Infectious disease
MONDO:0005550A disorder directly resulting from the presence and activity of a microbial, viral, or parasitic agent in humans. It can be transmitted by direct or indirect contact.
Also known as: communicable disease, infection, infectious, infectious disease, infectious diseases and manifestations, infectious disorder, transmissible disease, clinical infection
8207 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 295 tagged with Infectious disease itself.
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Viral infectious disease 133 trials · 4,436 incl. sub-types
42 sub-types
- Primary viral infectious disease 0 trials · 4,241 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Viral respiratory tract infection 47 trials · 564 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Coronavinae infectious disease 134 trials
- Disease arising from reactivation of latent virus 4 trials · 89 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Viral infection of central nervous system 3 trials · 58 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Viral hemorrhagic fever 10 trials · 51 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Arbovirus fever 0 trials · 46 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Kaposi's sarcoma 45 trials Sub-types →
- Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 infectious disease 5 trials · 34 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Rabies 27 trials
- Common wart 26 trials
- Vaccinia 17 trials
- Virus-associated trichodysplasia spinulosa 10 trials
- Immunodeficiency 32B 9 trials
- Arbovirus infection 8 trials
- Viral eye infection 0 trials · 8 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- COVID-19–associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children 7 trials
- Human infection by orthopoxvirus 5 trials
- Herpangina 3 trials
- Milker's nodule 3 trials
- Human betaherpesvirus 5 infectious disease 2 trials
- Parvoviridae infectious disease 1 trial Sub-types →
- Zika virus congenital syndrome 1 trial
- Molluscum contagiosum 1 trial
- Pharyngoconjunctival fever 1 trial
- Newcastle disease 0 trials
- Reoviridae infectious disease 0 trials
- Whitewater Arroyo hemorrhagic fever 0 trials
- Congenital Epstein-Barr virus infection 0 trials
- Congenital varicella syndrome 0 trials
- Contagious pustular dermatitis 0 trials
- Epidemic pleurodynia 0 trials
- Exanthema subitum 0 trials
- Focal epithelial hyperplasia 0 trials
- Infective dermatitis associated with HTLV-1 0 trials
- Lumpy skin disease 0 trials
- Neurolymphomatosis 0 trials
- Pseudorabies 0 trials
- Viral esophagitis 0 trials
- Viral gastritis 0 trials Sub-types →
- Viral labyrinthitis 0 trials
- Viral myositis 0 trials
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Bacterial infectious disease 96 trials · 2,073 incl. sub-types
52 sub-types
- Primary bacterial infectious disease 0 trials · 590 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Mycobacterial infectious disease 23 trials · 360 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Gram-negative bacterial infections 33 trials · 300 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Commensal bacterial infectious disease 0 trials · 272 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Gram-positive bacterial infections 7 trials · 251 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Pulpitis 191 trials
- Bacterial infectious disease with sepsis 78 trials · 113 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Bacterial sexually transmitted disease 8 trials · 113 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Anaerobic bacteria infectious disease 2 trials · 99 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Spirochaetales infections 1 trial · 97 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Bacterial arthritis 24 trials · 94 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Staphylococcal infection 41 trials · 84 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Bacterial urinary tract infection 55 trials · 81 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Clostridium difficile colitis 69 trials
- Bacterial pneumonia 28 trials · 65 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Skin disease caused by bacterial infection 13 trials · 57 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Meningococcal infection 47 trials · 55 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Bifidobacteriales infectious disease 0 trials · 44 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Bacterial meningitis 12 trials · 37 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Pseudomonas infection 25 trials · 29 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Escherichia coli infection 26 trials Sub-types →
- Vibrio infectious disease 0 trials · 16 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Mycoplasmoides infection 7 trials · 15 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Bacterial endocarditis 15 trials
- Haemophilus infectious disease 14 trials Sub-types →
- Necrotizing soft tissue infection 13 trials Sub-types →
- Empyema 10 trials · 11 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Chorioamnionitis 10 trials
- Klebsiella infectious disease 5 trials · 9 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Rickettsiosis 2 trials · 7 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Tracheitis 2 trials · 7 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Enterococcus infectious disease 1 trial · 4 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Yersinia infectious disease 0 trials · 4 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Peritonsillar abscess 4 trials
- Bacterial conjunctivitis 3 trials Sub-types →
- Bacterial hemorrhagic fever 0 trials · 3 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Bacterial gastritis 2 trials
- Fournier gangrene 2 trials
- Septic peritonitis 2 trials
- Opportunistic bacterial infectious disease 0 trials · 1 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Actinobacillus infectious disease 0 trials
- Aeromonas hydrophila infectious disease 0 trials Sub-types →
- Pectobacterium carotovorum infection 0 trials
- Proteus infectious disease 0 trials
- Whipple disease 0 trials
- Bacterial myositis 0 trials Sub-types →
- Botryomycosis 0 trials Sub-types →
- Idiopathic severe pneumococcemia 0 trials
- Noma 0 trials
- Pasteurellosis 0 trials Sub-types →
- Pneumonic pasteurellosis 0 trials
- Rat-bite fever 0 trials Sub-types →
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Sexually transmitted disease 127 trials · 1,703 incl. sub-types
3 sub-types
- Viral sexually transmitted disease 5 trials · 1,589 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Bacterial sexually transmitted disease 8 trials · 113 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Trichomonas vaginitis urogenital infection 7 trials Sub-types →
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Respiratory tract infectious disorder 175 trials · 1,331 incl. sub-types
14 sub-types
- Pneumonia 326 trials · 610 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Viral respiratory tract infection 47 trials · 564 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Fungal lung infectious disease 6 trials · 57 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection 48 trials
- Streptococcal sore throat 8 trials
- Pleural tuberculosis 7 trials Sub-types →
- Tracheitis 2 trials · 7 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Lung abscess 3 trials
- Pneumonic plague 3 trials
- Tuberculous fibrosis of lung 3 trials
- Laryngeal diphtheria 0 trials
- Laryngeal tuberculosis 0 trials
- Nasopharyngeal diphtheria 0 trials
- Silicotuberculosis 0 trials
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Digestive system infectious disorder 4 trials · 605 incl. sub-types
22 sub-types
- Viral hepatitis 12 trials · 443 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Infectious colitis 0 trials · 69 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Intestinal infectious disease 3 trials · 49 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth 18 trials
- Parasitic intestinal disorder 0 trials · 16 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Liver abscess (disease) 4 trials
- Campylobacteriosis 3 trials Sub-types →
- Bacterial gastritis 2 trials
- Gastrointestinal tuberculosis 0 trials · 2 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Aeromonas hydrophila intestinal disease 0 trials
- Salmonella gastroenteritis 0 trials
- Whipple disease 0 trials
- Anal verrucous carcinoma 0 trials
- Bacterial esophagitis 0 trials
- Colorectal Kaposi sarcoma 0 trials Sub-types →
- Fungal esophagitis 0 trials Sub-types →
- Fungal gastritis 0 trials
- Internal hirudiniasis 0 trials
- Oropharyngeal anthrax 0 trials
- Polycystic echinococcosis 0 trials
- Viral esophagitis 0 trials
- Viral gastritis 0 trials Sub-types →
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Infectious disease with sepsis 380 trials · 472 incl. sub-types
1 sub-type
- Bacterial infectious disease with sepsis 78 trials · 113 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
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Vector-borne disease 9 trials · 449 incl. sub-types
49 sub-types
- Malaria 135 trials · 170 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Dengue disease 74 trials Sub-types →
- Tick-borne infectious disease 9 trials · 41 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Chikungunya 31 trials
- Leishmaniasis 8 trials · 27 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Mycobacterium avium complex disease 22 trials
- Schistosomiasis 15 trials · 17 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Yellow fever 16 trials
- Zika virus infectious disease 15 trials
- Chagas disease 12 trials
- Filarial elephantiasis 9 trials
- Onchocerciasis 9 trials Sub-types →
- Arbovirus infection 8 trials
- Lassa fever 6 trials
- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever 5 trials
- Mosquito-borne viral encephalitis 0 trials · 5 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Listeriosis 4 trials Sub-types →
- Plague 2 trials · 4 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Q fever 3 trials
- Rift valley fever 3 trials
- Human African trypanosomiasis 2 trials · 3 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Typhus 0 trials · 3 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, Puumala virus type 2 trials
- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome 2 trials
- Relapsing fever 2 trials Sub-types →
- Oropouche fever 1 trial
- Venezuelan equine encephalitis 1 trial
- West Nile fever 1 trial Sub-types →
- Zika virus congenital syndrome 1 trial
- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis 1 trial
- Spotted fever 0 trials · 1 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Tungiasis 1 trial
- Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever 0 trials
- Argentine hemorrhagic fever 0 trials
- Bolivian hemorrhagic fever 0 trials
- Colorado tick fever 0 trials
- Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, Dobrava-Belgrade virus type 0 trials
- Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, Seoul virus type 0 trials
- Murray valley encephalitis 0 trials
- O'nyong'nyong fever 0 trials
- Ross river fever 0 trials
- Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever 0 trials
- Whitewater Arroyo hemorrhagic fever 0 trials
- Bacterial esophagitis 0 trials
- Fungal esophagitis 0 trials Sub-types →
- Phlebotomus fever 0 trials
- Rat-bite fever 0 trials Sub-types →
- Trench fever 0 trials
- Tularemia 0 trials Sub-types →
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Skin disorder caused by infection 3 trials · 349 incl. sub-types
15 sub-types
- Skin infection 12 trials · 152 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Herpes zoster 73 trials Sub-types →
- Skin disease caused by bacterial infection 13 trials · 57 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Parasitic skin disorder 1 trial · 37 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Chickenpox 26 trials
- Common wart 26 trials
- Virus-associated trichodysplasia spinulosa 10 trials
- Plantar wart 9 trials
- Hand, foot and mouth disease 7 trials
- Viral exanthem 0 trials · 3 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Epstein-Barr virus hepatitis 0 trials
- Exanthema subitum 0 trials
- Herpetic whitlow 0 trials
- Infective dermatitis associated with HTLV-1 0 trials
- Variola major infectious disease 0 trials
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Parasitic infectious disease 12 trials · 343 incl. sub-types
17 sub-types
- Protozoa infectious disease 3 trials · 242 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Helminthiasis 13 trials · 67 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Parasitic skin disorder 1 trial · 37 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Parasitic eye infection 0 trials · 16 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Parasitic intestinal disorder 0 trials · 16 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Cryptococcosis 5 trials · 10 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Demodicidosis 5 trials · 6 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Parasitemia 5 trials
- Coccidioidomycosis 4 trials
- Amoebiasis due to Entamoeba histolytica 1 trial
- Amoebiasis due to free-living amoebae 1 trial
- Strongylida infectious disease 0 trials
- Cutaneous larva migrans 0 trials Sub-types →
- Distomatosis 0 trials
- Microsporidiosis 0 trials Sub-types →
- Parasitic Ichthyosporea infectious disease 0 trials Sub-types →
- Parasitic myositis 0 trials Sub-types →
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Fungal infectious disease 38 trials · 293 incl. sub-types
18 sub-types
- Opportunistic mycosis 0 trials · 147 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Cutaneous mycosis 1 trial · 118 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Fungal lung infectious disease 6 trials · 57 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Systemic mycosis 27 trials · 54 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Pneumocystis infectious disease 4 trials · 19 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Fungal meningitis 3 trials · 10 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Fungal infection of eye 0 trials · 7 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Scedosporiosis 2 trials
- Sporotrichosis 1 trial Sub-types →
- Alternariosis 0 trials Sub-types →
- Emergomycosis 0 trials
- Fungal discitis 0 trials
- Fungal esophagitis 0 trials Sub-types →
- Fungal gastritis 0 trials
- Fungal myositis 0 trials
- Invasive scopulariopsis infection 0 trials
- Mycotic endocarditis 0 trials
- Mycotoxicosis 0 trials Sub-types →
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Urinary tract infection 156 trials · 250 incl. sub-types
5 sub-types
- Bacterial urinary tract infection 55 trials · 81 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Renal infectious disease 16 trials · 64 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Trichomonas vaginitis urogenital infection 7 trials Sub-types →
- Urinary schistosomiasis 3 trials
- Pyoureter 0 trials
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Infectious disorder of the nervous system 4 trials · 231 incl. sub-types
10 sub-types
- Central nervous system infectious disorder 10 trials · 163 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Tetanus 43 trials Sub-types →
- Rabies 27 trials
- Tropical spastic paraparesis 3 trials
- Cytomegalovirus retinitis 2 trials
- Tabes dorsalis 2 trials
- Histoplasmosis retinitis 1 trial
- Ophthalmic herpes zoster 0 trials
- Postinfectious cerebellitis 0 trials
- Tick paralysis 0 trials
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Nosocomial infection 115 trials · 116 incl. sub-types
3 sub-types
- Iatrogenic Kaposi's sarcoma 1 trial
- Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 0 trials
- Iatrogenic botulism 0 trials
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Infective arthritis 25 trials · 100 incl. sub-types
2 sub-types
- Bacterial arthritis 24 trials · 94 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Infectious discitis 4 trials Sub-types →
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Eye infectious disorder 4 trials · 61 incl. sub-types
10 sub-types
- Endophthalmitis 9 trials · 38 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Parasitic eye infection 0 trials · 16 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Viral eye infection 0 trials · 8 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Fungal infection of eye 0 trials · 7 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Hordeolum 1 trial · 7 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Bacterial conjunctivitis 3 trials Sub-types →
- Infectious panuveitis 1 trial
- Chronic canaliculitis 0 trials
- Infectious scleritis 0 trials
- Ocular tuberculosis 0 trials
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Infective vaginitis 1 trial · 61 incl. sub-types
4 sub-types
- Bacterial vaginosis 44 trials
- Vulvovaginal candidiasis 25 trials
- Trichomonal vulvovaginitis 1 trial
- Herpetic vulvovaginitis 0 trials
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Hemorrhagic fever 4 trials · 54 incl. sub-types
2 sub-types
- Viral hemorrhagic fever 10 trials · 51 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Bacterial hemorrhagic fever 0 trials · 3 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
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Infective endocarditis 46 trials · 52 incl. sub-types
3 sub-types
- Bacterial endocarditis 15 trials
- Subacute bacterial endocarditis 4 trials
- Mycotic endocarditis 0 trials
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Prosthesis-related infectious disease 49 trials
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Ear infection 9 trials · 40 incl. sub-types
5 sub-types
- Infectious otitis media 24 trials
- Otitis externa 3 trials · 12 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Geniculate herpes zoster 0 trials
- Infectious otitis interna 0 trials
- Viral labyrinthitis 0 trials
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Abscess 9 trials · 33 incl. sub-types
11 sub-types
- Breast abscess 5 trials
- Epidural abscess 5 trials
- Liver abscess (disease) 4 trials
- Peritonsillar abscess 4 trials
- Intracranial abscess 3 trials
- Lung abscess 3 trials
- Corneal abscess 1 trial
- Intersphincteric abscess 0 trials
- Pyoureter 0 trials
- Splenic abscess 0 trials
- Vitreous abscess 0 trials
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Infectious embryofetopathy 2 trials · 25 incl. sub-types
10 sub-types
- Congenital herpes virus infection 0 trials · 15 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Congenital syphilis 7 trials Sub-types →
- Congenital toxoplasmosis 2 trials
- Congenital Epstein-Barr virus infection 0 trials
- Congenital enterovirus infection 0 trials
- Congenital rubella syndrome 0 trials
- Congenital varicella syndrome 0 trials
- Fetal enterovirus syndrome 0 trials
- Fetal parainfluenza virus type 3 syndrome 0 trials
- Fetal parvovirus syndrome 0 trials
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Infectious peritonitis 22 trials · 23 incl. sub-types
3 sub-types
- Septic peritonitis 2 trials
- Diphtheritic peritonitis 0 trials
- Tuberculous peritonitis 0 trials
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Nail infection 0 trials · 14 incl. sub-types
3 sub-types
- Tinea unguium 14 trials
- Fungal infection of the toenail 4 trials
- Herpetic whitlow 0 trials
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Coinfection 12 trials
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Hookworm infectious disease 10 trials
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Puerperal infection 9 trials
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Acanthamoeba infectious disease 0 trials · 5 incl. sub-types
2 sub-types
- Acanthamoeba keratitis 5 trials
- Granulomatous amebic encephalitis 0 trials
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Epididymitis 2 trials
2 sub-types
- Epididymo-orchitis 0 trials Sub-types →
- Tuberculous epididymitis 0 trials
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Mycetoma 1 trial
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Ciliophora infectious disease 0 trials
1 sub-type
- Balantidiasis 0 trials
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Hirudiniasis 0 trials
2 sub-types
- External hirudiniasis 0 trials
- Internal hirudiniasis 0 trials
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Infectious myositis 0 trials
1 sub-type
- Parasitic myositis 0 trials Sub-types →
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Protothecosis 0 trials
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Pythiosis 0 trials
Most studied deeper sub-types
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Supercharged immune cells take on Drug-Resistant infections
Disease control Stopped earlyThis trial investigates whether specially grown immune cells, called pathogen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), can safely and effectively treat stubborn infections like EBV, CMV, and adenovirus in people with weakened immune systems, such as stem cell or organ transplant …
Phase 1/2 • Sponsor: Shenzhen Geno-Immune Medical Institute • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Aug 26, 2026 00:00 UTC
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Could aspirin or ibuprofen help beat TB faster?
Disease control Stopped earlyThis study tested whether adding aspirin or ibuprofen to standard tuberculosis (TB) treatment helps patients recover more quickly. It included 426 adults with drug-sensitive or drug-resistant TB. The trial was terminated early, so the results are not conclusive.
Phase 2 • Sponsor: Fundació Institut Germans Trias i Pujol • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 13:00 UTC
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Gene test aims to spot hidden infections after surgery
Diagnosis Stopped earlyThis study looked at whether changes in gene activity in blood cells can help doctors tell the difference between a normal inflammatory response after major surgery and a serious infection. Researchers planned to enroll 61 adults undergoing high-risk noncardiac surgery. The study…
Sponsor: St. Antonius Hospital • Aim: Diagnosis
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 12:24 UTC
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Donor milk experiment halted: did matching help tiny babies?
Knowledge-focused Stopped earlyThis study looked at whether matching donor breast milk to a mother's secretor type could improve gut bacteria in very preterm infants. Researchers planned to compare matched versus standard donor milk in babies born before 34 weeks. The study was stopped early and included only …
Sponsor: University of Manitoba • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 12:30 UTC
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Sticker shock: simple reminder may cut unnecessary IV antibiotic use
Knowledge-focused Stopped earlyThis study tested whether placing a reminder sticker on the charts of adult hospital patients receiving IV fluoroquinolone antibiotics would encourage doctors to switch them to oral pills sooner. The trial involved 168 patients at a single hospital in Thailand. Unfortunately, the…
Sponsor: Mahidol University • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 08:12 UTC