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The deficit of awareness of pathology (or insight) is a common symptom in patients with schizophrenia and has a negative impact on the prognosis of the disease. Current treatments aren't effective enough on this symptom (Pijnenbord et al., 2013). Previous studies have shown a po…

Parkinson's disease affects between 100'000 and 150'000 people in France. Drug therapy (L-Dopa and other drugs) is effective to improve motor symptoms but after an initial 'honeymoon period' lasting a few years, motor symptoms reoccur in most patients, impairing gait and walking.…

After recuperating from low back surgery patients often perpetuate a sedentary lifestyle because they are concerned about injury and recurrent pain. The objective of this study is to test the feasibility of a program to increase lifestyle walking starting several months after low…

This study is designed to determine whether maximal diaphragm thickening fraction measured by ultrasound during volitional maximal inspiratory efforts is a valid measure of diaphragm function in mechanically ventilated patients.

The purpose of the Alzheimer's Prevention Registry GeneMatch program is to identify a large group of people interested in participating in research studies or clinical trials based in part on their genetic background. This genetic information will be used to match interested indi…

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) is associated with considerable morbidity and even mortality. Next to environmental risk factors, the investigators believe that there is an important role of genetic predisposition to develop …

Heart surgery is a considerable source of stress for the myocardium that must be minimized. Troponin Ic is a reliable marker to determine the level of this myocardial stress. Studies have shown that post-conditioning with AVH has a protective effect on the myocardium, if the tr…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the switch from the original infliximab ( REMICADE®) to its biosimilar (INFLECTRA®) in all the patients at Cochin hospital receiving REMICADE® for either a rheumatic, gastro-enterologic or ophthalmic condition

This research study will compare two weight loss programs that provide different recommendations for how to reduce your energy (or calorie) intake to achieve weight loss in an effort to determine if fixed calorie reduction or varied calorie reduction is more effective for weight …

The aim of this study was to assess the effects of a 5-week standardized cognitive behavioral treatment of stress management conducted via e-learning or face-to-face on patients responding to the diagnosis of adjustment disorder with anxiety (ADA) according to the DSM- 5 (Diagnos…

This two-phase exploratory pilot study investigates the impact of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation. Phase 1, conducted from 2015 to 2018, explored the potential cl…

The disease Osgood-Schlatter is most commonly found in sports teenager growing up apophysose accounting for 28.4% of osteochondrosis by Breck. It relates to 62% of osteochondrosis knee and affects adolescent girls between 10 and 12 and boys between 12 and 15 It is usually conside…

The objective is to determine if data from the National Insurance Health card (giving antibiotics and hospitalizations in the past 18 months) allow to predict the individual risk of antibiotic resistance and to identify population groups for which probabilistic antibiotics regime…

The purpose of this study is to create a neonatal neurologic biological big data center named Neonatal Neurologic Intensive Care Network in China with neonatal systematic information, biological samples and genomics \& genetic data on neonates born with neonatal severe encephalop…

This approach will train peer mentors to deliver a culturally appropriate intervention and provide social support that is critical for facilitating and sustaining health behavior change. The objective is to compare the efficacy of an innovative healthy lifestyle skills mentoring …

A research study into a new technology for adjustment of the radiotherapy beam to account for movement of lung tumours as the patient breathes during radiotherapy.

Study includes 5 visits, when all basic clinical information, vital signs, symptoms, and side effects are going to be assessed at each appointment. Patients are going to be assigned by the computer, to receive an active or non-active drug for 14 days in a first phase. The order …

Test and evaluate a new diagnostic method (SRM-MS/MS: Selected Reaction Monitoring- Mass spectrometry) for Lyme Borreliosis on human skin biopsies. Patients included are those with the early skin manifestation (erythema migrans). This new proteomic method will be compared to the…

Participants with chronic HBV infection will receive multiple doses of ARC-520 in combination with entecavir or tenofovir and be evaluated for safety and efficacy.

To use the PatientBuddy App to reduce 30-day avoidable readmissions in cirrhotic patients using a patient and caregiver perspective.