a, a N Clinical Trials
A listing of a, a N clinical trials actively recruiting patients volunteers.
Found 10,697 clinical trials
Preoperative Cognitive Reserve in Older Surgical Patients: A Feasibility Study
Investigators will evaluate feasibility of using a custom 6-game Lumosity brain exercise experience in busy clinical areas to obtain a quick, quantitative measure of cognitive reserve (first gameplay performance [FGP]) in older patients presenting for major surgery. Participants in this feasibility trial will serve as a pilot population to estimate …
Looking for Asymptomatic Mpox in a Population at High Risk
Mpox is caused by a virus that can be spread through touching the affected skin of someone who has the infection, touching sheets or clothes that has been used by someone with the infection, or breathing in particles of virus from someone who has the infection. Mpox infection can cause …
Development and Analysis of a Stool Bank for Cancer Patients
This study is aimed at understanding the impact of gut microbiota on efficacy of cancer therapies, in particular checkpoint inhibitors, and using the resulting information to design microbial immunotherapies. Although animal models are of use to determine the influences of gut and other microbiota on cancer treatment modalities, they are …
Establishing the Validity and Reliability of a Dexterity Assessment Tool
Every year, thousands of Canadians are diagnosed with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM), a form of non-traumatic injury caused by spinal cord compression in the neck. While DCM causes a range of symptoms, one of the most disabling is loss of hand dexterity. Surgical decompression is standard treatment for DCM, but …
Role of Angiogenesis in Dermatologic Diseases: A Potential Therapeutic Target
The researchers believe that pro-angiogenic factors are upregulated in a wide range of dermatologic diseases including port wine stains, hemangiomas, angiofibromas, Kaposi's sarcoma, angiosarcoma, scars, rosacea and psoriasis. The researcher can perform immunohistochemistry and/or microarray analysis and/or quantitative polymerase chain reaction on previously biopsied skin specimens and newly biopsied skin …
Neurofrailty: A Study of Late-onset Epilepsy and Its Associations
We don't know a great deal about why some people develop seizures in adulthood, but some researchers think that it might tell us something about the brain. A small number of people with first seizure in adulthood go on to experience problems like stroke or dementia later in life. However, …
Dietary Fructose: a Metabolic Switch in Pediatric Obesity-related Disease.
The increase in childhood obesity is a multifactorial phenomenon influenced by dietary patterns, commercial factors, and social determinants; it has long-term consequences for both individual health and society as a whole. Despite recommendations for maintaining good health throughout life and promoting the Mediterranean Diet, due to the increased availability of …
CVI Alterations in FD: a Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Cohort Study
Fabry disease (FD) is a rare X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by α-galactosidase A (GLA) gene mutations leading to reduced or undetectable α galactosidase A (α-Gal A) enzyme activity, resulting in progressive accumulation of globotriaosylceramide (GL3) and its deacylated form globotriaosylsphingosine (Lyso-GL-3) in multiple organs, causing neural, renal, cardiac, dermatological, …
Exploring the Risk Factors of Otomycosis: A Case-Control Study
The goal of this observational study is to explore the risk factors of fungal otitis externa in the fungal otitis externa patients The main question it aims to answer is: What behaviors lead to the occurrence of fungal otitis externa? Participants will complete a detailed questionnaire survey. If there is …
A Feasibility Study of MRI Guided Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (MIDSECTION)
To determine if the investigators are able to deliver highly focused, intense radiation to tumours in the abdominal region or chest cavity whilst limiting the dose to surrounding organs using a high field strength MR-Linac.
