Found 64,920 clinical trials
Biomarkers for Predicting Neoadjuvant Chemoradio-resistance for Middle-low Advanced Rectal Cancer
Neoadjuvant therapy has been widely applied to locally advanced rectal cancer. However, about 50% of patients receiving this therapy do not respond well as evidenced by the fact that their T or N stages are not effectively decreased judged by postoperative pathological examination. The purpose of this trail is to …
Ketamine Enhances Analgesia and Mood in Chronic Pain Patients
Most chronic pain patients have mood disorders. The mood disorders may improve with better analgesia produced by Ketamine injections. A prospective study of patients undergoing interventional pain therapy using Ketamine injections. Pre-injection and post-injection patient data is collected. Pain is measured using numeric pain rating scale, and change in pain …
Association Between the Level of EV-TF and the Occurence of Pulmonary Embolism in Patients With ARDS
In this study, 120 patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) will be included on a two years-period in an intensive care unit (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille, France). Those patients will benefit from a blood test at inclusion in order to measure several coagulation biomarkers, including EV-TF. Subsequently, …
Investigating Serotonin Signalling in IBD Patients
Alterations in normal serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine;5-HT) signaling have been reported in ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). Studies report an increase in enterochromaffin (EC) cell, main source of 5-HT in the gut, numbers in CD and UC patients. Up-regulated expression of mucosal Tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH)-1, catalytic enzyme in 5-HT production, …
An Observational Research Study of the Health of Joints in People With Haemophilia Taking the Medicine Esperoct
This study will collect information on the long term health of joints in people with haemophilia A who have started treatment with Esperoct within twelve months prior to participation to the study. This study is conducted to look at how joint health of people with haemophilia changes over time when …
Weight Changes Among Martinican Prisoners
Assessment of body weight change among prisoners in Martinique between admission in jail and 3 months later expressed as a percentage of admission weight. Intensity of physical activities, nutrition intakes and psychological state are also studied to describe associated factors to body weight change.
Registry of GORE® ACUSEAL Vascular Graft in Dialysis Access
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate safety and performance of GORE® ACUSEAL Vascular Graft for the treatment of CKD in patients with ESRD in hemodialysis. The main questions it aims to answer are: Safety: Freedom from device-related infection adverse events at 24 months from device implant Performance: …
Point of Care Ultrasound to Predict Intensive Care Unit Admission of Patients Presenting With Sepsis to the Emergency Department
The FloPatch device will be applied to 150 septic patients in the emergency department before they receive fluid resuscitation. This study will assess whether initial FloPatch measured volume-responsiveness and volume of fluids used will predict a composite outcome of mortality, intensive care unit admission, or rapid response team activation. The …
Peritoneal Lavage Liquid Biopsy in Patients With Gastric Cancer
This study investigates the prognostic role of liquid biopsy in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer. Liquid biopsy for the detection of circulating tumor DNA will be performed: In the peritoneal lavage, during staging laparoscopy (if indicated) and during curative gastrectomy In plasma, before staging laparoscopy (if indicated), before curative …
Data Collection of Standard Care of Patients in the EMG Section
Background Most people who are referred to the EMG (Electromyography) Section of the NIH are enrolled into specific active studies. This allows researchers to learn about a range of rare neuromuscular disorders. But study criteria may not give researchers the chance to evaluate a single person or study a common …
