HK, Hong Kong Clinical Trials
A listing of HK, Hong Kong clinical trials actively recruiting patients volunteers.
Found 655 clinical trials
Empagliflozin on Residual Kidney Function in Incident Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
Empagliflozin, a new class of diabetes medication, has demonstrated a reduction in renal function decline among patients with chronic kidney disease, regardless of their diabetes status. However, all previous studies excluded dialysis patients. Patients starting dialysis may still produce a certain amount of urine. Importantly, patients with better preserved residual …
The Effectiveness of rTMS on Improving Food Craving and Weight Control in Adults Without Serious Mental Illness
Department of Psychiatry | Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine The University of Hong Kong The Effectiveness of rTMS on Improving Food Cravings and Weight Control in Adults without Serious Mental Illness Introduction The investigators would like to invite participants to participate in an observational study on the efficacy of …
Effect of eHealth Cardiac Rehabilitation Incorporating Mindfulness for Patients With Coronary Heart Disease
People with coronary heart disease (CHD) often feel more stressed, which can increase the risk of having another heart problem. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a common treatment for those with CHD, focusing on changing lifestyles and managing the disease. However, it often does not address stress management adequately. There is …
tDCS in People With Subthreshold Depression
This study evaluates the effects of multi-session transcranial direct current stimulation on loneliness, mood and depressiveness in people with subthreshold depression.
Impact of AAI Dogs on Performance and Behavior of Children with Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder usually diagnosed in early childhood. Children with ASD exhibit social communication and interaction problems, which may cause deficits in social-emotional reciprocity, problems with developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships, and abnormal nonverbal communicative behaviors such as impaired eye contact and body language. …
The Efficacy and Safety of HCQ Plus TPO-RA in ANA Positive ITP
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) plus thrombopoietin receptor agonists (TPO-RA) works to treat primary immune thrombocytopenia with positive anti-nuclear antibodies in adults. It will also learn about the safety of HCQ plus TPO-RA. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does HCQ …
Vigorous- Versus Moderate-intensity Exercise to Reduce Liver Fat in Adults With Obesity and NAFLD
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) arising from obesity has become a global health concern. Although exercise is a cornerstone approach for managing NAFLD, detailed exercise prescription guidelines are unavailable. According to World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations, 1 minute of vigorous-intensity physical activity can achieve equivalent health benefits to 2 minutes …
Videoconferencing-based Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Parents of SHCN Children
The purpose of the proposed non-randomized waitlist-controlled design study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of using a Videoconferencing-based Individual Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT) approach to enhance the mental well-being of parents of children with special healthcare needs (SHCN) over a three-month period after the …
Warmth and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in Improving Cognitive Functions in People With Dementia
Evidence showed that both TENS and passive body heating are potential treatment strategies for improving cognitive functions in people with dementia. It is hypothesized that hat device (Warmth +TENS) over the 4 acupuncture points would induce a greater improvement in cognitive functions and behavioural symptoms when compared with other hat …
Art Therapy for Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain
This project aims to assess the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a supervised group-based art intervention for adults with chronic low back pain (CLBP).
