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This prospective inception cohort will follow women for ten years after primary or revision aesthetic breast implantation. Pocket plane, incision route, implant texture, shape, volume, and operative pocket variables will be recorded. Standardized clinical and photographic assessm…

This prospective controlled cohort will enroll women before primary aesthetic breast surgery. Women receiving silicone implants will be compared with women undergoing nonimplant mastopexy or reduction. Standardized systemic symptom, psychosocial, quality-of-life, and local breast…

Atrial Fibrillation and atrial flutter (AF/FL) is the usually irregular beating of the heart and is a rapidly growing cause of hospitalization. Between 1993 to 2007 AF/FL hospitalizations have increased 203% compared to a 71% increase for all hospitalizations. Changing procedure …

The constitution of a biological samples bank, attached to epidemiological studies Cohort F-CCSS on iatrogenic effects of treatment of childhood cancer, will identify genetic variants that can modulate the iatrogenic risks of these treatments. The main objective is to provide a b…

The study design includes an observational prospective cohort of HIV-positive pregnant/postpartum women and their infants enrolled during antenatal clinics (or immediately postpartum) from prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programs and followed until the infants …

This is an epidemiological, cross-sectional two-visit study involving 100 Caucasian subjects representing 6 different age groups \[20 to 24 (20s), 30 to 34 (30s), 40 to 44 (40s), 50 to 54 (50s), 60 to 64 (60s), and 70 to 74 (70s)\]. Medically healthy subjects will receive a scree…

Patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension often have impaired kidney function due to reduced blood flow to the kidneys and fluid buildup in the abdomen (ascites). Laparoscopy splenectomy and azygoportal disconnection (LSD) is a minimally invasive surgery commonly used…

This is a prospective study of patients with stroke with accompanying motor and visual deficits. There will be patients' evaluations at 2 time points at the acute and subacute period after the stroke. Statistical correlation of the improvement of their deficits will be conducted

This is a Phase III, multicenter, open-label, randomized and controlled study to compare the efficacy of a consolidation therapy with RIT versus ASCT in patients with FL in CR or PR after second or third line chemotherapy supplemented with rituximab.

To assess the long-term safety and efficacy of the BAROSTIM NEO System in trial (NCT01471834) participants.

Although gains have been made in achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDG), much is still needed in countries affected by high levels of HIV/AIDS. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) is a cornerstone strategy in reducing infant mortality from …

The specimen collection is designed for the purpose of the development of a noninvasive prenatal test for T21.

Hypomagnesemia (low magnesium) is an electrolyte imbalance commonly found in up to 65% of critically ill patients. Possible consequences of hypomagnesemia include neuromuscular and neurologic dysfunction, heart arrhythmias, and alterations in other electrolytes. Data has shown th…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Naftopidil and Tamsulosin in the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms through a comparative study of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia.

This is a Phase Ib/II, open-label, multi-center, competitive enrollment and dose-escalation study of ALT-801 combined with cisplatin. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, determine the Maximum-Tolerated Dose (MTD), and characterize the pharmacokinetic profile of A…

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of three interventions on CPAP adherence.

Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as etoposide, carboplatin and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. It is not yet known wh…

The purpose of this study to develop a well-characterized library of blood, biopsy tissue, and urine samples from transplant patients. Subjects without transplants will also be enrolled for comparison. Samples will be used to study the characteristics of patients undergoing trans…

This phase I/II trial studies the effect of eribulin mesylate and to see how well it works in treating patients with cancer of the urothelium that has spread to nearby tissue (locally advanced) or to other places in the body (metastatic)and kidney dysfunction. Drugs used in chemo…

Closer examination of granular lipid data in a large population offers numerous opportunities to generate new knowledge, ranging from studies examining concordance between commonly used lipid parameters to phenotypic characterization of rare or extreme disorders of lipid metaboli…