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This study aimed to evaluate the influence of amla (Emblica officinalis) on patients with chronic generalized periodontitis, using a single-blind, randomized controlled study design. 1. At baseline, all participants fulfilling the I/E criteria would be randomized into Arm I or I…

The use of monoclonal antibodies (MA) either alone or as part of chemoimmunotherapy in oncology, benign and malignant hematology is expanding. Of the 17 therapeutic MAs approved in 2017 by FDA, 50% of them are indicated for hematologic and oncologic condition. With increasing num…

Since the outbreak of a syndrome of acute respiratory distress associated to a novel coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov2) that began in China, Europe and France have to face a sanitary emergency with critically care support when the patient evolves to an acute respiratory distress (ARDS). I…

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) accounts for more than 40% of leukemia mortality in the United States. Each year around ten thousand people die from the disease, most within a few years of diagnosis. Despite advances in our understanding of the disease, few improvements in the thera…

In December 2019 a new kind of virus was identified in China as the responsible of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and interstitial pneumonia. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) quickly spread around the world and in February 2020 became a pande…

This protocol is a retrospective study using observational data to conduct a target trial emulation to examine the association of exercise on cancer specific endpoints and other clinical outcomes in cancer survivors.

Despite an increasing armamentarium of behavioral and biomedical HIV prevention methods, since 2010 rates of new infection have remained around 40,000 annually. The demonstrated efficacy and subsequent approval of emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate for pre-exposure proph…

This prospective, multicenter cohort study aims to evaluate the outcomes of surgical repair for pediatric mitral regurgitation (MR) in China. From March 2020 to December 2024, consecutive patients younger than 14 years who underwent mitral valve repair at eight representative con…

A single-arm, single-center prospective study of a novel double purse-string technique for constructing the colorectal anastomosis in robot-assisted laparoscopic resection of the sigmoid colon for cancer.

This is a prospective randomized study to investigate the yield of continuous electroencephalogram (cEEG), as a diagnostic tool in intensive care unit (ICU), for patients with refractory status epilepticus (RSE) and the contribution of this test to the patient final outcome, comp…

In health, blood pressure (BP) falls at night by \>10% compared with day-time values. This natural dipping pattern is important as without it there is an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Recent evidence suggests that chronotherapy (taking anti-hypertensive medicati…

There are currently no effective treatments for lichen planus pigmentosus (LPP) and erythema dyschromicum perstans (EDP). Tranexamic acid, which may downregulate pigmentation through a reduction in plasmin, has been shown to decrease pigmentation in patients with melasma, another…

Collection of SARS-COV-2 Secretions and Serum for Countermeasure Development (aka ClinSeqSer) is an observational study to understand natural history of SARS-COV-2 infections among special populations and characterise post-covid morbidity through immune response, virus genome seq…

Richmond Research Institute (RRI) is applying existing and new COVID-19 PCR and antibody tests to help develop methodologies which provide fast and accurate results. Infection with coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is currently a worldwide pandemic and reliable testing for COVID-19 is cru…

CT signs that are evocative of lung COVID-19 infections have been extensively described, whereas 18F-FDG-PET signs have not. Our current study aimed to identify specific COVID-19 18F-FDG-PET signs in patients that were (i) suspected to have a lung infection based on 18F-FDG-PET/C…

Women are at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Notably at menopause, some women experience a change in cognition. However, not all women experience negative effects of menopause on cognition. The cognitive changes that occur at menopause have not yet been connected to …

Pediatric idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is a rare disease for which the optimal therapeutic strategy has not yet been defined. A network of clinicians treating complicated forms of this disease (grouped within the Société de Néphrologie Pédiatrique, SNP) exists, but to date…

The study aims to investigate organ dysfunction and biomarkers in patients with suspected or verified COVID-19 during intensive care at Uppsala University Hospital.

Ischemic cardiomyopathy, defined by a deficiency in oxygenation of the myocardium due to a narrowing of the coronary arteries, is a major problem for public health. Medicinally-treated or re-vascularized cardiovascular rehabilitation following myocardial infarction has shown unde…

This trial collects research data and samples from patients who experience immunotherapy side effects to store for use in future research studies. Studying research data and samples from patients who experience immunotherapy side effects may help researchers better understand how…