Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Clinical Trials
A listing of Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong clinical trials actively recruiting patients volunteers.
Found 595 clinical trials
Optical Correction and Visual Functions of Adults With Amblyopia
Amblyopia is a developmental anomaly resulting from abnormal visual experiences in early life. Amblyopia causes reduced visual acuity in the absence of a pathology. Adult sensory systems are believed to be structurally invariant beyond early, critical periods of development. However, recent evidence suggest that visual functions in adults with amblyopia …
Colchicine Use in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease
Intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) is a major ischaemic stroke aetiology in Asia. Influenced by genetics, lifestyle and metabolic risk factors. From the SAMMPRIS cohort, 1-year stroke recurrence risk was 13% even with intensive medical therapy. In this pilot randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, the investigators shall recruit 44 patients with recent …
In-utero Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Fetuses With Bart's Hydrops Fetalis Syndrome
This is a prospective observational pilot study on pregnant women who are diagnosed to have Bart's hydrops fetalis syndrome (BHFS) affected fetuses and opt for continuation of pregnancy will be invited to consider undergoing in-utero hematopoietic stem cell transplantation under a research protocol, aiming to determine whether in-utero hematopoietic stem …
Effect of Virtual Reality and Music Therapy on Pain Relief in OPH Operations
Outpatient hysteroscopy can serve as a diagnostic procedure to evaluate for abnormal uterine bleeding, such as menorrhagia or postmenopausal bleeding. This study focuses on the therapeutic aspect of outpatient hysteroscopy, such as myomectomy, polypectomy, intrauterine adhesiolysis and removal of lost intrauterine devices, etc. Apart from the conventional polyp scissors and …
Effect and Cost Effectiveness of a Dyadic Empowerment-based Heart Failure Management Program for Self-care
Global population aging has drastically increased healthcare spending worldwide, with the greatest portion going to hospital and community health services. Heart failure (HF), as the final form of many cardiovascular diseases resulting from insufficient myocardial pumping. Ineffective self-care is consistently identified as the major modifiable risk factor for HF decompensation …
Direct Discrimination of Quantum States by the Human Eye
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), is a debilitating eye disease that causes a loss of central vision. The prevalence of AMD increases exponentially with age and causes a significant impact through both medical expenses and the social and economic costs associated with vision loss. AMD is the global leading cause of …
EUS-GBD vs Antibiotics for Patients at High Risk for Cholecystectomy
Objectives Acute cholecystitis commonly occurs in elderly patients who are at high-risk for surgery. Whether upfront Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) is advantageous over antibiotics first for mild acute cholecystitis is uncertain. Hypothesis to be tested The aim is to compare EUS-GBD versus standard protocol (antibiotics first) as a definitive …
fNIRS Neurofeedback Training Using Virtual Reality in Children With ADHD
The study aims to explore the effectiveness of neurofeedback training on improving attention and inhibitory control of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Hong Kong. This study will contribute to the current understanding of the alternative treatments for ADHD, and hopefully help to mobilize more resources to support children with …
BETTY: BEnign Prostatic Hyperplasia Transperineal Targeted Microwave therapY
This is a pilot study on applying 3D-Ultrasound-Guided Transperineal Microwave needle ablation for men with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
Immune Checkpoint Therapy vs Target Therapy in Reducing Serum HBsAg Levels in Patients With HBsAg+ Advanced Stage HCC
It is estimated that over 50% of HCC cases worldwide are related to chronic HBV. There are approximately 350-400 million people across the world infected with HBV, the majority reside in or originate from Asia. Each year HBV accounts for 749,000 new cases of HCC and 692,000 HCC-related deaths. The …
