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The medical teams are increasingly sought by patients to get the most possible information, probably expressed in a different form and thereby supplementing the information already received. Coulter et al. reached similar conclusions in their study of the writings of patient info…

Since many years cognitive disorders are a main topic of clinical research in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) as there could be observed early on in the disease and could induce with time in patients significant socio-professional burden. Today assessment of cognitive dysfunction in MS i…

This study aims to determine the functional outcomes of patients who underwent internal hemipelvectomy with or without reconstruction or external hemipelvectomy for pelvic tumors. Learning about the outcomes of these patients may help researchers determine the long-term effects o…

The purpose of this study is to better characterize the long-term safety of imatinib in patients who are on imatinib treatment in a Novartis-sponsored, Oncology Global Development \& Global Medical Affairs (OGD\&GMA) study and are benefiting from the treatment as judged by the in…

The purpose of this research study is to develop a method of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate lung tumors and other thoracic malignancies. An MRI is a scanning device that uses magnets to make images (pictures) of the body. This study is being done to determine …

Post-marketing safety data on patients treated and untreated with eculizumab or ravulizumab.

The aim of this study is to characterize the deficit in critical components of personal identity (self-consciousness and social cognition) in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and fronto-temporal lobar dementia (FTLD), compared to healthy elderly, combining a neuropsychology…

A study of clinical characteristics and potential prognostic factors in inflammatory bowel disease

In the proposed research study, we are investigating the feasibility of integrating automated planning tools to MR images acquired using a novel MR-guided linac, for on-line adaptive radiation treatment. However, these on-line automation tools require further technical refinement…

Most symptomatic pathologies of the ankle and hindfoot are determined by biomechanical alterations of this anatomical region. Surgical treatment of these pathologies is therefore aimed at improving the inferior biomechanical condition, and it can be expected that an improvement o…

Recent epidemiological studies in France showed a high prevalence of obesity (14.5%) and its strong increase in the last 20 years. Among the many complications associated with obesity, liver complications (steatosis and steatohepatitis \[NASH\]) are among the most common. Semapho…

The Cancer Experience Registry®: An Online Survey Research Study to Understand the Experiences of Those Impacted By a Cancer Diagnosis. The Registry is a web-based platform to distribute cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys. Study surveys are designed based on input from advi…

The purpose of this study is to establish a registry of patients with pancreatic diseases. Patients included in the registry may include those with: pancreatic cancer, precancerous lesions of the pancreas, inflammatory lesions of the pancreas, cystic lesions of the pancreas, and …

Although it is frequently mentioned in the media that overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions worldwide and in this country, some Canadians are perplexed and sometimes confused about the role of obesity in diabetes and heart disease. In fact, the investigators ev…

Advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) have opened up possibilities of new therapies to prevent disease progression. High quality clinical investigations in patients with ADPKD, however, pose significant challenge…

The analysis of this study will achieve an improvement in the management of patients over 70 years with adaptation of chemotherapy regimens after analysis of the subject and its psychosocial environment. The analysis of socio-economic impacts will implement actions to optimize t…

This study evaluates the effectiveness of community health workers when added to routine care for patients with diabetes and high blood pressure in rural clinics in Chiapas, Mexico. It does so by recording information on adherence to therapy, blood pressure and hemoglobin A1c whi…

PROLIPHYC is a collaborative prospective study that aims at discovering deep cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteome with a new clinically-compatible proteomics strategy, in a cohort of 100 patients suspected of neurodegenerative diseases and/or normal pressure hydrocephalus.

Background: \- Asthma is a lung condition that causes difficulty breathing and decreased lung function. Some people with asthma have more severe disease symptoms. They may be less responsive to standard treatments such as steroids. Researchers want to compare severe asthmatics w…

This prospective, non-interventional, research registry is designed to study the comparative effectiveness and comparative safety of approved treatments for PsA-SpA in a cohort of patients cared for by rheumatologists across North America. Secondary objectives include analyzing t…