may have up to 4 skin biopsies in 12 months, with 4 separate biopsies taken each time. - An area of skin will be numbed with an injection. - A piece of skin the size of a pencil eraser will be removed using a small instrument. - A flat scar usually develops at the biopsy site.
The study, "Evaluation of the effect of antibacterial medical honey dressing for healing of implants donor area", is a Phase 4 Study, Prospective, A randomized trial, 3 arms (treatment groups) trial, Open-label, non-controlled, non-randomized, Aims To test the effectiveness of antibacterial medical honey dressing in the therapy of donor area of implants. In our Research Will participate in 135 new patients over the age of 18, with a wound in the donor area of hip implants, Hospitalized in the Plastic Surgery Unit of the "Haemek" Medical Center. Appropriate patients, who will agree to sign and sign a consent form, be assigned randomly to one of three treatment groups: 1. The research group: Medihoney antibacterial wound dressing. 2. The control group: Paraffin gauze with saline- The basic treatment in the donor site, accepted the literature. 3. Comparison group: Polymem dressing - Common treatment in the donor site in the Plastic Surgery Unit of the "Haemek" Medical Center. Participants in the three study groups will be performed, each visit, Medical monitoring and examination by a team of medical indices of Plastic Surgery Unit, as is customary. The treatment will be performed, twice a week until recovery and the complete closure of the wound.
Travelers (n = 30, 15 taking low-dose methotrexate (MTX), 15 healthy controls (HC), seeking travel advice in one of the following Swiss Travel Centers (Aarau, Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich) and who have an indication for yellow fever (YF) vaccination according to the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health's vaccination recommendations are invited to participate in this study. After signing the consent form (i) YF viremia and (ii) anti-YF antibody production in patients taking low-dose MTX and HC will be compared after YF vaccination. It will be analyzed whether the percentage of people with protective antibodies differs between the two groups and (iii) vaccine side effects will be compared between the groups.
The purpose of this study is to see how skin conditions that are related to different kinds of cancer or cancer treatments affect a patient's overall well-being. Skin conditions are common in cancer patients and survivors. Sometimes, the skin condition is directly related to the cancer. Other times, these conditions are a side effect of cancer treatment. Patients in the study will be asked to fill out at least one questionnaire about how they feel about their skin condition. If the patient needs to be treated for their skin condition, they will be asked to complete the same questionnaire when they return for a follow-up visit. The investigators hope the study will improve our understanding of how cancer patients feel about their skin conditions. They also hope this study helps them learn how to improve the way we treat skin conditions in cancer patients.
The bullous pemphigoid treatment is based on corticosteroids continued for several years. Pemphigus causes some patients a psychological impact and sometimes major vulnerability that can occur not only at diagnosis but also at later stages of disease progression. Our hypothesis is that these episodes of vulnerability may be under four kinds of factors that may be connected to the plurality of the history of these patients, and the resources they can mobilize throughout this experience, generating inequality in management and "work" around the disease.
This study investigates the genetic architecture of Neutrophil-Mediated Inflammatory Skin Diseases. After collecting informed consent, all patients' clinical phenotype is graded at inclusion with a detailed case report form and a discovery cohort formed based on the certainty of diagnosis. The DNA of patients in the discovery cohort is analyzed by whole exome sequencing which identifies all protein-coding genetic variants. Subsequently, statistical burden tests are going to identify enrichment of rare coding genetic variants in patients affected by Neutrophil-Mediated Inflammatory Skin Diseases. The ultimate goal is to reveal the responsible gene(s) that may then be targets for clinical intervention.
It is a phase III trial to explore the efficacy and safety of metronomic chemotherapy with Capecitabine versus intermittent Capecitabine as maintenance therapy following first-line Capecitabine plus Docetaxel chemotherapy in treatment of HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer(mBC).
Background: - Atopic dermatitis, or eczema, is a chronic skin disorder. Patients sometimes have infections with S. aureus bacteria. Researchers want to study how eczema treatments affect the number and the type of bacteria on the skin. Objectives: - To study the effect of eczema treatments on skin bacteria. Eligibility: - Individuals between 2 and 25 years of age who have moderate to severe atopic dermatitis. - Healthy volunteers between 18 and 40 years of age with no history of eczema. Design: - Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Research samples will be collected. Skin biopsies may also be performed. - All participants will be assigned to one of several study groups. - This study will last for up to 1 year. Healthy volunteers must not have taken antibiotics in the year before the start of the study. - All participants will have regular study visits during their 1-year participation. More research samples will be collected at these visits.
Breast reconstruction is a common procedure with over 86,000 breast reconstruction procedures performed in the United States in 2009. This is a 1.5-fold increase since 2007. Of these breast reconstructions, 65% use a tissue expander/implant technique. Although satisfactory results can be achieved with a single-stage technique, a two-stage approach is considered more reliable, allowing for precise positioning of the inframammary fold and an opportune time to perform a capsulotomy to increase the breast skin flap by releasing the soft tissue. The placement of the tissue expander and implant under the chest muscles is thought to minimize the incidence of capsular contracture, expander exposure, and in addition, produce acceptable aesthetic results. However, discomfort is often associated with this submuscular placement of a tissue expander or implant, specifically during the expansion phase. Patients undergoing immediate reconstruction using submuscular implants have been shown to have higher analgesic requirements and to have higher pain scores post-operatively, compared to non-reconstructed patients. An uncomfortable reconstruction can lead to under-filling of the expander, a longer expansion process, abandonment of reconstruction, and a compromised quality of life. The use of Botulinum Toxin A (Botox) injections into the chest muscles at the time of surgery may help ease the discomfort that is often associated with this procedure. The investigators propose a prospective double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial of patients undergoing tissue expander/implant reconstruction. The information gathered from this analysis will provide a greater understanding of the effects of Botox in the setting of two-stage tissue expander/implant breast reconstruction, with the goal to improve patient satisfaction and quality of life.
The purpose of this study is to determinate whether in newborns just cleaning the umbilical stump when changing diapers (with water and soap if necessary)is effective in preventing local cord infections and not delaying cord separation as just as cord care alcohol, usually applied in our hospital and suggested to parents at dismission.