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The hypothesis of the investigators is that patients with septic shock in ICU have acute intestinal insufficiency favoring subclinical microbial translocation, which is the consequence of alterations of the epithelium, and is accompanied by qualitative and quantitative changes in…

the aim of this preliminary observational study is to compare external exposomes from 10 teeth issued through 10 subjects living in high incidence of crohn's disease area and 10 teeth issued through 10 subjects living in low incidence of crohn's disease area.

Endovascular thermal ablation is currently considered as the best procedure for treating varicose veins thanks to its mini-invasiveness and the lowest rate of incidence of complications. At the end of the endovascular ablation procedure, the European Society of Vascular Surgery (…

Carbetocin has been in clinical use in EU for some years and the efficacy is documented in several RCTs. Circulatory adverse events leading to death has been reported after intravenous injection of oxytocin. Some studies indicate that oxytocin may lead to dose dependent ischemic …

The EPSONIP (Evaluating Prevalence and Severity Of NAFLD In Primary care) trial is a longitudinal cohort study of patients with T2DM recruited from primary health care centers in Östergötland, Sweden. The latest MRI techniques will be used to quantify the amount of hepatic fat, i…

Previous difficult airway management is the most accurate predictor of future difficulty. Consistent documentation is paramount for future airway planning, but requires reliable, reproducible and easily accessible information. Currently, anaesthesia alert cards are often based on…

Lack of adherence to an exercise program is a major problem for older Veterans. Several fall prevention programs fail in the home setting due to lack of adherence. Exercise adherence is dependent on brain function among other factors. Magnetic stimulation of the front part of the…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug Crofelemer in the treatment of non-HIV patients with chronic idiopathic diarrhea; to determine the prevalence of identifiable causes of chronic diarrhea in a non-HIV patients; to assess the diagnostic yield, i…

This proposal will evaluate two brain health measures, cerebrovascular perfusion and cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR), before and after a proven, interval-based, aerobic exercise intervention in older Veterans. The hypothesis is that the 12-week aerobic exercise intervention (Spi…

The timing of umbilical cord clamping has been widely discussed in the scientific community. As part of the worldwide strategies to reduce childhood iron deficiency anemia, the incorporation of late clamping (at least one minute after delivery), has been adopted as an effective …

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical results and MRI imaging of autologous cartilage reconstructions or collagen matrix of the knee. There is currently little data in the literature on clinical outcomes and imaging of this type of lesion.

The aim of this study is to evaluate in a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trail the effectiveness of preorthodontic piezotomy combined with a buccal bone augmentation (in other name periodontlly accelerated osteogenic orthodontics: PAOO)in the prevention of gingival …

A quasi-experimental trial was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of this combination in promoting happiness, perceived stress, sleep quality, experience on meditation, and life satisfaction among institutionalized older adults in Taiwan.

The proposed study of adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) will examine the association of behavioral differences in constructs of decision making, brain structure and connectivity, and eating disorder (ED) symptoms. This study tests the novel hypothesis that goal-directed and …

This study will include 100 stroke patients with significant penumbra at the acute stage and successfully recanalized thanks to thrombectomy, intravenous thrombolysis or spontaneously. Patients will be explored with the multi-b diffusion sequence on a new 3T research magnet equip…

This study develops infertility survey among reproductive age women with gynecological and breast cancer. This study aims to learn how women consider whether or not to try to have a baby after surviving cancer. The advice gathered from this survey may be shared with patients and …

The purpose of the study is to demonstrate demonstrate the pharmacokinetic (PK) similarity of HD201 to the European (EU) and American (US) reference products Herceptin, following a single i.v. infusion of 6 mg/kg in healthy volunteers.

The objectives for this research are to determine the mechanisms by which specific therapy tasks improve voice in age-related dysphonia, and the conditions that limit the extent of improvement. The central hypothesis is that targeted therapy tasks will improve voice, and that sev…

The mainstay treatment for females with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) has long been a combination of an oral contraceptive pill or OCP (containing both estrogen and progestin) along with an anti-androgen medication (such as Spironolactone) to not only prevent chronic anovulati…

The purpose of this study is to create a patient registry in order to assess treatment patterns, physician reported clinical outcomes and patient-reported health-related quality of life among patients diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) who newly initiated a novel therapy i…