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The goal of this observational study is to learn about the long-term effects of mechanical versus biological mitral valve replacement in patients aged 70 years or younger. The main question it aims to answer is: Do patients who receive a mechanical mitral valve live longer and n…

This is a randomized study evaluating use of a powered bone marrow biopsy and aspiration system (OnControl by Vidacare) compared to traditional manual devices. The hypothesis is that the powered system will reduce the level of patient pain during the aspiration and core biopsy pr…

This is a multi-center, observational study aiming to establish a precision diagnosis scheme and multi-dimensional risk prediction models for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). The study plans to enroll 10000 adult HCM patients. It will integrate genetic testing, advanced cardiac…

This retrospective observational study aims to develop and validate a clinicopathology-based machine learning model to predict pathological complete response (pCR) following neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer. Clinical and pathological data collected between …

The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Chondron (Autologus Chondrocyte) in patients with cartilage defects in their ankle for 18 months

Liver transplantation (LT) represents an important curative option for end stage liver disease such as decompensated cirrhosis, which remains a major challenge for today's health care system. The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) is a worldwide-established scoring system f…

The Prospective Cohort Study for Newborns from patients treated with ART was set up to investigate the short- and long-term health consequences in Reproductive Medical Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China.

Currently, the estimated number of people with diabetes mellitus is approximately 387 million people worldwide. Due to population growth, urbanization, ageing and the rising prevalence of obesity the numbers of individuals with diabetes is increasing likewise. It has been shown t…

The aim of the study is to identify prognostication predictors of 6-months neurological outcome in survivors at day 3 after cardiac arrest (CA) treated with therapeutic hypothermia (TH).

The objective of the present study is to analyze the overall tubular function, and in particular that from the proximal tubule and the thick ascending loop of Henle (TALH) in patients with HIV infection receiving or not tenofovir-containing antiretroviral treatment in comparison …

This study aims to retrospectively evaluate patients who underwent surgical treatment for elastofibroma dorsi, a rare benign tumor typically located in the subscapular region of the chest wall. The study will analyze demographic and clinical features, risk factors, diagnostic ima…

Pediatric patients differ in a variety of properties from adult populations, but comprehensive multicenter or population-based data is missing for pancreatic surgery. This study aimed to evaluate indications, complications, and mortality in pediatric pancreatic surgery.

The purpose of this study is to obtain bone marrow and peripheral blood samples, along with clinical data from patients with Multiple Myeloma (MM), Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia (WM), Smoldering MM, and other lymphoplasmacytic lymphomas (LPL) including but not limited to MGUS a…

This study will help to understand the interaction between estrogen receptor-alpha (ER alpha) and tumor suppressor protein p53 as well as impact on patient tumor gene expression in response to the hormonal therapy Tamoxifen. This information may eventually help select the appropr…

Based on our clinical observations, many girls with RETT syndrome, a severe neuro-developmental encephalopathy, suffer from osteoporosis which can appear at a very early age (before age 10) and can lead to fractures, pain and a limitation in mobility. Few epidemiological studies …

The purpose of this study is to provide etravirine (ETR) through this trial until participants can be switched to locally available ETR-based treatment regimens (that is, commercially available and reimbursed, or accessible through another source \[example, access program or gove…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of two anti-inflammatory drugs, fish oil capsules and the COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib, on pregnancy associated breast cancer (PABC). Short-term intervention with anti-inflammatory medications will demonstrate a reduction in the in…

The cataract surgery (550 000 operations per year in France) is to replace the cloudy lens with a refractive implant. Two colors of implants are available: white implants, filtering out ultraviolet and yellow implants, filtering and more blue light. No clinical data are available…

Recent investigations from this group have identified that genetic variants of genes associated with monogenic forms of nephrolithiasis are expressed in idiopathic calcium oxalate kidney stone patients and could influence stone forming risk. Utilizing patient samples from the May…

PRODE is a Norwegian multicentre study investigating the prognosis of depression in the elderly. The study has included 169 patients who will be followed with assessments after one and three years. The study hypothesis is that elderly patients referred to specialist health servi…