HK, Hong Kong Clinical Trials
A listing of HK, Hong Kong clinical trials actively recruiting patients volunteers.
Found 692 clinical trials
Efficacy of Pericapsular Nerve Group Block
Hip fracture is a common orthpaedic problem especially in elderly population. Fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) and femoral nerve block are well-established technique as part of peri-operative multimodal analgesia for hip fractures. Reviews have shown peripheral nerve blocks including FICB, femoral nerve block and 3-in-1 block could reduce both pain …
Frontline Oral Arsenic Trioxide for APL
The investigators have formulated an oral preparation of arsenic trioxide (oral-ATO), and shown that it is efficacious for APL in R1, inducing CR2 in more than 90% of patients [8,9]. Furthermore, in an effort to prevent relapse, the investigators have moved oral-ATO forward to the maintenance of CR1. This strategy …
Can Proprioceptive Knee Brace Improve Functional Outcome Following TKA?
Osteoarthritis is among the most prevalent form of degenerative joint disease in arthritis. The World Health Organisation identified osteoarthritis as one of the top ten most disabling cause of disease in developed countries, and the single most common cause of disability for elderly persons. In fact, worldwide statistics for men …
Olfactory Training on Smell Dysfunction Patients in HK
Causes of olfactory dysfunction can be classified into conductive and sensorineural causes. Conductive causes are mainly due to structural nasal problem, which can be treated by nasal surgery Sensorineural causes included post-infection, post-head injury, post Head and Neck irradiation and other central nervous system diseases. Olfactory Training is well established …
Novel Robotic Surgical System for Minimally Invasive Surgery
This is a prospective single center cohort study on effect of a novel robotic surgical system for performance of minimally invasive surgery in multiple specialties. The targeted procedures include Urological, upper and lower GI robotic surgeries and the expected sample size will be 20 patients. The clinical outcomes for assessment …
Learning Study: Improving Vision in Adults With Macular Degeneration
The purpose of this study is to test whether a kind of brain stimulation called anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tDCS) can be combined with perceptual learning to improve the ability of people with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or juvenile macular degeneration (JMD) to read words presented to them on …
Letrozole in Preventing Recurrence of Endometrioma Following Laparoscopic Ovarian Cystectomy
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects approximately 10-15% of women of reproductive age. Symptoms include dysmenorrhoea, chronic pelvic pain, dyspareunia and infertility. Removal of the endometriotic cyst (chocolate cyst) by surgery is a well-established treatment for symptomatic relief. However, recurrence of endometriotic cyst after surgical removal of the …
Routine Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy THR TKR RCT
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for post total joint arthroplasty incisions has demonstrated benefits in reducing wound complications. A prospective randomized trial will be conducted including 40 patients who will undergo total knee and total hip arthroplasty. The number of wound complications within 21 days will be recorded. As well, …
Bomedemstat (IMG-7289) Plus Ruxolitinib for Myelofibrosis
This is an open-label, Phase 2 study of bomedemstat (IMG-7289), an inhibitor of lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1), in combination with JAK inhibition (JAKi) in patients with myelofibrosis.
Adjunctive Bright Light Therapy in Patients With Bipolar Depression and Eveningness
This is a randomized placebo-controlled trial to examine the efficacy of six-week bright light therapy as adjunctive treatment for patient with bipolar depression and eveningness.
