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Pneumonia is a major threat to the health of children. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is a core cause of pediatric pneumonia, and the incidence of severe mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (SMPP) has increased in recent years. SMPP leads to a range of extrapulmonary symptoms, inclu…

Significance, Background, and Current Status Studies show the global average prevalence of myopia is 22%, with hyperopia incidence being similar. In China, the myopia prevalence is 31%, making it one of the countries with the highest rates of myopia. Currently, the safety and eff…

APACCHE (Adapted Physical Activity and Cardiac Coherence in HEmatologic patients) study investigates effects of heart rate variability biofeedback training, combined with classical adapted physical activity, on health-related quality of life in patients previously treated for hem…

Summary Description The goal of this intervention study is to test how well does a weight management curriculum work in virtual group-based medical visits (telehealth) for the treatment of adolescents with obesity. The main questions it aims to answer are: * How well does provi…

This randomized controlled trial examined whether a perioperative individually tailored psychological intervention can reduce psychological distress and modulate pro-metastatic molecular processes in breast cancer patients undergoing surgery. Forty women with stage I-III breast c…

This is a multicenter, retrospective, real-world observational study aimed at developing and validating an artificial intelligence-based tool for identifying ulinastatin treatment responders and risk stratification in cardiac surgery patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CP…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the CG-100 device, a single use, temporary intraluminal bypass device,intended to reduce contact of fecal content with an anastomotic site, following colorectal surgery (open or laparoscopic)

This study is designed to test LabPatch-alcohol, a wearable, non-invasive biosensor Band-Aid like patch that is designed to detect real-time changes in interstitial alcohol concentrations in human subjects. The changes in interstitial alcohol concentrations will be compared to bl…

This research study seeks to find causes and treatments of depression in teenagers. The study goals are to increase our knowledge of treatments for depression and understand how the brain changes when teenagers have depression. The study will also compare teenagers with depressio…

This pilot phase II trial studies how well ferumoxytol magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) works in assessing response to pembrolizumab in patients with glioblastoma. Diagnostic procedures, such as ferumoxytol MRI, may help measure a patient's response to pembrolizumab treatment.

This pilot early phase I trial studies the side effects and how well imiquimod and pembrolizumab work in treating patients with stage IIIB-IV melanoma. Imiquimod may stimulate the immune system. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's …

The goal of this study is to develop strategies that will improve outcomes for patients with deep vein thrombosis (DVT), using in vivo FDG-PET inflammation imaging to better predict the development of the post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS). New approaches are needed to improve the ou…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of combining high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) to the pelvis and 6 months of hormonal therapy, otherwise known as short term androgen deprivation therapy (STAD), as treat…

Background: A person s genome is the collection of all their genes. A gene instructs individual cells to make proteins. Proteins are involved in all of our body s chemical processes. Genome sequencing allows researchers to find variations in genes. Some of these are normal and a…

FASTERCC: Folic acid supplement versus placebo for treating mucositis adverse events in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients receiving targeted therapy. A randomized, double-blind trial from the Danish renal cancer group (DARENCA study-4)

Pain is one of the most feared and burdensome symptoms experienced by cancer patients. Its prevalence has been estimated by INCa1 in 2012 at 48% in patients undergoing cancer treatment, and unrelieved pain is directly associated with significantly reduced quality of life (QoL)2. …

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of omalizumab compared with placebo, on top of SoC (anti-histamine and nasal corticosteroid) in adult and adolescent patients with severe Japanese cedar pollinosis, whose symptoms were inadequately controlled de…

Participants to the study will be assigned to 7 cohorts according to the stage of disease and planned antitumor treatment at time of study entry. In all patients, 12 ml of blood sample will be collected in EDTA tube for analysis of biological biomarkers in different time points.

This study aims to assess the efficiency of Fascia Iliaca Compartmental Block in patients undergoing femoral thrombectomy versus spinal anesthesia.

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a leading cause of mortality in the elderly. Outcomes of patients with HFpEF are poor and so far, no treatment has been shown to decrease morbidity or mortality. Recent animal and human studies suggest that a systemic proi…