Sep 10th, 2021 - Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease of the joints causing pain, stiffness, swelling and loss of joint function. Despite the range of treatment options for RA steadily increasing, many patients remain sub-optimally managed, with sustained clinical remission rarely achieved. This study will assess the treatment patterns, achievement of treatment targets and maintenance of respons...

Sep 10th, 2021 - In Europe, 29% of individuals are smokers, and tobacco use is directly related to 650,000 mortalities each year across the continent, around 14% of all deaths. In France, 34% of the adult population is smoking everyday (www.OFDT.fr). The links between smoking and the development of several chronic disorders is well established and long-term smokers are more likely to die from a disease directly...

Sep 10th, 2021 - Researchers in this study want to learn more about the safety of the drug runcaciguat and how well it works when given at the highest dose as tolerated by the individual patient whose kidneys are not working properly and suffering at the same time from high blood sugar and/or high blood pressure and a disease of the heart and the blood vessels. Runcaciguat is a new drug under development for th...

Sep 10th, 2021 - Design The investigators propose a randomized double blind controlled clinical trial. It would include two comparison groups each with 25 participants with medical diagnosis of hip osteoarthritis classified severity II and III and inclusion criteria of the American College of Rheumatology for the classification and reporting of osteoarthritis of the hip. All qualified participants will attend a...

Sep 10th, 2021 - Shenfu injection is a traditional Chinese medicine formulation containing ginseng (Panax; family: Araliaceae) and aconite (Radix aconiti lateralis preparata, Aconitum carmichaeli Debx; family: Ranunculaceae) with Ginsenosides and aconite alkaloids as the main active ingredients. Its quality is strictly controlled in compliance with the standard of the China Ministry of Public Health (official a...

Sep 10th, 2021 - The purpose of this study is to find out how differences in age can affect the duration of pain relief from a femoral nerve block. Complete recovery after leg surgery involves healing of tissues at the surgical site, recovery of muscle strength and range-of-motion. Some pain is normally experienced after leg surgery. At the hospital, pain is usually treated with pain medicines, and/or a nerve b...

Sep 10th, 2021 - This is an open-label, multi-center Phase Ib/II study of safety, PK, PD and efficacy of APG-2575 as a single agent or in combination with rituximab or ibrutinib in relapsed/refractory CLL/SLL patients. This study consists of two parts: The first part is the APG-2575 single agent cohort expansion. The cohort expansion will be conducted at three dose levels of 400 mg, 600 mg, and 800 mg. And up t...

Sep 10th, 2021 - Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurological condition, which affects the brain. PD gets worse over time, but how quickly it progresses varies a lot from person to person. Some symptoms of PD are tremors, stiffness, and slowness of movement. The purpose of this study is to see how feasible and how satisfied participants/caregivers/investigators are with video-assisted telenursing use in nurse sup...

Sep 10th, 2021 - Potential participants are screened over an up-to-35-day period (with an extra 7-day period for participants who are required to repeat screening 24-hour urine collections or initially unanalyzable screening laboratory assessment samples) prior to randomization. Eligible participants will receive a single dose of DCR-PHXC or placebo on Day 1. In order to maintain the treatment blind, 24-hour ur...

Sep 10th, 2021 - PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the clinical utility of images collected by an iPhone application (app) MoleMapper, and a professional grade portable imaging system (Visiomed microDERM DL200evo imaging system or 'Visiomed'), a commonly used polarized-light dermatoscope, the DermLite DL4 joined to a research iPhone used by the MoleMapper team, as well as assessment of the use of in vivo confoca...

Sep 10th, 2021 - Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited arrhythmia disorder with high risk of ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation, and implantable cardioverter defibrillator remains as therapy of choice. Antiarrhythmic therapy with different agents including beta-blockers, sotalol and amiodarone are usually not effective in reducing risk of arrhythmic events. Recent data indi...

Sep 10th, 2021 - PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Estimate the probability of a dose limiting toxicity (DLT) following cycle 1 of experimental regimens (pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride [pegylated liposomal doxorubicin] [PLD] and atezolizumab and PLD/bevacizumab and atezolizumab). (Safety lead-in) II. Estimate and compare the hazard of first progression or death (progression free survival [PFS]) of each expe...

Sep 10th, 2021 - PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the feasibility of a 6 month, twice weekly supervised strength training intervention in patients with multiple myeloma. (Cohort 1) II. To assess the feasibility of a 6 month behavioral intervention to prompt an increase in weekly physical activity in patient with multiple myeloma. (Cohort 2) SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the adherence rate of patients durin...

Sep 10th, 2021 - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common condition whose prevalence increases with advancing age . One of the main complications of this arrhythmia is the occurrence of systemic thromboembolism, the first of which the occurrence of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) . The advanced age itself is an independent risk factor for occurrence of stroke in the context of AF , evidenced by the score awarded to ...

Sep 10th, 2021 - Opioids are effective analgesics, but cause side effects including sedation, respiratory depression, low blood pressure, nausea, and constipation. Gabapentin enacarbil, which is a FDA approved drug for post herpetic neuralgia (nerve pain related to shingles) and restless leg syndrome, may decrease your need for narcotics and thus decrease the risk of side effects. The investigator hopes this st...

Sep 10th, 2021 - Prospective, single-arm, multicenter study that will generate clinical data on 100 adult patients using the NEUWAVE MicroWave Ablation System with AC (Ablation Confirmation) software in patients undergoing ablation of a soft tissue liver lesion. AC software is a computed tomography (CT) image processing software package available as an optional feature for use with the NEUWAVE Microwave Ablatio...

Sep 10th, 2021 - Objective: Determine whether treatment of perceived stress, anxiety, and depression with anti-depressant therapy improves dyspnea scores, 6-minute walk (6MW) distance and quality of life (QoL) in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and ILD (Interstitial Lung Disease) undergoing pulmonary rehab. The study is a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled stu...

Sep 10th, 2021 - The study is an open-label, single-arm, multicenter clinical study to investigate the efficacy, safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of risdiplam in infants aged from birth to 6 weeks who have been genetically diagnosed with SMA but are not yet presenting with symptoms. There will be a screening, treatment, open-label extension (OLE) and a follow-up. All participants will receive risd...

Sep 10th, 2021 - This study is a pilot quasi experimental study which consists of two groups namely the intervention and control group. The experimental group will be implementing the suggested home modifications as well as education for functional performance in the homes. In addition, this study is a pilot study, therefore the feasibility of the intervention to be implemented in practice will be investigated....

Sep 10th, 2021 - Primary Objective: To evaluate if low BRCA1 protein expression has a preferential effect on response when metastatic breast cancer patients are treated with DNA damaging chemotherapy agent, compared to historical controls Secondary Objective: To evaluate if low BRCA1 protein expression has a preferential effect on tumor progression when metastatic breast cancer patients are treated with DNA dam...