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The prevalence of morbid obesity in Canada has risen almost 5 fold in the past three decades. Surgery remains the cornerstone of treatment of obesity and related comorbidities such as type-2 diabetes. Bariatric/metabolic procedures can be classified into 2 main categories: a) tho…

This is a phase 2, randomized study where the aim of the study is to investigate the tolerance of adjuvant chemotherapy, measured by functional decline, after surgery for colon cancer stage III in elderly patients. Secondary aims are disease-free survival, toxicity, late function…

The investigators propose a one-year, repeated measures, within-subject design to examine the impact of improved caregiver depression on child asthma outcomes. A cross-lagged panel modeling (CLPM) for longitudinal data will be fit using a maximum likelihood structural equation mo…

Chronic pain is a major problem in the USA and the rest of the world, currently, all available pharmacological interventions carry with them significant side effects. Pain clinics are specially equipped to perform intentional pain procedures to manage pain. However, there remain …

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of Topiramate on the decrease of Body Mass Index compared to placebo at 9 months.

An intervention study to determine if a longer duration of antibiotics (compared to shorter duration) improves the short and long term clinical outcomes of children hospitalised for pneumonia

The proposed study plans to adapt and study the implementation and effectiveness of integrating Clinical and Community Effort Against Secondhand smoke Exposure (CEASE) into the thoracic oncology setting using mixed methods.

Obesity plays an adverse role at every stage of conception and pregnancy and mounting evidence implicates relative hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and reduced menstrual cycle hormone secretion as likely contributors to the subfertility phenotype and possible contributors to compli…

The Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC) phase 3 treatment trial, Study 31, will investigate the efficacy and safety of daily rifapentine (1200 mg daily) with or without moxifloxacin as part of multidrug treatment regimens for drug-sensitive pulmonary TB. The proposed study (Stu…

To assess the effects of a combined antimicrobial prophylaxis using oral ornidazole (the day before surgery) and intravenous cephalosporin (before surgical incision) with that of intravenous cephalosporin alone (standard of care) in combination with oral placebo on the incidence …

This study evaluates the safety and effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for the treatment of severe radiation-induced complications in patients previously treated with radiotherapy. Patients with clinically significant late radiation injuries will undergo HBOT sessi…

A pilot randomized feasibility trial with a blinded evaluator.

A comparison of baseline tumor characteristics in oncogene-driven cancers to tumor characteristics after early response to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (TKI) targeted treatment will allow identification of early adaptive mechanisms of cell survival. This will facilitate targeting an…

In this study, patients will be observed who receive an E-liac Stent Graft for treatment of isolated iliac aneurysms or an E-liac Stent Graft in combination with one of the following AAA stent grafts: E-tegra Stent Graft, Endurant AAA Stent Graft, Zenith AAA Endovascular Graft, G…

The purpose of this study is to compare the performance of Afirma GSC and ThyroSeq v.3 in indeterminate thyroid nodules to determine which test can allow more patients to avoid unnecessary surgery and preserve quality of life. In the initial phase of this study, the performance o…

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a new catheter is safe and effective in treating malignant pleural effusions compared to approve catheter.

Clozapine is the sole AP agent with superiority in treatment refractory schizophrenia, but it also is associated with the greatest risk of weight gain and other metabolic abnormalities. Topiramate, an anticonvulsant agent, possesses a weight-reducing effect. Furthermore, some stu…

The goal of this study is to determine if a remote cardiac or pulmonary rehabilitation program delivered via a smartphone application and regular telephone calls will lead to improved delivery of cardiac rehabilitation compared to usual care. This includes increased adherence for…

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of cyclophosphamide plus dexamethasone combined with rituximab or bortezomib regimens in newly diagnosed Waldenström macroglobulinemia patients.

The goal of this observational study is to investigate sex - differences in detection rate of atrial fibrillation after cryptogenic stroke (embolic stroke of unknown cause) - using an implantable cardiac rhythm monitor - and the treatment effects of oral anticoagulation on recurr…