Chai Wan, Hong Kong Clinical Trials
A listing of Chai Wan, Hong Kong clinical trials actively recruiting patients volunteers.
Found 582 clinical trials
Retrospective Review on Uterovaginal Anomalies
Review of surgical outcomes of patient who have undergone surgery for uterovaginal anomalies. Case notes of patients would be reviewed and data would be gathered for statistical analysis.
The Use of Thrombin Generation Assay in Detection of Central Line Related Thrombosis (CRT) in Critically Ill Patients
To study thrombin generation parameters in critically ill patients with and without central line related thrombosis (CRT).
Real-life Assessment of Brexpiprazole (Rexulti) in Schizophrenia and in Depressive Disorders
Not only being the mainstay of treatment for schizophrenia spectrum psychotic disorders, antipsychotics, especially the second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) have also been recommended as augmenting agents for treating depression. Dopaminergic agents, including both dopamine D2/D3 antagonists and dopamine partial D2 agonists, have been effective for treating psychosis and schizophrenia. Amongst all …
Respiratory Virus Metagenomics After COVID-19
The study aims to characterize the distributive pattern of viruses in upper airway and its relationship with influenza seasons, symptomatology and exposure setting. A total of 500 adults residing in Hong Kong would be recruited, who would complete a questionnaire and return self-collected nasal and throat swabs for metagenomic analyses.
Frailty in Older HIV-infected Individuals
Frailty has been proposed as a measure of biological (as opposed to chronological) aging. In this study the investigators plan to: (1) measure frailty in a cohort of older HIV-infected individuals in Hong Kong, and its association with mortality and quality of life; (2) identify risk factors predictive of development …
Thoracic Surgery by the Medtronic Hugo™ Robotic System
The introduction of robot-assisted surgery is one of the biggest breakthroughs in surgery, and represents the most significant advancement in minimally invasive surgery of recent decades. One of the first surgical uses of the robot was in orthopaedics, neurosurgery and cardiac surgery. However, it's use has now been well recognized …
Safety of Discontinuing NSBBs in Cirrhotic Patients With Managed Primary Aetiological Factors
This multicentre, prospective cohort study aims to enrol 375 patients with cirrhosis who meet the following criteria: effective management or elimination of the primary aetiological factor (i.e., sustained virological response in chronic hepatitis C, complete viral suppression in chronic hepatitis B, or long-term alcohol abstinence in alcohol-related liver disease), liver …
Assessment of Kidney Function by Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT)
The product under investigation is named Gense EIT-kidney device. This kidney device is a portable and non-invasive imaging modality capable of capturing the cross-sectional bioelectrical impedance distribution of the kidney at multiple current injection frequencies using electrical impedance tomography (EIT). Currently, the kidney device employs a band consisting of 16 …
Detection and Prediction of Clinically Significant Pneumothorax After Image-guided Transthoracic Lung Biopsy
Objective: The goal of this study is to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the presence of pneumothorax on a 4-hour CXR after image-guided transthoracic lung biopsy (TTLB) for diagnosing subsequent clinically significant pneumothorax. Hypothesis to be tested: The investigators hypothesize that an absence of pneumothorax on CXR at 4 …
AI-Based IMT Study
Cerebro-vascular and heart diseases have together ranked 4th and 5th place in the 2022 top ten leading causes of death in Hong Kong, taking up more than 15% of the total in an unceasing trend. While conventional carotid ultrasound imaging is nothing short of comprehensive, it is highly operator-dependent and …
