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
Preoperative Teriparatide Use on Insertional Torque of Pedicle Screws for Lumbar Fusion Surgery
This project aims to investigate any difference of insertional torque strength for osteoporotic patients with preoperative 1-month teriparatide injections versus those without. The increased insertional torque of pedicle screws during surgery after only 1 month of teriparatide use has also been studied. However, the effect of teriparatide on vertebral body …
Elastic Band-Progressive Resistance Training (EB-PRT) for Sarcopenia Among Heart Failure Patients
Heart failure (HF) is a complicated clinical syndrome caused by structural and/or functional cardiac abnormalities that result in ineffective myocardial pumping. HF management has placed more emphasis on improving the prognostic factors which determine these poor clinical outcomes. More recently, the prognostic role of sarcopenia in HF has received particular …
OTSC vs. Angiographic Embolization in Patients With Refractory Non-variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
In the management of patients with acute upper non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding, further bleeding is the most important adverse factor predictive of mortality. In the United Kingdom Audit on acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding, clinical evidence of further bleeding was reported in 13% of patients following the first endoscopy and 27% …
Monitoring Changes in Hepatic Steatosis Using Continuous Controlled Attenuation Parameter
Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects 30% of the Asian adult population and is emerging as one of the important leading causes of liver cancer and cirrhosis. Although a number of biomarkersmany have been developed for the assessment of liver fat and fibrosis, most existing studies were cross-sectional in …
Optimal Exercise Frequency to Reduce Liver Fat in Centrally Obese Adults With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
This study aims to examine the comparative effectiveness of different exercise frequencies (once-a-week vs. thrice-a-week) for reducing liver fat in centrally obese adults with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), with weekly exercise volumes aligned with the World Health Organization's physical activity recommendations.
Effect of Prednisolone Treatment on Uterine Natural Killer Cells
This study aims to investigate the role of uNK cells and the association with prednisolone.
Enhancing Mother-Child Ties and Psychosocial Wellness Through Arts Among Children With Intellectual Disability and Their Mothers
The caregiving of children with intellectual disability (ID) is intensive and challenging. Caregivers, particularly mothers, are left in a vulnerable and stressful condition. Children with ID may experience difficulties in expressing emotions and may have behavioral or emotional problems. These difficulties impose extra challenges for the parents to understand and …
ACP-Family Programme for Palliative Care Patients and Their Family Member
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of a structured, family-supported, patient-centred advance care planning (ACP) in palliative care patients and their family members. The main question it aims to answer is: • the effectiveness of the ACP intervention on promoting end-of-life decision making and psychological …
Trial of Flexible Bracing Treatment of Adolescents Idiopathic Scoliosis
Scoliosis is the three-dimensional (3D) deformity of the spine and trunk. The majority or 80% of the scoliosis cases are idiopathic which means that the cause is unknown. The progression of scoliosis is much more frequently seen in females and severely scoliotic patients face a higher risk of different health …
Comparing Water Vapour Thermal Therapy (Rezūm) and TURP
This is a randomized controlled trial using a non-inferiority design with the subjects randomized 1:1 to either water vapour thermal treatment (REZUM) arm or transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) arm.
